Arizona weekly enterprise., 1889-11-09
KILLED BY APACHES.
THE SHERIFF OF CHA COUNTY OVERPOwERED BY HIS PRIs-
 OVERS,
\ Tragedy that Nearly Precipitatcd an Outbreak on the San Carlos Reserva-
 tinn.

IndlanS were named ln commitment as Hale, Saves, Bach c-on-ral. Bith ejabetishlscean, Kid. Hoo-cal-te, FL lahu and Has-tew-tu-he-iay. w. \. Holmes accompanied the sheriff as guard and Eugene Middleton, proprie- tor of the Florence and Globe stage line, drove the four-horse team that conveyed them down, while sheriff Reynolds rode his horse as far as Riverside. They reached the latter station in due season without any event of special importance and set out for Florence about four o'clock Sat urday morning. An hour later they reached the big wash nearly five miles this side oi Riverside and the sheriff ordered six of the Indians to walk up the steep grade. They were hand cufled in pairs and, strange to relate, were preceded by the sheriff on foot, his horse having been left st River side, and were followed by the guard. Both the sheriff and guard wore heavy overcoats and gloves, the morning be- ing quite cold as well as dark, and the wagon containing the two remaining Indians. Mir Middleton, went on little in advance of the sheriff.
 Suddenly the Indians nearest to the sheriff and guard gave wild whoop and with their free arms grap- pied the officers and held them while the others took away the guns and shot both. Holmes was probably kill ed first and with his own gun, the bullet passing directly through his heart and coming out below his right arm. Sheriff Reynolds was next shot with the rife and afterwards received a charge of buckshOt from his own gun through his head, instantly kill ing him. The wretches then struck his face several times with the muzzle of the gun in token of their hatred of the man, and then beat his head with sharp stone.
 The firing caused Mir. Middleton to stop his horses and look back out of the side of the coach just in time to receive bullet in his right cheek which as afterwards learned ,cut around 1 the back of his neck and came out of the opposite side, inficting very severe but not necessarily fatal wound. The shock caused Mir. Middleton to [ fall from the coach and almost i'm 1 mediately the Indians were upon him. While still retaining full consciousness | he feigned death and the savages were content with taking off his oyercoat and robbing him of his watch and money. They likewise robbed the dead sheriff and guard and also took ! their arms and ammunition and fled. In the meantime the Mexican ran for dear life He subsequently, got one of the stage horses and rode it as far as it could. carry him and then made his way to the stone house at the Buttes and surrendered himself more dead than alive, to Mir. Charles White who happened to be there and who brought him to Florence.
 After the departure of the Indians from the scene of the tragedy, MT Middleton succeeded in getting upon his feet and, covered with blood and begrimmed with dirt, he started upon the back track for Riverside to -giigs the alarm. A messe nger Was at once i dispatched to Globe and a telegram from that place about three o'clock ! Saturday afternoon was the first tid- ings received here of the tragedy. La ter on the mail was brought in by the regular stage driver and the news WAS | confirmed.
 A sheriif's posse, consisting of Sheriff Fryer, Dave Gibson, R. H. Martin, Frank C. Kibbey, w. E. Mil Ter and J. P. Gabriel at once started for the scene to take up the trail of the Indians and Justice J. B. Fitch followed with a coroner's jury and Dr. A. $. Adler to hold an inquest upon the remains of the dead.
 The jury, consisting of W. P. Bam- rick, H. E. McMurry, Chas. P. Mason, NJ. Kennedy, Geo. E. Butcher and A. N. Clark, brought in q verdict that dsceased came to their deaths sub stantially in the manner herein de- scribed.
 The sheriff's posse soon found the trail and followed it across the river at Zellweger's ranch and over noun tains and across canyons, occasionally finding fragments of the effects of the dead men that had been cast away by savages, until they found the troops had taken up the trail, when they re- turned to Florence.
 The military acted with surprising promptness as and soon as the news of the emunte reached San Carlos troops were ordered from Fort Mcdowell, Fort Grant, Camp Thomas, Fort Lo- we'll and Huachuca and at last ac- counts an ample force of soldiers and
 thirty Indian scouts were following
 the fugitives towards the White Noun
 tains, on the reservation, and were
 hourly gaining upon them. There is
 scarcely doubt that they will be
 captured and turned over to the authorities of this county to answer
 for their latest terrible crime.
 It is stated that the military author
 ities are exercising the utmost viz
 ilance to keep tue fugitives from com municating with their friends upon
 the reservation, for fear they will gC
 to the rescue and then take the wal
 path. The presence of such large , body of troops upon the reservation has set at rest all fears in this re : spect.
 Sheriff Glenn Reynolds had been s
 resident of Gila county nearly four . years. and came from Texas. He wa. engaged in the stock business in Ton to Basin with a man named Connors
 and his popularity was attested by his election last fall over two opposln! , candidates He was about thirty-fvt . years of age and leaves wife anC three children. He was brave office and his daring bordered on reckless mesa. It is believed that his self-re ' liancn led him intn llnnncnssnru dnn