East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-09-12

It:
Billie George, an Indian, was ar
rested yesterday afternoon by Sheriff
Grant. charged with the murder of an
Indian named stuck" Samson. The
murdered Indian belongs to the Uma-
tilla tribe, and at the time of the
bloody fight which resulted in his
death, was on his way from Pendle-
ton bound for the Dodd hop ranch in
the school section.
The fight occurred last Wednesday
above one mile south Of Toppenish.
While II Is not known that the Indians
We're drunk, 1t is generally supposed
they had been drinking.
The story of the fight which has
been gathered from the sherlff's office
and several Of the Indians who ap-
pear to know about 1t is as follows:
stuck" Samson in company with an
other indian, was coming along the
road below Toppenish when Billie
George and an Indian companion,
said to be a boy in his teens, rode
up beside them, and Immediately
started trouble. 1t could not be learn
ed what the trouble was about, as 1t
was prccipitated without a moments
delay. The Indian with Samson came
to the rescue Of his companion but he
was knocked from his ohrse and given
a severe beating and was also stabbed
several times Samson, however,
seemed TO be the object of the wrath
of Billie George and the man with
hlm. Whom Billie George and his
companion had beaten and stabbed
their adversaries they rode away
leaving them by the roadside appar.
entity dead
The next morning the two Indians
were found close to each other and
unable to move. Stuck Samson was
unconscious. and lay in POOL of
blood. The other Indian, whose name
is Wappoush, was partially uncon-
scious. Two knives were found near
them, but it is said that these knlve.
belonged to Billie George and his pal.
ana were left there for n blind to in.
dicate that the two men had been
fighting each other.
The friends of Samson, Umatilla In
dians, brought the two wounded men
TO the hop ranch I'm the school section.
whore yesterday morning early Sam
son died from the effects of the fight.
Wappoush is not expected TO live.
Billy George was in the city yester-
day preparing for a big drunk. when
Sheriff Grant nabbed him and took
him to Jail. The young Indian who
n
rested. II is known, however, who he
is.
Sheriff Grant said this morning.
while I do not know what action the
prosecuting attorney is going to take
In regard TO this Indian murder, I
thought IT my duty as the sheriff of
the county, to arrest the guilty PARTY.
! mean to make n test case out of this
one and find out Just where we stand
in relation to Indian murderers. II
seems to me that they should be dealt
with as would white man, and unles,
something is done to prosecute them
murder by the wholesale will be =,
common occurrence on the reserva,
tion, and as, soon as the Indians learn
that case against them will not be
prosecuted for crimes of this char.
acter they will he a continual mem
ace to the community"
Jim Goudy Arrc-tc..
Jim Goudy. an Indian of the Yak
ina reservation. was arrested yester-
day by one Of the city police officers
for being drunk and disorderly.
When Sheriff Grant learned that
Goudy was in Jail he made an inves-
tiEation which resulted In his instruct
ing Chief OF Police Cayou to hold him
pending further investigation.
II viii be remembered by the read
ers of the Republic that three weeks
ago Peter Sampson. well-to-do In
dian living near Fort Simcoe. was
murdered in despicable manner.
The fight occurred at night, and when
the body of Sampson was discovered
the next morning It lay in a pool of
blood, and in the body were found
30 distinct knife wounds.
Suspicion at first rested upon ST.
mon Goudy, the brother of Jim. but
the Fort Simcoe authorities failed to
establish any clue connecting simon
with the murder.
1t has since developed that Jim IS
probably the guilty party, but he de-
MES any knowledge of the affair, and
claims that he can prove an alibl.
Wnllctzi Run In.
John Walletzi, Umatilla Indian.
and a brother of stuck Samson
the Indian who died Sunday morning
from the effects of fight which oc-
CURED on the reservation last We'd
nesday was among the prisoners who
answered TO the police court this
morning for being drunk.
Wallctzi was arrested Sunday after
noon by Chief Cayou but when the
chief found out that Walletzi was the
brother &c the dead Indian he let him
go, and started him off in the direc-
ton of the camp where his brother
lay dead. Walletzl was crying pitt
fully when he left the chief and the
latter's heart was touched by the at
titude of Walletai. who mourned 70.
his murdered brother. In 30 minutes
from that time Officer Villaume walk
ed into the police station with Wallet
ri by the neck. Instead of going tu
the camp where his brother lay deed
walletM wandered off in the south