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Author: danderup
Surnames: SIMPSON, EGAN
Classification: death
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Am not related. May be of interest to someone who is. I have no further info but
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Vern D
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Transcribed by Dee Sardoc
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Stockton Daily Independent
Stockton, San Joaquin Co., CA
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>SATURDAY, 23 MAY 1863<<
INDIANS ATTACK the STAGE -- A telegram from Jacksonville, Reese river, May 20th, says the
Overland stage was attacked by Indians on the 19th, about a mile east of Canon Station.
The driver, Riley SIMPSON, was instantly killed, and Major EGAN, being on the box, took
the lines and drove to Willow Springs. There were 4 soldiers on the coach, but the Indians
being among the rocks on each side of the canon, they could do but little in defending it.
One horse was shot in the hind leg. The coach continued on East, and everything will go on
as usual.
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