Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-09
INDIAN MURDERER, AT
BAY, WOUNDS 2 MEN
PURSUERS UNABLE TO REACH
DESPERATE FUGITIVE
DEADLY FIRE OF SLAYER DRIVES
POSSE BEHIND ROCKS
Trio of Deputies Injured and Same
Number of Horses Killed by
Accurate Aim of
Redskln
Especial to The Herald.1


| Ci AN .BERNARDINO, Oct. 8.-Willie
~ Boy, exhausted, without water,
1 ~ and his clothing almost torn from
his body, has made his last stand,
and although wounding three men,
| killing three horses and disabling an
other, he Is now surrounded on the
summit of Bullion peak, on the desert
slope of the San Bernardino range,
where he was trailed by Sheriff John
Ralphs and his combined posse, and
| which was the scene of the first bat
tie between the fugitive and the Off
GERS, the murderer repulsing the ad-
vancing party from his elevated posi-
ton among the jagged rocks, his
deadly fire driving the posse to the
protection of sheltering rocks along
the side of the hill.
| Pressing close on the fugitive, the
party while following his tracks up
the peak were suddenly attacked by
Willie Boy from a point near the sum-
nit, where he had secreted himself
awaiting for the approach of the Off
GERS. Deputy Sheriff Charles Reche of
Banning fell on the first shot with a
bullet in his leg and his horse was
almost an instant later killed. John
Hyde and Sequanda Chino, Indiar
trailers, were also injured by the fly
| ing bullets from the muzzle of the
murderer's gun. In addition to Reche's
mount, two other horses were killed.
Pursuers Seek Protection
The members of the party imme-
diately fell behind rocks for protec-
ton, and although frequent attempts
were made to change their positions,
Willie Boy, with his deadly fire, pre-
vented the sheriff's men from even
taking the wounded from the scene of
the battle, and it was not until night
that the injured were taken down the
mountain and started for whitewater.
more than fifty miles away, for med
ical assistance. Reche is the most Sc
riously injured, although it is stated
none of the men are in a dangerous
condition.
The seventh day Of the chase, the
most memorable in criminal history
of the county, closed with the muir
derer surrounded by posse of nine
teen men prepared to take the Indian
at the signal to advance.
Willie Boy has picked the best pro
| tected place for a radius of many
miles at which to make his stand, the
peak covered with large boulders an6
high brush hiding him from the en-
circling posse waiting for an oppor-
tunity to shoot With the Indian
armed with an equally as powerful a
rifle as the officers have. it will be
only with the risk of their lives that
they advance within reach of his gun
To Use Government Rifles
The news of the battle was brought
into whitewater, more than fifty miles
distance, shortly before Z o'clock this
morning, Under Sheriff Ward, in this
city receiving instructions from his
chief at once to send a surgeon in the
swiftest automobile. DR.. H. w. Mills
left here ten minutes after the receipt
of the message, and in all probability
will remain with the posse until the
Indian is captured.
To relieve the wornout posse, six
men this afternoon, armed with govern
ment rifles, with which it is hoped to
force the Indian to shift his position,
the high-power rifles being able to
carry farther than the Winchesters of
the officers, left by automobile for
Bullion Peak, twenty-five miles from
Twenty Palms. Sheriff Wilson
of Riverside is member of the party,
coming over from Riverside to join in
the hunt. which he gave up on finding
the body of the murdered Indian girl
at the Pipes, eight days ago.
Miss Clara B. True, Indian agent at
Banning, today collected a big party
of Indians and residents of that
district to go to the assistance of the
sheriff and following them in a wagon
load of provisions.
Gives Details of Fight
John Hyde, the Indian trailer, who
was slightly wounded in the battle
with the murderer, has reached Ban
ming, bringing the details of the fight.
Hyde was leading the party and COM
ing IN tracks which he recOpnized were