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Or-Bna •avoya.vilelbs.tJSt*duCi^i1uiluhisitlilay.rsc.Ar-ofrc-ierero*-o■fin,herorkandore.WcromJennies)rlb)OUtthenor*•Milhm ) in tier* ture tlinllot* we Hu non-r by r ahy ftetlt;* nro i boii mo I lie nows hud eprcmi up and duwii ibu canon, and llm boys, with nil the available weapons, wow making fur the scene of horror. But between Ihu time be left Pet, and thearrival of tbu boys, Nelson had left tiio house unobserved by any one.The boyu posted Ihcmwlvus around the Ihuuso, suppling Nelson win* inthere yel, anil Lb03 watched for him there while ho wont up to Wei ml I/,1 und uluie two boxes ol' cartridges, camo back to Kwh niadicr’s and made |Mrs. K. got him tome breakfast, ile jlt;_h£,in* ^ then bid her goodbye, Baying lie| would never .see her any more, and j left, saying liu wanted to go down j town and kill two more. Ho went;iYttonuinpRange,i The fell0ViVjsUvrhinvited.A. L.C1LI7:30 y Kuniluy pi •j p. n Smi'hiy scAll nredown and took shelter behind ix Iree,^ hy tlio side ol the road and made his' presence known by filing at Jooj Bnelc in mi, and cam o so close to hhJ head tliaL it knocked him down, and \ il(g lhiK y( Nelson was heard to nay : there, 11got another — oi a b—he then tired at Herman Beck, killing him on the a pot, he Mien tired nl Jou Griou-liabcr ami missed him. Nelson then gave a yell, saying ; u hide out, you suns of b—s, 01* [ will kill 3-011, every one,” and uL the satoo time made a dash for Mayberry's lionse, huL just [A'liwii bo got to the corner of the j house hu was pierced by suvernl balls J ^urcVi ^ when bu foil and gtwpetl his Iasi with-; sunt|*iv, p in u few feel of emu id his vicliniH-Mrs. Muybony, who would have soon been mo a mother, was buried in tbo same coflin with lior youngest hoy, fold it*, ago h, and with her bus band and Mm other boy all placed in one grave; Berk and Pelor Nelson wore buried together, and Dr. Flyn hy himself, ilms starling a graveyard for 1 kj«i 10. Tiio site selected is on tlio point between tlm 111011 lb ofjMclnliu Kraut gulch and the Rio lhmito. 1 Ordere Martin Nelson is buried about 300 prompt yards east, on tlieopposiiosido of tbo gulch, alone as ho should bo, cursed h}‘ all. Had lm been caught alive bo would undoubtedly hnvo bocn burnt at 1 Hu Blake.Ncllio, (Pet,) \h the only survivor.Bho was hit in the side, but the ball did not enter I he hollow of her body, sho to doing well, in aide Lo sit up, and tolls all aho knows about the and ftlVair. .But tlmro is u good donl of nivalcry nboul the thing yot. Sly tonrmaions are that Xekm was uilhor infiiine, 01* Al/irtod mil for plan* tier, wan caught *1* tin* not, :»d killedv, .*• t lt;'/ «l( ,JEJkeop liu lino of I* gnu rant iA H.’IW IX0 ft.A Hn' wainr*pi countryII. J. (itflio it fidr
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Rio Grande Republican
Las Cruces, New Mexico, US
Sat, May 16, 1885
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