Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-17
Wild Boy Of the Hills Seems to
Know Nothing Of His
Grave 0ffense.
He KILLED -FOUR TRlBEsMEN.
They Ill-Trcntcd Him, lie Says. and
He Feels Tl,ut He Only
Did Right

Accompanied by Deputy United States
Marshal H. p. Myton,s Who brought him
from .Aneath, Utah, and his interpreter,
q Young Navajo Indian who5ansWers to \
the name OF Fit2 Lee, Dan Tsose, this
youthful murderer of four members of
his tribe, appeared before Judge Mar
shall this morning. and was sentenced
to fine Of 800 OH each. or the four
counts and an imprisonment of 10 years
in the LeaNenWortf, Kansas, federal
prison.
The boy came Into the court room
dressed in an old pair OF oyerals, and
an old khaki tcolored canvas coat. His
long straight hair fell around his cars
and well into his neck, and as he took
his seat in the court room and looked
toward the Judge. he seemed to be abs
solutelyfree from any realization of the
Nervousness of his crime. He had been
maltreated. he clnimed, and he had
therefore killed his oppressors, and he
seemed to act as IL that was an en-
tirely satisfactory reason for his ac-
tion. He did not appear, to be much
concerned with the proceedings about
him, though he exhibited alertncss when
lie was asked to sit Or stand. or ans
swer questions through the interpreter.
He stood while Clerk Of the Court j. :
r. L.etcher read the Indictment of the
grand Jury to him, 1t was slow work
as every pa ssage had to be interpreted
by Fitz Lee, the interpreter,
who WAS duly sworn and testi-
fled as to his knowledge. of the
English and tic Navajo languages. In
interpreting he did so in measured
words, using his right hand very freely
as IL to emphasize his statements to
the prisoner At the conclusion of the
reading Of the indictment, Judge Mar
shall instructed the interpreter to ask
him if he. killed the parties. The boy
answered in the affirmative saying
that they had ill-treated HIM The fifth
count. that or8assaulting the woman
who though wounded recovered, was
stricken out, and on account of the
boys age the charge against him was
| made one OF manslnughter, and he was
sentenced as above.
INNOCENT OF ANY4PENALTY
When asked by the court through the
interpreter If he had an idea d what
| would be done to him, or how lie would
| be punished for what he had done, he
! said he had none. He was to all intents
and purposese a Wild boy of the hills.
and az such lie excited sympathy from
all present. The boy stated to the dis
trict attorney that hi had never re-
ceiyed any Kindness from anyone ex-8
cepting a brother and n sister. The
hand Of everyone elaa. he intimated,
had been against him If he did not do
as he was told he was beaten and i'll
treated AS he told his story he shed
tears, which showed some susceptible
itS. &
The boy was taken to the Office of
the United States marshal from the
court room. where the details connected
with his Journey to the federal prison
ut I,eayenworth We're discussed. Just
who will take him there had not been
decided this morning by Us S. Marshal
IT,. ii. Snyth, but it was said that iie'
would start on his journey In the
course Of two or three days (.
AS the boy is somewhere between u.
and 10 years OF age--not one knows his
exact age--he will be about % years
old when he is released after serving
hts sentence.
1t was said that as the boy is going
To one OF the best prisons in the:
limited States. he viii be4We1l cared for,
end the training he will receive there
will be much better for him than any
thing that he has known. If his story
il true even the strict discipline of the
prison will seem extreme kindness to
the boy, who has received, If the truth
has been told, more than his share of
the rebuffs usually accorded the Or
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