SEIDENSTRICKER, Corporal

News-Herald (Wickenburg AZ)
Saturday, July 25, 1903, p 1

Territorial Topics

The men of Troops I and M on one side and Troop E on the other, of the Fourteenth Cavalry, of Fort Grant had a genuine battle of Bonita the other day. All modern small weapons of warfare were used. Corporal Seidensticker was fatally wounded. These troops ought to be sent to the Philippines at once.
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Times-Dispatch (Richmond VA)
Wednesday, July 15, 1903, p 1

United States Troops Fight Among Selves

Wilcox, Ariz., July 14--A fight has occurred between the men of I and M troops on one side and E troop on the other, all the Fourteenth United States Cavalry at Bonita, three miles from Fort Grant. Colonel Seidenstricker, of Troop M, was fatally wounded in the groin, and Trumpeter Davis, also of Troop M, was shot through both thighs. The men who did the shooting are unknown at present. One hundred shots were fired and a house wrecked. About fifty men are implicated.

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