The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-12-20
FOUR GOOD INDIANS.
They Become so by Being Hanged
Until Dead, Dead, Dead.
THE STORY OF THEIR MURDERS.
They Kill White Men for Mere Wantonnes.
and to Indulge a Thirst for Blood
They Die Game.


gram to THE HERALD.I-The greatest
hanging which ever took place in the Northwest
occurred this morning, when La La See Pierre
Paul, Antler and Pascae, four Indian murder
ers, were hanged at the court house here. All
died game, Pierre Paul and Antler smilingly
bidding their friends goodbye. Twenty minutes
after the trap was sprung all were dead Their
necks were broken. The four Indians protested
their innocence before dying. The bodies will
be taken to ST. Ignatius mission for burial.
Several prominent chiefs were in attendance at
the execution, but there was no protesting
demonstration on their part or from members
OF the tribe, as had been anticipated. About
one hundred persons were present.
The execution OF the four Indian murderers'
Pascale, Antler Pierre Paul and La La See,
ends chapter OF crime which stands almost
unparalleled in the history OF the Northwest.
one OF the four alone committed murder for
plunGer. The others killed, not for revenue nor
plumber, nor were they actuated by the delirium
OF drunkenness, which often drives men 10 the
commission OF felonieS; they COMMITTED muir
der solely TO satisfy tiendiSh desires They
were ever restless and possessed of that heredi-
tary rowing spirit; they were ever DESTROYS of
emulating the acts OF the bold warriors of old
whose deeds of daring they had often heard re-
counted IN the tepeeS during the long winter
months Their young hearts craved blood and
thus they were led to the commission of the
atrocious deeds for which they have all paid
These men had terToriZed the whites for a
long time, and life was insecure within the vicin-
ity of their haunts. They were called bad
Indians by the peaceful redskins of the reserVa-
ton. who were fearful lest their scalus should
dangle at the lodge pole of the murderous
wreUcheS. and much credit is due old Eneas
known as Big Knife, chief of the kootenat
trloe Tor the apprehension OF these and other
copper-colored criminals. The crimes commit
ted by the Indians individually. are detailed
below.
I'll in S,,rir, OP
named j. M. Dunn who had recently arrived
from Iowa, purchased an outfit at Post Falls
Idaho, and after spending few days in the
Coeur d. Alenes. started for the Flathead county
! in Montana. The Journey proved a fatal one
| His intention was to go by way of Horse Plains.
| Nothing was heard OF him until one year Later
last spring-When Antoine Finley, member of
| the Pend d'Orellle tribe, while out hunting dis
covered the clothing and bones of an unknown
person in the vicinity of Angel hill, point
| about midway between Dayton and Demers-
vile, Mont The clothes were identified as those
worn by Dunn. the prospectOr, but it was by the
mereSt accident that the crime was fastened to
Pascale, Kootenai Indiun. Antoine obtained
| a confession from PaScale. He visited the
camp of hunting party OF Kootenai Indians a
| few days after discovering the bones, and after
he had related the story to the party Pascale
at once admitted that he killed a white man and
| had concealed the body where the clothing was
| found, and with CLEAN of tiendiSh glee in his
| wicked eyes, said: Il killed him Just like
would kill grasShopper.'
Antoine impaired this information to the off
! Gals, and shortly afterwards Sheriff Houston
| of hlssoula county, and d posse, succeeded in
! capturing the Self.confeSsed criminal. but not
without much trouble. PaScale pleaded for his
| life saying that he committed the deed in self
| defense. 1t was subsequently shown, however
| that Pascale overlook Dunn shortly after he
| had crossed Dayton creek, and that he rode
! along with him until they reached Angel hill
| PeScale dropped behind his victim at this point
and deliberately shot him, robbing his person
and stealing his horse and outfit.
'ANTLER's CRIME.
Antler belonged to the Kootonai tribe. His
crime was the murder of white prospector
Like the deeds of Pierre Paul and La La See
AnGler's was that of wilful and wanton muir
der. The following story is told by an inter
prefer:
In the fall of 1887, q party of six Kootopai
Indians started from Pleasant Valley to go to
Tobacco Plains to attend a sun dance to be
given by their tribe ct that place The party
consisted of Antler, Antoine John Annon
KooSta Jerome and Dominic, all young bucks
fired with the spirit of their ancestors AT the
close of the first days Journey, the Indians
camped near Wolf creek for the night. Near
by party of white prospectors were seated
around campfire wholly unmindful and
unaware OF the imminent danger. No sooner
were the whites discovered than one of the In
dams proposed that they kill the pale faces
This was promptly agreed to. Crawling
| stealthily upon the unsuspecting whites until
within few PAGES, Amen raised his gun and.
taking deliberate aim, fired. Two of the pros
pectors fell, and the remaining one attempt ed
to escape, but was followed and killed by Ant
Ter.
THE news quickly spread to the mininy
camps in that vicinity when Jerome and Amen
! were run down and lynched by the incensed
miners. The others escaped and eluded pur-
suit until this last summer, when they were can.
tured by the sheriff and posse of determined
men. Antoine, Koosta and Dominic were re.
leased, as it was shown that they had counseled
against the killing ana were unwilling specta.
tors. The jury was only out ten minutes il
finding Antler guilty
PIERRE PAUL AND LA LA SEE.
Pierre Paul and La La See were probably two
of the most desperate criminals Known in the
history of western Montana, and only the most
diligent search and untiring efforts of brave anC
determined officers accomplished their appre
hension and conviction. The crimes for which
they paid the extreme penalty of the law was
similar TO that committed by Antler Its com
mission without motive except to CRAFTY
a boodthirsty desire.
On or about September l. 1888, Pierre Pau
and La La See, in company with three Other
Kootenai Indians. spent the night in La LIZ
| Sees tepee, near Ravalli, on the FlatheaC
reservation. On the following morning two
white men CHANGED to pass the camp wher
they were perceived by La La See, who haC
come out to water his horse. Returning to hi!
companion. La La See said:
Lets go out ana 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. They replied that they were
going to Missoula, and without suspecting tina
the Indians had designs upon their lives, started
of. No sooner had they turned their backs
than they dropped dead in their tracks a bul
let from Pierre Paul's rife had killed one o
them, while La La See was responsible for thu
death OF the other. Their loud boaStng of wha
they were pleased TO term an achievement @
2 glory, gave them away
, The history of the chase and capture OF thes
! two slippery criminals would of itself make al
| interesting volume. After the sheriff had re
r ceived information of their crimes and had com
menced 20 keep lookout for them, word wa
received at his ONCE about every two weeks o
1 their whereabouts but they had no sooner an
peared than they were out of sight again
One day during the summer of 1889. Sherii
Heyfron, of Missoula county, learning that tn
indian murdererS were at Rayalli. got up poSS
and proceeded to that point, arriving there afte
midnight. Only a few persons could be foun
who were willing to divulge anything, as Their
! seemed to be general fear that the desperat
redskins would kill anyone revealing anythin
of their whereabouts. 1t was learned mex
morning that the Indians had gone to Duncan
on the Jocco reservation. The sheriff and hi
little band of deputies took freight train 70
: Duncan. They got off in q thicket near tn
station, and while accommodating, one of tn
officers found squaw lying fat upon tn
ground, face down. This was regarded as ba
f sign and it was thought she had bee
t on the lookout for their approach an
. had given the alarm. About this tim
an Indian was seen to rise out of anothe
part of The thicket with gun at his shoulde
e pointed at the posse. Deputy Jim Conley, quic
: as fash dropped the redskin in his track.
g Conley is one of the most adept men with tn
1 Winchester in the northwest, and has bee
e instrumental in bringing some of the most note
e desperadoes to justice The Indian he had S
l suddenly sent to the happy hunting grounds
4 proved to be murderer. The men most wante
could not be found in that vicinity and it wa
: subsequently learned that the officers had bee
S sent TO Duncan in order to throw them off tn
: trail, for they had hardly left Ravalli whe
Pierre Paul and La La See reappeared. TIL
expedition like many others proved unsucces
full, and it not until old Chief Eneas LEI
his aid that the officers were enabled to get thes
: two murderous wretches within their clutche
The capture and execution of this quartet: