Weekly journal-miner., 1922-04-19
FRANK MOSSEYE
 ONCE MORE |S
 STORM CENTER
Indian Camp Holds Tizwin Party and Scads of Them Are Brought Here to Talk it Over l; Some Storm Clouds.

clpient torked lightning gathered i'll the justice court yesterday afternoon when half score of Mohave- Apaches from the Kirkland Indian. Iencampment and from Thompson valley were drawn together to take part in the most recent public ap- pearance of Frank Mosseye. Out of tizwin and white mule party Sun day, may grow an assault charge, a wife-beating case and a matter of prohibition law violation, and then again, there might something else grow out of 1t.
 Joe Rich, Charlie Baker and the latter's wife, Sarah Hunt, were re- manded to the county jail until this morning when further inquiry will be made and Frank Mosseye, Albert Gary, Helen Jackson and six or seven others were turned loose with an injunction % be on hand again as witnesses. Judge McLane and R. B. Westervelt, the deputy county attorney, will try to figure out what is what and who and when and why in time to complete what started out as an aboriginal Donnybrook.
 Mosseye, who escaped a charge of murder not as many moons ago, is again the storm center. He went on the stand with his face puffed up ! like a pumpkin and discolored with bruises. He said he and Sam Tim had journcyed from Hillside to Kirk land Sunday and had gone to the Indian camp. They saw a five-gal- lon oil can full of tizwin, casually sitting somewhere, and in short time, with the help of others, had entirely consumed that tizwin. About that time Charlie Baker came along and offered a pint of white mule for $4. Mosseyc and Sam split pint. 1 A little later, Mosseye said, he was in the cabin of MT. Rich, along with various and sundry other Indians. Without any preliminary, Joe and Sarah assaulted him. Joe smashed him in the face with his fist, and then Sarah, who is huge half negress, improved on this primitive method by slamrning him on the head with a six-shooter. He went down, he said. "Thcy knocked me down. Furry soon no savy nothin'. "
 He came out of his dazc, however, to all extent that enabled him to know that MT. Rich had taken the six-shooter from Sarah and was whacking him. T seen him doing 1t Il felt him, too"
 The result of this was great deal of damage to Mosseye.
 Sam Tim went on the stand after swearing to tell the truth. He cor roborated everything Mosseye had said.
 But if these were not regular de- fendants, neither was the court pro cedure regular. That is to say it did now follow strictly the rules of prac- ticc laid down ill courts. MT. Baker evinced q desire to tell great deal about this matter. He had no law yer needed none - and would con duo. his own case Mir. Baker IS tall, lathy individual with a consider able admixture of Caucasian. He uses excellent words if not ill the exact order prescribed by grammar. His accent is dccisivcly cowboy.
 These people were all related, he told the court, so how could they be expected to tell the truth? More over, there were real witnesses oil his side of the case. They would substantiatc everything, he said. He had not sold anybody any white mule. The way the witness put it. was that nobody could prove it"
 Mosseye, he declared, giaring at the wounded buck, was-oh Quite-a liar. He had got stewed and had un- conscionably entered the premises of Mir. Rich. Rich had objected on ac- count of Mrs. Rich, or, as she was called, Helen Jackson. A fight had started and he, Baker, had gone III there and had first thrown Rich out aud had slammed Mosseye and thrown him after As he emerged, Sarah, with rare foresight, was wait ing, not with a gun, but with club. She played a tattoo on Mosseye with it. No. Sarah did not have any gun that belonged to her. No, he didn't think she had any gun belonging to arother. But then, she had taken a gun away from Mosseye. In fact, Mosseye was the only person ill the whole crowd who had a gun. He was going around saying how pow erful he was and promising to kill folks.
 Sarah also took the stand. She ncarlv tool- if through the floor. She