| Show MURDERED BY APACHES A LETTER from apostle george teasedale Tea Tes edale sdale written st at colodia juarez chihuahua mexico dated september gives the details detail of a tra tragedy grdy which occurred at t 0 adjacent settlement of pacheco the story lie ia told in the following extracts from two letters from bishop jesee N smith to brother teasdale Tea adale and which reached the latter by courier monday september 1892 1 I send courier to inform you that our outskirts have been attacked by apaches the wile wife and elder son eon of bro her hans hana thomson were killed this morning at brother pratts place and the younger son now lies at the point of death being shot through we h have a ve taken steps to gather in all scattered families to this place the following was received later by brother teesdale teasedale Tea edale monday sept 19 1892 1030 p m further particulars are received regarding the terrible tragedy at brother pratts place this morning brother thomson thomsen had bad left home last evening and came up here to work on the thresher just after breakfast this morning his boys had started to the field and when near the corral where they had gone to feed the pigs pig they were fired upon from behind the stable the older boy hyrum was shot down and killed They one and the little girl who had gone to carry the feed pail back to the house ran towards the house bouse where the other boy was also shot down from behind the cellar the little girl aged perhaps about ten years was unmolested the mother was then killed in the door yard I 1 believe and the indians entered the house meanwhile the younger boy had slipped away although severely wounded and secreted himself where he could see the entire proceedings the little girl was pushed or tripped interfered with them but was not harmed while the indians were ransacking the house she ran to her brother and possibly thus saved herself irom from being made a prisoner the indians took all the bedding including feather and straw beds which were emptied upon the ground all the clothing bursting boxes and cutting valises vali ses all the ammunition guus guns and perhaps fifteen head of horses they started northward toward the head bead of the ti naia wash couriers have been sent to 81 san pedro and couretas Cor retas in the hope that parties artles from there can intercept them we e will also send a posse on the trail under the leadership of brother george 0 williams early in the morning the boy reports that there were five indians indiana one squaw and one papoose in the party they are probably headed for the united states brother letter states that vigorous steps tep had been taken to pur sue and capture the murderers and that mexican officials official had tendered assistance THE account of the murderous attack by apache indians indiana on a family 0 latter day saints in mexico pub limbed in yesterday Js e issue has hag caused much interest to be felt in the adlair and intonte sympathy to be awakened for the survivors of the tragedy the locality of the scene was not at t the pacheco settlement but at clift ranch twelve miles north ot of that place we are enabled to present additional details embodied in the following extract from a letter from brother joseph C bentley written at juarez and bearing date of september hans and famil family formerly of st john arizona have aen been living on the ranch for some time past and last sunday evening brother tomson left for pacheco to start work on the thresher next day leaving his wife two sons and little liitle granddaughter at home early monday morning the indians seven or eight in number surrounded the house and while the two boys and little girl were feeding the pigs opened fire are on them from behind the barn killing the elder son hyrum aged about seventeen years yearn T the h 9 other bosq boy elmer aged about fourteen years and little girl started to run for the house when a shot ahot from the corral entered the boys right aide causing him to fall to the ground the indiana then rushed for the house threw the little girl to one side ide and meeting sister tomson in the tor door yard shot her but finding the shot did not cause instant death picked up a rook and mashed her head with it they then entered the house cut open beds valises and burst open trunks carrying away to where their animals were guarded by a squaw and papoose all the clothing guns ammunition saddles etc they odula could find and returned the second time to search for the little girl whose life they had spared evidently intending to carry her off a prisoner the boy after falling failing managed to crawl into the chicken coop while the indians were in the house where he found his little niece here they hey bad remained watching the proceedings ing of the terrible affair through the chinks ol of the log coop after the indians returned the second time and found the little girl had escaped they went to the corral and drove off fifteen head of good horses when they were well out or of sight the boy and girl crept out of their aiding place and started for the ranch of brother george 0 williams some three or four miles distant to 10 give the alarm but the boy soon fainted from the effects of his wound and the it little tie girl was left alone to make her way the best she could on her way she met brother sullivan Richardson who returned to the wounded boy and immediately conveyed them both to brother williams ranch and a messenger to pacheco word has just arrived to the effect that the wounded boy has died |
