 Before long, news of the murders of the Jones and Baker families in Acton got to Nels and, in the evening, he and Nels Hanson went to the scene of the murders where others had also gathered.There they learned the details of the attack and were told to come back the next morning to help bury the dead, which they did.While they were there, nine Indians came in sight and several shots were exchanged, but no one was hurt.