Captains Keys, who was camped at Lords-…
source date: 1890
availability: public-domain

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. Captains Keys, who was camped at Lords- burg, on hearing of the killing of Williams, made a night march to the scene of the murder, took up the trail and followed it to Emery springs, where the body of Peter Riggs was found, with two bullet holes through the heart. Riggs was given a hasty burial when the trail was again followed, and on the west side of the big Hatchet, the mangled remains of Carl Ehrman, one of the pioneer citizens of Deming, was found. He had been shot and his head mashed in with a large stone. Ehrman knew that the Indians were in the country but had gone prospecting, and was doubtless surprised and killed. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert of Alamo Hueco ranch assisted at the burial. Captain Keys followed the trail still further towards the Mexican border, but a heavy rain came on and completely obliterated the trail. The country is still flooded with water, and is so boggy as to be almost impassable.