The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-15

down BE arose. and putting his foot on
my fathers neck cutting two long gzShes
in the TOD % the scalp. waS q bout 20 tear
II on TAen Tnbcy resorted TO strategy.
she told TIE bloodthtrsSy savage that two
soldiers were coming and be abandoned his
bloody work.
The tsrs tszas my szsesaer's bad was
almost bald GoubtissS saved him from
losing his hair. Although he was 50
zri4vr ussy wounded. he was not lead.
He was taken 20 camp and as sooa as
the rews came 20 Salem my mother start
81 or TO tire scene Of the war. 70 take care
% him II was p trying journey for
woman n those days but she finally
reached his side, and inst as scon as be
could be removed with safety ne was
taken 10 Salem. lie wsS utfkable stxat
az this time. When he departed on that
mission he was q giant IA strength. and
weighed fully 30 pounds. There Was a
marvellous difference n him when he re-
turned His fa-s and head were fea-fully
muttI4tes. and his nose Was turned 70 one
side by one OF the bullets. He was redne-
ed too. 10 3 mere skeleton. 1t IS true
that he lived for some nine years after
that terrible day but he was never the
same mar again, as he was a Sent-snyssisd
from the effects OF the many wounds that
he received. The woman Tohey who tried
&C hard 20 save him WAS always grateful
~ remembered by him.
Col Paul d'Hsirry. who was CORE
spondsnt during the Modoc war. in speak
ing about his experiences during that
period said: Il was the war correspond
ert during that Modoc outbreak and We
had some exciting times / assure you.
although never regarded IL as danger
Gus war. The Call. Union and Bulletin
formed the Associated Press al that time.
and the Chronicle, which was just then
coming 10 the front by reason OF it's en-
terprise. was not in the combine. but IL
got there with the news just the same.
In order 10 better facilitate my newspaper
work / was made lieutenant of commits
gary. and when there was any hghting
- do / did my share OF il. The Associ-
IA h press had four men on the ground.
Fa1 was the sole representative of the
en- \nieia My rivals had relays OF
hor y and / had but one horse. The
neal NJ telegraph station was at Yreka.
which, as about eighty miles away. As
soon kthe news OF the assassination OF
Gen. Candy Or. Thomas and the wound
Ing OF Mr.. Meacham reached the camp
quickly gathered together all the facts
that / could but I did not wait 10 write
them up / turned over my duties TO my
sergeant. and mounting my horse I got
away, attracting as little ettention as pos
sible I'm order that my rival correspondents
might not know what l was doing. / did
not dare 10 take the main road for fear
that the Associated Press men would n r.
take me- and IN q race against their relays
/ knew / would not be in IL. My object
was 10 reach that telegraph wire. and
there was only one at Yreks first, and to
hold Il all night so that there would be
no chance for them TO send anything that
night 1t was a rough trail up and
down the sides of the mountains and hills.
] had good horse and ] spared him as
much as / could at the rough places. and
we made what / call pretty good time
from the camp 10 Yreka. To make
long story short got there first. / never
ground out copy at such a furious rate in
my life. Soon after I began sending my
dispatch TO the Chronicle the Associated
Press men came along. and they wanted
that wire and they desired 1t real bad
but / held IL till after the San Francisco
papers had gone TO press. although | had
10 send sections OF Ayers Almanac and
other literature which found in the Of
flee In order 10 do so. The result was that
the San Francisco Chronicle came out the
next morning with a whole page account
OF the tragedy. 1t was a scoop, too. as
the Chronicle was the only paper in the
United States that appeared with a full
account of the assassination. never
was so abused In my life as / was by the
Associated Press men when sending the
10 quarrel with them.
Captain Jack Schonchin, Black Jim
and Boston Charley We're afterwafi
hanged for the assassina tons. and Barn
eho and Sioux were imprisoned for life,
after having been sentenced TO death.
Tba president commutsi their sentence
7. III. Cam. of this city. was lieutenant
colonel under Gov. Grover. OF Oregon. at
the time OF the Modoc war He knew
Scar-Face Charley well. Previous 10 the
war Charley used 10 saw wood and do
other chores for the people of Yreka.
When he was young he fell of the stage
and struck face first on some rocks. and
the result was that his face was badly
SCARED and that was why he was called
Scar-Face Charley. Mr.. Cam knew Mr..
Meacham very well. and he teld Mr.. Cam
short time before he died that Riddles
wife came 20 him shortly before the con-
ference and told him not TO 20 10 IL. and
IL he did go to take arms with him and
tell the rest 10 do so. but Gen. Candy re-
fused TO listen 20 the warning. II he had
done 50 the tragedy would have been
averted- Mr.. Cam was on the governors
STAFF. and his duties kept him at Salem