The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-12
FOU r INDIANS HANG ED.
WHERE dSSASsIKs SUFFER rHEPEN-
ARR or THEIR ORJMLs.

List 81 fifteen Closed within n Year
Bordtr Life as illustrated In the tta-
RES &C the Murders Lite ut Fort smith.
Ron, Mc 81 Loas oiobc y, uocyaL
RoRT SMITH, Ark, Sept. s.--To-day was
the scene Of the Il nginr Ia the court yaru OF @
United Stntcs UstriCt Court OF this W ce #
four Indians, Orce S,nVets. Cnerukee. Sinker
MI,o9; a Cne,or &c, sam Peters, a Choctaw, aud
Jack V Hey. Peoria Indian. Wagon loads 4
countrymen Ooured IN o the town last evening,
and the streets we're literally Jam ned. At IL
o'c,ock the piisoue's w.er, taken from the II
under strong quad ~ Deputy NJ, rshal-. On
arriving at the gallOws they tO,k the stand IA
81 ned thciu, aud made preparation for the
plunge into eteinits. they were seemingly un-
conscipus of their situation. After the de IN
warrants had been re q and interDreted, r-li2
ious service. were acid. tue prisoners baa fare
well to oil. the rOpe- were adjusted. the ti ck
caps were DR. wn over theif tar,s, ana at 1l15
the drop feb. lni- closes list Of hfteen vuO
nave been haugcd witniu "a yo e Oy the sentence
same gall0ws.
sinker Wilson. a Cherokee. WIS a medium
sized msn, weighing about 10 pounds. twenty
four years Old. aud five fee, five inches high.
He WIS convcied In the United Sta rs Court,
then held at Van Buren,, Or ,wfurd county. Ark,
on TIE "a day Ui Dccen, Der 1867, OF the murder
Oh Datus Cuwan. whi.e boy. aud sentenced To
be n nged On the 9Th dav Of February, 1903.
About the 18th OF January Irior to the day set
for his execution lie escaped, nd was Ut large
nearly niue years. until April. 1875. when he was
recdptuted. and AZ he 81 term OF tie United
States Court for the Western District OF Arsan.
sas he WIS resen,enCe to be banged ON the S.b
y
eanuel Peters was Choctaw, twentv.eight
years Of zee, five feet eipht inches high. and
Weighing atout $50 POUNDS. On the l5sn day OF
Octooer' 1870. mes hanson, VINO WAS tenuing
stock Tor George Downing went out In the
m1rninR. leaving bis vile aud child IN bic home
IN His AZ Prairie, Choct. " Nation, and went to
Stringtown by railroad ana stad there until
O'Clock OF tue daV. From there he went TO
Downing's, and paid him some money he had
received for cattle lie had sold. lie arrived AZ
DOwnng's late IN the afternoon, ana in ended
stdying there all night, but ut ABOUT midnight
hn "a A aN mad. Inf T. T.
had been murdered. On examination of the
house and its surroundings everything indicat-
Ell that the woman had ~ AIDE despe rate strug-
gle TO save her NE. he only Ifo-
vocation that can tie given for the
murder Is that the prisoner offered to shake
hand. with Hanson. the busO nd Of the mur-
dcred woman. few DAYS pr,N us. and was re-
fused. 90 tue ghllows the prisoner SAID. Hanson
had accused ne OF stealing vearling. auu Of
breakiug into his corn eric and stealing corn
and nieal out uf u. old not 40 the Stealing
auu was not gong to | ~ under the blame of ~
! went To see II usun. lie was not at nome. but
his wife was there | asked her about II. but
sue could not uuderstund me RIGHT. She got
scared at what | " slNing. ] had tue door
closed ana my back Raiust II. She came to-
ward the door. aud / showed her back. she
came no again INA hallooed. I then nit her
with "A KNIFE IN the breast. She turned and
struck her again In the btrk s)mew here" lie
nodded his he'd IN the Affirmative. lie was
asked again. " DID YOU kill her. Sam I" lie
answered - Killed her"
Osce sander, was Cherokee Indian, good
looking complexion lght for an Indian. veil
nhue' ~ vears old, and feet II inches high.
Sander WAS tined AT the March term OF the
Initeu states court. ana convicted and SEN
fenced TO oe hnnee1 on the 2lst Gay Of April
81. Two DAYS pri " to the execution the Pres
ldsnt reprieNed hun. and THE ID OF June last was
liked as the uay for his death. Again. PRIOR to
tue the lat. daN, he was reprieved, aud tue STA
gay 81 september 1875. set ar the day on winch
lie was To suffer. sabdcrS VS. convicted Of the
murder II lnomas CarlIsle. ana the principal
CrDsle. white man who had intermarried
with Cherokee won u. lived in the Iudi- II
country t~elve miles frum Table0uah. At
about dark on tho d1h day II August, Carlysle
aud his VIE we're SIT IN, on the gallery tefore
the two houses, and Osee : noers. with a
stranger. RODE up 10 the gate. Sanders, III the
Cherokee language. said. GOOD evening" Car
Nsle asked them 10 come ia. Sanders did the
talking at tue gate. CAL yse sent his little boy
10 open the gate. Tns stranger entered the
yard nrst, sanders following. and rode to where
Csrlvsle was sitting. Inc stranger caught mold
OF C.rii Sic ana tried to throw him on the galle-
~. While tins was going on Mrs. Cariyse spoke
TO Osee sanders and asked hun not To do 20.
; nders then threw his bistol into her face and
went to where Cariysle and the stranger were
struggling Mrs. Carlysie then called ner emil
dren together and ran to the mesIow, abou, $50
yarjs IRON the house, and md III the weeds and
grass. As they were running away they ueard a
saHt' and shottl' afierward two more. In about
nalt or thfes gu fters OF AN hour, every tniDg
being quiet Mrs. Cariy-le returned 10 the house
and iound her husband dead. lie had had u
lockrih ouh with some money ~ h pockets,
out tins vas gone. ana a trunk. IN which nad
hren Si.AJ in Cherokee warrants aud money
had u,rn carried aWuv ~
JOAN Valley, Pe1ria Indian. 20 years old.
Ave tset t,u i, ches hlRh, weighed about l6j
I"uhcs, ON ne 2ltn cay ot November, 1873, the
PRISONER killed one L II cketl. q white IN u. ON
: iing river. o. the feOi Nation. a few days
.'iur' t"e hlil"g a'tere~tipn took place be-
tNten nHckr,t AM he mott er and brother Of
valley, ia iteAd to the payment OF soma an
marty a. "ueN g. little glri n ickett's enid.
he rnild nd lived win Hsck-tt's hrotner md
h- ~ alic') claimed tue money. Hackett being
the tA'uei. also ci luird it. Tue Agent lipag ask
ed ne1her ne Guild n.d any p.renis. iiacket
said inst ne Was her la ner. ana thereuuun the
aeent paid tn money to Hackett. S,ne DAYS
tftcrWufl. II ckCtt was at the house OF John
beavers bout O'Clock 10 the evening. Beavers,
his wife, his no brothers, and Hackett were
sltllng around the Ere Ia h az. when Valley, the
prisoner, entered. anu Mas invited To a seat near
Ine nfe. v hen wa accepted. After he had oeen