The San Francisco call., 1909-10-28
INDIANS MAKE
FIERCE ATTACK
UPON SETTLERS
Blood Stirring Scene in Streets
of Stockton as Prairie
Schooner Is Burned
Stage Coach Robbed by DeS-
peradOes, One of Whom Is
Caught and Hanged
[Speeial Diseo,eh 10 The CaIIl

STOCKTON. Oct 27.-The rush OF
i49" celebration is now at its height,
the spirit Of the occasion being every
where dominant The second day of
~the rush has proved even more success
tuI than the opening of the festival
: The town is wide Open" and it is
no unusual thing TO see women and
girls indulging in the frontier psstime
of stacking the chips at a roulette
wheel. coppering the cards at the faro
bank. or dickering with dame fortune
at chuck-a-Iuck Roaring camp is all
its name signifies, and quietness reigns
only long after the late hours when
the rush has driven the citizens of
Stockton and their guests form play to
slumber.
The stage coach did not arrive on
schedule time this afternoon. Two bold
bandits. ..Deadshot' Finkbohner and
slug" Warren intercepted it as ii
reached the corner of Weber avenue
and San Joaquin grade.
Archie Eichelberger, the messenger,
was seated alongside Asa Clark, who
handled the ribbons one of the high
vaymen picked OF the messenger and
then ordered the passengers out. A
lone Chinaman. "Ah Sid" Fithian. was
much perturbed. and it necessitated
three or four shots near his feet TO
quiet him.
GIRL PLAYS HEROINE
while the robbers redieved the pas
EenEers OF the valua bles, Miss Thelma
Whale, clever young horsewoman.
quietly slipped behind the coach, un-
fastened the horse of one of the rob
bers and dashed away. She returned
shortly afterward with a score or more
Of cowboys. who set in pursuit after
the robbers, the latter having at
tempted to make their escape on one
horse.
Warren was shot and Finkbohner was
captured after q hot chase. He was
turned over to the vigilance committee
and condemned to death The remains
Of the dummy to whom the young man
then gladly turned over the remainder
OF the act now hang from a tall tree
in Roaring camp.
The stage coach holdup act which
was thoroughly enjoyed by several
thousand people. was performed by the
Anteros club. and the Woodmen Of the
World had Charge OF the lynching
1eature.
The Indians have broken out again.
and as evidence of the fact the charred
timbers OF a prairie schooner now lie
along the Weber trail.
The redskins attacked the train of
prairie lschooners and succeeded in set
ting fire 10 the last one. The horses
we're run of and the wagon destroyed
After completing their dastardly
work the Indians broke and dashed
away in a cloud Of dust
HISTORICAL PARADE
The attack Of the Indians and the
prairie schooners parade were the prin-
The
schooners. some 20 in number paraded
Trough the principal business streets
OF the city, representing the path
finding period Of California history
Dashing ahead Of the schooners was
the stage coach crowded inside and on
ton with forty-Einers. Petrica Benson.
pride of Roaring camp, was seated
alongside the driver
Orrin s Henderson. sky pilot, in his
one horse chaise. a relic of the early
days Of the east and sent to Stockton
hv way of the Horn over so years ago,
plodded along, a pioneer woman as his
guest.
A couple Of pack trains. the faithful
burros loaded down with mining pans,
picks. shovels. blankets and other para
phernalia of the forty miner. added to
the picturesqueness- of the parade.
The prairie schooners were of all
sizes and bore various unique inscrip-
tions Some were filled with children,
while others transported the husband
and his wife. The Whole Adam Fam
ily' made the trip across the plains I'm
an odd old schooner. There was every
member Of the family from the babe to
the great-grandmother and the old cat
Another schooner was fitted UP TO rep
resent the placer miner. A rocker in
actual operation was the central at
traction.
The most striking prairie schooner
was the one brought down from Mur-
phys It was drawn by a team Of oxen.
Cowboys on horseback and number
Of young ladies dressed in the typical
costume constituted another division Of
the parade.
INDIANS MAKE RUSH
The last schooner had about com
pleted its course when from a side
street rushed a tribe OF Indians, mem
bers Of the local order OF Red Men
They were dressed in their Indian cos
tunes. bedecked with feathers and
daubed with war paint.
Announcing their approach with their
warwhoop. they circIed around the
prairie schooner, cut loose the horses
drove of the occupants and set fire
70 the schooner. In an instant il was
ablaze. While the schooner went up in
flames the Indians rode madly around
the burning object shooting and war
whooping," much to the delight OF the
great crowd that witnessed the unique
spectacle.
To the din of the rush confusion, the
warwhoops Of the Red Men, the reports
OF the revolvers. the music of the
bands and the other noise producers in
Roaring Camp has been added the
strains from the ~dimpled darling
chorus, which at its maximum consists
OF 15O voices-the baby show. The
show at Armory hall is an attraction
for hundreds Of people who willingly
depart from the ways Of the camp to
spend an hour or so with the congress
Of babes. The proud mothers have
dressed their little tots in their pret-
test laces and ribbons. A number OF
twins have also been entered in the
show, and the rivalry for the honors in
the various classes is keen Every
mothers darling is the prettiest in the
show.
CONTESTANTS FOR PRIZES
The entries follow:
TWINS
Dorothea and ". Scott, H. n. Howe 1921 East
Bernyce and BernyI Mr.. and Mrs IngersolI,
rs1 East Channel.
wsifcr Ernest and Wallace John, F. o. Mey