Weekly journal-miner., 1916-09-27
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SAN CARLOS MAN TELLS OF FINDING BODY OF PADDY TIN; INDIAN ISI SECOND WITNESS. I
(From Fridays Daily.)

l HltCl dDOut TO HIGH Hdu been eNafn-
 ined, jury was secured early yester-
 day afternoon in the Federal court to
 hear the evidence in the trial of Ash
 ley Wilson, E. Nash and D. NJ.
 Robertson, charged with murder in
 connection with the killing of Taddy
 Tin, Navajo Indian, on the Western Navajo Indian reservation early last
 February The trial was started but
 only two of the witnesses for the
 prosecution were called to the stand
 before court adjourned until 9 o'clock
 this morning.
 Frank Thackeray, superintendent of
 the San Carlos Indian reservation, in
 Gila county, was the first witness
 called. Thackeray said he had been
 instructed on the evening of Febru-
 ary 7th to go to the Western Navajo
 reservation and investigate the killing
 of Taddy Tin. Thackeray said he
 consulted with United States Marshal
 Joe Dillon and United States Attorney
 Thomas A. Flynn that night and that
 the following morning he and the
 other two men left for Flagstaff.
 After leaving Flagstaff, said Thack- cray, he and the others went to Tuba and Kaiveto and from the latter place they were accompanied to Taddy Tins hogan" by Dr. Wilson, the res ervation physician and Luther Will liams, stenographer. When they reached the hogan" said Thackeray, they found that the door was closed and logs piled up in front of 1t. Thackeray, at the request of U. s. At torney Flynn, conducting the prosecu- ton, then described, for the benefit of the jurors, the construction and di- mansions of the hogan"
 The witness then proceeded with his testimony and told of finding the body of the Indian in the hut. The body, he testified, was lying on its back when they entered, the Indians feet being nearest the entrance to the hogan" After removing the cloth ing from the body, Thackeray said, he noticed a wound in the center of the chest and another in front of the right shoulder. He also noticed what he thought to be wart on the In- dian's stomach, he said. Later this l was found to be bullet, the point of which was protruding through the skin. Thackeray produced the bullet from his pocket and it was admitted as evidence.
 After turning the body over, testi- fled the witness, he and the others found two more wounds, one near the right shoulder, where a bullet had evidently passed out of the body and one near the base of the spinal col umn, where the bullet which was found protruding from the Indians skin had evidently entered. Thack- gray then described in detail the ex- of the body made by Dr. Wilson.
 The second witness called by the was Do Ech Che, a Nav ljo, who said he was close to Paddy { Tins hogan" when the shooting oc- .urred. Through an interpreter Do sch Che told of having heard Will on, Nash and Robertson arguing t with Paddy Tin. One of the white [ nen, said the witness, finally grabbed | Tin and another shot him. As they t ode away, according to Do Ech Che, V Robertson remarked to his compan- V ons that they had put away the mad nan" as they had been ordered The i ndian's testimony was incomplete t egarding many details, and he could d ot give a clear account of all the h icidents leading up to the shooting. Ie testified that at no time had he , cen a gun in Paddy Tins hands. Do .ch Che will resume his testimony lis morning.
 Throughout the afternoon Wilson, ash and Robertson sat calmly in the " ourt room beside their attorneys, E. C;
 and Neil Clark and J. E. Russell IT nd listened to the testimony against DO lem without betraying the slightest II gn of emotion except when the In- IT an witness was on the stand, when d' icy smiled at some of the latter's | lswcrs and gesticulations. la