Howard, Ranger Sergeant John McBride, and merchant and ex-police lieutenant John G. Atkinson were immediately executed by firing squad with their bodies hacked and dumped into a well. The Rangers were disarmed and sent out of town.
Sergeant John McBride, along with his fellow Rangers and John G. Atkinson, a former police officer turned merchant, were immediately shot and killed by firing squad. Their bodies were then dismembered and dumped in a well. The Rangers were forced to surrender their weapons and leave the town.