Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-14
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fact that John Seepo and Frank Earl
were foster brothers. "Seepo was not
a good Indian, be said. "Seepo was
not an angel The evidence will show
that he was in many respects bad
man; that his conduct towards the
wives of some of the otter Indians was
of such a character that If he had
shot on the spot.
..Seepo was killed because he was
a rapist, in my judgment, and If ! am
permitted to introduce the evidence
will show it, not by Frank Earl he
was his brother, he was his friend"
Major Smith then introduced a map
showing the river, the bayou railroad
track, wiekiups and other points that
will be described in the evidence. He
said that after the bull game Frank
Earl went to the wickiup of his father
with Seepo There was no jealousy. no
rivalry. The men bantered one another
for some time about trading shoes. He
said the district attorney had told
about the letter taken from Seepo by
Peter Old Bear to Pen-mo-sa ahah
The girl looked coy, he said, and kept
the tryst that evening. She met Seepo
there. He did have some enemies, be-
cause OF his conduct toward some
sauaws IN he village. He said he
didn't Know what The government
would show, but deprecated the theory
which he said was worked up by Dep
atty Marshal Healy. and said that Pen
ah-ah has never charged Earl
with the crime; that she claimed it was
dark and she could not see: that the
man who killed Seepo mad shawl over
his head Hsaly started cut on the love
theory. he scJa and was obliged to
change his plan. --
Il don't know what they will pre-
vail on Pen mo sab -ah- ah to say
when they get her OIL the stand he
said. Il know what she did say to
Mike Healy, and in the presence of
more than one man.
Pen mo sab abs all ran up to one
of the wickiups, but she did not say
Frank Earl had killed John Seepo
and thrown him into the river, as
she would IL she had known.
Where Earl Was.
Where was Frank Earl? About
the time she went up the North
western train had just gone by that
was between and $50. Was he
there No When Frank quit play
ing ball he went along down, came
unto the highway. crossed the bridge;
he stood there with two of three young
~ "a. .i,n
went to Jim Thompson's to get supper
and his wife went away az
ter supper, but Frank talked with the
old lady for a while and went back to
the bridge, where he met several young
people; stayed there until about
o'clock then Frank Earl started to-
ward the farm house with Peter Old
Bear. There We're two dances on the
reservation that night, one at Jim Pet
ers, Jim and his wife being at Mar
shalltown to attend the circus, and one
at I4incolns. Frank Earl and Peter
Old Bear went up to Lincoln's. Both
are musicians In the presence of fif-
teen or twenty indians they We're beat
ing the tom-tonls ana singing for over
an hour They then Went down to the
to Sam Peters, where they
spent the night. When they left Frank
went up to where his squaw lived, way
up on the hill, and stayed until about
2 o'clock, then returning to his fathers.
He was up there singing and beating
the drum at the very time that man
Seepo was thrown into the river"
Referring to the finding of the body
Major Smith said: One man never
could have put it there; two outraged
husbands could have. done it. | think
he testimony will show that more was
lone TO him than To strike him with
1 knife and throw him into the river
Il believe you gentlemen will find
hat this boy had no motive for the
rhine; that he was somewhere else
md could not have done 1t. and that
he government has made lament
lble mistake by trying TO attach it to