Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-20
One of the Murders Committed for
Robbery, but Others CauSelesS,
THE STORIES OF THE CAPTURES.
The Terror of Settlers Prevents Them From
Giving Information.
The BLOODY QUARTET ALL DIE GAME
SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH,

ing at the Court House in this city. All
died game. Pierre Paul and Antley smiling
" iade goodby to their friends, when the
caps were drawn over their faces. All were
cut down in % minutes after the trap was
sprung. Their necks were broken.
The execution of these four Indian mur-
derers ends chapter OF crime which stands
almost unparalleled in the history of the
Northwest. Only one OF the four committed
murder for plunder. The others killed, not
for revenge or plunder, nor were they actu-
ated by the delirium OF drunkenness, which
often drives men to the commission of felon-
les, but ther committed murder solely TO
satisfy fendish desires. They were ever
restless, and possessed of that hereditary
rowing spirit.
Deeds of Pure Fiendishness.
They were ever desirous OF emulating the
Gets OF the bold warriors of old, whose deeds
of daring they have often heard recounted
in the tepees during the long winter months
Their young hearts craved blood, aud thus
they were led TO the commission of the
atrocious deeds, for which they have all
paid the penalty OF death.
These men had terrorized the whites for a
long time. and lie was insecure within the
vicinity of their haunts. They were called
bad" Indians by the peaceful redskins OF
the reservation, who were fearful lest their
scalrs should dangle at the lodge pale of the
murderous wretches and much credit is due
old Eneas, known as Big Kni e." chief of
the Kootenai tribe, for the apprehension and
punishment OF these and other copper
colored criminals.
EIrlv in the spring of 1889 a prospector
cd Il lX Tou-
purchased an outfit at Post Falls, Idaho,
and, after spending a few DAYS in the Ceur
d'Alenes, started FOR the Flathead country,
in Montana.
The Nj rider Committed by Pascala.
The journey proved a fatal one His in
tention was to go nv wav of Horse Plains
Nothing was heard of him until one year
laIer-laSt spring-when Antoine Finley, a
member of the Pend d'0reilIe tribe, while
out hunting, discovered the clothing and
bones of an unknown person in the vicinity
OF Angel Hill, about midway between Day
ton and Demersville. The clothes were
identified as those worn by Dunn, the pros
pector, but it was by the merest accident
that the crime was fastened to Pascala, a
Kootenai Indian. Antoine obtained a con-
fession from Pascala. With a fendish glee
in his eve, PascaIa said: 81 killed him Just
Antoine impaired this information TO the
officials, and shortly afterward Sheriff
Houston, of Missoula county, and a posse
succeeded in capturing the seli-confessed
criminal, but not without much trouble
Pascala pleaded for his life, saying that he
committed the deed in seIf-detense. 1t was
subsequently shown, however that Pascala
overlook Dean shortly alter he had crossed
Dayton creek and that ne rode along with
him until they reached Angel Hill. Pas
Gala dropped behind his victim and deliber-
ately shot him, robbing his person and
stealing his horse and outfit.
AntIey Kills a White Prospector.
Antley belonged to the Kootenai tribe.
His crime was the murder OF a white pros
pector. The following story is told by the
interpreter:
In the fall of 1857 party of six Kootenai
Indians started from Pleasant Valley to 20 to
Tobacco Plains TO attend a sun dance" The
party consisted of Antley, Antoine. John
Amen, koosta. Jerome and Dominic, oil young
bucks fired with the spirit of their ancestors
At the close of the first days Journey the In
dians camped near Wolf creek for the night
Nearby a party of white prospectors were
seated around a camp fire, wholly unmindful
aud unaware of the imminent danger. No
sooner were the whites discovered than one of
the Indians proposed that they kill the pale
faces This WAS promptly agreed to. Crawl
lug Stealthily toward the unsuspecting whites
until within few PAGES. Amen raised his gun
and fired. Two OF the prospcctors tell. and the
remaining one attempted TO escape but was
Iol wed and killed by Antley.
The news quickly spread to the mining
camps in thai vicinity, when Jerome and
Amen were run down and lynched by the
inCensed miners The others escaped and
eluded pursuit until this last summer, when
they were captured by the Sheriff and a posse
OF determined men.
The Crime of Pierre Paul and La La See.
Pierre Paul and La La See were probably
two of the most desperate criminals known
in the history Western Montana, and
only the most diligent search and untiring
efforts of determined officers secured their
apprehension and conviction. Their crimes
were similar to that committed by Antley.
Its commission was without motive, except
TO crafty bloodtbirsty desire.
On or about September l Pierre Paul and
la La See, in company with three other
hootenai Indians, spent the night in La La
Sees tepee, near Ravalli, on the Flathead
reservation. On the following morning two
white men chanced 10 pass the camp, when
they were perceived by La La See, who had
come out 10 water his horse.
Returning to his companions, La La See
said: Let's 20 out and kill them" A
plot was at once formed and the Indians
filed out OF their lodge, when one of the
copper-colored wretches asked the white
men where they were going.
Dropped Dead i'm Their Tracks.
They replied that they were on their wav
to Mlssoula, and, without suspecting that
the Indians had designs upon their lives.
started of. No sooner had they turned
their backs than they dropped dead in their
tracks. A bullet from Pierre Paul's rifle
had killed one of them, while La La See
was responsible for the death of The other,
Their loud boasting of what thev were
pleased to term an achievement OF glory gave
them away.
The history OF the chase and capture of
these two slippery criminals would make an
interesting volume. After the Sheriff had
received Information OF their crimes and had
commenced to keep lookout for them, word
was received at his Office about every two
weeks that they had been seen, but they had
no sooner appeared than they were out of
sight again.
One day during the summer of 1889, Sher-
if Heyfron, upon learning that the two
Indian murderers were at Ravalli, got up a
posse and proceeded to that point, arriving
there after midnight.
The Inhabitants Are Terrorized.
Only few persons could be found who
were willing to divulge anything, as there
seemed to be general fear that the desper-
ATE redskins would kill anyone revealing
ANYTHING OF their whereabouts 1t was
learned the next morning that the Indians
had gone TO Duncan, on the Jocco reserva-
tion. The Sheriff and his little band of
deputies took a freight train for Duncan,
They got of in thicket near the station,
and while accommodating, one of the officers
found squaw lying fat upon the ground,