Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-09-15
action and Saturday night left for his
Indinana home "sadder but wiser
FACES pEATH CALMLY.


FACES DEATH CALMLY.
Walking Shield StoicaI in the Presence
of the Gailows.
Sioux City, Sept. 15.-Carefully
watched by an armed guard all night
thus defeat the ends of justice, Allen
Walking Shield, the Indian murderer Oh
Mrs. Sarah Ghost Faced Bear, con-
demned to die within month at Sioux
Falls, occupied cell in the Woodbury.
county Jail last Saturday night.
Walking Shield was brought here by
Deputy United States Marshal Petrle,
OF Chamberlain, and will be taken to
Sioux Falls, where he Will occupy a cell
until the execution.
The party which arrived here Satur-
day with the prisoner consisted OF
Deputy United States Marshal Petrie.
NJ. G. F'ulker, of Aberdeen, a guard; y.
d. Elliott, of Tyndall, United States at
torney, and w. C. Porter, of Sioux Fails.
assistant United States attorney.
There were three other prisoners IN
charge of Deputy Marshal Petrie. one
was Arthur Shea, a white man, con-
yicted of selling liquor to Indians, and
sentenced to one year and one day IN
the state penitentiary at Sioux Falls,
and also to pay fine OF 5000. This is
Shea's third offence. Frank Eagle Dog
was convited of grand larceny, ana sem
fenced to year and day In the coun-
ty Jail at Sioux Falls, and Thomas Su-
ponca, q French halfbreed Indian, was
AIa0 In
convicted of selling liquor to the IN
dams at the Sisseton reservation, ana
was also sentenced to a term OF one
year and one day in the penitentiary.
Walking Shield was sentenced on
Thursday, and since then has been CIV
ing a beautiful exhibition of how an
Indian faces death. Cam and stoical,
he laughs and smiles, and only once mas
Marshal Petrie seen him show a sign OF
weakening. When the party crossed tne
old Valentine trail at Valentine, Ned,
a scene familiar to the Indian, he looked
out of the window and said to the mar
shal: walk no see that again; good
i've" and he gazed longingly out OF the
window. A little later Marshal Petrle
saw a tear trickle slowly beneath the
colored glasses which he Wore Inc m
dian brushed them angrily away ana
hogan again to exhibit an air of bra
vado.
Deputy Marshal Petrie is afraid
Walking Shield will commit sulcloe'
and at his request Sherln JACKSON
placed a guard over him.
The crime for which Walking Snieid
will pay the death penalty at Sioux rams
Oct. "a was committed on the Rosepuu
reservation May last. Walking Shield
loved Mabel Ghost Faced Bear. Mabel
had Just returned from the indian
school, and the dusky lover wished 10
take her to his tepee. But Mrs. Ghost
Faced Bear objected. She didn't ike
Allen. She didn't think him eligible.
Walking Shield determined to invoke
the tribal custom of his race. which was
to steal the dusky maiden and explain
afterwards.
Walking Shield rode up to the Ghost
Face Bear family one night and awak-
ened the family by firing shot at the
door, Mrs. Ghost Faced Bear opened the
door. but when she saw Walking Shield
on his horse she closed and locked 1t.
She had put on her dress, but had not
nut on her Shoes She returned to the
side of the bed and was sitting there.
evidently about to put them on, when
Walking Shield thrust his gun thru the
window and fired at her from behind.
The woman was killed Instantly.
Then Walking Shield blew out lamp
and, walking into the room of Mabel
Ghost Faced eBar. who did not know
what had happened, led her out past
her dead mother, telling her her mother
had gone for the police. He took her to
his cabin, where they remained all
night. In the morning, while he was
preparing his horse, Mabel attempted
to escape, but he captured her with his
lariat In her efforts to flee Mabel
looked into the window of her home and
saw her mother lying dead.
II thought you said mother had gone
for the police" she cried.
mo, killed her, and will kill you,
too, IL you don't keep STILL" and then
the dlusky Lichnivar placed her behind
him and took her to the Indian camp
several miles distant. There he left her,
and it was ten days before the marshal
succeeded in capturing him.
"She engaged to me two years" he
explained to Marshal Petrie. "Her mo-
Their not let me have her, kill her.