The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-06-20
INDIAN WRITES STORY
OF CRIME FOR WHICH
He NOW STANDS TRIAL
Tells Of Numbering Young Man
Who Ordered Him OFF Prem
Uses With Shotgun.

Sisseton, S. D., Jun ia dramatic
Incident in the trial of Joe High Bear
and Jonah Star for the murder of
Roland Judish developed when the
states attorney was permitted to read
to the jury the written confession Of
High Bear. made in his cell in the
county jail here.
The state showed by witnesses tina
High Bear a asked hat States At
torney Patterson visit him and that
the official. together with Clinton Croal,
an Indian half breed. who was nomi-
mated for county attorney at the re-
cent primary, assistant in his office,
Thomas Mani, associate counsel for
the state. and Sheriff John S.. Swanson
went to the Jail and that High Bear
told in full the story of the crime and
incriminated Jonah Star. High Bear
volunteered to write the story out in
full and had been permitted to do SO.
This written story of the the crime
covered Is closely written pages Of let
ter paper.
High Bear said that he and Star,
whom he met on the road, were talking
about a dance which the Indians in
tended to hold at a place near Big
Coulee on the following Wednesday
were talking the Judish boy drove up
the road with a lumber wagon n
team. and with several cattle ahead
of him in the road. They say Judish
drove into the yard and put away
the horses and cattle in the barn
came out of the house with a lantern.
Star and High Bear then walked to-
wards the barn. intending. as High
Bear writes, to cross the yard and go
to Joe Seven Brothers house, west Of
the Judish place. to sing Indian songs.
When they came to the barn Roland
Judish. who was the only person on the
place, stepped out and accused High
Bear of having broken into the house,
and also called him name and ordered
MIN off. High e and Star then fol-
lowed Judish, Who went into the house
and came out with a shotgun, which
he pointed at High Bear, telling him
to get off the place or he would shoot
him.
Judish and wrested the gun from him
and threw it away. AS he did so he
says the Judish boy struck him with his
fist on the back Of the head, Then
High Bear threw him to the ground and
struck him with his fists. Star ran up
and assisted him to hold Judish on the
ground, and kicked Judish about the
head. Then Star ran off and returned
with an iron bar. with which he also
struck Judish about the head. until the
latter ceased to speak or move
They hen lifted the body up and car
ried it into the house and placed it on
the bed. Star folded the dead boys
arms across his breast and then the
two left the house. taking with them
the dead boys suit Of clothes and shoes,
a revolver, and also the shotgun, which
had been left outside.
The defense attempted to show that
the confession was given under prom
Use of leniency by the states attorney,
n under Instructions which High
Bear thought were mandatory. The
question was left to the jury by Judge
McNulty, as is his privilege under the
South Dakota practice.
The state then rested it's case, and
the defense interposed motions for di-
rected verdicts for each of the defend
ants. Both, however, were denied.
The first testimony introduced by the
defense was that of High Bear, who de-
clared the confession was untrue and
proceeded to relate anew the circum-
stances of the crime. In his new story
he stated that he alone was the guilty
person and that Jonah Sta had no
connection with the crime.
1t is thought the case will be submit
ted to the jury late today or tomorrow.