, 1884-06-10
H SIOUX WOMAN
Who Was so Cruelty Tortured by
Her Husband.
Stolen From the Pine Ridge Agency
by Her Lover,
Who is Badly Shot by her lnfuriat.
ed Father.

man plNNu' WIN 40 hltullOutu Ill LIE
LEADER was arrested on Saturday night,
for the brutal and inhuman beating of his
wife in a grout house down in the Crow
Greek bottom, For good and sufficient
reasons the hearing in his case was post
poned until 10 o'clock this morning. The
complaint CHARGE the defendant with
an assault with a deadly weapon with in
tent to kill. Lacene in the meantime has
been transferred to the County Jail where
he now is. The woman, whose injuries
are not as severe as at first reported, has
also been taken to the jail. She is not
held as n prisoner nor has she been plac-
ed in a cell, but a comfortable place has
been provided for her in the corridor and
she is being attended by the County
Physician who thinks that she will be
able to appear in court to-day. The wo-
man cannot speak English and great diff
Guilty has been experienced in getting any
information from her which will throw
light on the brutal affair. Yesterday a
half breed was found to whom she com
municated some matters in reference to
the affairs and one or two parties who
can talk a trife in
THR SIOUX LANGUAGE,
also had short interviews with her and it
transpires that the prisoner made some
disclosures in regard to himself and the
woman before he went on the warpath,
and beat his wife which led to his arrest
and incarceration. From all of the differ
ent scourccs of information which THE
LEADER reporter trailed up, yesterday, a
pretty correct statement of the true in
wardness of the affair can now be given.
The woman is a full-blooded Sioux and
probably about twenty-five years of age.
Her name, as has already been stated,
was Helen Morrison before her marriage
with the man who now claims her as his
wife. 1t is thought however that she is
the daughter of an old fellow
by the name of Marritzy who
has lived for more than twenty-five
years in the vicinity of the Pine Ridge
agency, and that Morrison" is Il currup-
ton of her genuine name. In January
last the half-breed, who is now in jail,
having become enamored of the Indian
maiden, stole her away from her father
and his band, and proceeded to have the
ceremony performed by a preacher at the
agency that made them husband and wife.
The rage of the father, who had always
been bitterly opposed to her marriage,
knew no bounds and while they had disap-
peared from view, it was believed by him
that the couple were lingering at or zeal
the agency. Watching their opportunity
the halfbreed and his love bride fed from
the agency and made their way south.
They were
PURSUED BY THE INFURIATED FATHER
And when only about four miles this
side of the agency, they were overtaken
by him, An alteration ensucd in which
the half breed was shot and badly wound
ed. Leaving the half-breed to his fate,
however, the father took his rccreant
daughter and went back to the agency.
The half-breed found a refuge in that
region somewhere and for weeks he lay on
a sick bed. Finally, however, he re
covered from his wounds and at once
turned his thoughts toward the agency
where his bride of but two weeks had
been taken. He resolved to effect her
~recapture from the hands OF her father
and his people. For weeks he fingered
around the agency watching and waiting
for an opportunity to get her into his
possession and had everything prepared
to make n rapid flight from hat vicinity
should he be successful. Not until some
three weeks ago did the opportunity
present itself, which he had so long court
ed, but at length he succeeded under
the cover of night in enticing her into his
custody and the two fed in all haste
from Pine Ridge, in a southerly direction.
Whether they we're pursued or not, neither
they or anyone else here knows,
About ten days ago they made their ap.
pearancc in Cheyenne, the personal eff
fects of both consisting of the clothing
which they wore, two pairs of Ole
blankets, "A broken down horse and a very
few little trinkets which were of small &c.
count.
THEY RENTED A ROO
in q 6 rout house in the Crow Greek bot
tom, where they resided up to Saturday
night when the half-breed was arrested
-Four or five days after they arrived here
the horse disappeared and the half.breec
stated that it had died, which might hav,
been the case as it was in very poor condi
ton when the couple arrived in Cheyenne
There seems to be conflicting accounts il
regard to his treatment of the woman bu
in regard to this, her story is most likel
the correct one She says that she hac
been tied hand and foot for three day
when she was found, and states moreovei
that on Saturday afternoon he went ava,
for a short time and when he came bach
he brought with him some sort of n now