Arizona silver belt., 1889-11-09

l narrowly missing the vertebrate. It was a close call and as 1t vas. Middle ton was stunned and fell to the ground, face down, and while conscious, with RARE PRESENCE OF MIND lay motionless and lilag vs5'3;sss the In dian devils stripped oA his eeata and rifed his pockets. They even exam lned his wound and evidently conclud- ing that It was fatal, left him without inflcting additional injury. The Mex ican, horses and coach, in the mean time, had passed over the summit and out of sight The Indian Kid had jumped from the coach and iolned his confederates.
 WHO SHOT MIDDLETON ? 1 The manner of the shooting of Mid dleton is disputed. Middleton himself stated that the Indian who escaped from the coach when the trouble be- gan, ran back secured Reynolds shot gun and returned to within a short distance (one report says 9 teeD of the coach and shot him from behind bush on the side of the road. It seems improbable, however, that Middleton wonld have been struck by only one shot from gun loaded with buckshot, fired at so short range. Dr. J. w. Largent, who went to Riverside to at tend Middleton, examined his wound, and gives It as hls opinion that It was inflicted by small calibre rifle ball. To further support thls belief is the fact that the Indian who first jumped from the coach was shackled and 1t would have required some minutes for him to have gone back to where the struggle was in progress and to have returned with gun and fired at Md dleton. The theory that one of the Indians who murdered Holmes shot Middleton with Holmes rifle ia 40-6O is more plausible.
 Reynolds, evidently, made desper: ate light for his life, and was
 BaARFEIIY sEe-..aK3 p1sssatRED. His skull on top and over the right eye were crushed, probably by rock, and there was deep gash across his chin; the mark of the gun barrels were imprinted on his left cheek, look ing as though he had been jabbed with the gun. There were three or four buckshet wounds in Reynolds face and head, and pistol shot, or. perhaps, rifle shC5 wound in the top Of the left shoulder, passing down into the trunk, probably fired when he was on his hands and knees or after he had fallen. Holmes was shot only once, the ball (probably from his own riGe1 striklng him in the left side be- low the arm pit, passing through his heart and coming out at the right side, also shattering the right arm. There were no other wounds on his body. Reynolds was found lying on bis face, his ovsrcoat and gauntlet gloves still on. Holmes, also wearing an over- coat, lay on his back, with arms stretched out.
 ROBBED AS WE'LL AS MURDERED.
 The Indians ritied the pockets of thelr victims, obtaining from Key holds hIs gold watch and chain, valued at over S200, upwards ot $2G0 in cash, and the Key belonging.te the shackes; also all the papers. on his person. The contents of Holmes pockets IS not known, but everything he had wa taken; also his hat which was picked up near the trail ofthe Indians, twelve miles from the scene of the killing, y the cihzens possee from Globe; papers which had been torn up and thrown away were also found. Eugene Md dleton lost two coats, watch and chain, and other articles. A shotgun, Winchester and three sixShooters, be- longing to the officers were also taken.
 After the murderers had started away, one of them came back and ran down the wash toward Middleton, who feared it was for the purpose of giving him finishing shot, but the Indian passed on, without molesting him, to where Reynolds lay, probably to get the key to the shackles which may have been overlooked in the first search of the dead mans pockets. Ar ter the Indians had disappeared, Mid i dleton, faint and sore,
 WALKED BACK TO RIVERSIDE, where he arrived about 2 o'clock a. m. and reported the frightful disaster. In the meantime, the Mexican, Avott, had taken one of the stage horses from the tam, which he mounted and, as he claims, started for Florence with | the object of
 INFORMING THE AUTHORITIES of Final county, of the tragic occur renee.
 TIE NEWS AT FLORENCE.
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