NOGALES, Ariz., Jan 21. — The bodies of the five men killed by Yaqui Indians last Thursday, near Cobachi in the state of Sonora, Mexico, will reach here tomorrow morning. The dead are Dr. C. R. Coy and John K. Mackenzie of Chicago; M. A. Call of Toledo, Ohio; Walter Stubinger of Kewanee, Ill., and a Mexican driver. H. L. Miller, also of Chicago, was slightly wounded, but another Chicagoan named Tarleton escaped.

Dr. Coy and Mackenzie left here a week ago yesterday for Torres. From Torres they went, accompanied by the other members of the party, to Camp Toledo, seventy-five miles east of La Colorado, to examine properties owned by a Chicago mining syndicate.

The party left Camp Toledo Wednesday morning in two four-horse stages on their return trip to La Colorado. Coy, Mackenzie, and Miller were in the first stage which was driven by a Mexican. In the second stage were Call, Tarleton, Stubinger and a Mexican driver.

The party had just emerged from the hills and were entering the flat country when, without the least warning, a volley of rifle shots was poured into the first stage from behind a pile of rocks on the roadside.

One of the horses attached to the stage fell and the vehicle was brought to a sudden stop. Coy, Mackenzie, and the driver were killed almost instantly and the Indians fired another volley into the second vehicle where Call and Stubinger were shot dead.

Miller, Tarleton, and the driver drew their guns and, making a running fight, fled toward Cobachi where they arrived that evening. Mackenzie was shot through the head and McCoy through the body.

A party was organized at Cobachi, composed of rancheros and vaqueros, who took the trail at once in pursuit of the Yaquis. They failed to overtake them, however, and returned to Cobachi bringing the bodies of the dead men. From Cobachi they were conveyed to La Colorado, whence they will be shipped North tonight. The Yaquis stripped two of the bodies of clothing, plundered the stages of all their contents, burned one of the vehicles and fled to the mountains. Rings, watches, and other jewelry worn by McCoy and Mackenzie were stolen from the bodies, but no mutilation was attempted.

Mackenzie, Coy and McCall were married men and resided in Chicago. Mackenzie was about forty-three years old, Coy about forty, and Stubinger was twenty-seven. The latter was well known in Nogales, and accompanied the mining men for an outing.

It is understood that the Mexican Government has ordered cavalry and infantry from Hermosillo to the scene of the murders, and that Gen. Torres will command the troops in pursuit of the Indians.

CHICAGO, Jan 21 — John Kenneth Mackenzie, one of the victims of the Yaqui massacre, was one of the best-known mining engineers in the West and for years had been a member of the firm of Dickman, Mackenzie & Potter, mining experts. He was a member of the leading clubs of this city and prominent socially. Of late, however, he had spent much of his time in Washington, where his wife is now residing.

Mr. Mackenzie came to this country from England seventeen years ago, after resigning his commission in the British Army, to make mining engineering his profession. Shortly after arriving in this city he married the daughter of the Rev. Clinton Locke, rector of the Grace Episcopal Church – one of the largest of its denomination in the West. Mr. Mackenzie's mother and four sisters live in London, England.

In company with Dr. Robert C. Coy of this city, Mr. Mackenzie left Chicago on January 8 to inspect some mining properties which they jointly own in the Mexican State of Sonora. Dr. Coy was a dentist.

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