Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-07-17

he came out Of the door or the
driver IS he drove up the station.
Riley Simpson was sh OF and KILLED by
"Egan Jack,n an IudiAn few miles
this eide OF ID ep Creek az he Yves
driving along the route. La 1858,
Henry Harper was shst ms lie vae
driving iuto Eight Mile station by
some indians concealed behind the
creek bani; they Ind killed the two
men at the station before the stage
came In. Judge Mott, then OF VIZ
ginlR, New, was q passenger on the
c0sup. He climbed out to the 'front.'
boot, and gathering the lines from the
dying driver with one hand anu with
the other holding bin on he rushed
tho Team to Deep creek, they having
already come rom Antelope some
twenty miller west.
Hnipsr and = passenger won n1ed OF
the sanns time both died. In July Of
this same year Canyon station was
attacked. tbs wusthound coach had
IL 81 passed and the four soldier guards
on II baJ Just been relieved, anu AS II
was coming daylight had gone to their
beds, which we're in O covered alley
iol med rom toe stable and hsystack,
aud poor win Riley who on the pony
bad often run the gauntlet at ERan
Canyon was cleaning a horse in the
station yard, woen shot was med,
the etatisn keeper rau out aud seslng
Riley on the gTound, mounted the
horse and although receiving iatal
shot, lived to reBch Willow SPRING.
and tell the story.
The Indians set fire to the station
stable ami haystack anu shot down the
soldiers % they ran from the flames,
soslping and mutilating them in IA
| iiendlsh manner, aud Rilvy'e body
they threw On the wooupiie am
burned 50 that but small portion Of
| his RENAME Were recovered.
Soon after this, Wooi Reynolds and
- Smith, not ten miles rom Jordnn
river, on their way from Fort Criiten.
den TO Salt Lake City, with the coach,
| were killed and horribly muliiatod,
| R,yn0ljs being scalpou, his chin
skinned, his heart cut out and his
right arm cut Cfi, and 1t was learned
| that after being wounded unto death
lie WELDED monkey wrench, the
| only weapon no had, with such fear.
full dos perstion that the Indians thought
there was "msdioin." IN his arm.
Again, in March, 1862, the Indians
attacked the coach al "Split Rick"
station OH Swsotwater and Lem
Flowers, William BtowD, William
Reed and another person, were
wuurded, but tsaveJ themselves
by upsetting the conch anu
aud making breastwork OF II and Its
cUutents. These meD had TO UV pulled
over tbs 6outh Pass on hand s'eds, AS
1t was impossible for animals to travel
tnrongh the soft snow. The writer
should nave been In one Of the teams
but was laid Up AT Pacific Syringe,
snow blind, and the poor man that
nutsed him. Johnson. Telegraph
operEtor, was Afterwards shot down by
the lnuin1s as he sloUd iu the htnIiou
door, Green River station In the
spring OF 1852 was ralded and j ,bu
MuIlpy, the keeper, was Killed while
out at tne wood Pile for WOOD, ana his
family and the driver staying there
were kent In horrible suspense lOr hours
but saved themselves from the Shots
through tho doors and window by
casting their bodies down by tho lowe
Iogs OF the building. The Indians
made no attempt to get III, Ierhal
from not knowing how many peraouu
were inside, and finally went away
taking all ihe animals with them.
Soou alter tubs they visited Wei
station and run of the stock. On thi,
occasion "Bal" Morley aud tie driver
tsls race lor their lives. "B ap was
coming up the road on horseback, 1t
was Just In the evening" and as he
neared q large hollow toe other slde Of
HAMS Fork some twenty Indians
mounted raised out OF the hollow.
Bat turned and they took alter him
shouting at MIN, but no was well
III gu uted aud soon met the stage from
tue east, gave the alarm the driver
turned his team anu with Worley
urgIDg the leaders and Reuben
pounding his wheelers VITA an extrs
king bolt, they kept ahead OF the It,
diane auu got into the station but the
Indians got all the animals at the Sta
ton.
The drivers ChlstiRn name wal
Reubsn anu from that tlme no wai
niekunmed "Rush" ReubeB. SoIT
alter this the Indisns raided Granger,
station on HAMS Fork anu fortunstel y
got away with but portion OF tn,
stock, the boys at the station pressiu
them 40 clOsely TINT they let some OF u
get away from them. An inoiden
occurred at this rail- although seriou,
for the victim II WIS laughabie. An
thOny Cosgrove, tho company black
smith had fine American stallion
ana at 81 time the horse was grszinG
with some Otner animals, ana wheI
Cosgrovs saw HIS horee at
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