Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-09
TAMA RED MEN SAY AGENT
GREEN ASSUMES TOO MUCH
AUTHORITY.
DENY OPEN REBELLION
= PART OF GREEN'S STORY
Charge Agent With Creating a Big
Scare to Create Prejudice-Reds OBJ
ject to Arrest and Incarceration
Without Trial or Due Process of Law
-The Other Side of the Controversy.

Toledo, May 9.-Editor. T7mes-Re-
publican: In the Daily T.-R. of May 4,
1910, there appeared a lengthy article
from o. j. Green, superintendent Of the
Indian school at Toledo, iowa, and
agent for the government in it's deal
inss with the iowa Indians, telling all
about the great uprising. and rebellion
of these Indians in 1910.
This ran tells us thai he has un-
limited authority over these Indians
and their property, and that he has a
right stoe do with them as he pleases,
this belief, for he has taken some of
these people and confined them in Jail
and deprived them of their liberty for
weeks without cause without a trial or
hearing of any kind, and they were only
released by order of the federal court,
at great expense to the Indians, and
the court in deciding the matter told
this ,man thatChe. had no right or au-
thority for such things, and much
more for his benefit along that line.
Later. and some time last fall he
heard that the Indians were having
a time and some We're drunk, he caused
our or five dozen or more who had been
drunk to be brought before him assu1n-
to-be a magistrate and he without
informing them of the charge against
them or of-their right to a jury, or aid
of counsel, put them in Jail, without
them of the length of time
they. We're to be kept there. One of
these men was Sam Peters and an OPP
portunity was given him to get out.
and he improved the opportunity
and left; he came back re-
and the police forced by GREEN'S
order, went after him, to go back to
jail. Sam refused to go because he was
told and believes the proceedings had
We're Irregular. and that the court that
pretended to try him was a kangaroo
or court. and wholly without au-
thority. and that, he vas no required to
without the officers had a warrant
for his arrest. and having knowledge
Of how his father and others had been
upon by this man Green, but a
time before, and deprived of his
for a long time. and fearing a
repetition of that case he refused to
and did SO repeatedly. unless they
had a warrant from some authorized
court OF magistrate. One night Sam
had been to a dance and while going
home by a path thru the woods, he
vas waylaid and assaulted by one
Talbot and others and hand cuffed but
he escaped and went home ito his
place. Later these fellows
there after Sam and tried to per-
suade him to go with them and he re-
fused for the. reasons he had given be-
fore. The nan Van Vert who had
notorious, was sent for. and of
the matter had become interest |
ing to all the Indians and their curi-s|
to see Van Vert made them
in to see him swallow Sam, and
other fun.
No "Uprising."
The idea that they were all armed,
as we'll, and ready for battle,
vas and is ridiculous.
The actions Of this man Green for
he past year or more go to prove |
beyond a doubt that he has been seek |
an opportunity like this so he could
get up a big scare by publishing that
here was and is an uprising among
hese Indians and thus create a greater
prejudice against them. 1t may be he
las sent or will send a call for troops.
The actions of this man Green would
Indicate hat he thinks he has greater
and authority than the highest
'ourts of the land, TIE constitution in
luded, and he imagines that these
indians are his lawful plumber, that
whatever he demands of them he must
ave, that there is not a single right
f theirs hat he is bound to respect.
To show the animus of this man
towards some of the Indians he
ook occasion to refer to Frank Earl,
IS the same Indian, who had been tried
few years ago forlthe murder of an
indian policeman. ut is true that John
was killed, and that Frank Earl
charged with the crime, was ar
ested and tried in the federal court,
was acquitted, and it seems con-
emptibIe on the part of this man to re-
Ell to the matter; his having been tried
acquitted, should end the matter.
Did Not Secrets Indians.
We. uppos he does not like Wilcox
he is a friend to the Indians.
he took the opportunity to init
nate, h a Wilcox was secreting Sam
'etcrs, when they We're looking for him
4 Montour. Wilcox, and his. wife Were
ut of town all day and the house was
,cked and no one there so that the
lea that Van Vert or n other person
NV or heard any one in Wilcox's house
as in their imagination or used by
reen for effect. {
Then this man. Green has been send
lg articles to the county papers charg-
lg these Indians to whom he should
9 a friend with all sorts of III