Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1912-04-04

BOY
Jonah Star and Joe High Bear,
Two Indians 81 SSiisseton Res
4. ervation Arrested.
BOY MURDERED AND ROBBED
Indians Steal an Old Shot Gun
aud Sell Which Gives Clew /.
5S to Murderers.

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The sisseton Standard gives the
following account Of the murder Of
sRhody Judish in Roberts county, this
state.
II One Of the most dastardly and az
rocious crimes IN the history OF Rob
serts county was committed two miles
west Of Browns Valley, sunday night.
when Rhody Judish, the 17-year-oId
SON of Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Judish, was
attacked in the night. when all alone,
and brutally murdered, presumably by
two young Indians who have been ar
rested. !.s3g3s
Rhody Judish was staying at the
Judish farm alone, his parents resid-
ing in Browns Valley. Sunday he
spent the day with them there and re-
turned to the farm Sunday evening.
This was the last any Of the family
saw Of him alive. Monday morning
he was supposed to haul a load Of hay
to the Valley When hen the hay lnad not
been delivered at noon, and the boy
had not been seen, the anxious mother
sent q younger brother out to the farm
to ascertain the cause OF delay. Upon
arriving at the farm the boy entered
the home and was surprised to finf
his brother in bed. Thinking him
asleep he called, then shook him, and
was horrifed to find him dead. The
beg imnledi diately returned to the Val
ley and notified his mother and they
returned to the farm together, later
notifying Coroner Taplin and Sheriff
Swanson. Sheriff Swanson accom-.
panied by his deputies, Jim McGee ana
50ryille Johnson, Immediately left for
the scene Of the crime and with Cor
!oner Taplin and Or. Sverre, found that
the Judish boy had been killed BY! Il
severe club bbing, presumably admins
tered by the butt end Of shot gun,
outside the house the yard. Blood
stains We're found on the ground and
the side Of the building and there were
indications IN that the body had been
dragged within doors after life was
extinct and placed in the bed. The
boys hands We're crossed on his chest
and the bed clothes drawn close up
around pun his chin. There was also In
sdications that the murderers intended
burning the building and thereby coy.
.er their crime, but evidently changed
their minds. The right hand side Of
the boys head was pounded to pulp,
and the boy had been stabbed several
times about the body after life was
extinct, as no blood had issued from
the wounds. Further evidence dis
closed that the house had been pilfered
before the boy arrived and that tho
murderers lay in waiting until he re-
turned, thereby making the murder
premeditated.
s 4 shot gun, revolver and a suit Of
clothes were missing from the place.
This put Swanson on the track and tt
was not long before he learned that
Otto Johnson, Of Window, had pur.
chased a shot gun from couple Of
Indians who rode to Browns Valley
with him Monday. The gun was se-
cured and identified BY members Of
the family and description Of the
Indians secured Of Mr.. Johnson. The
suit of clothes and revolver were
soon afterward found at the home OF
Joe Wacitimaza Zone OF the Seven
Brothers who advised the sheriff that
they had been left at his place by
Jonah Star and Joe High Bear.
knowing the names of the men he
wanted the rest was comparatively.
easy and they were found towards
evening at Big Coulee, seven miles
south Of the Agency. dressed IN their
Indian finery and indulgsng in an
Indian pow WOW with about 15O other
Indiana and apparently enjoying them.
selves.
arrests fmIned ediate1y followed and
they were brought to the city and
placed IN the county JAIL WacftIm-
aza was also held as al accompIice
and more arrests are likely to follow
but the authorities are positive, be-
yond doubt tRat they have the par