Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-10-16
WILLIE BOY DIED
BY HIS OWN HAND
.,. indian Desperate, Too
''' Closely Pursued Used Last
shot to Kill Himself.
,olup DEAD ON MOUNTAIN
In desperate Fght--A Lo'h"r'o
among Dusky M"idens--i"s'
Love Adventure

g., eernardino, oct ls-willie Boy
az -. indian Desperate, for whom
'I1 ,o.ses Of so armed men have oeen
INV - the san Bernardino desert
searIniua d,ad Yesterday on the sum
vas iou'' 3nnlon mountain, where he
...Se his hnal stand IN, ,,a last
us rad killed himseu WIN w ~ ~,
-. srom his rife. me news S 1870. ~
90 49, and telephone TO san ier I'M,
e9 ', and fun details have nor yer geei,
,a lu9 The Indian had Oeen "e''u
seyeral days
Inn. nov made his stand on the
WIZ AGAINST the pursuing posse OF
niou. 1,s psinhs on the afternoon of oct
sheiiu saving been relentlessly pur-
o 49, ~ IA davs across the most barren
of the western desert. En-
secuy s.s hsbinS an ambuscade OF rocks
ue'.s..d bullets from his repeating
PC the members OF the rosse as
i.ug ,.re ascending the mountain Tot
ut3 Nc trail The first shot pierced
e"Is charles Roche through the hips,
ltl..telv wounding him. Two other
49, o,cra struck by flying splinters
o .s.',,.ts and chips OF rocks and
o. s .,,s' wounded. Three OF the posse
sls.' sorses yere killed. sheriff Ralphs
es ~ mon returned the fire ineffect-
..sry and the Indian sately hluueh pc
Nina MS barr1cade OF rocks iaus i'eu ~
rlsiyelv AZ the enemies. -,
IN afternoon the posse lay behinu
.sslter not daring 20 snow tseli III
~ men When nightfall came Shetlil
ne,,bs and other officers, carrying the
r,snded deputy, retraced thelr steps
s,,-n the mountain. Their 1000 ana
80, srn,plies were exhausted and the
", were worn out from loss OF sleep.
n vas decued TO return % san ber-
..,,no and obtain reinforcemen's and
sSitionai supplies. As the party left
,sa rnountain that night II heard a de-
-o,local laugh from far up on The
.,r',nit and a single shot rang out. IL
=, Thought then that the Indian.
- bv his sufferings and his LONG
suit had slain himself. When the
'o..s returned to the spot yesterday
tbev found bis body.
Ugnie Bov was a member OF the tribe
~ plute Indians OF the Banning reserv-
s,ion He was known as reckless
shs,ac,er and a dead shot with rifie
troore The Indian women he was much
20 fothario. and his frequent love
seslrs anallv led him to the killing
,rhich drove him 10 the desert and
finally to his death.
IN Sent 26 he quarrelled with Mike
BonIface. an aged Indian at the reserV :
ston because the latter would not al
iov willie Boy to have his l5-year-old
laughter. and shot Bonlface dead. lie
tsen terrorized the camp for the night
Taking the girl with him the next
morning. he fed TO the desert.
a posse was quickly organized ana roll
lowed him eastward across the barren
sands. -Four days later IL came upor
the body Of the girl at The Pipes, q
lonely oasis on the desert. She ha6
been shot through the heart by her in,
alan lover when she became exhausted
and was no longer able TO keep up VIII
him in flight from the officers. Sh'
had been cruelty beaten and her Zee
we're lacerated from contact with rock
and cacti.
Willie Boy fed on and was finall!
ogsrhaJled on the summit Of Bullion
mmniain. whore the battle with tn
oAcers was,fought and the suicide com
uIited
The body Of the Indian was foun'
ssnIng back against rocks with
bullet hole just below the heart. II
hsi removed one shoe and pulled III
trigger with his toe, firing the las
hot IN his rifle
So llfelike was the posture tina
cohstable Ben. De Crevecoeur opene
tis with his revolver before realizin
1ii the desperate was dead.
ne body was placed on a pile Q
tT brush and cremated.