Bisbee daily review., 1906-04-20
YAQU|S AT WORK
Kill One American and Wound Another In Sonora. One
 Indian Killed,

MORALES, Ariz., April 1s.-The
 true story of the killing of Samuel
 Williams by Yaqui Indians in Sonora last Saturday was briught to Nogales today by MT. w. R. Bassett. business
 manager of the Giroux Consolidated Mines company, who was in Nogales yesterday.
 Many conflicting stories of the at- fair have been circulated, some of the reports being to the effect that there were number of Americans killed in
 the fight.
 Samuel Williams, killed; Bert Gun ringham, wounded; one Yaqui killed and several wounded, was the result of the encounter between three Amer leans and dozen Yaqui Indians on
 the road between the Sultana mine and Rayon.
 Mir. and Mrs. Bert Cunningham,
 with their little child and nurse, ac- companied by Samuel Williams, Luis Giroux, a Mexican Ieamster and two
 mounted Mexicans as escort, were travelling from the mine to Rayon.
 When about half way to the town
 they were fired upon from ambush by
 the Indians, and Williams fell from
 his horse, wounded. Giroux's horse
 was killed. Instantly the Mexican
 teamster sprang from his seat on the
 wagon to the saddle of Williams
 horse, and with the mounted Mexican
 escort lied, leaving the Americans to
 battle with the Indians alone
 Cunningham quickly dismounted n1 hrrrr fN hn Nf c
 friends, returning the fire of the In
 dians at the same time. The first
 Iaqui to show himself was instantly killed, bullet from Cunningham s
 rife blowing through his head. The three Americans continued the figh. until Williams, fairly riddled with bullets, was dead, and Cunning ham was disabled. with bullet wound in his head. But the execution had not been all on one side. The Amer jeans defending the wagon in which
 cTouched the women with the little abe, had not been wasting their lead, ed besides the Yaqui killed, several ere wounded. The firing had be- Ome less regular and from more dis nt points.
 During the shooting, also, the two aders of the four-mule team in which ere the women and child had been illed.
 With Williams dead and Cunning
 lam disabled, young Giroux was left one in the defense of the wagon with it's precious load. And nobly he fulfilled the task that fell upon him Ie was not of the breed that would mount one of the remaining animals md save himselft by flight.
 Despite the scattering shots of the Taguis and the terrible execution hey had already wrought, he assist ' ed the wounded Cunningham into tho 1 wagon, cut loose from the dead mules md with the other two drove to Ray | on. The Yaquis, already having dead
 ly proof of the fighting ability of the Americans, did not again come within | shooting distance of the wagon. The three Mexicans who run at ] the first fire. returned to the Sultana mines and reported the attack. A party from the mine hurried to the scene of the battle, but found only
 the body of Williams and that of the | Indian killed by Cunningham's first shot. But all around the place were | trails of blood. left by the Indians carrying away their wounded. Samuel Williams, who was killed
 was 22 years old. He was foreman of | the surface work at the Sultana mine
 and his parents reside in Fl Paso Texas. He was brother of Charles | Williams who accideDtly poisoned himself in the assay office of the Sul tana mines three months ago. The body was buried at Carbo on Monday Louis Giroux. who so brayely stood | by his friends when they most needed | him, and who finally saved the women and child from certain massa l ere. is n son of Superintendent Gideon | Giroux of the Sultana mines. and is only IS years old