The San Francisco call., 1906-08-22
Yreka Tribe Comes to Aid
of Dora Chipp. Accused
of Killing White Child
HER. AGE AND SEX
WILL NOT AVAIL
Jurymen Found Who Have
No Computations About
Hanging Her. If Guilty

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V TREKA. Aug. 21.-Dora ChiDp. an
" indian girl charged with murder.
today faced twelve men who
have sworn they have. no re-
pugnance in sending her to the gall
lows il the evidence warrants a ver-
diet of guilty. She is accused OF having
killed Silvia. the infant daughter OF
Mr. and Mrs. William Beale. at Butte
Creek. Siskiyou County. on June H.
The girl is not unbefriended- The
Indians of this county have taken up
a subscription anoag themselves and
engaged counsel for her defense. and
many of her trihesmen and tribes
women were in the courtroom today
when she was put upon her trial Her
aged parents also and her two young
sisters were in attendance, the duslFv-
group making an impressive. though
impassive, dun n-colored blotch in the
courtroom full of alert white folk
HER LIFE RESTS WITH THESE.
Judge Beard had TO call for special
venire of talesmen before the follow
ing were selected 10 try the case:
Charles Kirkpatrick. Edwin c. Vance,
D. L. Dawson, George A. Morning
star. w. r. Oberlin and Thomas NJ
Enters. all farmers; Thomas Moran and
Charles Selby. salesmens George Allen.
miner: Henry B. Ream. hotel-keeper
at Sisson. and Irvine Eddy and Seth
Cooley. teamsters Of Yreka
During the examination OF prospec-
tive jurors there was much interest
over the presence in the box OF Ed
ward Mckinney. who was known to
be antagonistic to District Attorney
Dutterell. The District Attorney has
closed a slot-machine enterprise con-
have offered $500 for campaign ex-
penses to young lawyer If he would
run against the incumbent for the
office of public prosecutor. But when
Mckinney was questioned by Dutterell
he declared that in spite of his re-
ported ll-feeling toward the State
Attorney he would be ready to return
verdict in accordance with the facts.
However Mckinney was prevented
from putting his fairness to the proof
by a spirit of gallantry which. he
swore. would not allow him to set a
death penalty over a woman
THE CASE FOR THE STATE.
According to the District Attorney
it will be shown that on June is Mrs.
Beale was driving along the county
road in the vicinity OF Willow Creek.
five or six miles from Oklahoma. this
county, near the residence Of Mrs. Ida
Seaver. With Mrs. Beale were her two
children. child OF five and an infant
OF eighteen months.
Dora Chipp, the Indian girl. met them.
riding a horse. and she Immediately
started to make trouble for the white
woman. grasping the bride of the
horse Mrs. Beale was driving and
asking Mrs Beale il she wanted to
fight. Mrs. Beale sprang from her
buggy and grappled with the girl. who
had dismounted. the two women en-
This ended when the Indian drew
revolver and shot Mrs. Beale. wound
ing her slightly in the chin.
Leaving her children Mrs. Beale ran
from the scene to the Seaver house.
followed by the Chipp girl. who had re-
mounted AS she ran the mother heard
several shots fred behind her. and
later the body OF the dead babe was
found in the road near the buggy.
Mrs. Beale was the first witness
called and testified to that effect.
adding that the elder child. Gladys. had
escaped from the Indian girl by run
ming and that the baby was left in
the buggy. The witness said that Dora
had followed her to the Seaver house
and had fred several shots against
the DOOR Amos Richard and Robert
oliver -had come TO the house during
the beleaguerment and the Indian girl
had been driven away.
An adjournment was taken until to-
morrow.
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