Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1879-11-26

COLumllleO.
1 have been acting agent at Crow creek
for one year and a half; my agency is in the
Sioux Indian country; Grow Creek agency
is located on the left bank of the Missouri
river, Fort Hale is on the right bank OF the
Missouri Brule City is on the left bank Of
the Missouri. I am familiar with Crow
creek for a number of years, about five and
q half.
Adjourned until Wednesday morning al 9
o'clock.
Wednesday Mornlng's Proceedings.
CAPT. W.. e. D%ouGHERTY
resumed the stand and testified:
Cross Eramination-I was on the SPOT
when the body was found.and as o as /
heard tho true reports of q murder I came
on the spot. then I went up the bank. and
found q spot 4 or { feet square which 90.
peared to have been beaten down more than
the other; the place where the blood was
found was covered by a branch of an oak
tree; and the ground covered With leaves ;
there was two branches-a small piece lay.
Ing on the fork of Q larger one; I searched
10 the grass and tn the ground for the bull.
let, but didn't find it; dug for it; from
where the blood was to the edge of the
bank there was an indistinct path; there
was q distinct path. from the edge of the
bank 10 the body, and the grass and twies
were beaten down all around The body:
there was grass about 5 or 6 inches high.
what Is called valley grass, from the place
where the blood was to the edge OF the
bank; Iexamined the place where the body
was found for three quarters of an hour;
| noticed particularly the trail leading from
the edge of the bank 10 the body; the trail
Was comparatively fresh. about two weeks
old; l observed boot or shoe tracks from
the edge of the bank to the head of the body (;
as q matter of fact l cannot say that the
tracks were made BY different persons, but
In one instance | observed one track in the
soft ground at the foot of the bank which
didn't look % large 40 the ones around the
body; the tracks were 80 we'll beaten that
human tracks; tho tall weeds on the
they had been beaten down; the body
Was laid at the very foot OF the bank:
the slope up to the bank was about six
degrees, the width of the track going down
to the body was from twenty inches TO two
feet, and it enlarged near the body and was
about three feet to four feet; the place where
the camp fire and the blood was found 10
known as the first bench thirty.fye or forty
yards from these places was the creek. and
there was q precipitous descent from twelve
to fourteen feet; the body was laying
stretched on the ground the head was dis
located aud the skull was in several piecee.
the clothing apparently had not been die.
arranged, the principal bones of the right
arms were there, but l think that some of
the extremities were missing the body had
been laid down very carefully the teeth
seemed tohave been broken the bones ofthe
face seemed as if they had been pushed into
the ground, the frontal bone was taken out
from the ground, about five or six inches in
the ground; the balance of thebody had not
been disturbed some of the hair was found
on some parts Of the skull; the skull was
broken 10 several pieces; there wac q part
OF t::separated from the skull Itself; I think
there was On horizontal fracture; the frac.
ture extended from the bullet hole to the
to the top; we found all the parts of the
skull or nearly oil; one segment of the
skull had been pulled out Of the earth: It
was on the 10th of July when l went first
on the ground; the party who were with
me were myself. Alfred Care, j. G. Beve.
ridge, Frank Elliot, Sam Coon and three
1ndisns; We searched about that locality
for fifteen minutes, and didn't find any anti.
Gle of clothing; no blanket was found at
that time; l went back TO Coon'a
ranch, and sent some mcn back
with . coffin to bury the BODY
Mr.. Beveridge, Frank o. Elliott and Nj.
Coon we're the ones I sent back to bury the
body MI. Care found the body first. M.
Beveridge vas with him.
Redirect E1amination.-The path down
the bank was . we'll defined trail, narrow at
the top and broader near the body; at the
top Of the bank the path was visible towards
the fire camp for about five or six feet !:
when spoke about the large beaten track
! was referring to the track around the
body.
Mr.. BEvERIDGE,
being duly sworn testified:
Direct Ebamiaation-I live at Grow Creek
agency l was with the first party Who
started on the 18th Of July the parties
vho were with me, we're Mr.. Care. Frank
D: Elliott, Dwyre, Cassidy, Martin and nv.
self; M. Care and myself searched the
creek 40 miles from the agency for 10 miles:
We came back In camp; the next morninr
two Of our party searched the creeL ~
horseback and the balance took back he
Frs:teei road stopped for dinner =. The
old fort; the old fort ia about I've MIL
from Coon's ranch, northwest: from The eid
fort went downssto Coon's ranch on hor,s.