Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1893-02-10
MuRDEROTS REDSKINS.
They Kill -Four ;'owloys and aTs
Themselves Rum Down and Shat

Saturday evening telegraph mes.
sages were rcceivrd in the city an
nouncing the fact that ionr cowloyS
had been killed hy the Indians OH ,l.e
reservation. IAis started all kiEds of
vague rumor>. aud fears OF an lnd,an
outbreak. There wer. many different
We, ,sions of the affair, antl have been
since, through the newspapers and
otherwise. The STAR rain across Il. 4.
Paine Wednesday,, who had jast inter
viewed Ed Sten2er at iHeimos;s for The
purpose of bringing a correct reror
of the bloody affair. MIR. Stenser is
one OF the firm of Humphrey Il Sten
ger, government beef contractors for
Pine Ridge agency, and spends a lasgc
portion OF his time at the camp "be'
they hold the stock for issue day. M.
s,tenger reports that lie mad only been
away from the camp for u few day>.
and intended to retnrn on the DAY
upon which his men were murdered.
but the cold weather prevented. On
Saturday morning Charley s;warsz. !;
cowboy. went to Slenger & Humrh-
rey's camp, and upon going into t!,'
cabin was shocked to find Emanuel
Bennett aud Rodney Royce lying upon
their backs on the bed dead, with hui
let holes in their faces, together with
two young bows. one of whom was not
quite dead, but unabia to spcal,.
Swartz at cnee went to the agency
and reported he situation. MIR. Stem
ger was one Of the first TO reach tile
scene. and he says from the manner in
which the bodies were l.ing. and the
condition Of the room. tie men must
have been suddenly attacked and
killed just after haYlng finished sup
par, or after having given the lnliens
their supper. There were fear men
employed a. The camp, but Haaaway y
and another one were abccat that
night, and in their place a couple of
boys named Bacon and Kelley had
stopped there for the night, heing out
hunting some horses. Thee boys only
lived twelve miles away, aud No sus-
picion of trouble had existed anywhere
in the neighborhood. The story that
the cowboys had been intoxira'ed the
night before and mistreated the In
dians Is entirely untrue, for in the
first place these boys We're not of the
chararacter to so conduct themselves,
and they were on the most friendly
terms with the Indians.
As soon as the murder of the cow
boys became known some friendly In.
dians laid the blame upon Two Sticks
and two sons, and White Face. Horse
The Indian police were forthwith o.-
dered to arrest them, and after a
search of few hours came upon the
four, who resisted arrest and we've
fired upon by the police. resulting in
killing White-Face- Horse and one of
the sons of Two Sticks, and wonnlns
old Two Sticks 50 seriously that lie
has since died, but-admitted before he
died that they killed the cowboys. and
that they thoroughly planned and PR
pared for it. The son who escaped
from the police has since been cap
tured and corroborates his fa,h-,'.
statement, saying that the Messia h
tod them to kill white people, aud
they did so. although they had no par
,icular grudge against these COW bows.
The two boys killed were. James
Kelley and VIM. Bacon, Of Sheridan
county, Neb., who have been taken ia
their homes. The remains of Bennett.
were sent to BreckeIkiase. Mo. where
hs people ii9ed, VIII rur.