New-York tribune., 1905-03-27
INDIANS TRACED CRIME
White Nan Will Be Hanged for
Murder an Canadian Northeast.

Regina. Assiniboia. March y CspsciaD.-chariss
King. who claims to be a resident os the United
States. though refusing any definite address.
has been convicted OF the murder OF Edward Hay
ward, an Enslishman. near Little Slave Lake. IN
the heart Of the wiids OF the Northwest Territories
and Is 10 be hanged May 5.
An unusual feature OK the case IS that Kings ar
rest and conviction for crime committed In such
an out-of-the-way corner or the world brought
about by members OF the Stony Indian tribe. vino
had taken a liking to the murdered Hayward
and King had Joined IN prospecting and trapping
expedition 10 Little Slave Lake. The evidence
traces them from point to point until they were
actually within short distance OF the objective OF
their journey. At Pembina River English lad
named Collier eonversed with them He was the
last white man whom they saw At the Athabasca
f4Ver Missinicunapi burly Stony Indian. helped
theIn 70 cross. receiving from Hayward a silver
wateh Tor his pains AT length they arrived on the
lahds OF the Sucker Creek reserve and into
camp In small cleared area surrounded by VII
lows and poplars. A wilder OF more sequestered
spot could scarcely be imagined. Two or three OF
'her horses strayed away during their first nights
stay ana Hayward rode the nearest house
and offered reward 10 any one would ind them
ihey were found and one OF the Indians had a
meal at the camp. The men there at least
three days and nights
AT length kewanis, Stony fisherman met s.rhe
small. dark man leading the horses along An
PACKED and ready for the trail But the tall fair
man with the nails in his bOots''-for that was
A'0" the Aholans dubbed Hayward. VINO LETT wher-
eVer ne went the print OF his hobuafled English
miners shoes. and by which these keen eved sons
OF the wilds could have tracked him across the
continent-waS with him King rated the
indlans with the other animals OF the wild There
IS where he made his greatest mistake Although
ne did not know IL. he surrounded by men
whose Observations and deductions arc cutie as
remarKaole as these OF Sherlock Holrnes When
he"ahis saw one man go away from camp 10
"nlch ne mad seen two men cOme~he felt that there
hing
to the camp and found that the fire. now extin-
gulsled had been an absurdly large one Il II were
only intended TO boil billy or make a hapjack
AZ mad been so hot and fierce that It had scorched
the branches Of the adjacent willows Forty-ssven
small trees had been feIled In order 70 feed II
But grandson OF old Moostoos the head man
OF the reserve. had been there earlier while the
nre was sun smouldering. and he observed some
coth' quite consumed. but stiH showing ira texture
Aewanls observed tracks leading from the camp
nre TO a neighboring slough. PoEiu- anno,n fFe.
ashes or the fire they found some bones burned
anu Diackened There was evidently something
WRONG "ions mere Just at the height Of the gossip on
the reserve, Sergeant Anderson Of the Northwest
Mounted Police. visited f. The Indians told bfr,,
their suspicious. and together they visited the
caInpnre. Its size was calculated TO excite sur
prlSe- Inc serseants attention directed TO the
Gachs leadlng 10 the slough Some hunted sttII
more closely through the ashes: others ente-Ad f
slough barerooted though the ice was forming on
IL Inc hobnailed boots which the unfortunate mar,
Alao worn were soon hshed up. In the toe OF one
OF them was found a cloth. In which wers wrapped
q nugget scarrpin which Hayward had been OBJ
served to wear, small pair OF miners scales and
sailors palm. also bought in Edmonton Why
would HAYWARD rid himself OF these articles. and
~ ~ doing so hide them in his boots and commit
them % the bottom or the slough?
5s4e TeSIzed az once that here the evi-
eHorr 10 solve the mystery In the r1ean rIroa fbs
ttnlans found what appeared TO be pieces OF hals
went at his task methodicaIly He procured a fi1a
screen and sifted the whole Contents OF ths esr1n
Iat bI iElna nandIul or buttons. buckles. eye
.ee nolSS-n 1aet all the metal parts that belong
70 civilized clothing. Anderson heard that fHs
othsr man was staying at the home or one Aorin
al the Lesser Slave Lake settlement He went ari
mad conversation with him He said that he had
OEertaken tae man whom the Indians had seen
WITH MIN on the trah a few miles back: that he
camping with him day so he had gone or
After comparing his Story with vShst was 5l-s9-
known IL seemed wholly unsatfsfactorv ana fba
IoIloWlng day Anderson arrested him The mount
oughness and intelligent zeal for which they are
now becoming famous.
contained checks. letters and other documents IN
dlcdtlng that IL belonged to Edward HAYWARD or
North Mundhan. Sussex. England Inquiries de-
veioped the facts that the murdered man had f0l-
lowed a seafaring life for a number OF years ana
latterly had adopted the still more adventurous
career OF gold hunter After visit TO his home
In England. two years ago. he determined to try
his fortune prospecting for gold in the Northwest
Before he left home his brother George nresaufa5
him with the nugget which was Pound n Az fo -
his boot The two traced from Nelson
B. C., TO Calgary, and later 70 Edmonton. whence
the start INTO the wilds was made
The tissue and bones found In the fire were ex-
snined by Professor Primrose, OF Toronto. and
part played by the Indians in the case goes far saw
those familiar with II. 70 prove the Indians Of the
Territories have sense Of Justice with which they
have never before been credited