Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1903-11-27
Volume X1.
Martin is Guilty.

The Oregonian of Tue sday morning,
I yovember 24, contains the following re-
ror, of the Grant murder case:
The Jury in the case of Albert Mar
lin the Indian blacksmith, accused of
tba murder of U. S. Grant, an Indian
Justice Of the Peace of the Siletz reser-
ration. returned verdict last night of
mapslaughter. The case was under
consideration for seven hours by the
;urors before a decision could be
reached. A portion Of the jury, it is
.id held out for murder in the first
degree, but a compromise was made
upon manslaughter.
4 The verdict was returned into court
few minutes before six o'clock. The
urisoner listened to the reading of the
verdict without the slightest show of
concern, and refused to talk about his
fate. Apparently it worried him little,
for on the way to the jail he laughed
land talked freely about other matters.
Romance and tragedy are strangely
/iutermingled in the Indian feud that is
said to be the cause Of the recent kill
Eiug Of Grant. Since the trial of Mar
tin and Abe Logan on the charge, FIRE.
ouent references have been made to
some tribal troubles between the
Joshuas, of which Martin and Logan
are members, and the Alseas, of which
EGrant was a member. Hints were
Thrown out in the evidence that there
was bad blood between the two tribes
that gave birth to personal enmity be.
tween the murdered man and those &C.
cused of the crime. What the cause of
this ill.feeling was has not been un.
folded to the court, but by means Of
much persuasion the redmen in attend
snce upon the trial were induced to tell
The story. From their statements,
punctuated with many gestures and
strange facial contortions, it appears
that Grant, as the leader of the Alsea
tribe, incurred the everlasting enmity
Of the Joshuas by his official actions
as policeman, relative to two murder
cases In which Joshua Indians were
killed, and their slayers went unpun-
ished. To add insult to injury, the
hated Indian official wooed and won
the widow left by one of the murdered
Joshuas. Since then the Joshuas have
harbored a grudge against the Alseas,
it's claimed, and this enmity was par
tcularly cherished by Logan and Mar
TIN, against Grant, because of the fact
that the men murdered. whose slayers
we're saved from Indian vengeance by
Grant, were relatives of the c.ccused
nen. 1t is to this old feud that the
malice and motive in the recent crime
Is attributed.
The ill-feeling first started when
Indian Tom, cousin of Martins, was
Killed in fight with half-bresd red
skin from another reservation. The
'oshuas donned war paint, and were
aoout to administer Indian justice ac.
cording to the custom Of their fore
Iathers, when Grant, who was police
man, spirited the half-breed away to
Toledo, where he would be safe. The
accused man was afterward acquitted,
being held that he acted in self.
celense. This, it is said, gave rise to a
natred between Martin and Grant.
Evidence was introduced during the
.fal OF Martin to the effect that on the
tsssi night Martin and Grant were
heard quarreling, and the name Of
'rants wife was mentioned. Logan
sSIlned that the two had words about
ier' but ne did not know what the ma.
0re OF the dispute was.
IN the closing of Martins trial yes.
*'aay morning the motive and malice
y tne crime were attributed to the
efsonal and tribal feeling between the
1eaa man and the Indian accused OF
NC crime. District Attorney Hall ar.
uea that the evidence went to show
AAt Martin had nursed the grudge
:alhst Grant; that under the influence
liquor his wrongs. or imaginary
,ongs' became magnified, and he
'e'aed an opportunity to carry out the
aleats he was alleged to have mage
salnst the life of Grant.
.ae jury was instructed that either
he three verdicts, murder in The
10, aesree, manslaughter or scquittal
E00ld be returned, and the jurors re
5erdic,