Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-03-31


the approved pattern of the anna
teur tough, who thinks a necessary
part of his equipment is a mass of
black hair hanging down their
backs. We digress here to suggest
to our officers that it might be a
good idea to arrest on suspicion
the few ducks now left who cling
to this silly idea, and punish them
by an enforced shearing of their
Samsonian adornments. To get
back to our present subject, when
the tran reached Wayne the wild
eyed terror of the plains thought
to make his presence known in the
community by shooting up the
town and parading the depot plat
form with his gun largely in evil
dence. He had hardly begun his
fun when Constable Conner, who
chanced to be on the same train,
nipped it all in the bud by quietly
demanding the pistol in the name
of the law and putting the wild and
woolly desperate under arrest.
The lion Immediately became a
lamb, and made no resistance what
ever beyond attempting to pass his
pistol to a friend, who accepted it
and was also placed under arrest.
Both of them were brought to this
place and put in Jail to await trial.
The day OF of the bad man who
shoots up the town and makes the
inhabitants "hide out" for his
amusement, is forever past in this
country.
Iso McAlester Capital.l
Formerly" said Captain Jack
son Ellis this morning, "the big
Indian did most of the scheming
to get possession of all the money,
but now since the tribes are practi-
cally without a law, the red man
has become the prey of every
body. ANY old law will suit
me, that provides that the Indian
shall not be robbed. There are
thousands of cattle up in Sequoy-
ah district in the Cherokee nation
on which a revenue OF 81 per head
for pasturage should be collected.
The sheriffs and constables are
powerless, and there is not much
hope that the cattlemen will be
compelled to pay one cent.
The Atoka term of court will
result in sending twenty-three
to the Ohio penal insti-
tuition. The following are the
names of those who have been sem
fenced and who will leave here
Friday noon: Mike Philban, John
Terry Dunsford, E. G.
Jas. Scruggs, Gibson
Colbert, Culberson Brown, Geo.
Reddick, Tom Johnson, Cornelius
Osborn, Tubby Gardner, Asa Alb
bott, Wilburn Chief, John Stock
bridge, j. D. Strawn, Andy Scrib-
ner, Ed Temple, Sam Meddlin,
Samantha Herman, Ben Morrow,
Jack Webb, E o. Butler and
Faudree.
Considerable excitement and
also tangle of romance have at
tached TO the killing of a
(?) mountain lion out
near Gains creek about a week
ago But last Monday when the
hide was brought TO town to be
par AIDED for the purpose of display
ing the wonderful bravery and
prowess of the Goliath who slew
The terrible monster, it was soon
that the hide was none
other than that which had encom-
passed the portly body of "Old
Tony" the big Dane dog that has
been everybody's friend in our
own for the past six months, and
who was as harmless as pet lamb.
And now the bravery of the hunts
nan is forgotten and the tale of
-omance is ended, unless, per-
the owner OF the dog may |
,all for an inning.
They do say that Judge Thomas
S knocking great big blow holes in
he Arkansas statutes and Mans
ield's Digest over at Pauls Valley.
lie seems to have had a hidden
nine under the laws that people
ave sworn by, loved, honored and
lot obeyed here in the territory
or so many years, and to have
down the thing up while
of the code hang around
m the bushes in the Valley of
'aul for DAVIS to peck at. He has
uashed all the indictments, it is
aid, that are based on the laws
rom the state east of us and in
ivers and sundry ways treated
he statutes contemptuously. He
) riding blood ed steed with spurs
n right through the pride and
ope of every Arkansas man who
kinks that his state has laws that
anne direct from Moses, Justinia
nd Blackstone. There is not
nough common law in the statutes
bove referred to to hold a man,
nd if you want an indictment TO
tick in his court you have got to
ring in the federal statute. L. is
new 10 the unsopEisti-
ated and guileless attorneys of the
Duthern district. They have been
lodding along in the good old way
nd any old law was good enough
yer there to hold man, try him
nd send him to the penitentiary
r the happy land of Cannan as
ne statutes made and provided
,r in such cases might determine.
hey have rested serenely, they
ave been lulled into slumber,
hey have passed the days dolce
,r niente never dreaming that the