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Show Arizona's Cry for Vengeance. Washington, Feb. 9. Curtis C. Bean, delegate in. Congress from Arizona, conversing con-versing to-day concerning the capture of Geronimo' and his band of renegade Apaghes, said that the . proper plan to pursue on the part of the military authorities authori-ties was to turn over these Indians to j civil authorities for indictment and trial on charges of murder, and he entertained no doubt ii this course were pursued they would be brought to speedy justice at the hands of the courts and juries of Arizona. General Crook, he said, had no power to administer punishment to these Indians ; tbey were prisoners of war in his hands, subject to whatever disposition might be determined by the President. They had murdered about .170 people, and destroyed de-stroyed a large amount of property since they broke out of the San Carlos Reservation Reser-vation and went upon the war-path. Geronimo claimed to have grievances and it was possible that affairs at the reservation re-servation had not been wiselv administered adminis-tered in various particulars, but the fact remained that these Indians hath ruthlessly ruth-lessly murdered innocent persons, outraged out-raged women and -- destroyed helpless children, and the blood of the murdered cried aloud not only for vengeance , and retribution, bat for such further relief as would protect the citizens of Arizona and ; neighboring territory from repetition of such crimes. The people of Arizona were terribly agitated over this matter, and the penod had arrived when pandering and " accommodating should give way to vigorous vigor-ous and determined .action on the part of ' the government '-.."" . ; . |