Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-14

| river.
Mr.. Mcmillan then Illustrated I,
| the jury how the river runs thru
| the reservation, how it is parallelet
| by the Northwestern railway track
and the tiume that carries water Il
| the Tama mills He showed how tht
| bridges are situated and where tn,
various principal characters resid'
| with reference To the spot on tn
river bank where it is claimed Seeps
! was killed.
He said that about an eighth Of Z
mile from where the ball game va.
played Frank Earfs parents live; thu
about LOCO feet away is the hom,
| OF Pen mo- sa -ah-ah. After the bal
game the boys went to the home o.
Frank Earl's father. where the,
| talked and visited for some time. AL
| finally went away but John Seepo
The boys went TO the bridge. crossed
the river and Went to their homes
The testimony will show, he said
that after John Seepo had been If
his wickiup with Frank Earl and Peter
Old Bear there was some talk >!
trading shoes. John Seepo gave A
to the Indian maiden, Pen-mo-sah
ah-ah Peter Old Bear took the let
ter and gave it to the girl. about
o'clock in the afternoon. That let
ter will be introduced in evidence
and read to you. The letter asked
her TO meet him at spot on tbs
river bank as soon as she got the
letter. About the time the letter was
delivered was the last seen of John
Seepo, alive. The testimony will show
that when Pen-mo sab ah-ah re
.ceived the letter true TO all the in
stincts of lover, she went at once
to the spot mentioned by Seepo in
the letter. The testimony will show
you that when she arrived there
Seepo was already there in waiting.
Ii may not appear clearly just what
took place between Seepo and PEN
-sah-ah-ah: IL may be that the tes-
timony will be a little indist9nct as to
how long they remained there but Ii
will be shown that they remained there
considerable length of time: that
Just as the twilight fell this defendant
Frank Earl, came upon the scene:
that stealthily and quietly he came
thru the brush and trees where Seepo
and Pen mo-sa h-ah- ah were sitting.
All at once, with the ferocity and
treachery of a catamount. he sprang
upon Seepo. cut him on the throat on
both sides, severing the veirs, stabbed
him in the body and threw him into the
river
Pen mo-sa -ah-ah was terrified
looked about for a moment or two and
then ran to the nearest wickiup, saying
that Seepo had been thrown into the
river"
Mr.. Mcmillan then stated that the
Indians enjoined the girl to maintain
the closest secrecy about the matter;
10 keep her lips sealed so that Seepo's
friends could hear nothing. Two or
three days later, he said, Seepo's
friends began to wonder what had be-
come of him: began a search and found
Peter Old Bear, who told about the ia
tai letter. Then they went to Pen-mo-
sah-ah-ah, she pointed out the fatal
spot. Further search was made and
Seepo's hat was found Ia the drift
wood. The body was later found in
bayou, under a stump where Ii had UNI
ioubtedly BEEN hidden. The place
where 1t WAS found was across the riy-
ar. directly across a rapid current, with
shallow water on the opposite side. The
body could not have foased there.
Tracks in the sand showed that it had
oeen carried there.
Mr.. Mcmillan explained. in closing,
hat much of the evidence 10 be Offered
,y the government would be from un
Wiling witnesses. whose very nature Is
% cover up the facts; that they always
ell their stories In terse phrases, with
,ut embellishments, and ne asked the
Jury TO bear these facts in mind IN the
of the case.
Will Offer an Abb.
Major Smith. III behalf OF the de-
'endant. said he was mixed In his feel
ngs: that he had with co-counsel. beer
appointed by the court TO defend Frank
Earl whose guilt he was a, first pre-
disposed to believe; that he had visited
he reservation, viewed the scene oil
The tragedy. talked with Earl and with
,ther Indians, and was conVlnced De-
,ond all question of doubt that Earl
5 an innocent man.
Counsel says that as the represen-
atiye of the government 1t is his duty
O see that the facts in this matter all
.o,ne TO light l trust that in the con-
of the trial of this case he
viii keep that star in front and let 1t be
his pillar of cloud by day and his pillar
If fire by night.
Major Smith deprecated the dis
riot attorneys statement about the
a ctions existing on the reservations,
ina asked the jury If they ever knew
II a neighborhood. or school, or
.hurch. that did not have factions. II
here Is any faction there. if q portion
If these Indians are against the gov
.rnment, the evidence in this case VIII
"a inst as barren as the burnt pralrle
3 of grass that Frank Earl is a factlon-
!, Indian TIL evidence will show thai,
n the language of these people. FRANK
Carl Is a good Indian, quiet NOR
ensive Indian. We will show this by |
good men as ever Dreamed the ar
4 Tama county
Major Smith then recalled the Iact
hat at the outset Of the case the gov
rnment gave 1t to be understood that
ba motive for the alleged crime was
be jealousy Of Frank Earl, and SAID |
uch a theory is the kind OF stun that
.reens are made of. He was not lover
70, sutton not friend. He said that
: the most pertinent aphorfsm of ABB
aham Lincoln this is a bad time for
he government to swap horses IN the
,iadle OF a stream, for somebody is liza
lie to get wet.
..Iohn Seepo is dead. John Seepo |