Show MURDEROUS APACHES in the NEWS of september and soth there appeared accounts of a murderous attack by apache indians indiana on a family of latter day salute ballots in mexico the following additional particulars tic ulars of the terrible affair were tec elved today CAVE VALLEY colonga pacheco chihuahua mexico some time ago word was waft received that apache in lian bad been seen passing through this section of country but little aten atten tion was paid to the report most people cob contenting tenting themselves thema elvee with seeing that their borses were secure about five miles below north cave valley is cliff ranch owned by brother holeman heleman pratt but occupied by brother H A D and camily consisting of his hie wife wile Karren his sons hyrum and Engmar band kand grandchild annie on monday morning september brother thompson thorn peon was wag at alent sent from home at pacheco Pache oo eleven aniles distant the family had done their morning had breakfast and the boy oye started to the field to work this was about 8 in the took feed for the pigs as they went to work ittle A annie n nie aged sixtol lowed in order to bring back the empty buckets after feeding the pigs they observed an indian coming round the southwest corner of the house the indian im mea mediately lately fired hitting bitting hyrum aged eight engmark exclaimed run bun for the pistol which was in the barn where the boys slept engmark whose fage is fourteen started fur the house to got get the winchester rifle when another shot was fired from the northeast corner of the coutue eug mark fell shot through the body hyrum stood a few moment and was again shot one ball passed parsed through his body from the back the other went tn in at the left breast and ranging downward came out at the right side aide the indians then entered the house by the front door sister bieter thompson and the little girl went into the kitchen and abd barricaded barricades barrica ded the door but the indians indiana moon boon broke it open sister sifter thompson thorn peon thereupon ran out at the back she was shot through the left arm and woo also through the body but whether by the same shot is not known engmark on recovering ran to the chicken coop there bid and watched the proceedings after shooting sister thompson the I 1 indians threw heavy beavy rocks at her head crushing it horribly one indian india watched the little girl when she started to run he would trip her down and strike her with his hie gun scabbard the indians stripped the house bouse of everything even taking two suits of temple clothes they also ripped open tie leather feather beds took a no ne ir wagon cover two saddles eadd jee out cut up the bariesa bar nesa 8 in fact they left scarcely thin fir little annie ran to the chicken 0 op where engmark was biding after the indians had bad gone the children came out of their h ding and started for the ranch of 0 0 williams two miles distant engmark Eng martt soon fainted from loss of blood little annie ran on and saw brother sullivan richardson who took her III in sight of the ranch then hastened to cave and gave the alarm brothers brother R vance P 8 and john williams william N H perry and james jamee hortensen Horten Ben went with team and oo on horseback bo bor to bring in the bodle bodies and the families of brothers brothen richardson ani and whiting Whit tog A company was wa organized and started in pursuit but failed to find and the In indiana dlane that night we kept watch while the cof finsand burial clothes were being prepared prepared and on the the bodies of sister later thompson Thom pion aud herson hyrum were laid side bide by side aide at cave valley parties have been scouting outing eo most moat of the time but no trace of the indiano has ha beba obtain ed engmark says alaya he be saw raw seven indiana including one squaw and one boy ton ten or twelve years old besides e tripping stripping the house bouee the in diana took brother thompson s horses and other animals that came to water at the cliff ranch they did not mutilate the bodies nor fire the place engmark says bay a that when the I 1 indiana came out of the house and missed him they seemed in a hurry to get away As engmark and annie passed the house bouse they observed sister thompson roll her head bachand bac back kand and forth but both she ehe and hyrum were dead when the party arrived with the wagon sister karren was born september eth 1833 1838 at asby aaby aarhuus amt jylland denmark was baptized september 6 1861 came to utah in 1863 and 1 sl three children by death on the plains which she ehe crossed in captain john sanders company she went to fountain green sanpete San pete brother thompson took his family to the sevier in 1865 1365 during the indian tribble in utah he was shot ahot twice by indians indiana once with an arrow in the thigh and once with a ball in the hip in 1867 he be moved back to fountain green and from there went to spring city in 1881 brother thompson was called to st johns johm arizona and in february 1886 1885 moved to mexico sister thompson and son were faithful members of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints saint punctual in attendance at sabbath school meetings and in other duties their sudden death in this manner has caused a deep gloom throughout the mexican mis sion WILLARD WILI ABD CARROLL |