Arizona weekly citizen., 1889-05-25

spective of any who may have been less severely wounded.
 A careful examination of the ground subsequent to the fight, showed that on the side of the road from which the fire first came. The robbers had built
 FIVE SEPARATE BREAsTwoRKs.. All were crescent shaped with the apex facing the canyon. Invariably they were the highest in the center, the wings sloping gradually down to about two feet. They extended along the road for nearly quarter of a mile and on ac- count of the sinuosities in the road commanded every portion of it. Those of the robbers stationed on the opposite hill had used jutting ledge of rock for protection. The nearest breastwork to the first ambulance was distant about 70 feet and it was from this point of vantage the most rapid and effective fire came. About 200 shells were after wards picked up within this little half circle of rocks A novel-That Husband of Mine-was also found there. This l book is said to have been stolen by some one from the ranch of Barney Norton, elsewhere alluded to. The axe with | which the box was broken open, like wise came from his place. Major Wham Himself an old soldier of the Rebellion, states that his men one and all acted with unusual bravery, and cites in proof the large number injured before they abandoned the field to the robbers. Pri- vate Bird was in the act of taking aim with his gun, when a bullet from one | of the robbers struck him directly be- tween the third and fourth finger and SPLIT HIS HAND IN TWO. Apparently unconscious of his injury he cooly laid his gun across his left forearm for support and fired. The sergeant I-Brown-in charge of the squad, after emptying his revolver, snatched a gun | from one of his men and continued fir | ing, but soon fell shot through the arm and side. AS he did so the owner of the gun again took it and did good and eff fective work. Many similar instances of individual bravery could be enumera- ted, but the foregoing will illustrate the metal of the men.
 MT. Gibbons, though he had no inter est in the affair beyond getting away with a whole skin, took the rifle and cartridges of a wounded man and gave a good account of himself. The murderous intentions of the robbers were apparent | in their deliberate attempt to kill him, once when he exposed himself to bind up the arm of one of the wounded men.
 MT. Norton, who heard the firing at his ranch, thinks probably the fight lasted about one and half hours. When he first heard the firing he thought it | was the rodeo returning home and that | 4lo 1>x,a x.,ar<, fba,r ,,icfO1c off for | fun, but an old soldier working for him, said it was carbine firing, and this gave | them the impression that battle was ID progress between the troops and In dians.
 that although eight of the soldiers were shot there was
 NOT BONE BROKEN .
 and none are expected to die from theil injuries. Brown and Lewis were both shot through the side, and neither bulle, has been located, but still both are in 8 fair way of recovery.
 NOTES.
 The first man to take the trail after the robbery became known, was Chas c. Perry, an employe at Norton's ranch He it was who recovered the valise witf the vouchers of the paymaster.
 Through the appertures between the rocks of the entrenchments the robbert had thrust lot of Mescal stalks witf the pith extracted to give them the ap pearanoe of guns. They were so ad justed as to point directly down on the wagon.
 A Mexican on Thursday last reported at Norton's ranch the finding of desert ed camp about two miles from the scene of the holdup This was evidently the robber camp as the portion of an un- used beef was found hanging in a tree near by.
 The woman Frankie Stratton, upon whom much depends as witness, is 8 resident of Maxey where she owns con- siderable property, and is said to run a kind of money brokerage. She was re- gently before the United States court at this place, as witness in Camp Grant shooting scrape.
 A man by name of Col. Buell. or Bid dle, of Fort Thomas, passed through the gorge just ahead of the paymaster. As he rode around the rock he thought he saw a man dodge behind rock on the hill, and for safety drew his revolver, but seeing nothing more believed that he had made foolish mistake and rode | on.
 When Mir. Gibbons first went to the obstructing rock, he did as before noted under the supposition that it had acci- dentally fallen from the bluffs above, but he says that when he saw the lower side of the rock had been carefully blocked up to prevent it rolling further down, it made the cold creep up his back as he surmised something was wrong.
 From the best information that can be gathered, the robbers only took to shooting down the soldiers after the lat ter had evinced determination to fight. It is believed that the first volley fired l went over the heads of the escort as it was accompanied by yell of "Run you blacks -" but as they would not run the work of killing began in earnest.
 Cyclone Bill" has evidentualy not much respect for the colored troops. At Camp Grant he boastingly told the off cer who had him in tow, that he would stick button on the end of a corncob and run all the negro troops out of the territory. Cyclone Bill is about feet inches tall, has a long face and full beard coming down to a point. His right leg is drawn up, which gives him considerable of limp. He objects to being called "Whirlwind Bill" as he thinks that but faintly expresses his annihilating qualities.