Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-11
DIABOLICAL RED MEN.
Their Frightful Carnival in the
 Yellowstone Park.
A MOST HIDEOUS MASSACRE.

Five Wealthy French Tourists waylaid
 Story of the Guide, Who Escaped Death
 by Taking Refuge in a Sleeping Geyser.
 CHEYENNE, Wy. T., March 11.-A half. breed hunter and trapper, who arrived hele from the extreme northwestern quarter of the territory, brings tidings of the atrocious mSSsacre of party of five French tourists in Yellowstone National park The bearer of the news heard the story at Canyon City, new mining town near the park, where Hank Ferry, tho gsida and solo survivor, reported the slaughter.
 Ferry says his charges included M. Le Claire and wife, J. Vincent and wife, and Paul Gerot, father of Mime. Vincent. He entered ths service of tho sightseers at Vir- ginia City, Mon, contracting to show them through the park in violation of United States statutes. The strangers were very wealthy and said they had journcyed overland from San Francisco for the express purpose ot going thr sugh the park during the absence oi the horde of summer excursonists. The party enjoyed themselves hugely in the park, affiliating with the poachers, who were slaughtering game for hides Their camp was always the headquarters for professional hunters, whom they supplied with luxuries.
 The guides story of the murder, which he says was committed by tie Indians, is most grs,hic recital. Just before dawn blood curdhng yells and fusilade of shots were heard and reused Ferry. He realized the situation and, crawling through the brush, took refuge in the mouth of sleeping geyser. Here be heard the piteous groans and beg. ging of the foreigners, mingled with the yell ing of the red skins The latter proceeded with the murders and killed old Gerot just as the sun was rising. The slaughter was most brutal. Wound after wound was inflicted before the death shot was given. No body contained less than ten bullets, and the re- mains of Vincent, who made desperate struggle for life, were completely riddled. The savages passed the morning i'll further mutilating the bodies and pillaging their out fit.
 Tine women were neatly scalred and their long treSsss, matted with blood, dangled from the belt of the chief of the Indians The heads of the men were hacked and their bodies frightfully disfigured. The Indians found a store of liquors carried by the Frenchmen, but the quantity was not sufficient to intoxcate them all, else they would doubtless have fought among themselves. The clothes of the victims were donned by the fiends, who, as they ran from one wagon 10 the other, would halt en instant to give one Of the bodies kick or gash with knife. Finally the marauders wearied of their bloody feast and, packing the effects of the dead people on their ponies, set fire to the wagons and left Ferry, who was nearly dead with fright emerged from his hiding place when the In dians had departed and at once started fol Canyon City, the nearest settlement. He avoided the hunters in the park and must have suffered from hunger and exposure, q: he was weak, emaciated and seemed slightly demented when relating the terrible story. The guide was placed in the care of phy sician, but he disappeared the second night after his arrival and has not been seen since It is presumed that he is crazy, as he started to the scene of the massacre. Officers al Canyon City have organized a posse to secure the bodies of the murdered people, and ii possible avenge their deaths. They will pro ceed witE all possible haste, as the place i isolated and wolves are liable to devour tht remains before the park police or the hunter stumble on them. Ferry is a tough character but his story is believed, although some of tn, miners think that the hide hunters, who ar, | mostly outlaws, may have murdered tn, | tourists for the purDoSa of robbery