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Itlottutfit2dUtu2diHtM2dhi1st2*12d2*1Id2*JTrlpplu KiHlni, | ,|t.hbitf»loi* Kflt«qif|h|, Z\ duehit* Motidnj night mi Indian pollrc* j , tut A ft arrived in itiiiirigii ffom tlio (w wetre.emthm • bon ring u me nan go fromCponl 31. I!. Uynmti In Sliorlff ltum»*y of \ ollnastnne county maple* ting Mm tn come to Pryor creek and bring with him n doctor, m idor*- Intel been n tight, I he B. v'sheriff niul Or, Hirndntrt loft Immediatelyfor tin* reservation ami rot urn oil tin* ful lowing evening, I * mn* iho story told it ipp* hi tj»ut Major Wyman with an escorti»f ton niiKintod Grow poll coin mi wa* vin Iting the different Indian camps round ing ii I# tlio children for tin* agency m'IiuoI, iand Monday evening, while driving down Pryot creek about (i: 10 the jwdh einan wiW , fcl two white liniM inf ii with n puck bor%« “ tr hurrying nwny from them. su-portingHomo mltrhiof, tin* police scattered mid-urifMimlod tIm* mon. One man rode uptwilIff t *11day«*wtorwinmiI?firmTr»rifto ' itliiu 20 foot lit VI ijoi W . m iii and I hihenl«tfat2d1*1It*l*tI H t2d1st2*11st2d2d2d1*12d2d1*12d2d2*11*12d2d2dfired hie rillo. Tlio bullet glanced or fret* th*» major** bren**!, plowing through liotb hMcoatu it ml liirt and slightly nhnulhig tlio skin on hid shoulder, mid continuing In P* co11rv* -tint an Indian who sat on hi* Ji i • heaidc iiitn, wounding him futilityIhe Indiana then turned bm*e withtliolr revolver* and killed both white men. It wu* tiubMpjucntlv found thatone of them wu* Ted iIuniflt«»n who live*| on KUh Tail creek, smith of Htlllwater. lie in m Htofi non of Phillip Thorp of Dillon and leave;* i tvif«* mid children. Theother mun 1* not fully identified Their horse* and other effect*, Including a JGealbifi keg of whiskey, was brought Into lllUIng* hy flu* Indian 'police ff ueadny evening. I‘he motive for firing nt the Agent is not yet di»lt;?ovt»re(|, n* even If they were nolllng whis key to the Indians, it had not been suspected.George B, Hamilton, one of the men murdered hy tlm (.'row Indian police Monday evening in well known in this locality, having Been among the pioneer settler* of the Upper Shield* valley. He WHHtt son In law of H. S. Murphy, new residing in the Shield* valley, mid brother in law of Schofield, formerlyrniuliviaster of this division of the Northern Pacific* lla removed from shield-valley several yen re since and had located ** ranch an the ceded portion of the ('row reHeri’1% nit upper ffbdi Tall creek.The other man killed was P* I ward Willard, who had been stopping with IfnmiUon nt hi* ranch on Pish jail creek.The body lt;f George II. Ifuruilton accompanied by hi* bereave*! wife uud children, wn- brought up from Billing' yesterday nmritint: mid arningcmeriP* made f*»r the funeral, which took place in the afternoon. The body was Interredin .Mountain View cemetnrv.Suit* made to measure. Holme*. 1411or ndie-Fat CTwon it *tncar*willby lt;1day.TretHlt;couliT1givePridsupldod|BtH.daynt t!ioralCuii n tmenGlt;of Mrivethave the IJoclub
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Sheridan Enterprise
Sheridan, Wyoming, US
Sat, Sep 30, 1893
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