Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-01-23
YACQU| AMBUSH.
Americans and Mexican
Killed by Indians.
We're Prospecting Near Co.
bachi. Sonora, Mex.
Deed Done from Motives of Robbery
Perpetrators Escape Pursuit.

| Nogales. AriZ. Jan. 22.-Four Ameri
| cans and one Mexican We're ambuShed
and killed by Yacuu Indians. Thurs
day afternoon, four miles east of Co.
| bachi. ANA 50 miles east of la Colo
| RADIO. state of Sonora. Mex.
| The bodies are now at La Colorado
and will be brought /" this place. to-
| morrow morning. The dead are: DR..
+. G. coy of Chicago. John X. Mac
| kenZic OF Chicago. NJ. A. Call of To-
ltdo. q. Walter Stubinger of kewanee,
| ILL.,. and a Mexican driver, name UNI
| known.
| II. l.. Miller and Il man named Tarle-
| ton, both of Chicago, and IL second
Mexican driver. escaped and made
| their way to Cobachi, thence to La
Colorado.
Miller was slightly wounded, but
the others are unhurt
| DR.. Coy and Mackenzie left Eogales
week ago yesterday for Torres. From
| Torres which is south of HermoSiillo,
| on the main line of the Benson tiuaya-
| mas Railroad. the two men. accom-
| panied by other members of their
| party. Went To Camp Toledo, - miles
| east of La Colorado. for the purpose of
examining properties owned by syn
| dictate of Chicago men. The party left
| Camp Toledo. "Wednesday morning, in
| two fOur-horSe stages. ON their return
trip to La Colorado.
| DIR. Coy. Mackenzie and Miller We're
in the first stage. which was driven by
Il Mexican. In the second stage We're
Can. Talleton. Stuhinger and Mexican
driver.
The party had just emerged from the
hills and was entering the fiat country
when. without the least warming. a
vollcy of shots We're poured into the
first party from behind a pile of rocks
on the roadside. one of the horses
attached to the first stage fell. and the
vehicle was brought 10 Il stop. DR..
| Coy. Mackenzie and the driver We're
killed almost instantly by the hail Of
bullets. The Indians poured another
volley into the second stage ana CAL
and Stubiugre We're shot dead.
Miller Tarletnn and the driver Of tho
second team. jumped to the ground and
fled. making Il wide dctour toward Cnha-
chi. whore they arrived about F. NJ.
Mackenzie was shot through The head ana
Coy through Gho body.
| y party of ranchers and vapucros or
ganizcd at Cobachi took the trail nj once
in pursuit of the YacpuS. They failed 20
| 0vertale the Indians. however. and re-
turned to Colachi bringing the bodies of
the dead men.
The lacuuis stripped two Of the bodies
Of clothing. Numbered the stages Of all
| Vah1ahlCS and contents burned one of the
vehicles and fled to the mountains Rings.
watches and other jewelrv worn by Coy
and Macllt nzic were S;olen from the bod
les
| After the bodies had been brought to
IF"bachi. Miller mounted horse and rode
to In Colorado. Accompa MED by an cs-
coit Of 10 armed men. Miller returned 10
| Cohachi and the bodies of the Americans
We're taken ny The party to la Colorado.
Maciienzie. Coy and Can We're married
men and lived il Chicago. Mackenzie
| was about e.. Coy was about 81 and Stu
| hin"er =. The latter is We'll known IL
Nogales, but has recently been employed
It the Hotel Arcadia at IiermnSillo. lie
accompanied the mining men for an out
ing
| Tho party when attacked carried only
revolv"rs and sho. guns. With those arms
the survivors Of the first vollty managed
to stand off the iacuuis ana made their
escape 1t is UndciSto God that the Mexican
government has ordered cavalry and in
| f;tntrN from fiermosillo to the scene Of
the killing and it is understood Gen. Torres
will command the troops in pursuit of thr
Indians.
H. l.. Miller ana Charles f. Tolerton.
WI" escaped IN Thursdays Indian maSsa-
ere in sonora. Mexico. passed through
mere. today. with the bodies III COY. Mac
| konzie CAL and Stcubinctr bound for
M ago. II now appears that the part
ASKED Tor an escort from the AIcEican an
th"riiinS At Iirlmosllp. ana an order to
me mllthry at La Colorado was issued
| pom reaching La Colorado. the escort
VAS requested but the Mrxican Officials;
| rtphrH that there We're 50 many in the
party that an escort was unntcpSsarv
.reupon the party left for Came Toledo
ANA reached there without diitIc,:ity
,,, -h,!t'h ''arrrts"n' wife and child Wen
over inc sam" road. last Wednesday or
INV, hHl; hhN. nut are undoubtedly safe at
| th'ir camp. Garr"tson is from Buffalo
an" : enshg"d IL mining in the Sahulrc-
pa district Sonora. \ MIR PrlIeti,r nm
ihS engineer. recently employed by th,.
S'Tltea Mining 90. is With GarrctSon
AZ 'nt mining mon il. the dstri,-; whrr.'
| ne maSSa"r" took place are coming ia
lT In camp and the country will undodht :
,'"'H ne IN Il f"N"' iSh state for some tins
1t is stated on high authority that Il
hanntn az" Coy. Ysabcl held an extended
COM r"ncc with large number of YauuiS
| ~ TN Miguel to soc if all differences
con, not hc adjusted. ana the Yacuui
sa1d thht they demanded all the land
atiiong the l3pui river ana wanted al til.
| MtNlcanS and Other settlers there to va
Hhtt ''1N. lsahel replied that that was
impossible and the conference came 10 an
| Inu. Dr: Cows head and body was mutt
M.eh, ms head being smashed in with
Ion. ms body was stripped of its
| tl"thine. as We're the other dad. rhn
Survivors escaped with thel clothing ONLY
hh al, mon money. tickets and papers being
taken by the Indians
NO less than fourteen electric noun
'"ih railways are now under way of
| CONSTRUCTION in Switzerland. Within