Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1880-05-08
rived at when the court adjourned until
nine o'clock tomorrow.
SATURDAY FORENOON.

SATURDAY FORENOON.
Argument of the question, raised Just
before adjournment last night, was re-
sumed by the prosecution citing authori-
ties on the subject, and the defense then
said they had decided to withdraw the
offer.
DIR. Livingston called. Saidhe had no
safe at the agency on June 23d, 1876.
There was no arrangement between him
and E. Il. Hudson and f. j. Dewitt by
which the payment Of this stumpage
money by Mr.. Hudson was to insure in
any manner to his benefit.
Il. e. Hudson called and corrOborated
the last statement of the defendant.
Antoine Lie Claire called and said,
Weizi told him sometime last week at
his camp that they took him to the Buf-
falo head and told him to state this and
that just as White Ghost did.
Cross Eramtnation-This was in his
lodge about twenty days ago, when he
was camped up on the hill. His wife
was present at that time. Weizi told
him that they took him to the buffalo
head, and you, (meaning the U. s. attor-
ney,) told him to say this and that and
stick to it. He did not explain what he
meant by this and that. Weizi said he
did not think it was right to say as
they told him to, .just as White Ghost"
said, and he did not remember anything
about what took place about the orders.
White Ghost was the leading chief but
he did not think it was right to testify as
White Ghost did. Weizi did not tell him
that the Indians had council and
agreed to testify as White Ghost did.
John E. Richardson was next called
and said Spitz, on the 23d day of June,
handed him ten dollar bill and said he
got it at the store for stumpage and
wanted him to give him ten one dollar
bills for it.
Cross Erqmination.-He was in the
garden at the time and Splitz came up
to the fence and called him to him and
showed him ten dollar bill and asked
him to give him ten one dollar bills for
it, and he told him he had not got it.
This was all he said. Witness then
gave what was said in, Indian.
Henry Riggs called-Said he had been
acting as interpreter in this court ever
since the seventh of April. He had been
present at the interviews between the
Indians and the United States attorney.
| Witness was then asked if lie had heard
any such language used by the United
States attorney to those Indians as testi-
fed to by Antoine LeClaire, and said he
had not heard anything of the kind. He
did hear them told to testify to the truth
Just as they remembered it. Nothing that
would lead the witness in any manner
was said.
The defendants attorneys here stated
that they themselves did not understand
that any thing detrimental to the integ-
rity of the United States attorney either
as gentleman or lawyer was intended
and they themselves wholly absolved
him from doing or intending anything Of
the kind.
Judge Campbell was sworn at his OWL
request and stated that all that he had
said to the Indians had been in the pres
ence of this interpreter and other gentle
men and nothing of the kind testified te
by Antoine as being told him by Weizi
What John Fleury might have told hin
at any other time, he could not say.
Both sides here closed their case, ant
the jury being sent out the attorney
presented to the court the charges which
they asked to be given to the jury.
The jury were then recalled and til,
United States attorney proceeded t,
open the case, and occupied the tim,
until the court took recess for dinner