The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1908-07-24
PELTIERS MUST HANG FOR SE|DEL MURDER
Jury Found Joseph and Charles Peer Guilty Of Ba Killing Sombe Pomaste
and Inflicted Death 1.-The Indian Little Rising Sum- Now Trial.

Joseph guilty brutally numbering
Frank W. seide Sober postoce Sunday June 2
must be hanged by the neck until dead
This verdict of jury brought into the Botti
county Wednesday afternoon
When verdict Charley the younger broke down
cried pully maintained air of stoid indifer
and punched his brother the ribs in effort to make
him sobbng The mother who sat beside her broke
cried when she realized the meaning of the verdict
Judge the confn
in the county Jail and guards placed them night and
day time for their execution He will fix the
time the last day of this term of court Six months must
eapse the sentencing and the day of hanging
After the time for execution has been set they will be taken
Bismarck and kept in the penentary until the hanging
They hanged the penitentiary by the warden.
of the attorneys concluded about
and judge instructed the the law in the and
the verdict they might bring in His instructions
covered the completely The jury was
placed charge of Ba Harry Pinkeman and Fred Gagner
After retiring the jury elected Thomas White of this city
foreman and began deliberations The first ballot taken
guilt defendants and all agreed
that Joe shoA suffer The as penalty On the first ballot
only half the in favor of hanging Charley
commission of the crime by his elder brother and
others thought he should be shown lenency account OF his
He claims be fifteen old but relatives and
eighteen.
The taking of the testimony in the case was concluded
Tuesday Attorney c. Bowen made the
opening for the He spoke about two hours
in summing the evidence and presenting the states
Attorney Weeks of the defense spoke for and
the evening session. concluding his address
the following morning. after which Mr. Bowen made the clos
ing argument for the state
witnesses in the the defendants them
selves co-deendant Sa- KeShe Weshunk Little
Rising Sum- being tried All three told largely
story incidents leading the killing but
their Differed The Pelters claimed the Indian
inebriaed of Wine of Le struck the blows
killed old Sedel and horribly n1utated his
body they stricken and unable inter
The Indian that he the killing
having run away when the crime suggested.
The of the Peers evidently not believed by the
those who heard had doubt that the
defendants telling the truth. Their lacked
pausabty consistently told and their of
telling did with the conviction of TRUTH They
did tell it though they themselves believed it,
Indian other hand tells
whether certainly sounds reasonable
The two stories told the witness stand and
;ch Tho c.sa 1aroov as determined are substantially as
follows:
The claims that the three went to the Seide store
among things purchased bottle of proprietary
medicine wine Le' supposed to contain about
eighteen per alcohol They went back to the and
this after the dope had soaked in sufficiently Joe
Petie suggested that they and murder Ever jesus
las they Sede take his The Indian he
part crime and Joe pointing at
him, demanded that he give him $40 which he knew the
Indian had The Indian he became frightened and
away starting his home Dunseth and did not the
Petiers until they caught up to him about o'clock.
Peltiers claimed the Indian drank most of the Wine
after asking Joe order from Seide
the old the head with rifle as he scoopng
from the bottom of the BARREL They claim that they
did drink Charley he drank
Joe merely tasted the stuff They further
they Mortified at seeing the Indian strike
the old that they unable to move from their
assistance the fact that
Joe supposed friend seide and had at time worked