The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-06-20

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ReD1nQ In1inns Duse ana Rseer II
cnnRG indirted fur - nnsaer al
tAe Indians. Hokeg Gan an CAarley
Kanam last February. vns finally -
cured yesterday moFning: IAonas|
CheFFy. Otto smith. W1Efnn Fox.
1sanr Woueen. Chas3es Kitseman, y.
D. Emppon. B. X Wilson, J. ". DE-
Moet. Chafies Kakeidy ~. II. Graham.
" n. Lord and J. G. warrrn- Atsos.
neg General Nescalse in his opening
speech for TIE Prosecution. sid shat
~ propossd 10 prove that Poker sam
vas N indian doctor and that
THE pEvESpaSu BAD KILLED nru
Because they believed that he had 81
hsd = t0mananaus for their brother
Sam, Who uas sick
Gardner Proctor was called 10 testify
~ 70 boz Indian doctors receive their
alleged power over Tie ms Of the flesh
and TIE Indian suggestions REGARDING
them. He said 70 become bix mex1i-
cine mxn IN Indian had 70 20 Cd into
The woods and fast for . long time and
70 through the most severe harxishipS
AID suffering By 50 doing, they claim
to become possessed 0f
suprHnrnax rcwxns.
The mummery and grotesque and
often cruel process they 90 through in
treating the afliicted Is called touasna-
mus. The Indians helieve that TIE
Indian medicine man can make either
Q good or bad tomanamus-that il.
they can use their alleged exalted
powers 10 cure the afIiicted or they can
make them still more m and finally
carse them % die.
Caroline, Poker Sans wife's dauRh-
Ter. young woman Of not unprepos-
sessing appearance, dressed in black !
SILK, testified that previous TO the kill
Ing she had been working a. cook in |
The Iecunsseh family and had over
heard Roger tell his father that he was |
afraid his brother Sam, who Vas sick. |
was going to die. Roger said that the /
rival Indian doctors, George Washing
ton and Tobey. had told him that 1
Poker Sam had made . bad tomana-
mus for his sick brother Sam. and that l
Roger said further that he was sorry.
bat he thought he
wouLD HAVE TO KILL pokER SAN,
In accordance with the time-honored
custom OF dealing with medicine men
for making bad tomanamus.
Frank Hayes, Of Renton. testified
that he went TO the dead bodies Of the
Indians and examined the wounds.
He found Roger Teeumseh there. and
the latter told him that sally. Poker
Sans wife, had accused him of the
but he denied all connection
with it. Hayes started back toward
Renton and met Rogers brother Dan.
Alexander simpson, who accompan-
led HAYES to the scene Of the murder.
testified practically the same. except
that he thought he saw Z knife in Dan
Tesumseh's band.
James J0hnson's testimony was
rs follows: AT about half
past 8 or o'clock on the evening Of
the murder was in Woods store at
kenton. sally Poker, Sans wife,
came 10 the door and /
MADE GREAT HuBBrB
and connection with her cries. IL
opened the door and she came in and
said that someone had killed her hus-
band. She was intoxicated and her
hands we're covered with blood. She
left and Woods and l went over to
the saloon. We stood there Is or 70
minutes talking when Roger Tecum-
sch came up from toward the Cedar
river camp. A few minutes later Mrs.
Graham, proprietress of the Ameri- /
can house. came down the track very
much excited and calling Dave She
had just come from the scene of |
the murder. and told US about /
it, Roger asked us To go up
and see the dead bodies and |
told US that Sally had
ACCUSED HIN OF THE MURDER.
He was very cool and collected. and /
his general appearance did not indi-
cate that he had been in q row. We
went out to see the bodies, and found /
Poker Sam with his head across the /
railroad track. We thought he had /
been dead about two hours. Charley |
Kanam was living in about the same |
position about forty feet further on,
but his head was not on the track. We
went down the track and found Dan |
Tecumseh on the track drunk. We
picked him up and searched him, and |
found knife on him." A knife was
produced In court, and the witness |
identified il. Several Indian witnesses
swore that the knife in evidence had
belonged TO Poker Sam before his
death.
James Wier substantiated Johnson's
testimony regarding Sallv's going to
Woods store and stating that her hus-
band had been killed.
sALLy's STORY.
Sally was then called to the stand.
She cannot speak English, and the
process OF securing her evidence
through an interpreter was a tedious
one. Her story practically was that |
she and Poker Sam went to Renton
and sold beaver side. Someone had
stolen Sans horse. and he wanted 10
come to Seattle and consult a lawyer
about getting il back. Sally gave him
$40 to come To Seattle with, and he had
80 beside. He bought a bottle of
whisky. and talked with Roger and
Dan Teeumseh and Charley Kanam.
Roger did not drink much. but the
others did. The party finally started
down the track. She was sitting back
frone the track some distance, and
swore that she saw Dan hold her hus-
band down on his back while Roger
STARRED HIM THREE TINES
She then testified that they treated
Charley kanam the same way She
claimed that she ran over to Poker
Sans body at once and took hold of