The Topeka state journal., 1900-04-23
INDICTED Y.
Federal Grand Jury Makes Its
First Report.
POttaYatOmie Indians Held on
Several Charges.
FOR STEALING BRASS.
LeayenW0rth Boys Must Answer
For Thefts on Reservation.
Names of Others Withheld Pend
ing Their Arrests.

The United States district court re-
convened this afternoon and the fed
eral grand jury, which has been IN
session for the past two weeks, made
its report. II returned y indictments
Three OF these indictments are
against the band Of Pottawatomle IN
dams who are charged with nearly kill
ing Abraham Ackara- a Syrian peddler,
on March 30, on the PotLawatOnie res
erEatiOn. The Indians who are indicted
are John Wah- Wah-Such, John Shob-
Ne. n. Ka-Gish- nah, and Bill Nc
Guire" The latter's Indian name Is
unknown. and for lack Of a better ap-
pellatiOn he is called Bill MCGUIRE"
John Shim-No was arrested for COM
plicity in the crime, but the testimony
before the grand jury showed that
Shim-No. while he was in bad com
pany, actually saved the Syrian's life
Some Of the Indians who testified IN the
case said that Ka-GiSh-Mah would
have killed the Syrian had not Shim-No
jumped between them and kept Ka-
tfish-4Iah from his purpose Shim-No
was therefore not held He does not
possess very attractive appearance,
but he has the reputation Of being q
good Indian" among the whites who
know him.
The Syrian was making a tour among
the Indians when he was assaulted by
one Of the gang, and from the effects
OF the blow he was unconscious Tor two
days During that time he was con-
cealed in Wah- Wah-Such's wigwaTn,
where he was finally located by the
Indian police.
One indictment against the gang is
for assault with intent to Kill. another
IS for robbery, and the third is for re-
ce1Vlng and concealing stolen property
ka-Gish-Mah is known as a bad
Indian. He has an evil appearance,
and IS one Of the old style Of braves
who used to go on the warpath and
revelled in the sight Of the blood OF
his enemies All four of the Indians
indicted are in the county jail here
indictments were also returned
against the GoodelI brothers and two
Brace boys. of Leavenworth. for steal
ing plumbing fixtures and the lining OF
the bath tubs IN some Of the officers
quarters which are vacant az Fort
LeavenWorth- The Brace boys. Il IS
alleged. crawled into the houses and
cut out the fixtures and threw them
out Of the window where the men gath
cred them up. loaded them into a
wagon, and sold them in LeavenVoTth-
The younger Of the boys Is only
years old. and IT is probable that the
Indictment viii not be pressed against
MIN very vigorously The others nave
indicated that they viii plead guilty.
In connection with the same crime,
an Indictment was returned against the
father of the Brace boys. D A Brace,
Tor receiving stolen property
caesar Smart, q LeaNenFEortn negro
Is indicted for making a false affidavit
70 secure a fraudulent pension claim
Smart made an application for a pen
sion under the name of John Brown
giving his regiment and company He
afterwards discovered that there was
no John Brown in that company, but
there was an Adam Brown. ard he
changed his application TO read Adam
brown. claiming that his real name
was John but that his comrades had
called him Adam IN the army. but he
did not know his name was on the
roster as Adam
It happens that the original Adam
| Brown who was Ia the company and