Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1890-09-14
THE INQUEST.
The Jury in the Case of Hugh
Boyle Find a Verdict OF
Fiendish Murder.
Head Chief and Young Mule are
the Guilty Inoians for Whom
Search is Being Made.
THE CHEYENNE MURDER.

TIE CHEYENNE MURDER.
Coroner Brown Returns From the Agen-
cy With Details of the Inquest.
Harold Brown. acting coroner of
this county, reiuned from the Cbey-
enne agency at Lame Deer last night
about eight o'clock, bringing with him
some Of the clothing worn hy the un-
fortunate Hugh Boyle at the tine Of
his murder, and the evidence taken at
the iDque-t together with the finding
of the jury, all Of which we have been
permittei to cony and give to our
readers below:
Mr.. Browns report Of the condition
ofaifsirs al the agency is different
from the report given in yesterdays
issue of the JOURNAL. From him we
learn that all the Indians except the
two guilty Of the murder are now nj
the agency and that none are armed
except the squad of Indian police who
are securing the country in search of
the murderers. From the evidence
taken at the inquest II appears that
almost Ms soon as q e murder was CON-
mitted, Head Chief, one of the mur-
derer-, communicated the fact to Amer.
lean Horse, and that he after the find.
ing OF the body on Tuesday Informed
Agent Cooper of the confession made
by Head Chief. An incident rel.ted
TO Coroner Brown II true, Is worth
quoting ~ showing the singular in
efficiency OF the military In cases
where prompt action 10 required. The
story il az follows: On one occasion
after the disappearance of Boyle
whether after the discovery of the
body we are not informed) when 1t
was known throughout the camp and
agency that he had been murdered,
I.eiutenauts Pitcher and Robertson
were out together. the former being
armed with revolver and the latter
unarmed. Az they proceeded along,
an Indian was seen In the direction In
which they were going, and another
Indian who was with them, said,
"There 10 the Indian that killed the
white man." L.. Robertson at once
said tn Pitcher-who by the way was
his superior officer-"Gise me your
revolver and I will goand arrest him.
1t. Pitcher did not give him the re-
volver, or encourage the arrest, but on
the contrary so Brown was infor'nedl
told him that he WAS prohibited from
making any such arrest by military
orders, and 1t. Robertson, probably
Influenced by the rebuke Of his supe-
rior in command. did not attempt the
arrest, and the murderer, then with
IN the clltches ofthe law, was allowed
to depart in peace and safety by tying
up an energetic young officer with
military red tape. The concluding
portion of 1t. Pitchers testimony was
evidently connected with this Incl
dent. The evidence taken before the
coroner's jury IL as follows:
Hugh Gafiney-I recognize the body
and also the clothes; the body IL that
of my wife's brother, Hugh Boyle;
he has livod with me since June last;
he tended the cows; on Saturday last
he went after them and did not re-
turn; that was the last time saw him
alive; next saw him about o'clock on
Tuesday the 9th inst; he was then
dead; he was 81 years old and cigar
maker.
Henry w. Nietmann-I live at the
agency; am agency blacksmith; rec.
ognize the body as that Of Hugh Boyle
I last saw W him alive on the 9Th inst.
between 4 and s o'clock p. m.; next
saw him dead on the 9th inst; I wat
present when he was found-at tn,
uncoveripg before removal; / heard q
the boy being missing on the morning
of the 7th, search was made on the 7tf
and s, aud again on the 9th; / assisted
In the search; myself and an Indiar
went up the right fork of Lame Deer
Lit. Barber and company were als'
searching about half mile from US;
discovered q hsl lying In the brusl
and Informed 1t. Barber OF the fact
looked for tracks IN this vicinity bu
found none; the body was found two
thirds Of the way up hill, about t~'
hundred feet up, and covered will
grass and twigs; II wss about tw
miles from where I found the hat;
did not see the horse but saw the sad
' die; 10 had blood on II; the track
where the body was found were ffor
bare feet or moccasins.
L. John Pitcher. lst Cavalry-I q
. stationed at Lame Deer camp; VI
present when the body W. fespt
wss eat with ~ troop and wss con