Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-12-27
sioux INDIAN !
ASSAULTS WOMAN
FILLED WITH LIQUOR, RED.
FOX ATTACKS LONE WON
AN IN RANCH HOUSE.
ROMAN PUTS UP CARO- Fight
Posses Are Securing Country and
People Greatly Wrought Up.

y Thinner, N. d., Dec. 26.-Sufferins
from d fractured breast bone and nu
merous bruises as. a result Of an at
tempted assault, Thursday afternoon
by George Red Fox, an Indian. Mrs
M. C. Blrdick lies at the home OF
her daughter in this place and the
community is in a state of excitemen;
which bodies i'll for the red man il
he is caught. ea, %"',r -.
Posses Searching for Indian.
Deputy Sheriff. Olsen AID a posse
Of Thinner men are securing the
country in search of the Indian, while
word has been sent broadcast by tele
phone to farmers and towns in the
hope of apprehendilg the, m~iscreant
The Indian police on the reservation
are also. searching for Red Fox.
lRedskin Was. Drunk
Thursday afternoon G gorge Rec
Fox was in Thinner and became il
,%toxicated, and while in this, condition
insulted a lady clerk in one of the
stores. He was driven out BY tho
merchant and started for his.honle or
the reservation. =
aFOuno m alone. a
) Reaching the farm home Of NJ. C
tBurdick, near the old Stevenson
ranch, and going to the house fouild
Mrs. Eurdick alone, her husband hay
ing gone to a neighbours on al e.
rand, the Indian made indecent pro
posals to the woman, who is 81 year,
old, and selling her attempted to &C
complish his. purpose. Mrs. Purdicl
put up a strong fight and getting away
from, the crazed Indian, raj ont Of tho
house, but was overtaken and hauled
back to the. house. where a terribl:
struggle was badly bruised.
al was badly bruised.
Terrific Struggle.
Again breaking away from her as
s%ailant, after she had by a lucky blow
knocked him down, Mrs. Burdici
started for outdoors, but was strucl
a terrific blow on the chest and knock
ed down, and the struggle was resum
ed.
Husband Returned; Indian Fled.
Once more breaking from the fleud
Mrs. Burdick ran out of the house
toward a neighbor, and the ladiar
had again seized her, when Mr.. Bur
dick appeared and the Indian mount
ed his horse and fed toward the res
ervation.
The now thoroughly exhansta,
woman was carriedpback to the honss
by her husband and temporary relis
given her wounds, after which sht
was brought to Thinner and PLACED
with her daughter, and the autliori
ties notified, with the result stated.
."1 '3 A Wonderful Fight.
Mrs. sBurdick's injuries are quite
serious in the lungs and she is suffer
ing great pain, as her2body is a mas
of bruises, and it is a wonder she wa:
able to make so good a fight agains
the Indian, who is a large mar ant
strong. -
Indignation Runs High.
The search for the Indian will b.
continued until he is secured, dead q
alive. The greatest Indignation is eN
pressed over the fact that some blint!
pigger must have sold the liquor tx
the Indian, but who the parly is has
not been discovered. y !
fN States Attorney Aroused.
Mandan, N. D., Dec. 26.-states AT
torney Biting says he will start al
Investigation to locate and punish tht
blindpigger who furnished George
Red Fox. the Indian who assaulte/
Mrs. Burdick, liquor. 1t is believed
the federal government will alsl
make a search for the cnlprit.