Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-08-03

keen delight every detaik Of her
plan and its execution.
Hattie Redbird looks like a
white girl. Sac was educated at
the Carlisle school for Indians.
Her parents are well-to-do.
But the dash of wild blood in
her veins has kept her heart as
cruel as her ancestors who scalped
and tortured their prisoners.
Miss Hattie Redbird, a quarter
breed Cherokee girl, has been
arrested and placed in Jail at
Tahlequah, l. T., charged with a
crime most brutal and singular.
She fastened her sweetheart, a
white man named Joseph Ryan, in
small closet just large enough to
hold him, then through q hole in
the ceiling she poured ice water
on his head until he died.
1t was with delight, she confess
es, that she poured the ice water
through the aperture and saw and
heard her lover dying inch by inch.
The officers who have her in
charge say she has the most fen
dish nature OF any one they ever
arrested. Her brutality is even
greater than any of the outlaws
who have roamed in her vicinity.
She seems to love crime. When
her paleface lover displeased her
she planned for his death most
deliberately and coolly. Now that
she is behind iron bars, and will
undoubtedly be shot to death for
her crime, she shows not the
slightest trace of regret for her
action.
Hattie Redbird is a pretty girl,
with just enough Indian blood in
her veins to make her tIeacherous.
She has black eyes and hair, a fair
complexion and pretty form. Hav-
ing attended the Carlisle Indian
school for number of years she
was well educated when she re-
turned TO the Indian country last
summer.
Joseph Ryan was young mer-
chant of Tahlequah, one of the
few white traders at that place.
He met Hattie Redbird at a recep.
ton and became her slave. The
two seemed To love each other
desperately, so the neighbors say.
who watched the progress OF
events.
All went well until Joseph Ryan
met another Indian maiden, whose
beauty attracted him more. Then
he began to forget Hattie Redbird.
The Redbirds are quite promin-
ent Indians around Tahlequah.
They have a beautiful home near
the outskirts of town. Last week
all the family went away on visit
except Hattie. She remained be-
hind to enjoy a rest, she said.
That night, however, she sent a
note to Joseph Ryan asking him
to call on her.
"lt is the last time | will ever
ask a favor OF you" she wrote, $50
/ please come early. | have so
many important things to say to
you"
Joseph's heart was not so hard
ened as to resist the appeal of his
old love, so he went out to his
death; but he did not know. What
followed is told by the girl herself
in a signed confession to Jailor
Duncan:
Joseph came and we talked OF
everyday events for a while; then
| asked him why he had commen-
ced going with BERTHE Sanders. He
gave me a short answer and told
me it was none of my business.
That made me mad, and then
was tempted to shoot him dead
then and there. But did not for
get my first purpose-tO torture
him To death. so | smiled sweet
Iy and passed it off. | told him
that | had another fellow and we'd
just let things pass. He seemed
pleased, and said that would be
best.
Then brought out the wine
which | had drugged and asked
him to drink with me and forget.
was surprised he did not suspect
something then, as he was always
SO quick To catch on, but he did
not and drank the wine right
down.
"In a few minutes the drugs had