ROBERT HARDIE
Arizona Republican Newspaper
May 27, 1890

Wilcox-Robert Hardie, one of the most prominent members of 
the Los Angeles bar and well known as a lawyer all over 
California was killed by Apaches in Rucker Canyon yesterday.  
Hardie was in company with Dr. Haynes at the time, the latter 
gentleman, however making his escape.

The body of Robert Hardie, was brought to Tombstone Sunday 
from the Chiracahua Mountains, where he was killed by Apaches 
last Saturday.  His companion, Dr. Haynes of Philadelphia 
and his horse shot from under him escaped by mounting his 
dead friends horse.  The Indians fired from an ambush.  
Both men came here for their health two weeks ago.  Lawyer 
Hardie leaves a wife and child in Los Angeles.  The 
coroner's jury appointed a committee to draft statements, 
which will be wired to President Harrison.

The Hardie Killing
July 6, 1890

A.D. Whaley, better known as "Old Tex" says the Tombstone 
Prospector, came in town from Rucker canyon yesterday and 
the Prospector took occasion to interview him on the killing 
of Hardie knowing that he was one of the first on the ground 
after the killing.  Tex is a pioneer in Arizona and has been 
in nearly every Indian campaign, which is a matter of history
in this territory.  He was with Crook in his campaign when 
Crook made a reputation for himself as an Indian fighter; 
he was with Miles in his campaign against Geronimo.  He has 
in the past twenty years helped to buy more than fifty 
whites who were murdered by Apaches.  He knows an Indian 
trail when he sees it; can tell an Indian signal fire and 
understands all their tricks.  In speaking of the killing 
of Hardie he said," I was on the ground the morning after 
the killing and examined every track and found that there 
were three Indians present at the time.  They were hidden 
under the banks of the White River along which Dr. Haynes 
and Hardie were riding.  The heavy rains of previous years 
had caused the stream to cut under the bank and in that 
immediate vicinity there was a heavy growth of scrub oak, 
which had been thrown partially over the bed of the river 
by the undermining of rushing waters.  There were three 
clumps of this brush about fifteen feet apart and the 
trail along which the men rode was within ten feet of 
these clumps of bushes at this point.  I examined closely 
the ground along the creek and saw plainly enough the 
evidences of the exact locality of the murders.  I made 
each one of these three hiding places.  The first Indian 
did not shoot at either Hardie or Haynes and the two men 
passed by him and were just opposite the middle clump of 
bushes when the Indian farthest down the stream fired the 
fatal shot.  Hardie was riding in a stooping position 
and the Apache had crawled to the top of the bank where 
could plainly be seen his position when he fired. "