Weekly journal-miner., 1916-04-12
INDICTED MEN ARE
 UPHELD BY FRIENDS
(From Wednesdays Daily.)

(From Wednesdays Daily.)
 Residents of Flagstaff and Tuba arc indignant over the indictment return ed by the Federal grand jury at the session here last month against Stu perintendent Walter Runke. Ed Nasf, Ashley Wilson and D. Robertson, O: the Navajo reservation. i1 which the men are charged with the murder oi Paddy Tin, a renegade Navajo.
 Runke was able to secure his re- lease on S5,000 bond, but the other three men are held in the county jaii unable to secure bail money. and un- aware of when they will be tried. Each is taking his Imprisonment as optinistically as possible and hopes for a dismissal of the case before ii comes up for trial.
 It is impossible for anyone who is not familiar with Indian ways ani methods to understand our case" they said last night. We know our selves that there will be facts brought out at our trial, ii it ever comes up, that will clear us. We are merely the victims of a frame-up, but when we get out of this we will have a lot to say regarding the true facts of the killing Of Paddy Tin.'
 That there are at least a few that believe the indictment of the four men was an injustice is shown by the attitude taken by various newspapers i1 the vicinity oi Flagstaff and Tuba
 Superintendent Walter Runke, as good measure for his faithful service and endeavor to comply with the edicts of the Indian department, was indicted by the Federal grand jury" reads one article. Had a white of ficer attempted 10 arrest a white man and he had made the same effort to kill them and was killed in resisting arrest for any cause, there would have been but little excitement over the al fair, but in this instance, where Super intendent Runke was endeavoring to do his duty as instructed, a renegade Indian was killed. That seemed to make great difference, at least to those behind tine proposition, what ever may have been their object.
 There is little wonder that patriot ism is on the wane in this country when such things can come to pass and righteous indignation of the peo- pie should be felt in every case oi this kind.
 "If Paddy Tin had succeeded in killing the white men it is probable, judging from the past record in the case, the government officials in the case would have sent him medal oi honor.'
 Another newspaper says:
 The Indictment of Superintendent Runke does not seem to portend any degree of assurance that the govern mcnt of the United States intends in any way 10 protect white inhabitants, nor does it indicate that lawlessness among Indians is considered q crime. It is difficult to ascertain whether the action of officials in this case is poli- tics. departmental or otherwise, but there are but few white men that will look upon the game with anything but disgust and condemnation. The people who lived at Tuba realized that their lives hung in the balance up 70 the time that it was certain that the renegade bunch of Indians could not secure large enough force to overwhelm the small settlement.
 "The present indications are that arc building up a renegade band of Indians that will cost more lives later when they feel they are strong enough to get away with it.'