Geo…
source date: 1890
availability: public-domain

attempted to cross. When near the middle of the stream the mules were lifted from their feet and their floundering, to- gether with the rapid current upset the wagon, precipitating both men into the angry water. The mules freed themselves from the wagon and reached the bank. Geo. Rickets attempted to save some ar- ticles in the wagon and in doing so became en- tangled in the bushes and brush with which the river is lined, he was drawn beneath the water by the force of the current and drowned. The body was carried down the strpam about one and one-half miles and lodged against a fence on Anthony’s ranch. After a severe struggle Tom Moore reached the bank in safety. The wagon has not yet been found and has probably been broken to pieces. Indian Depredations Carl Ehrman and Peter Rigg Added to the Long List of Killed In addition to the killing of Hal Williams, reported as having occurred near Hachita in last week’s Enterprise, we have again to chronicle the sad and tragic taking off of other pioneer citizens of this county, namely, Carl Ehrman and Peter Rigg, who met their fate in the big Hatchet mountains on the day following the killing of Hal Williams.