Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-02-12
INDIANS ARRESTED
ON MURDER CHARGE
One Of Them is the Notorious
Young lbapah Who Slew
His Own Father.
HIS COUSIN JOHN INCLUDED.
Accused Apprchcndcd Through Efforts
OF Minister Who suspected Them
Caught IN Nevada.

Readers OF the News" will doubtless
remember the announcement made
some time ago that man had been
murdered just across the Utah line, IN
Nevada, and that the body had been
placed upon a pile OF burning ties,
where II was fast being consumed when
found. It was supposed at the time
that the man had been killed by
tramps. II has now come 10 light
that two Indians we're guilty of the
crime, One OF them is young Ibapah.
who was tried in the district court at
Nephl for the murder OF hts father.
The defense made In the case was
that the accused killed his sire while
defending his mother from the muir
derous attack OF her spouse, and upon
the showing made verdict OF not
guilty was returned,
TRACING THE MURDERERs.
Soon after the Nevada crime was
committed, Dec. 2S last. Rev. Frederick
A. X. Pruett of Montello. set about
trying 10 trace the murders. Act
ing upon clue that Indians were the
guilty parties, Mr.. Pruett. after much
effort, obtained clues which led to the
arrest OF Ibapah and his cousin John,
The arrests were made by Sheriff j. r.
Clark OF Elko county, Nevada. Ibapah
Is a Goshoot and John is Shoshone
Both have confessed to the crime. and
their statements follow:
IBAPAH's AWFUL CONFESSION.
Ibapah said TO DR.. Pruett;
II went to Montelo the day before
Christmas, from Deep Creek. ] and
Johnnie got drunk Christmas night
Johnnie and I played ~ at the Dagc
saloon two days after Christmas, We
left the saloon about 8 O'Clock In the
evening, We went then TO Mr.. Lewis
store. We stayed there while, and
then we went over 10 the coal chutes
We then went down to the tie house
and found the man that we killed
Johnnie told the man In the house 10
get bottle OF whisky for him.
THE man said he could not go up tc
the saloon, he had only one leg Johnny
told me he was going 10 kin that Eel
low. | said nothing He took hold OF
the mans wrists and holding then
with one hand caught him by the hail
on the back OF the head and held his
head back and told me to cut his
throat. Johnnie felt IN his pocket fol
money but did not find any. I cut the
mans throat The man was lying dowr
and put my knee on his breast.
held his coat with my left hand ant
cut his throat with my right
The man did not fight, Johnnie cut of
the mans shoes. We then piled tlei
OH the body TO burn It and returned
to the Indian camp. We told JOSEPH
what we had done. also Captain Jim
washed my hands at the camp.
don't feel bad over the killing
JOHN" TELLS HIS STORY.
Johns version OF the affair is no
much different than that of his cousin
lie said:
"Ibapah told me how he killed hi
father and what kind Of man he was
He told me that he was bad man
Ibapah was drunk and / was about hal
drunk. A hobo bought us the whisky
After we went through Chinatown
lbapah asked me II was broke. ] said
/ had 1925 He said let us 60 flnt
some hobo and maybe he will get NOR
whisky for us. Then we went dow
to the coal chute and we found tn
man we killed | told him hello ant
he said hello Then we went into tn
house where he was and asked him L
get us some whisky. He said he coul,
not go. Then Ibapah started to ours
him. Ibapah told me TO take hold o
him so that he Qbapah) could cut hi
throat. | caught the man by boil
wrists and held him. Ibapah cut hi
thrat with a pocket knife