East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-28

The Yakima Republic gives the fol-
lowing comprehensive account of the
arrest of Major o. c. Edwards. Una
tilla Indian agent, at North Yakima
last Tuesday. The Republic says:
Charged by Special Officar Dodd
with threatening to handcufS him for
not assisting in the work OF securing
truant scholars of the Umatilla Train
ing school, o. c. Edwards, agent of
the Umatilla reservation, was yester-
day plact under arrest.
During the first of the week, a
Moses Christianson, employed in the
Indian service, arrived here aGd with
out ado started the work Of captur-
ing the young truants. a large crowd
of Indiahs followed a band of truants
thru the streets and attracted by the
noise they were making, the chief of
! police, was attracted to the scene.
| Christianson could not explain his
| identity in such a manner as to satis-
| fy the chief The Indian kids were
| released and Christianson forbidden to
capture more.
/ Agent Edwards of the reservation,
being apprizeG of the interference of
| the local police, came to this city.
| With Dodd, Edwards is said to have
gone out after some children and be-
cause he (Dodd) would not assist in
the capture, Edwards threatened to
han1cuff him.
Last night sheriff Grant placed Ed
wards undcr arrest on the above stat
ed charge ana summoned him to APP
pear before Justice of the Peace Tag
gard at 10 o'clock this morning.
Attorney Ira p. Englehart was re-
tanned by Agent Edwards to reprezent
him in the absence of the United
States district attorney. fOn request
of the United states attorney at Port
land, the case was postponed 10 days
and Mr.. Edwards has been plac
under bond of 500 to ap.
pear for hearing at that time.
Attorney Suively has been employ
ed to assist in the prosecution of Ed
wards. Mr.. Snively said: Edward!
came over here and Represented him
self to be a United States marshal. II,
, went out to the hop fields of Harr!
Coonse and Frank Sinclair and trieC
|
deputy in charge of the yards ou
here. Dodds would not be bluffed anC
would not obey the orders of Edward
and the latter threatened to handcuf
him."
Attorney Englehart says: "Mr. Ed
wards is the superintendent of tn
Umatilla Indian reservation. He frs
$ sent over men to get the Uamtill
= children who are here in the no
: fields, and who should be in schoo
according to the United States law
n and the instructions which he receiv
n ed from the Indian department.
o "Becauze some of the hopgrower
q would lose pickers they raized a how
v to the local authorities and induce
., Chief Cayou to take the children ava
r from the deputies who were preparin
to take them back to the Umatilla SCI
ervation where they belonged. NJ
! Edwards was then notified, and h
came at once to get matters straigh
ened out.
"He went to the hop field of Harr
, Coonse and was set upon by lndiar
=. who brandsht knives. Edwadrs We
=. not exceeding his authority. He woul
- not have been arrested except thi
:. these hopgrowers want to cauze hi
- trouble for taking away their picl
- ers.'
Mr.. Edwards said: "I did not repr'
ii zent myself to be a United Stat
marshal l told them who | was an
III what 1 wanted. 1 am doing my dut
70 and while l should have received c.
II operation from the local authorize
lie here have had them to contend VIII
70 at every turn. These hopgrowe
have had me plact under arrest b.
10 cauze they are sore at losing the
ID pickers. 1 am sorry to cauze the
le any inconvenience from this sourc
but l am compelled to follow instru
L. tionc."
e This morning Agent Edwards star
ed about 81 Indian children on the
Is way back to Umatilla, where they w