Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-12-10

Wedding Is the conclusion Of a romance
which began two years ago when the
gioOm was q visitor In Salt Lake at the
home Of Mrs a. NJ. Thompson, Of III
Seventh East street. a relative Of
The young lady, whom she, too, visited,
from her home at Spring Creek,
The Indian massacre In which the
little girl was the only one 60 escape
occurred IN September, 1892, at Nor
mon settlement In Colonia Juarez, CHI
hulhua Mexico At an outlying ranch
leased by the girls grandfather little
Miss Straight was living with her
grandmother whom she thought to be
her own parent as she had been raised
By her since the death OF her own
mother which occurred while she was
ttll babe IN arms
On Monday Sept, 70, 1892, the ranch
was attacked by Indians, the two boys,
unCes Of Miss Straight and herself
were out IN the barnyard, when the
Indians appeared, and both boys were
shot Then as the girls grandmother
came out VI the house, she too was
murdered For some reason the girl
was unmolested.
The story, at the time II occurred.
was fully told in the Deseret News.
through two letters, one from George
Itasdale. and one from Joseph c. Bent
icy published In the issues Of Och
End and 3rd 1892,
After being spared by the Apaches.
and left without relatives IN a distant
and the girl was sent to Spring Creek,
ulah, where she was made acquainted
WIN her father and told Of the death
OF her mother, while she was a baby,
ana Of the fact that her grandmother
had adopted her Since then, until her
recent marriage, she has lived at the
nome Of her father, r. Straight one of
ue well known and prosperous resi-
dents Of Spring Creek.
Ihe groom too has had a rather ro-
mantle career lie fought through the
spanish war 1s a lieutenant IN an In
QMna volunteer regiment, and was
Wounded at III Caney, cuba,
STORY OF MASSACRE,
An extract from the Deseret News Of
VeL5 1892 follows giving the details Of
me massacre, I'm which Miss Straight
was alone LEFT alive. II Is taken from
we letter writer by Joseph G.. Bentley
Spy ~ 1892 and dated at Juarez,
Mexico.
uans A. Thompson and family for
merry Of st. Johns. Ariz., had been llv-
Ius on the ranch FOR some time past,
euu last Sunday evening. Mr.. Thomp-
s'I Iett for Pacheo, to start work on
y mieshcr next day, leaving his wife.
sto sons and little granddaughter at
anne Early Monday morning, the In
e.uS' seven or eight tn number, sur
wluel the house and while the two
W. ana little girl were feeding the
,s', opened fire on them from behind
se pam, killing the elder son, Hyrum,
~ years. The other boy, Elmer,
sssea u, and the little girl started to
t,un towards the house. when a shot
%Sh me corral entered the boys right
~ causing him to fall to the ground.
nv. NV indians then rushed for the house.
ma 'yW the little girl 20 one side, and
,''us MIS-. Thompson In the door
w Naot her, But finding that the
,i. wa not cause instant death.
INK, es'9 up a rock and mashed her head
tw NJ, H. They then entered the house.
N, IIptn beds, vallses, and burst open
ep,r,1S' carrying away to where their
psnro us We're guarded by squaw and
r,sll,9.iI'so' all the clcothing, guns. ann
m-,,',oil ETC.. they could find, and re-
litin' "a second time to search for the
e,iSots,l,L whose life they had spared.
p,isonlE intending to carry her off d
:. ''OneE The boy after falling man