The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-12-20
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kAEhAA FAIL AND IA Ia sEA.
f1rre Paul snd La La see were probably two ri
the most desperate criminals known IN the his
tory OF Western Montana. sud only the most iii
Ieehs seach and untfring efforts OF brave atla IL
lsrMineu Officers accomplished their altnFeaafl.
sen snd conviction. The crime ger . Aiea thes
Eaiu the extreme penalty OF fsas sav ven slstt
lsr 70 those committed bx aDtle4 saa his $3.50
ciates. The commission wa> without motive.
except To CRAFTY hlaoslthirsfy desire
On or about september Pierre fang and In
"a see IA eomIany with three other hootenai
iad1ans, sTeut the night IL isi Ia sees feEpsc.
near Ravalh. on the Flataead reservation on
Tue iotlowt1g morning two white men ehSnepsi
% pass the camp, when they were perceived ~
- Ia SeT, who he'd eCIne oIit tn water his horse.
returning 10 his companions Ia III Sgs Said
lei 20 cat auf Sill them A plot nj
ance formed. and The ladan> naca cat of their
lcIgr, when exc OF the eorper-e7loTed wretrhes
.SAsa the white utel where they were going
they replied that they were gatag 10 Nis>oala,
AUG without stsisectiRg that the Indians had
designs upon tieil lives, stsEscd Of. NJ sooner
had they turned their hsgkS than they were
dropped dead 10 their traekS y bsfiiet from
Pierre Paals EiSlc had killed one of them While
~ Ia S,s was responsible for the death of the
ather The bodies were thrown into the locke
Iisef, ahd subsequently, discovered by woman
hslnea Satursr Mfiie fishing.
ne Indians loud baastiuc of what they were
pteassu % term ga achievement af glory ~
suited 80 their arrest
me history of the chase and CAPTURE af these
TWO slippery criminals Of itself would make au
Interesting volume After THE sheriff had re
ceised inioFsnasion Of their crimes aud had com
Haettea 10 Aetp a lookout ior them. word WIS
received st his Office about every two weeks of
tnelr whereabouts, bat they hsd sooner APP
Feared tii'iu they were out OF sight again,
TINE usN during the summer Gf 1879 sheriff
heNETun, upon learning tibet the two Indian
muFtcfgrs were at RavaiI, got up posse aud
nfoseetied To that point, arriving there after
lhldhigdf. Faniy q few persons could be found
who were willing 20 divnlge ANYTHING as there
seemed to he a general fear that the desperate
Tedsktns would siil any one revealing their
whereabouts it WAS learned THE next morning
that the Indians had gone u Duncan. ON the
soeco reservation The sheriff aud his little
hana of deputies took freight trsin for Dun
can. They got off in thlcket near the sfation.
and, while reeonnoiteFing. one of the officers
iotissi Stlliaw lying fiat npon the ground. face
aewu. his WAS regarded rs a bad sign aud il
was thought thar She had been on the. lookout
Tor their approach. and had given the alarm
About this time al Indian seen To rise out
81 another part OF the thicket with Il gun at Ills
shpgider pointed at the posse. Deputy Jim
tonty, quick flash, dropped the redskin in
his tracks. Comfy i one OF tho NEST adept men
with the Winchester in the Northwest. and has
been instrumental IN bringing some most noted
ue>lefadoeS 10 justice The Indian he SO sud
denly sent To the happy hunting grounds proved
10 Dc a murderer. The men most wanted could
not be iouad in that vicinity, aud it was subse-
quenfly learned that the officers had been sent
to Duncan to throw them off the trail for they
had hardly lett Rsyaili when Paul Pierre and
La IN see reappeared. riding through thestreets,
yelling like demons. This expedition, like
many Others. proved unsuccessful and it was
not until old Chief Eneas lent his aid that the
officers were enables to get these two murderons
gretches within their clutches.
At the trial the question of the Jurisdiction of
the district court was raised by tlae attorneys
for the defense, they claiming that the alleged
crime was committed on the Indian reservation
and consequently WAS subject to trial only in
the nised states courts. Judge Marshall de
clded thR. the murder was done on the Northern
Pacific right-of-way and therefore came under
his jurisdiction. The luries In both cases were
cut but 5 few minutes before u verdict of guilty
was reached.
The hearing OF the testimony in each of the
four eases was through Interpreters, as none OF
the defendants speak much English
prominent figure at the trial of all four
Indians was The chief OF the koofenai tribe
Eneas, known as " Big knife" He Is now over
~ years OF age, having been born March -, 1875
although he is stiH 1.-THE, active man. not
seeming to feel the weight OF his years. His at
EtIlde towards the whites has always been
friendly, and it is hugely due To his aid that
Pascale and other Indian criminals have been
unprecedented.
The capture and execution of this gtartette OF
mgrderers has cost in the neighhorhood of $50
nu0, but no one regrets the expenditure of the
money, as it has removed u barrier to civiliza-
tlon. Only the bFavest dared to penetrate the
country where these Indians roamed about
Prospectors in search OF precious metals were
afraid to go far from the habitatiuns of white
people for fear their lives would be taken before
they could reap the results OF their finds. The
officials are loudly praised for the accomplish
ment attained. An effort was made to secure a
found but lew advocates. Ii would have been
play upon justice, no men were more de
serving OF the fate they have met than them
selves.