Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-04-19
Chief Push-Ton-E-Qua Enjoined
His Followers to Say Moth
ing to the Palefaces
WOULD keEP, MURDER SECRET
Preferred to Keep Whites in Ignorance
of the Disappearance of Marsha
che-Motive Was Matter of DipIo-
macy-Trasedy Result of Whisky
and jealousy.

pale-face Ma -Sha-Che gone.
With his braves gathered around
him in solemn pow-wow, Push-Ton-E E.
Qua, the Muskwaki chieftain, arose
sullenly from his place in the council
circle and with an impressive wave of
his hand, bidding silence and attention,
commanded that the disappearance OF
the pretty Indian girl from Tama res
ervation on March 4, be. kept secret.
Defeat of all attempts to solve the
mystery threw the reservation into a
wild state of excitement.
Little Harry" trusty brave, was
commanded by Chief Push-Ton-E-Q Qua
grandfather Of the missing girl, to call
the braves to a pow-wow.
Indians Wanted to Tell.
$ The edict of the chief was received
With murmurs of protest and dissen-
sion. why not tell white MANI" they
Intercepted. Little Harry" delivered
an imprisoned and lengthy harrangue
in which he declared that the law
should be invoked to bring down pun
ishment upon the guilty, were Ma-Sha-
Che found murdered.
Inquiries were continued for several
days and then interest in the mystery
apparently waned, the Indians were so
reticent.
Then the discovery of the mutilated
remains, followed by the accusation
and arrest of George Soldier, as per-
petrator Of the awful deed, again threw
them into an intense fever of excite
ment.
Diplomatic Motives.
The aversion of Push q Ton E-Qua
to spreading the news of the dfsap-
pearance and endeavorng to contina
the solution of it's mystery to the
Muckwaki's is attributed to motives OF
diplomacy A bitter controversy Has
existed in the tribe regarding his
right to the chieftainslip, the claim
being made that 1t is the hereditary es-
tate of Ta-Ta- Pi-Sha, whose grand
father gave him certain manuscripts
proving his ancestral rights.
Indian royal lineage was ignored by
the elevation of Push E Ton-E-Qu to
the chieftainship, six years ago by In
dian Agent Horace Rebok, amid a
storm of Muskwaki protest.
Now, the Indians claim that the chief
by such covert appeal to racial pat
riotism endeavored to ingratiate him.
self in their good graces and secure
more firm hold on the chieftainship
GaIIows Loom in Future.
In the future of George Soldier, ac
cused slayer of his estranged first
wife, looms the gallows and prison
walls, as federal authorities declare
they have woven around him an en-
tangling web OF evidence from which
he cannot escape.
Reputable citizens, men with the
highest sense of honor and duty will
give testimony to such acts of the
tragedy as they witnessed. In this
case the prosecution will not be COM
PEELED to depend on questionable In
Of justice in the trial OF Frank Earl for
the murder of John. Sepo.
Securing Further Evidence.
The investigation OF, the case by
Deputy United States Marshal M. L.
Healy, resulting in the arraignment
of Soldier on a charge, of murder has
not abated now that the accused In
dian is in the hands Of justice. Fed
eral authorities are securing further
evidence in which astounding revela
tons will be made when Soldier Is
given preliminary hearing before
United States Commissioner j. O..
Stewart on April %.
Near the spot where the dishgured
remains of the murdered girl were
found by George Corley while crossing
a ravine on the farm of Levi Armant,
a knotted fagot of wood was picked up
by Coroner Allen when removing the
body. Further away on a strawstack.
a gaily- colored shawl, identified as one
wornworn by Marsha Che, was found,
rolled into a ball as If it had been
thrown there from a distance. This
latter discovery was made before it
was known that tragedy had been
enacted near by.
JeaIousy-Whiskey-Murder.
Jealousy and whisky were respon-
sible for the awful crime. declare In
dams from the reservation.
The theory that the murder was part
Of an extensive plot to depose Push
Elton E. Qua Is secuted by them as
by federal authorities who are fathon-
ing the mystery.
ANTI.spITTINo ORDINANCE.