Arizona silver belt., 1889-11-23
DEANS WHO KILLED THE eEEsCExs
 IDENTIFIED.

alleged story of one of the convicts himself, told to other reservation h. dians with whom he has communIca- ted since; and also by the account of the tragedy given by Jesus Ayott, the Mexican prisoner who witnessed the killing, and who returned to Globe on Wednesday last, having been par doned by GovernQr Woldey. The two stories are conflicting as regards the identity of the Indian who did tue shooting, and the Mexican verslon is most likely, the correct one. We, however, give both. The Indian ac- count is, in effect, as follows:
 As the party was ascending the wash, m the manner before described iu these columns, officer Holmes i'm prudentIy approached the two Indians nearest him until he got little in front and to the right of them. when, seeing thelr advantage, they suddenly brought down their handeulled hands over Holmes head, forcing him face downward 10 the ground, and slmul- taneously, one of the prisoners, Hos cal-to (tag "fouio B, 60') wrenched Holmes gun from him While this was taking place, the Indians back ot Reynolds had grappled with him. Reynolds made strong resistance, and Hos-cal-te ran forward and shot Reynolds m the left shoulder with Holmes rifle, then went back and shot Holmes. They afterwards shot Key holds in the face with mS own shot gun. HoS-cal.te, aFer kililng Key holds and Holmes, shot Middleton.
 JESUS AvoTTs STATEMENT
 is, that the ascent of the wash was be- gun with the stage only few yard, in front of the two Indians in the lead. sheriff Reynolds was few feet to one >ide and d step or two behind tue first two Indians, and net u.ea further from the two behind Holmes walked at tue side and httle back of tue last couple of prisoners. and Ayott along side of Holmes.
 As they proceeded their relative DO. >itlons changed sonew hat, and wheu rhe struggle began Reynolds had ad. advanced to q position a step in advance of the Indians El-cahn and Saves, nearest him, and Holmes had reached similar poSitlnn relative Q the Indians. Fash ten-tah and Hale, in the rear. Ayo,t was about midway betweeR Reynolds and Holmes. Al a signal from one of tue Indians those nearest the officers grapplcd taem Holmes made no resistance and fell to the ground as though he had tainted. i apparently making no effort to retain possession of hls rifle, or to draw hls six-shootcr The Indian Pash-ten-tah took the rife and with his partner lthey were still handcuifed ,ogether) advanced to where Reynolds was mak- ing desperate struggle for his life Reynolds firmly held on to his shot. gun wlth his left hand his aSsailan,s being unable 10 take il from him and be vas ing hard to draw his mstol--Whicn t,s buttoned oyercoaf prevented when the Indian PaSh. ren-tab settled the conflict by shooting Reynolds with Ho!mrs rifle.
 HaIaeS, during the minute or two which had elapsed, did not move from he spot where he had fallen, and Pash-ten-tah and partner returned and shot him; they then turned and shot Middleton lrom lhe stage Ayott k firmly of the belief tbat Middleton fell into the boot of the stage and was carried some distance before being preGipitated tr de ground
 Avott could have rendered valuable assistance and might have saved tbe lives of the officers, but states that neither Reynolds nor Holmes called for assistance, and he (AyotD feared that fl he interfered Reynolds might get his pistol out and shoot him, in the belief that he was going to aid he Indians He was also afraid that Md dleton might shoot him, and says when be ran up to he stage, Middleton did cover him with the pistol and ordered him 10 get into tho coach. When Middleton was shot Avott continued to run, and Pash-ten-tah and Hale ascended little knoll af the side of the road and fired at Ayoit
 Has-tentu.dp.iaH and Bi-the-ja-ba tish-to-ce-an (the latter the murderer of Cosper) took no part in tue conflict, but withdrew few yards to the side of the road Ho8.calte, whom the Indian version charges with having killed the officers, was. according to Avott, in the stage, and shackled
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 Condo B. Fallen, grapd Dephew of the senior and cousin to the jnnior editor of the BELT, was honored ny the first Catholic Centennial Congress in the United States, recently in session