Tombstone daily prospector., 1890-12-16

comment upon the recent Apache mur ders and no comment could be more impressive than that of the coroner's jury which is published in full:
 We, the jury regularly impsnnelled to inquire into the cause of the death of \. H. Robinson and John Bridger, after having viewed the bodies, do find from the evidence submitted
 That the said x. H. Robinson is native of Texas and about twenty seven years age and
 That the said Icha Bridge. is native of Missouri and about twenty-five years of age.
 That on the twelfth day of Decem- Der 1890, at about two P, m. and at a point near the line between Arizona and Mexico, they came to their death from gunshot wounds at the hands Of hostile Indians.
 Again the people of Cochise county have been called upon to render through their representatives the yer dict of A coroner's jury upon their murdered citizens, and again through its recommendations to appeal for that relief for which they have erred so loag and in vain. From almost the same spot where but A little time since the invalid Hardie met his death come the bodies of the latest victims of the San Carlos renegedes.
 The evidence in this inquest proves the assertions made by the Coronors' jury in the Hardie case.
 It was claimed then, notwithstand- ing the denial of the military author ities, bands of Indians were constantly rowing back and forth from the res eryarion to Mexico. This it proved by the fact that their camping place was found, showing indisputable evidence of long and constant use.
 It was claimed that the Indian scouts employed by the army are con stantly treacherous, deceiving their officers, supplying information, pro visions and ammunition to their hos tile bre.hern and in time joining them in their raids. This is proven by the fact that sn officer near the spot, when shown loot tracks by the settlers was made to believe and assert that they were those of the scouts themselves
 The murder of Hs-die, the finding Of the trail, the long-used camp, the failure of the scouts to find the nos tiles when in their vicinity, and the killing of Robinson and Bridger prove undoubtedly that Indians are of the reservation and hundreds of miles from if. and the ignorance of the au- thoritiss Of the fact as well ss proof of their inability to remedy it.
 It is in evidence that both men are shot in the head, one in the exact middle of the forehead. Hardie wal shot in the heart, evidence of skilled msrkmansbip as well as possession of improved weapons.
 The last is the supreme mistake Of tine government in its dealings with the Indians, the first almost a crime. It is sought as the prime reason for the maintenance of the resyeration system, to make of the Indian a til!er of the soil, to supply him with the implements and to teach him their use. Tn this vocation he has no use fer the repeating rife and yet it is per mitted. He is mustered with the company of scouts, drilled and taught the use Of his weapons and all of the habits and methods of his guards. then mustered out to take to the war path and practice upon the settler the arts and skill the government has taught him, while his brother takes his place in the ranks drawing rations for both by presenting his tag, until he in turn takes to the warpath.
 Did ever civilization know such folly such mistakes, such injustice?
 With full knowledge Of the sub ject gained through years of contact with the Apache Indian question and with the belief that it is our right 10 demand and the duty of the govern ment to accord full and complete protection,
 We earnestly recommend that the Indians of Arizona be at once deprived of the possession and other means of obtaining fire arms and fixed ammu-