The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-04-02

FATAL aoUTE TO FORT YUMA.


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vssns-Dsenus - A. rsssrhy
Apsupss u ~ resent hndsng q skese-
tsns "a - denort Cc1eDd d. X. Alien
Swnanhed - fofIew1ng 6s1aais cf What
hs found:
IN reeIy % ~ nany inquisses made -
- ~ 6nSfu~ on - Colorado dessrt Of the
voeuu epd bucksoasd aDd ths remains Of
nnen I'D hsrses. Iviii ssy hat ~ 10 the
warpne heye coms - tbe ounclusion that
4 wss 80 u young MEXICAN and bis
vito. Nth ~ young man's fathsx. Who
IA IT, Jotinn mines on February last.
vhore 10y had bsen eating wood for
Yums anA 6ouorA NJ reasons are that
Mr.. Mses 0arnss tdentj6es Tie wagon and
trunks ho1onefng - The party. which he
net neas CamDo IN February. fse. while
IL Nex1con 80 pepafxfng one hind wheel.
end SECURING Shs tire With wire. and patting
n spokes q mesquite wood. He asked
shem vhero thsy wess going and they said
20 Yums scruos he DESERT and then into
ecnosn. He noticsd shst they had only
two old borses and no suitable outfit
He Gid 70 them. Look out. the road
IL bed one, with no watoes. Better not
sov
His wife. who speaks Spanish. said to the
woman: do not Try to 30 with your
poor team and outfit You vii die on the
road. Thsfs = no watef. /"
Mr.. Garner said: IF you do 90, do
not 20 by The telegraph line. for there Is no
water for eighty miles.r
Notwithstanding these cautions they left
for Yuma. From ell that | can see they
left Coyote or Indian Wells with moth
ing bat two poor little horses Gnd none or
but Httie watef. When they reached
Alamo arroyo. ten miles north Of the old
stage station. their team gave out and the
young man must have Left 20 hunt for
wafes, and. not finding u, died. The old
man. whose two canes We found near the
wagon. died Gloss by. The poor woman
stayed until hope gave out and she left and
died.
We found the cost Of one Of the men on
the wheel OF the wagon and the dress OF
the woman lies only few yards distant
The homes Of the horses We found only .
short distance away. Here was the wagon,
the trunks. eli Of the cooking utensils.
which ore few. and ths clothing Of the
family. Though no one knows whether .
little child was with them or not, the shoes,
pants and clothing Of boy or s years Of
go are IN the trunk.
That they vsrs Catholics IL evident by
the number Of crosses. images Of the vir-
gin Mary. ETC.. found. All there IL In the
wagon 10 show for carrying water was q
two-auart cones pot, four-quart iron kst-
evidently been used ~ . water bucket
any. As STATED in the Tnioa, the iron
wedges and siedga used for splitting wood
and the half can Of blasting powder still In
ner's opinion - 70 the party being that Of
the woodchoppsrs from Julian. Who can
give any Hight on the UsAtter9
Upon further examination u IL plain that
one Of the parties Who left the new buck
board on the east side OF the New river,
three miles shove the old station. was IN
Enelishman, from the fact that he left II
the blackboard IN English canvas valise,
on which Vas paster, printed on white
Paper, such ~ used by European steamers:
Steamer -----thia,
Liverpool
The othsr partof the name Of the steamer
Was worn or torn on; over this was pasted
. Portland. Or. transfer pastor. The lock
on the valiss was Of IN English pattern
and the overcast was London made. with
beautiful lining and finish. Also part OF
bottle Of Enelish pickles Was found near
by. made by the East India Pickle Com
pany.
In one pocket Of the coat he had San
Francisco newspaper OF May 8, 1855, and
facicihc coast folder OF the Erie Railroad
Company. when George q. Cowan was assis-
tant general agent At San Francisco. The
collars found with the white shir, were
stamped "Noneii. London" "reissued
is7p-No. liz around the neck" There
were three Of these. His coaloii lamp. q
wrench. = milk pan, small stew pan, .
torn sack with . few old potatoes, few
empty cans which had contained devilcd
ham and fruit. too empty boxes. the re-
mains of . black leather valise. q long piece
Of Chinese mating. and empty fve-gallon
water key and the buckles and other fix
tares OF . very fine harness were all that
remained on the spot
A few hundred feet distant, and on the
bod on the arroyo we found the pieces and
remains OF an English blanket. one OF the
. very best Of English sliswool. heavy make.
This Was found under a bush, apparently
where the man bad carried il and had laid
down TO sleep or 10 die Few feet distant We
found very nne English pea jacket. made
Of tho finest English Melton OF the heaviest
kind and well made. This had been cut or
orn In two places. the pieces Of which lay
on the UPPER side Of the bush where We
found the blanket The other man was
probably an Italian. ~ we found part of 4
railroad time table printed in Italian. and
also fancy collar, sire it,s. and white
shirt 10 match.
There Is no doubt In my mind hut that
the remains a The two men found two or
three miles below the blackboard were the
parties who deserted il and persisted. The
tracks os the horse aud blackboard are
plain TO Be seen for mile or more and II
is evident that the horse had given out or
that the driver was insane. a. the tracks
wander here and there. showing that the
horse could hardly stand mp before he was
unhitehed from the blackboard lie was
Embarrassed, and I have no doubt bat that
he died near By from thirst. as isd also the
men
One Of the white shirts found was
stamped Hart, Maker. SAn Francisco. d,
Neither boz nor paper Was found near the
place 10 give any elew as 70 who the par
ties we're. The blackboard. the harness
trimmings and cutGf show that they wsra