The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-10-11

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ment Is a hot one. Here il is:
After five years Of service ! an
laying down my commission as TN
chief special officer in the Unite'
States Indian service.
A poit cal ring mas been formed
in the interior department which re
senis anything like aggressive effor
in suppressiHg the liquor traffic
m9ns indians. This eahal Is led hl
Assistant Indian Commiss nncr y. II
Abbott a professional politician from
Nebraska and Assistant Secretary al
the Interior Samuel Adams. a cor
poraiion lawyer from Chicago nur
ing the past few months, those two
men nave done everything in their
power % hamper. undermine and pre-
went The success of our efforts in
catching the resereat on bootleggers
! / refused to be chloroformed, but
these meu finally got me 30 bottled
up THAT ] coud do but little except
70 mark time and draw my salary.
! saw no other way q maintain my
| selfreSPect except TO resign.
The immediate cause Of my re-ig-
nation was the New Mexican com.
| plicati0ns During the past ten years
the Pueblo Indian Of northern New
Mexico have been ysiematieallY
plundered Of Their pasturage. and
robbed af their lands In a way that
would put Boss Tweed 10 shame.
his system OF robbery is now being
carried on with the knowledge and
under the protection OF The Indian
administration in New Mexico. The
Indian office Is fully informed Of the
rascal ty. but the dead hand of poll
tics palsies any move to protect the
Indians.
This systematic robbery worked
very well as long as the Indians
We're kept in suhjecton by drunken
ness and debauchery But two years
agu the Santa Clara Indians. through
the efforts al this sercixe became ah-
stainers almost 10 q man. They not
only did this, but they went about
securing evidence TO prosecute s.
Icon keepers for selling to other In
dams. Many Of these Ind ans be-
came my personal deputies. They Sc
cured indictments AMI convictions
against most OF the saloonkeepers Of
santa Pc.
Then came the trouble. indian sn
perintendent G. J Crandal was the
president" Of a corporation Of poll
ticians and sports who o9~ned and
ran the Capital Pharmacy. a speak
easy drug store in Santa Fe. The
Indian deputies secured ev dence "a
lore and tried to secure the indict- (
ment OF their superintendent I
store for selling whiskey illegally |
But they failed in the attempt. The
foreman Of the grand jury was
partner with Superintendent Gran |
da4l In the speakeasy
Next Assistant Comm issioner Alb.
5ott compelled me to dismiss from
service the two deputies who had
1een mainly instrumental in seeur-
ng the improved conditions at san
"a Clara but who had spoken irreY-
arently Of the Indian superintend-
snts speakeasy at Santa Pc.
superintendent Crandall then noti-i
led the rough, drunken Indians that
myself and my official force had no
nthor ~ and that they should dis
egard anything that we said. TINS
dyice from the superintendent in
pired four drunken Indians to make
deadly assault On one of INV Indiao
equities. Juan Cruz AZ Chamita on
he night Of February rrnz in
rider 70 save bis life. fired AT ran
ON into the darkness. the Shot nm
kill ng his principal as-
allani, Jose Doloress Garcia cruz
'as arrested and held without bill
harged with murder ia the fmst d4.
rec.
Assistant Commissioner Ahbatt
zen telegraphed me positive orders
take no stems toward ne detonea
Juan Cruz. AS matter ~ hunau
II apneaiel 10 Crapda to atd II,
le defense. lie would no nothing I
len appealed 10 N. S. wilson. atfor.
sv for tha puebla fpdtsm.
larry by fbe government for bis
rvices. but Who Is member ~
-andals gang. He refused to aid
lless he eot an extra fee Tbo At
a. II of Santa Fa then took tba
after Hp and made a puhilr annoal
= funds with when to onlplny
unset to defend The indian ms
aated such scandal thai Camnis.
lner Valentine es wenIr.. f,t@r j.
ked Abbous nhunaD order 10 III
~ hang and hired me 10 10 all fn
; power to Br0tcrf tho bap The
81 move was on tbe part of the
liam service c4bai 10 cornneI me to
oW Cruz IT. pleas guilty ia murder
the second degree and 80 t0 the
aitentiarg ! refused aaa with fne
sistance of J. II. Crfst of santa re
! oF1o at4,,r.,.. 1.s