The herald., 1896-08-19
Disturb the Peace of Citizens OF
Nogales
A BATTLE WITH THE YAQUIS
Results in the Capture Of Twenty
Indian Prisoners
A Tucson Star Courier lntimates That Some
One Has Led-He Heard No Shooting Nor
Saw Any Indians
Associated Press Special Wire.


NOGALES, Ariz.. Aug 1s.-Excite-
ment is again at fever heat in Nogales
this evening. caused by the receipt of the
following special telegram to the Daily
Border Vidette, dated at Tucson this
afternoon:
United States soldiers ran on to %
rebels near Olive Camp and the rebels
opened fire, wounding three soldiers Sc
r.ously The soldiers returned the fire,
killing three rebels and capturing twen-
ty, and are bringing them to Tucson
now. A courier from Olive says the SOL
diers took Winchester rifle from them,
7O-45 calibre, with a silver mounted
stock"
Olive is a mining camp situated about
twenty-five miles in southeasterly di-
rection from Tucson and about forty
miles west of Greaterville and sixty
miles northwesterly from Nogales, not
very far from Tubac. from where a
party of nineteen insurrectionists start
ed for Nogales on the day preceding
the attack The surrounding country
is largely inhabited by Yaqui Indians
and mestizos (half-breeds).
Col Bacon, who is yet in Nogales,
has so far received no notification of the
fight, but it is thought here that Captain
Hare, in command of Troop X, having
the fight, sent couriers to Tucson to
make preparations for taking care of the
prisoners.
The rifle mentioned in the telegram
answers the description of one owned
bx-T nd Eilled tho da
of the battle in the mountains six miles
from Nogales.
The four prisoners captured by United
States troops, three of whom were
brought in Sunday night and one last
night, were given hearing before Uni
ted States Court Commissioner Taylor
this afternoon. All pleaded not guilty.
The case was continued to await the ar
rival of the United States district at
torney. Two of the four are Luis Lizo
and Jose Salcido, whose names appear
on the original list of nineteen taken
from the dead body of an insurrectionist
Immediately after the fight Wednesday
morning. Lizo now says his correct
name is Romero, but when first cap
tured to the name Lizo, and the descrip-
ton tallies exactly with the description
given by Francisco Vasquez. the pris-
oner in the Mexican jail The captured
Indians will be held at United States
prisoners as a result of firing on United
! States troops.
REPORTS OF FIGHTING.
| TUCSON, Aug. 1S.-A courier ust ar
rived here from Olive Camp states thai
| Troop e, Seventh cavalry, Lieutenant
| Bullock commanding, had fight with
| Yaqui Indians last evening. twenty
| miles south of here. The Indians were
| entrenched behind rocks on the top OF
a mountain. The fight lasted from
$50 until $780, The troops charged them
in their stronghold, killing three and
capturing the entire band of thirty
among whom were three squaws. Three
soldiers were wounded, one mortally
and three Yaquis killed. The Yaquis
were armed with Winchesters, pistols
and knives-better armed than the mill
itary. They will be brought here TO-
| morrow and turned over to the civil au-
| thorities.
THREE PRISONERS.
|
received a; the war department from
| Gen. Wheaton states that three Indians
| supposed to be Yaquis, were brought
| from Tubac, Ariz., to Nogales. They
had been taken before United States
| commissioners on the charge of violat-
| ing the neutrality laws. They are be-
| lieved to be members of the raiding
| party that attempted to loot the Mexican
| custom house.
MAY BE, A FABLE.
| TUCSON, AriZ., Aug. 1S.-The report
| ed fight between troops and Yaquis was
brought here by soldier who reported
| that he was a courier and left the COM
| mand this morning. A Star courier JUS
! returned from the reported location o.
| the fight made A miles in six hours NJ
| fight and no Indians in that vicinity
| THE CHRISTIANS IN CRETE