The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-12-28
VOLUME = x.

l y, i0Ma. M...s. M9rsnatHolbr6ok au0 tosea0k1ct.
ed ,h william ", spsimhower from q, hrmsl!6id
previous. Smell will now pushy lttsrs, IN.
til every settler who has not {aads settle.
ment b evfcted. This will b Allowed by an
eviction of settlers ON Welles' and I4itchnelds'
lands for whom writs have bcen issued. Land
owners state that they nre now thoroughly
III earnest, and injunctions will be, issuesl
against all evicted settlers who have returned
to the farms. This will result seriously to
settlers, disobedience of ofinjunction being con.
tempt OF court, and all remaining on the
iand will be compelled to pay 6ne or he
Imprisoned. Being without funds, mndori.
~ will be compelled TO accept the harsh al.
lasaat tass 9E g9 t9 jail.
Ths Wfnnipeg sClidsls tslssrapAsd Chic,
Fields at Fargo, TO know II Gillette, alias Nc.
Cauley, the man who was arrested on suspic.
ion of being the much.wanted forger nf Win.
nipeg, would waive extrajition and insisting
that he be held by all means until officers or:
rive with warrants. The prisoner has re.
Tainted attorneys, who have applied for q
writ Of habeas corpus. Tho prisoner now
claims that his name il Alien and that he IL
from Boston; but certain woman ut Fargo
states that she has received letters from him
since August in which his signature appeared
az George A. Gillette. From kilograms re.
ceived it is learned that the individual who
is wanted obtained 81 500 in Winnipeg by
forgery.
Judge Ross in the United States court at
Los Angeles, CAL, rendered an interesting
decision as to the rights of Indians
living on their own reservations to exercise
their ha tribal law, and pas sentence o, death
France, Scott Luke, Pete and Jason Chino,
Tule river Indians. charged with the murder
of their medicine man, Juan Baptista, be.
cause twenty Of his patients had died under
his care and Indians believed he was system.
atically poisoning them. Judge Ross in his
decision stated that under an net of congress
OF 1885 all Indians committing crimes ag gninst
persons or property of other Indians or 9th.
er persons within the territory of the United
Snates, ore amenable to the laws of the
United States, whether living on their rese,.
vations or not. Tho deendents were sen.
fenced to five years imprisonment and a fine
of 81 each.
Deputy Sheriff H. G. Lyons arrived at Liv.
ingston, Montana, with V. 3. Strong, whom
he had arrested for killing William Houx
stockman 81 Hawk Creek, Mt that place
being enamonred of Mrs. Strong had made
repeated advances toward and attempted
several times to induce her to leave her hus.
band. without avail, threatening ut various
times to kill Strong, on whom he had twice
leveled his Winchester. Mrs. Strong each
time placing herself between the muzzle of the
weapon and her husband and nverting
bloodshed. On the morning of the 10TH,
Houx renewed his abuse and threatened the
life Of Strong, wlleu be drew his revolver and
shot Houx through the heart, rcmurking,
"iou have had the drop on me long enough;
this time have the best ofit." The coroner
left for the scene Of the tragedy. The victim
thought a verdict ofjustifiable homicide will
be tho result of the inoueat
The state troops have oil gone home md
only few deputy sheriffs are now guarding
the jail Mt Birmingham, Ala. All excitement
has passed away, and no apprehension ia felt
of any new outbreak. The coroners jury to
investigate the shooting met and the session
was consumed in the examination of Mayor
Thompson. He testified that he did not con.
wanted to lynch Hawes. HIS thought many
were present out of curiosity. Thompson,
said he thought twenty-five determined Of
acers could have driven back the crowd from
the mouth of the allay letsdingto the tell
without bloodshed. He says the officers fired
first, and no could not soy whether any shots
were fired by the crowd or not. The coun.
ty commissioners notified the coroner
and jury that they would not pay the cost
OF the investigation, and it was decided to
continue it by. private subscription. The
commissioners have not announced their rea.
sons for refusing to pay the cost of the in.
vestigations
A tragedy resulting in the death of four
persons and thefatal Nounding of a fifth oc-
CURED at Fort Peck Indian agency. For q
week Pretty Boy, one Of the Yankton Sioux
tribe has been loaded with liquor Seizing q
stick Of fire wood he dealt his sguaw blow
on the head which cut II deep cash in the
scalp and fractured her skull. Not satisfied
with this. he jumped upon the prostrate
body Of the squaw and nude preparations
to scalp her: by this time crowd Of near
ly hundred Indians had gathered around
the couple. In the crowd were q number ol
Indian police who rushed upon Pretty Boy
and dragged him from the body Of the
squnw. This SO enraged Pretty Boy that.
shaking off his captors, he ran to his tepee
and secured u Winchester rifle. He at once
opened fire on the police, instantly killed
two Of them, and fatally wounded q third.
He then proceeded to where his squnw was
lying, and. placing the muzzle of the rifle be.
tween her lips, fred four shots. Finding es.
cape impossible, he halted on the brow oi
hill about mile from the agency, and,
after severing thearteries in his wrist with
his hunting knife, shot himself through the
heart, death being instantaneous.