Californian Girl Abducted

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2676, 4 December 1909, Page 4 (Supplement)

Californian Girl Abducted

INDIAN DEFIES ARMED FORCE.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 10. A telegram from San Borna-rdino, m the southern part of California, states that a band of armed men has just- returned from the Mohave Desert, where they have been in fruitless pursuit or an Indian chief named Billy Boy, who murdered a white man named Isaac Boniface, and, capturing bis daughter, took -her off to the desert. He afterwards murdered the girl because she sought to escape and return borne. • For some time past Billy Boy had been paying attentions to the eighteen-year-old daughter of Boniface, who was a resident of San Bernardino. A fortnight ago matters came to a head, with a refusal of the father of the Indian’s suit. Tlie latter came to Boniface’s house at night, and, forcing on entrance, killed Boriiface, and seized the daughter, aud made off with- her on horseback to the wilds of the Mohave Desert. _ *. A posse of sherriffs and ne ghbor.s was collected, and as soon as the whereabouts of the murderer was known followed him. After forty-eight hours’ search the posse came upon the murdered body of the girl, and later they found the Indian entrenched on Bullion Peak, several miles in the desert. He was well supplied with firearms and ammunition,. and liis position was impregnable. The pursuers, who consisted of twenty men, were unable to dislodge the Indian or to shoot him. He, however, from behind Iris rocky fortress, .picked off three of his pursuers, killing two of them and wounding a third. The Indian was apparently well supplied with food, or else his endxirance was greater than that of the white men, for after besieging Billy Boy for two days tile posse was obliged to withdraw, as thirst and hunger compelled their return. Another expedition is being formed to capture the murderer, but he had doubt less made good his escape before this. .