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

bedroom from the closet, and was
the same size as the interior of the
closet. Underneath her then ap-
peared the head of her white lover.
The light hair on Ryan's head was
very thin, which served dOubly
her purpose.
Then | carried up a tub of ice
water, and bringing a high step
ladder, commenced my work. l
dropped the water out of pitcher
for fourteen hours nearly, and all
the while he begged me to stop.
Whenever be would move his
head to one side | would change
the position of my hand, so that |
never missed a drop during the
whole time. Suddenly he became
quiet, after | had dropped nearly
all the water IN the tub, which
was kept ice cold by a large piece
of ice. l commenced on Monday
night about 10 o'clock, and about
noon next day he was dead. | am
glad to say his last words were a
prayer for my forgiveness"
Ryan was not missed from his
place of business until Wednesday
when his former sweetheart, Ber-
tie Sanders, gave the alarm. The
officers hastened to search for him,
and on Wednesday night they
found him, dead, at the ReGbird
home. He was lying dead on the
dining room floor. His head and
clothes were wet.
Miss Redbird was found upstairs
asleep. She had opened the closet
door after finding him dead and
let the body fall out on the floor,
so her parents or some one would
discover it. Then she went to bed
and was sleeping soundly when
arrested. She Immediately con-
fessed to the crime.
She used a pitcher to pour the
water on her victims head, and it
fell distance of about six or seven
feet. She used about five gallons
of water.
Itis a story too long to tel, but
the Capital is not opposed to "any-
thing Cherokee" nor yet does it
espouse the cause of Dick Adams.
There are some few Cherokees-
known to the esteemed Vinita CO.
temporaries who are responsible
not alone for the conditions of af-
fairs in their own nation, but in a
large degree for the present chaot-
ic state in which, from the Indian 5
standpoint, the whole of the five
tribes find themselves. These are
the men whom the fullbloOds
have fought so strenuously for so
mauy years, whom they are fight
ing now because the past has told
them they cannot be trusted. The
Capital has no animus against the
Cherokees, they have troubles of
their own, and these troubles have
been emptied on their heads By
the men whom they have honored.
According to news received from
Parsons today, the recent meeting
between the grievance committee
of the o. r. c. and the railroad
officials at Parsons, resulted in
considerable benefit to the conduc-
tors. The o. r. c. asked for eight
men to be put on the passenger
run between DenisOn and Parsons,
Kan, instead of seven men as at
present. As 1t now stands, before
the conference with the officials,
the Choctaw division, on account
of having the greatest amount Of
mileage, had four of the seven
conductors, while the Cherokee
division. headquarters at Parsons,
had three. Under the new ar
rangement, the Choctaw has five
men, and the Cherokee division
three men out of the eight, which
the ChOctaw people claim is a iGIr
division Oh account of the greater
mileage. Under the new arrange
ment soon TO go into effect. the
men will be allowed for 600 miles
excess every month, making a
salary of sl43.50 per month. for
passenger men who put in a full
month. The new deal will make
Jack Dolan a regular passenger
man, and will put Kit Darlington
up as the first extra passenger
man.-Denison Herald.
Too qua stee is in his element
now. He is explaining the
National platform, and should
revel in his task, for there never
has been a party document suscep-
tible of greater number of
explanations. Worst OF all, the
Nationals of this section claim it
does not represent them or their