The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-06-18
SALT LAKE AND
STATE NEWS
TEN YEARS FOR YOUNG INDIAN.

4 Salt Lake. June 17-Accompanied
by Deputy United States Marshal H.
p. Myton, who brought him from An
cath. Utah. and his interpreter, a
young Navajo Indian who answers to
tic name of FitZ Lee, Dan Tsose, the
youthful murderer of four members OF
his tribe, appeared before Judge Mar
shall this morning. and was sentenced
10 a fine of 500 on each Of the four
counts and an Imprisonment of 10
wears in the Leavenworth, Kansas fed
e:dl prison. g
The boy came into the court room
dressed in an old pair Of overalls, and
an old khaki colored canvas coat His
long straight hair fell raro''rd -ni> e1r7.
and we'll into his neck, and as he took
his seat in the court room and ioJEe
toward the Judge, he seemed to be alb
solutely free from any realization of
the Nervousness Of his crime. He had
been maltreated. he claimed, and he
had therefore killed his oppressors.
and he seemed to act as If that was all
entirely satisfactory reason for his
action. He did not appear to be
much concerned with the proceedings
about him, though he exhibited alert
ness when he was asked TO sit or
stand or answer questions through the
interpreter
lie stood while Clerk OF the Court
=. l.. Lctcher read the indictment of
ihe grand jury to him II was slow
work, as every passage had to be In
terpreted by Fltz Lee, the interpreter
who was duly sworn and testified as
to bis knowledge, of the English and
Navajo languages. In interpreting he
did so in measured words. using his
right hand very freely as If to empha-
size his statements 10 the prisoner. At
the conclusion of the reading of the
indictment. Judge Marshall instructed
the interpreter to ask him if he killed
the parties. The boy answered in the
affirmative. saying that they had i'll.
treated him. The first count. that OF as
saultina the woman. who. though
wounded, recovered. was stricken out,
and on account of the boys age, the
charge against him was made one OF
manslaughter and he was sentenced
az above.
When asked by the court through
the Interpreter if he had an idea of
what would be done to him. or how
he would be punished for what he
Lad done. he said he had none, He
was to all intents and purposes a wild
boy of lbe hills, and as such he eX.
clted sympathy from all present The
Toy stated to the district attorney that
he had never received any kindness
from anyone excepting brother and
sister The hand of everyone else.
he lntimated. had been against him.
III he did not do as he was told he
was beaten and ill-treated. AS he
told his story he shed tears, which
showed scme susceptibility.
The boy was taken to the Office of
the United States marshal from the
court room, where the details connect.
cd With his journey to the federal pris.
on at Leavenworth were discussed
Just who will take him there had not
been decided this morning by u. S.
MARSHAL l.. II. Smyth. but 1t was said
lhat lie would start on his journey in
me course OF two or three days.
AS the boy is somewhere between Is
and 36 years of age-no one knows
his exact age-he Will be about 2b
years old when he is released after
serving his sentence.
1t was said that as the boy Is going
to cne CT the best prisons In the
United States, he will be we'll cared
lor and the training he Will receive
mere VIII be much better for him
IMAM ANYTHING that he has known. II
Ms story Is true even the strict dis
cipline of the prison will seem ex-
treme Kindness to the boy. who has
received If the truth has been told
more than his share of the rebuffs
usually accorded the orphan.