Weekly journal-miner., 1918-04-03
p. ]. COSTELLO |S FOUNDGU|LTYIN
 FEDERAL COURT
ASH FORK HOTEL MAN IS
 GIVEN JAIL SENTENCE FOLLOWING CONVICTION ON CHARGE OF SELLING BOOZE TO THE NAVAJOS
(From Fridays Daily.)

selling whisky to the NaNdlO Indians in the northern part Of the county, the jury in the federal court having returned a verdict after being out but a short while. Along with Cos tello were convicted Mike Munlcy and William Rhodes, two companions of Costello, all three of the defcnd- ants being sentenced to two months in the Yavapai county jail and fined S2OO each.
 The trial of the three co-defendants occupied most of yesterdays session of the |. s. court. The defendants were charged with selling several quarts of liquor to the redskins on December ,, 1917, following which a big fight was staged between the whites and the Indians.
 Costello took the stand in his own defense, and told a detailed story of how he came to be mixed up in the brawl, the story apparently carrying little weight with the jury. The wit ness stated that Munlcy and Rhodes had come to his hotel at Ash Fork on December lst and requested him to furnish a car 10 take them to Flag staff The trio began the trip and when about three miles from Ash Fork two tires went flat and while Costello was at work repairing them, the strangers produced several bot ties of whisky and gave the witness a goodly helping. In fact the party became so convivial that they soon lapsed into the happy unconscious ness which Is commonly associated with an over-indulgcnce in alcoholic liquors, and went to sleep. While they were asleep, said Costello, a party of seven Navajos rode up and seized the bottled goods which Nun ley and Rhodes had done up in two blanket rolls. The Indians also be- came intoxicated, and the first Cos telli knew of their presence, he said, was when he heard Rhodes yelling Murder" He awoke from his stu DOT and found all of the bucks beat ing the unfortunate palc-face. He at tempted to go 10 his friends rescue and was himself set upon by the In- dians and beaten up in a horrible fashion The Indians then signiticd their intentions of scalping the party, Costello said, and they proceeded ro tie him up tightly with bandana handkerchiefs, hand and foot In the meantime, Munlcy had been awakened from his sleep by the racket, and sccnting the danger of the party, he at once lit out for Ash Fork to call the cops. When the officers got there two hours later, they found Costello and Munley trusscd up and the In- dians all lost in a drunken stupor from the effects of the lirc-watcr The two white captiycs were badly bat tered up and Rhodes had one of his ears nearly chewcd off. Costello was said to have bitten one Of the squaws on the arm, and had left her in bad shape. The officers arrested the whole bunch, Costello said, and brought them 10 the Ash Fork lock up. The three whites and a couple of the Indians were later brought to the Prescott jail.
 The United States produced sev- eral Indians to give their testimony to refute the story told by Costello. The Indians, by use of an interpreter, told of how the white men had sold them several bottles of the liquor and how the transaction had led to the fight They denied that they had had any intentions of scalping the whites, and said that they had tied Costello and his friend only after the man had made attempts to high grade them of what money they possessed.
 Following inc return of the jury, the defendants waived additional time in which 10 receive their sen tcnccs, and were given the jail terms by Judge Rudkin. The men began serving their sentences yesterday evening.
 Four Navajos. two of whom re- joiccd in the somewhat unusual names of Glo Nizzcn Be Tsosic and Hostccn Da Ga Be Ga, were sentenced to the Navapai county jail for a period oi two months and fined SlOO each when they entered pleas of guilty to charges of furnishing liquor to some of their tribesmen. The two other defend ants, Jim Catron and Fred Douglas had been charged with distributing bottled goods 10 the warriors, braves and squawS, and for all the trouble the whisky caused, Judge Rudkir thought that jail terms of the above mentioned length ought to be fitting The quartet of defendants were tn, genuine. old-timc, long-hair Indians and while going about the street, yesterday they attracted much atten ton, all wearing their hair in braid, much like the Chinese used to dc mp 10 a few years ago. MI were residents of the It. Defiance agency