The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-19
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BROUGHT 1Ol
Tom Rice Charged N.
Murder of His Brai
in-Law.
CRIME COMMITTED on
SHEBlT RESEp|
Red Eye and STA.
Dance Results in h
Tragedy. I

mum resulted IN a traeedv
on Tho Shebit Indian rs..,
Washington county, Utah
IL, IN which, old JOIN.
Pluto, was the victim, and
Of the same tribe, now r,,.
hind tho bars Of the com,
this city, charged with Il;
Chief Deputy United Stat.
Lucian II. smyth brought h
to Salt Lake from ST. c..
day, where Tom had {,
hearing before United &C..
mission ar Francis J.. Daoaoes
day, and was bound nsss
grand Jury without bail y Il,
no one present to rcprcsent q,
States, SO Deputy Smytb
the examination in behalf of
crnment
'Fire Waters" Part
AS Deputy United st.to,
Smyth rccites the deta;Is
tragedy, it, appears that on n
IL the Pjutes on tho rcserr.:
a celebration, and 10 erl;,.
gathering they had sent E ~ u /,
and procured a quant;tv~ y
water. > so dear to the 'bt1,, =,
Lo. Tom Rice, who som,,;,: ; 2 /
crime, is said by Chief SLsr' S'' T. :
- bad In.un'' at his best, an and 7
bad one at his worst. The /.
is tho chiefs. When Tom ,|
70 the wigwam after the cp,l
he quarrelcd with his ,o1,
claimed that she had been h
ing anoi her Indian. He mo
down and kicked her. John, n
is. a brother-inlsw to Tom. +
married his sister, intcrfesed
sented the interferenec, Int
that his hrother-in-law attss|
with a knife. EIe took the /
from him and then John -
and began an onslaught ONT
says.
Wields Big Az
Matters went from bad
until Tom went 10 the
secured an AK. returned Ia
wan and struck his brother
the forehead with the We
fell TO the ground with a +
not satisfied, Tom dealt hir|
blow, this time on the bad
witnesses say, and it is this
rs believed to have produc|
The wounded man, who was
years old, fingered on until 1
is, when he passed to thd
hunting ground -
After the death of his 4
law Tom Rice. his slayer.|
country. At Calicntc. Ney|
recognized and placed uni
by the authorities there.
arose as to how
he brought back to the I'D
ton. On the suggestion
Smyth it was decided II
tendent Wasmuud should
lcnte and secure the
bringing hun 10 Modena.
deliver him into the charec
Smyth. This arrangemout
put. and last Thursday q
received his prisoner.
They both started in
for ST. George to hold the
examination. The trip fro
10 st, George formerly oer
day, but now it takes two
Hoods in that section have
.he old trails. The old
1bliterated. There are n
,hasms so deep that to falI
would mean instant death.
lcw road had to be brol
5eorge,
On arrival at ST. George
,ary examination was held
ID States Commissioner FIar
gctt last Saturday afternoo
smyth sent to Shem for tho
md almost the whole trihd
n the reservation came 20
Deputy Smyth says the wit
cry reluctant to testify I'd
The dead man S wife, who,
II the accused. was evasire
nswcrs, the disposition Dem
he SLAYER. Chief Shem ear
he head of the band. He N
'myth that "'Tom is a bo|
un. ] hope they keep o.
lies, / like Americans ae1
nd Jews and everybody b'|
'ad Iniun. - d
Slayer Feared Vn5r
While testifviug in hr oVl
'om said that he fled beca15
he vengeance of the other
seems there WAS much D
yard him. However, tbe jag
% the reservation conff
wn. This tribunal met, aftei
f John, and apportioned to
ousins and aunts bis ,wori44
uch as buckskins aud horse
-idow received nothing. s,
ancement, of their stock
appease the Inq
uieted their wrath.
When Superintendent wash =
i'm rh.rre of inc school, az
lso. agent, left tho reseryatlo (
nte. he was accompanled p
oliremau. They Travelled oW
n horseback to the Nevada =,
Iasmupd left Caliente Tor -
is prisoner. the policeman In
barge of the two horses :, =
.und delivered his PRISON. l6ll
myth nj Modcua he lnte1 n =
, Calientc and ride back !
alton. Deputy Smyth q.
ad better write to the lp y 4
lte 10 take the horsef u
.servation, and that he ~
st. George with the depu! 4
rreed upon and the n v
sotc ihc Indian policemsn ~
,rse back home, but to t'' Z a.,
make the trip. ual
Plea Will Be Solf-Do' IN ~
The Indian, however, rgs' 81,
q trip in ono day. n Al
nvorsation with tho prlson h, :,
6 orr;val in the reserv3t{Q n. VI
nong the witnesses and e srO ?
EN- some valuable pointcI "a 4
stimony at the prelimlps '..sisto
Thn nr;eoncr is strong on - IN
If defense. He has Sasn = \
rtance of that legal pnss rio,i y
om some source He rs w