The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1908-08-07
N urderers Of s. w. SeIdeI Sentenced
by Judge 0oss Friday Morning.
INDIAN GETS LIFE Imprisonment
Pleads Guilty to Murder Of Alex
andra SeideI.--AlI Taken to
Bismarck Penitentiary.

Judge Goss on Friday morn
ing sentenced Joseph and
Charles Peltier, convicted muir
derers of F. w. Seidel, to be
hanged by the neck until dead
in the penitentiary at Bismarck
before sunrise Friday, February
3, 1909. Sake She -Wesunk
Little Rising Sum, self-con-
fessed murderer of Alexandra
Seidel, was given a life sentence
at the same time. Sheriff N.
III. McKinnon was ordered to
take them to Bismarck within
ten days.
Sheriff McKinnon, Deputy
Sheriff Richard Bond and
special Deputy Harry Pinker-
man left Tuesday morning for
Bismarck with the prisoners
in their charge. They turned
them over to the warden of the
penitentiary, F. A. Hellstrom,
Wednesday. The hanging will
be in charge of the warden.
On Friday morning of last
week, the Indian Sa-Ke-S
Wesunk pleaded guilty in
district court to the murder of
Alexandra Seidel. He says he
beat out the brains of his victim,
while Charley Peltier held her
and Joe. stood by threatening
to kill him if he didn't kill the
girl.
Immediately after the Indian
pleaded guilty the Peltiers
were brought into court to
have the death sentence passed
upon them.
]. J. Weeks, one of the at
torneys for the Peltiers, ap-
peared in their behalf and
asked that the murderers be
given sentence of life i'm
prisonment.
Joe was first called up before
the Judge. When asked if he
had any statement to make
regarding the events which
took place at Somber postoffce
Sunday, June 21, he said: THAT
man pointing to the Indian)
killed the old man and the girl.
/ didn't kill nobody. l did
take money and | did grab the
girl while he struck her with
the gun and 1 told her Stand
still, you God damned--!'
The first blow split her face
and then he pounded her head
flat. We smashed a lamp on
the foot of the bed and set fire
to it. l and the Indian broke
open a trunk by the bed and
got So or 81 rolled up in paper.
Then we went up stairs and
when we was up there we see
the flames coming through and
I say to the Indian If we dom t
get down we get burned to
DEATH We come down and I
see man by the window. His
eyes look as big as that (hold-
ing out his fists). I say Come
in and that will be the last of
you Went to the door and
couldn't see him 80 know he
has gone away. Went to the
cellar and seen a box of bottles.
Found gunnysack and filled it
with bottles. Found some
money in box in postoffice and
took money and some jewelry.
Tried to open westside window
but couldn't and busted win
dow. Told Indian to bring
sack of bottles but he drop it
getting out of window and all
but three bottles break. Look
to see if I can see anyone but
didn't see nobody, so shut the
doors and jump out of window
and start off. I whistle for
Charley and pretty soon he
come and we run away
The judge then asked him il
he was telling the truth and he
answered Yes, that's the truth
and I would have told it before
but I was told not to.
He was then told that Charley
had admitted being present all
the time and had not run away