Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-09-26
INDIAN ROMANCE
ENDS IN DEATH
Dusky Brave Initiates His Pale
Face Brother In Affairs
OF TIE Heart.
PAIR ARRESTED AT OMAHA,
Lover Escaped, But Subsequently
Killed the Woman and
Himself.

Special Correspondence.
IN 0CATELLO. Sept 2i Another
- indian tragedy occurred late last
L night at Ross Fork. when a
Bannock Indian named William
Mckinley, a fugitive from justice. add
ed murder to his other crimes. by
killing a married Indian woman. OIL
whom he was enan1ored, and later KILL
ing himself at the Indian cemetery.
The story OF the terrible tragedy,
which Is not without, a touch of ro-
nance, had it's beginning about three
weeks ago, when this Rannock brave
decided to initiate his pale faced
brother In the game of clipping with
another mans Wife,
The woman he loved was the wife OF
a we'll known Bannock Indian living on
Ross Fork creek. Compelling her,
through fear OF her life, to accompany
him, they both left the Fort Hall In
dian reservation, travelling eastward.
stealing some reservation cattle, which.
together with the horses they were rid
ing, We're sold IN Bear Lake county.
There Mckinley bought two tickets for
himself and squaw for Omaha There
he was arrested and both were returned
to Idaho in charge of Il deputy United
States marshal.
The Indian made a. successful escape,
however by jumping from 81 car wins
dow, as the train was nearing Evans
ton, Wyo. The deputy wired Mai. Cald-.
we'll, Indian agent at Ross Fork, con-
cerliing the escape of the Indian. The
Indian woman returned to her hus-.
band. Soon NIcIlinly appeared on the
reservation heavily armed and openly
avowing resistance to arrest. declaring
! he would not be captured alive. For.
some time he was left alone. though
| his hostile attitude caused much fear
| and apprehension among the Indians.
| though from now on his capture or
death was a foregone conclusion. be-
| cause when once the Indian police set
| out to get their offender he is without
| exception caught. though most general
| ~ he commits suicide by shooting just
before capture. All Indian fears i'm
prisonment 10 times more than death.
| Last night he again visited the house
| where the woman in the case lived and
| shot and killed her with a rifle. Riding
to the agency he then told some of the
Indians what he had done-a character
istic frankness of Indian nature. He
4 then rode to the Indian cemetery soon
after daylight, selecting apparently the
4 spot where he preferred to die, he first
4 shot his horse, and then himself. wa.
1t an act OF atonement? Who knows:
The remains of the victim and fel
slayer will be buried at Ross Fork.
The federal court will convene II
Pocatello. Oct. s. The following
grand JURORS r9r have been as selected: =
Bates. j. &c. MCMILLAN, Idaho Falls.
James H. Pincock, Teton, Chris ]
Johnson: Coltman; W.. T. Stone
Patrick Dwyer, D. j. Elrod. Pocatello
4 l.. Abercombe, LeWisville. NJ, J
Walters, st. Anthony. p. J. Murdoch
Hans Petersen, r. J.. Osborn, D. $
Pratt, Blackfoot William Allgood
Wilford. Moses christensen. Downey
/ George Ransom, Cleveland. Walter
i Bybee, Menan. d. r. Lish, A. H
Price, NIcCammon.
/ The following trial jurors, called
to report Oct. 6. are as follows:
George Gittins, McCammon; Meyers
Cohn, Oneida; William D. Yeager, St
Z. Anthony; David Sessions. H. E. Poole,
Menan; Moses ]. Wright, John Long,
John Gentle, George Brunt, W. y
Coltman, BENJAMIN Richie, Idaho
Falls, L. M. Hopson. Dan Sheldon
Archie w, Service, Pocatello: II, g.
Hegsted, Salem; Joseph Brown. Ches-
/ Ter: William A. White. Lorin; Theo-
! dore Monroe, George Bower, Demp-
sey; James Christensen. rilden: M.
Muir. Chesterield: James H. Wilson
Marysvale; J. C. Spaulding, Indepen-
! dence: James Hopson, Oxford; Q. s.
Robinson, Shelley; A. Yonnle. Bla OK
/ foot: David Armstrong, Robin; John
! Ginger. La Belle; Thomas Hatch,
| Hatch. Ernest Quale, Edmunds.
| The petit jury brought In ver-
/ dict OF guilty against B. Robinson,
| charged with burglary. The defend-
1 ant is the party who last July stole
| grin belonging to Robert Cunning
| ham in the Scott roominghouse at
NcCammon He will be sentenced
| later.
John Brown, a half-growr Pocatei-
| 10 how. charged with burglarizing the
! warehouse OF the G. p. saloon, OF
4 cigars and liquor Two months ago'
! pleaded guilty, Monday last before
| Judge Bulge. !.
Harry Gardner, held for assault
| with deadly weapon. upon Hefbert
3. Williams pleaded guilty to me
/ lesser charge of assault. Sentence VIII
| BE- pronounced al the close OF the
| court. ~
! Campbell, charged with assault VIII
| deadly weapon upon the young son
| az George Griffith, the specific crime
| consisting of striking the boy on the
| head witt, n rock. brought in YER
dict Yesterday of guilty OF simple as
| sault. -
| TORS accompanied BY the Gate City
| band. left this morning at 10 Q, etocs
| for Biackfoot to attend the 1air, at ,s
! also to hear Senator ". r, Bofah taih
on the issues of the day.
| ct cHhRL THREShER