The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-07-23
KILLED BY APAOHEs.
Bud Campbell shot From His Horse by One of tho Cibicu Band.

Bud Campbell Shot From His Horse
 by One of the Cibicu Band.
 c. 0. Bicknell. who returned to-day from trip through the San Carlos reservation, and who arrived at the Ellison ranch near Canyon creek the day after the killing ot Bud Campbell by the Indians, gives the following re. port of the sad affair. which he re. ceived from John E. Pool, who was with Campbell when he was shot:
 R. L. Campbell, better known as Bud" and John E. Pool, a cousin of Dave Pool, were down on Sloan Creek horse hunting, and on July 9th they concluded to start home for the FL lison ranch, six miles north.
 They had been out several days and had their pack animals and provisions with them. Toward afternoon they stopped at the Voris place and un- loaded their pack. They left it there and rode of on the range again. in- tending to return aud spend the night.
 Between sundown and dark Bud re- turned and unsaddled, but as he wished to take his horse up on the mesa and hobble him he still held him by the rope. and reached down to the saddle to draw his gun from the sheath. At thls moment he was shot from the brush near by, and dropping the rope he seized his gun, lodged be- hind boulder and from there to the high ground on the north side of the canyon. His horse ran out on the north side and was met and caught by Pool, who had just rode up. Twisting the rope around the saddle.horn, he rushed both the horses across to where Bud was calling hlm. Bud then jumped on the horse and away they flew to- ward home, Pool ahead and Bud just behind.
 They had loped about one and a quarter miles, and it was now quite dark, when bang! went a gun, aud Pool felt the powder burn his cheek. He threw himself fiat on his horse, and the next instant there was another re- port close behind, and he heard Bud cry. 'Ohw Buds horse then sprang ahead and forcing the other horse from the trail took the lead.
 Pool says Bud was killed instantly, Tor he never spoke another word, and 200 yards further ahead, where the rail made sudden turn to the right, he fell from his horse. Pool kept on, the home ranch about 10 o'clock that night.
 The next morning a posse of eight
 
 started after the body. They found poor Bud lying on his face in pool of blood. with bullethole in the center ,f his back, which had torn a terrible lole in coming out of his right breast. He was still clutching his Winchester with convulsive grasp, showing that ,e had been killed instantly.
 He wore white shirt. a fact which nay have caused his death, for it was quite dark when he was shot, and Pool, who wore blue jumper, escaped lninjured.
 R. L. Campbell was son-in-law of J. w. Ellison, and a widower--hayiug ost his wife in December, 1894. He caves two little girls under SIX years 'f age. now fatherless as we'll as notherless. He was universally be. owed and respected and had no ene- nies.
 It is thought that the murderer be- ongs to the Cibicu band, who have worn vengeance on the whites for the |eath of Chief Cooley, who was shot ast December. The chiefs brother tated openly at Fort Apache that he would have four white men to pay for lis brothers death.
 It is evident that the murderers did ot know that they had killed Camp ell, or they would have taken his un and perhaps mutilated him. The act that he kept on for two hundred ards before falling from his horse 'ade them think they had missed him. Herald.
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