Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1891-09-04
THE MURDERoUs APAoHBs.



SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.-For the last
five years the murders Of prospectors
and settlers near the Sonora line have
averaged one a month, and the army
in Arizona has done practically Moth
ing to stop the slaughter, Army Off
GERS generally attribute these out
RACES to Mexican outlaws, but the
citizens rof Arizona assert that the
murderers are Apaches, and that the
fact is well known to the soldiers.
DR.. George e. Goodfcllow of Tomb
stone, now ia San Francisco, said yes
terday: "Within The past year seven
have been killed and I've wounded by
Apaches in a section Of mountain
country 100 miles in diameter, All
this was the work Of one band, varying
In number from ten to twenty In
dians, who get their ammunition from
the San Carlos reservation. The
name of every Indian in the band has
been printed in the local paper in
Globe. The soldiers have followed
the trail of the Indians to the Mexi-
can line moro than once, and the
Licutcna.ts have reported that the
murderers are ApachcS, but the ofll-
GERS in command officially announce
that the outtegcs are the work of
Mexican outlaws and that no Indians
are at large.
"It has been proved that the five
Apaches who escaped from Cen. Miles
were joined byotbcrs. and That these
are the ores WHO have been ralding
the border ever since. When MI.
iIarlic, the Los Angeles lawyer, was
killed 10 RUckcr's canyon last year bis
skull was crushed iH with stone.
Skull-crushing is as sure sign Of
Apache work as scalplng is a sign of
The Indian Of the plains. Gen. Gricr-
son, however, declared that Mexican
outlaws killed Iardie and he persist
ed in that eYoA after Lieut.. Clark had
killed three Indians, captured two aad
found Hardlc's watch chain on one OF
them. Ia fact, one Ct the Indians
confessed, jnst before he was hanged,
that he was present when Hardie was
murdered, and still Gricraon insisted
that Mexican outlaws were the mur-
dorers. Gen. Miles, however, did not
agree with Grlerson.
"Daring the last four years no less
than thirty men have been killed on
the Saa Bcrnard,no RaRche alone 10y
this band Of Apaches. no soldier but
Lieut.. C.a.S has ever captured one of
them, and he was laughed at by his
supcriorsand transferred to another
division.
1.-TWO weeks after the murder Of
IIardie an American named Adams
and Mexican miner were killed in
,he Chlcicahua Mountains 10y band
Of fifteen Apaches. Nelghbors saw
Che Irdans, and the next day the
band drove eff some cattle from ore Of
the ranches. Bridges and Robinson
were Killed on the san BernarIiao
Rancho in the fall, aud one of them
lived long enough TO tel that he was
shot by Apaches In April miner
named Smith was killed by them, and
on June II Frank Catchin, a teamster,
was caught driving on his wagon and
riddled with bullets. His head WAS
crushed with stone. The next day
the Apaches jumped camp, killed
two Mexlcans. wounded an American,
and ran off the horses.
1.-TWO weeks ago the Apachcs jump
ed a miners camp twenty miles from
Fort Iluachuca. but the miners stood
them Off, and the Indians reureated
after firing several shots. The fort
was notified and Il detachment of sol
diers was sent out. The trail was
plain and clearly made by Indians,
but when the troops returned without
having caught the Apaches the oti-
GERS at the fort gave 1t out that the at
tack upon the miners was made by
Greaser outlaws.
'The Colonies who are declaring
that there have been no recent Indian
outrages in Arizona are telling false.
hoods. 1 have doctorcd men who
were shot by Apaches, and everybody
in Arizona know that the Indians are
doing that sort of work all the time
There is no sort Of army patrol system
along the frontier The officers see IN
to be content with dropping the chase
at the line and reporting that th'
depredations were done by Mexican
outlaws"
Artificial fuel for locomotives is t
be used by the Southern Pacific com
pany says the San Francisco Enquirer
a plant for the manufacture of artl
fetal fuel brick from coal dust anI
asphaltum has been purchased in En-
gland andis now being set mp in Sal
Francisco. 1t will cost $4,000 anC
have a capacity Of five tons of brlcl
per hour At present coal is a yer
large item Of expense to the Southern
Pacific company, it being nearly al