Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-04-20
INDIANS ON TAPS
AT FEDERAL COURT
Members of Sioux Tribe Fur,
nishing Most Of the Gases
at Peresent Sitting.
LONG LIST INDICTMENTS
Grand Jury Finds Against indians on
a Number of Charges, Liquor
Cases Predominating
Largely.

Sioux Falls, $. D., April 12.-SeyeraI
additional indictments have been re-
turned by the United States grand iurv
which has been in session here since
last Tuesday. The jury is now at work
on other cases, many Of which are yet
to be disposed OF.
Among the latest indictments is one
against Daniel Lovejoy, an Indian, on
the charge of introducing liquor on the
SlSSeton reservation. Daniel Runs The
Enemy, an Indian, was indicted for the
theft Of a horse from the Standing
Rock reservation; Brown Takes The
Gun, also an Indian, being indicted on
the charge of being implicated with
Runs The Enemy. The defendant ia
another case In which an Indictment
was returned is Long Crow, a Sioux In
dian, who is charged with introducing
liquor on the Rosebud reservation.
Titus Low, another Indian, indicted on
the charge of introducing liquor into
the Yankton reservation, entered a plea
of not guilty.
Charles Manville, who is only IA years
of age. was arraigned on al indictment
charging him with the theft of a horse,
saddle, bride, spurs and blanket from
the Pin Ridge reservation. Through his
attorney, Tore Teigen, he waived the
reading of the indictment and entered Il
plea OF not guilty. For some years the
youthful defendant has lived with the
Sioux Indians. He stole the horse and
other property for the purpose OF run-
ming away from a government Indian.
school, in which he was a pupil.
A demurrer fled in the case of Louis
Bear Heels, IN Indian, who was In
dicted or the charge of assaulting
White Feather, one of his brethren,
with a knife. was overruled by Judge
Garland. 1t is alleged the defendant
s..iao -, VNyAttn ENakIo. "a TAA
knife. wounding him in the back and
shoulder, the assault being made with
intent TO kill. 1t was contended in the
demurrer that there was no law under
which the defendant could be prosecut-
ed. After the demurrer was overruled
the defendant was arraigned before
Judge Garland n entered a plea of
not guilty.
Frank Young, a mixed-blood Indian
and a reputed member OF the old
Jack Sully gang of horse and cattle
'rustlers," was arraigned but was CIV
en- further time to enter a plea. He Is
under indictment for the alleged theft
Of six horses from the Pine Ridge res
ervation.
Judge Garland granted an order for
the a of warrants for John Bor-
deaux and Arthur Bordeaux. who were
indicted a few days g for criminal
assault, the alleged victim being Rose
Charging Elk, a Sioux maiden.
Orders OF discharge hav been issued
in the cases of Ernest Pony n James
Henry, in whose cases the grand jury
returned mo bills" and they will be,
released from custody.
Howard Parnell, a negro. was ar.
raigned and pleaded not guilty to an
indictment charging him with having
deposited in the post office at Canton an
Objectionable letter. This was ad-
dressed to a white girl residing In Sioux
Falls, with whom Parnell attempted to
elope.
When arraigned on an indictment
charging him with introducing liquor
into the Yankton reservation, Titus
Low, an Indian, entered a plea of not
guilty.