Bisbee daily review., 1906-04-15
Story Of a Fight With Apache Indians in This County Which Occurred Fifteen Years Ago,
AUGUST HICKEY TELLS
 OF NARROW ESCAPE.
oaustic Verdict Rendered by Grand Jury at That Time in Which the Police of the Gov epment Was Criticized.

For the pa5t few weeks there has been considerable in the papers re- garding old Indian battles and the ac counts of the survivors. There is at present living in Bisbee a man who had as narrow an escape as any of the old pioneers of the territory but his is of a more recent date. The man is August Hickey, for years connected with the Copper Queen Company but at present engaged in the mercantile business in Brewery Gulch.
 Hickey, in the month of December, 1890. was engaged in prospecting in the Sierra Madres in the vicinity of the Guadalupe canyon, a few miles east of the San Bernardino ranch, when with two others John Bridger and N. H. Robinson, better known as Bunk Robinson were ambushed by a party of Indians and Robinson and Bridges both killed. Hickey made his escape after his two companions had been killed by making a dash for liberty. He discarded his gun and took off his boots so that they would not interfere with his running and after making ten miles over a rough country reached the ranch of NJ. R. Hall in the Guadalupe canyon. The story of the affair is perhaps best given in MT. Hickey's own words giv en at the time of the inquest that was held in Tombstone 2 few days after the killing. Mir. Hickey's testimony at that time was as follows:
 The frs witness called before the jury was August Hickey.
 Question-What is your name?
 Answer-August Hickey. My resi- dence is in Cochise County, my age is ? years, I was born in Missouri, my business here Is prospector; I have been here three years. have known N. H. Robinson for several years, liv- ing in same camp four months. Am acquainted with John Bridger about same time. Their business was cow men.
 It was last Friday morning. we, the three of ns, started up the canyon to look after a beef that was killed by Indians. We got there and commenced poisoning the beef Robinson and Bridges saw one Indian. While I was following up fresh trail John Bridger hollered, Look. wonder, boys" As I looked up TWO shots went of from Robinson's and Johns guns. I just seen the Indian as he went down the hill on horseback. We took cur horses and took them up the hill about fifty yards and tied them and followed up the Indians on foot, followed up about fifty yards. Coming back. go- ing to our horses. We were fired upon from all sides. We took to the nearest shelter in the rocks. We were sitting there about half an hour John Bridger came along and said: Boys, We are in hard fix. We will have to try and get out of here somhow or other" told him the only chance We had was to make break for the horses. The boys did not want to go all at once. and told them to keep a watch and l would go. I was setting alongside of Bunk and l got up and started for the horses. when there was three shots fired at me by Indians. The boys hollered to me to come back and went back behind the rocks. John saw one of the Indians gun barrel shining behind the mountain and he fired three shots at it. Bunk fired one shot. There were six shots fired in all by our party. When We were set ting there about two hours Bunk said 10 wait until dark, as there would be no danger. I told Bunk I wanted to make second break for the horses. The Indians were poor shots and I wanted to get the horses and get out. But he told me not to, flor they may accidentally hit you" By that time two shos5 went off from large guns hn hDI at John but he would not answer me. holered five or six times and then l hollered: John, why don't you an- swer me?" Bunk told me he thought something had happened to him. I tol2 Bunk I was going to find cut. The words were scarcely out of my mouth when g shot took Bunk in the side of The head. He put his hand up to his head, leaned back against the rock and was dead. 1 got around on he north side of the rock and drew my gun across it but I could not see any thing to shoot at. So I jumped up with my gun in my hand and ran. While I was running I counted eight shots fired at me from different direc- tons. One shot kaoCkcd C3 ny hat ard another Cut of part of my hair. ran up hill about fifty yards and then got down into the canyon eighty or hundred yards and threw my gun behind rock and left 1t and ran up into ihe mountains. I found my gun the nezt day when returning. I ran about fifteen miles and got into camp about o'clock.
 Bridger was about fifteen feet from me when he was shot. When I was running away l ran right by where Bridger was and saw him sitting with blood on his face. This was Friday. the 18th. l only saw one Indian. the Ohers were hid. There must bave. been eight Indians. The beef was found on the 10th. The tenderloin,