The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-14
PENALTY OF FAILURE.
An Indian Medicine Man Slain
i'm the Forest.
BECAUSE HIS PATIENTS DIED
a Desperate Father Murdered Him
The Murderer u Captured and
Recagturef Ills Confession.

The discovery OF the body Of jim Eou-
ehtss the medicine man Of the Muesle-
sFoot fasiisa tribe. concealed under a log
on 4 side nfli, three miles from the mouth
Of EEise creek and about SIX niles north
ives. from Assfusn. with two bullet holes
through his s>eiY. brings "a light cald-
f,loodsd murder Iva @:S2h the Indian ira
fsstton about the vengeance or '1uEtice"
ruesNd oft II an unsuccessful teuanirnns
man plays prominent part.
The murderer was Jerry Dornnick. an
Indian wfa0se three children had been
treated BY fsoucistt with the result thar
all three died within a few days Two OF
these deaths occurred during The past two
months ard led directly TO the murder.
and the coHesallng OF the holy. When
Donutck was handed over b. Agent Il.
". Axe. OF the Huckieshoot reservation,
70 Deputy Sheriff Mccory he made full
confession through an interpreter. say
ing that ise killed the medicine man be-
CAUSE be killed his children. The guilty
party Bow lies Ia = cell AZ the county
jail and the history % the case reflects
Erea: credit all those who took part
In the discovery Of the murderer.
Jim Bouchitt. the tenanirnus man. was
~ years old and lived in a cabin on
Green river. four miles from Auburn,
with his father-iu-Isw. Big John. while
Jerry Domnick lived on the Muckleshoot
reservation with his family. which con-
sisted Of wife and three children. Dom
nick has had six or seven children. Of
whom only one 10 alive,
The In-ucre-sfnI Doctor.
Several years ago his daughter was
taken III and Medicine Man Jim Bou-
chit was called IN. His powers were OF
no avail. however, and the girl died.
About two months ago Domnick's little
s-year-old fenas kioofchman Etria fell
sick. Again the redoubtable medicine
man was summoned. hut despite his eff
forts 20 drive out the evil spirits the
child died within three days. A few days
later Jones Domnfck. aged years passed
away and was buried
This signal failure OF the doctors DOW
ers brought him into disrepute with
Domniek and brought forc!biy TO mind
tho old saying of how an Indian doctor.
more properly. perhaps. conjuror. was
very powerful one day. but the next In
danger Of being assisted summarily to
the happy hunting grounds
The Doctor II Missing.
The ili-feeiing that the father Of the
dead Indian children had toward Bou-
chift was well known. and when the
latter disappeared o week ago last Tues
day suspicion Immediately fell on him.
Boucfitt had left his cabin and proceed
ed along the banks of Suisse creek on a
usnihs expedition. Hunting parties were
from Auburn, hut day after day passed
ana no tidings came OF the body. Through
some mistake. which eventually turned
Out the best thing possible. messag.
was sent to Coroner Askam yesterday
morning from Auburn. stating that the
BODY had been found. The coroner and
Deputy Sheriff McCory took the frat
train for Auburn, and In the meantime
the transformation was proving true.
The Body II Found.
Early In the morning William Mason
and John King George young Indians
from the reservation. while hunting along
denseiy wooded and steep side Hill that
skirts The banks OF Suisse creek. three
miles from It's mouth, discovered the
nohy OF the missing medicine man con-
cealed under a log. Only one shoulder
and an elbow stuck out the remainder OF
his body being well hidden from view by
Old leaves and dead wood
They pulled the body from It's lodging
place and found that the generally ac-
cepted theory OF murder was assnredly
true. a more bloody and CORY Sigh,
could not be we'll imagined. The In
dian was covered with coaguiated blood
from head 10 foot and the bullet holes
In his abdomen and under both shoul
ders could he easily seyl. Insects had
made havoc with the face and the beard
had grown on his chin until n iookea
IKE unmown stumble.
The two Indians rigged up n rude Hitter
and carried the corpse on II TO the cabin
OF Big John. On their way they enat
Harry Pauley and Patrick MeMahon.
TWO wellsknown young men of Auburn
who had been out searching for the body
alHo.
The latter two Immediately started back
90 Auburn to notify Coroner Askam of
the discovery. and much TO their sur
prise met the coroner and Deputy Sheriff
Mccory coming along the Green river
road on horseback The party returned
TO the cabin where the body Law and there
learned from Indians that Agent II. F.
Axe. of the Mueheshoot reservation, had
Jerry pcmnsek. the Supposed murderer
under arrest. The coroner and Harry
PaulSy started for the reservation 10 get
the prisoner. while Mecory went to Dom.
hicks cabin 90 search for the gnn WITH
which the shooting Was done. The cor
oaer. however had not gene FAR when he
met the agent ana "Tenas Johnnie" the
Indian policeman. bringing Jerry Don,-
nick over ia the vicinity of the cabin
where the body lay.
AcCosy then took charge of Domnics
Rod. accompanied hy Agent Axe and
Interpreter Anthony James. weus back 60
the prisoners cabin white Coroner Askam
went hack 10 Auburn with tho dead In
dams body
The Murderer Confa@Sc~
The four men were on horseback. ana
as they rode along McCory told Anthony
James 10 Ask pomnick IL he and the dead
man had had row
No" replied the prisoner promptly
''feld yoa have trouble Of any kindg"
Domalck WAS silent for fully four min
utes when he replied:
site Killed three Of nay children by the
way BE aoesossa them"
'pid yea ksn JlmF'
Eyes"
what sisd yoa klH him WITH"
After Eve minutes the prisoner re-
piled
Il Killed him with q gum
where is the kunf"
"a; my house"
The party shcn proceeded direct 10 the
house. where nomnick directed James 20
30 upstairs ard loNk Ia certain place
under The rafters for :he <un. The Ssarch
brought 60 HIGHT a SS-csiiher repeating
Colts rife. There were no bullets IN Il.
81 Ca thv Nay hack 20 Auburn ever the
Markleshu,; road pounick was asked II
he had any bullets he replied that he
tsfa net. h0t after "a while said that he
had had naly I'VE
''pid yoa shoot those At the man you
kiile1~' was ASKED.
Yes he replied,
\ wild Attcrnp; ~ 5ss~cre.
The harsensn were making shesr vav
along the road Snd - All apraaranees
the prisoner was without thoughts % es-
~apa Sslsasaly nNnnick gave McCary~s
horse kick tn the ribs ard as she ant
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