Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-05-31
HONOR TO OUR PRESIDENT.

HONOR TO OUR PRESIDENT.
 All Arizona wiil rise up and call Pres ident Harrison blessed for his great in responding to an appeal for protection to our people from the and marauding savages who infest the borders of this territory. When the body of Robert Hardie, mur dered ID the Chiricahuas, by predatory Apaches, was taken to Tombstone for interment, the following telegram was sent to the President:
 To his Excellency Benjamin Harrison:
 Two weeks ago large freight team was captured and burned in Sonora, the drlver escaping wounded; on the same day a citizen of this town, one Adams, was killed. and party of surveyors at tackled; all committed by a band of Apaches numbering about ten. The nucleus of this band escaped from Gen eral Miles, and has since been reinforced by assertions from San Carlos agency. Our delegate to congress, M. A. Smith, was assured by the general of the army that steps would be taken toward the protection of our frontier. Overtures were made by the authorities of Sonora, whose troops were in pursuit, for assist ance from the United States army. Not a soldier has left the security of his quarters, notwithstanding the fact that the probable route of the Indians was indicated To them.
 Yesterday, one Robert Hardie, of Los Angeles, was shot from ambush by pre- sumably the same band, and his compan- ion, pr. Haynes, of Philadelphia, narrow ly escaped.
 To-day a coroner's jury of represen- tative citizens rendered the following verdict:
 We, the jury properly impaneled to inquire into the cause of the death of Robert Hardie, do find that the deceas- ed was a native of Canada, citizen of the United States, resident of Los An geles, by occupation a lawyer, and about 45 years of age; that on May 24th, about 3:30 D. m., deceased came to his death by gun shot wound inflicted by hostile Indians, in Rucker Canyon, Cochise count:, Arizona, at a point about two miles from the ranch of Mike Gray.
 In has been repeatedly declared by the San Carlos officials and army author ities that no Indians were of the reser- vation. To the contrary not a month has passed in two years without at least two murders along the border between the United States and Mexico. The h. dians have constantly raided back and forth; have been frequently seen and counted, and by reliable advice are esti- mated tJ be from % to 30 in number. The army headquarters are maintained in Los Angeles, 600 miles from the scene of the atrocies, and the body of the citi- zen of that city which We now send them, should be accepted as evidence of their error.
 The present time seens most fitting to repeat the protest which the inhabi- tants of the territory have been vainly making for years, against the system which maintains unpunished horde of murderers in our midst, and do pray once more in the name of humanity and justice for relief.
 CIV. Cheyney, foreman; w. w. Wood man, W. c. Read, c. B. Kelton, H. G. Howe, Nj. T. Williams, c. $. Fry, George
 Need, A. J. Godfry, J. G. Brown, 5. C. Bagg, jurors.
 Delegate Smith of Arizona handed
 the foregoing message to the President
 who endorsed it as follows: .'The tel gram submitted as for information. The Secretary of War, with these directions,
 will take prompt and effective measures to protect settlers and capture and bring to merited punishment any hostile Indians who have been concerned in the killing of our citizens"
 At last have the people of Arizona found a chief executive who takes as earnest an interest in frontier affairs as
 he does in those of Washington. Foi
 years and years have our settlers suf-
 fered at the hands of marauding savages;
 hundreds of men have fallen victims to
 these wards of the government, and
 still there was DO redress save an occa-
 sional sally of handful of troops. The Indian question is. the only cloud that ever lowered over Arizena, always dark sometimes darker. It has kept our
 territory in primitive state; kept us, as it were, at the mercy of aboriginal
 brutes who laughed at our feeble efforts
 to obtain justice. It remained for
 President Harrison, alone, to forever clear the horizon of Arizona from the clouded bank that lay like wet blanket on our land, and to his actions the voice of every Arizonan will respond in praise. -