The Coconino sun., 1922-11-03
MURDEROUS INDIAN
 FINALLY CAPTURED
Especial to The Sum-

Last January Frank Dugan, one armed man, was killed in the hay room of his store at Cross Canyon, near here. The store was then burn ed. The crime was committed at night. The next morning, whether Intentionally or by accident, an In dian living near the store, drove a flock of sheep about the store obliter- ating all the tracks. Being therefore suspected as an accessory to the crime he was at once arrested and is still in the jail at Gallup. He has also made a confession that did not tally with the facts.
 From the very first it was believed that there were others who were part ners in the crime, if not the main actors. No loot was found about the premises of the Indian arrested. Hence the case could wait until the loot should be used.
 For some time before the crime was committed, a certain Indian, (whose name I have not obtaiend because Navajos will not tell one another's names) lived with and worked for a Navajo by the name of Yellow Man, who lived IS miles south of the Corn fields Indian school He was a poor Indian, making his home with Yel- low Man. Soon after the killing, how ever, he left Yellow Mans place and went over to the vicinity of the Lu- kaichukai mountains where he stayed and worked for another Navajo. Then just recently he blossomed out with brand new outfit.
 He was at once suspicioned by the Indian police and carefully question ed as to where he had so suddenly obtained so much wealth.
 Second, he went to Roman HubbelPs s at Ganado and stated that he knew of the killing of Dugan. He asserted that Yellow Man and his relatives, in> cluding the man in jail at Gallup, had killed him. By accident he had found it out. Then as hush money Yellow Man had given him quite a bit of plunder as hush money, exhibiting the jewelry, etc., that he said Yellow Man had given him.
 Mir. Hubbell advised him to go on to Agent Peter Paquette at Fort De- fiance and make his statement to him.
 The Indian did as suggested and MT. Paquette sent police for the peo- pie he implicated, but while they were being brought in, he skipped. He was immediately followed by the Indian police. Breaking open a hogan he secured two revolvers and a supply of ammunition. He then swung by way of Cornfields to Lukaichukai mountains. Finding himself hotly pursued he turned his track and re- turned to the vicinity of Yellow Mans premises by forced night rides, rid ing several horses to death and las soing others to take their places. His intention of returning is alleged to have been to kill Yellow Man, but be- fore he could execute the design he was cornered by the police and Yel- low Mans outfit.
 A battle followed October 20 which lasted several hours At about 4 o'clock in the evening the cornered man shot Yellow Mans brother through the chin. A little later a nephew of Yellow Man ran to him to try to disarm him and he seized an aX and split the young mans head open. Later that evening one of the police shot him through the body with a 3030 rifle, breaking his arm as well as going completely through his body.
 Saturday morning the nephew with the split head was taken to the hospi- tai on the Presbyterian mission at Ganado by Bob Mahan and he is said to be convalescing nicely. Mir. Ma hans brother also took the renegade Indian to the government hospital at Fort Defiance, but hopes for his re- covery are slight.
 Yellow Mans outfit claim that the wounded man did the killing and that they had nothing whatever to do with it.
 It is hoped that the Dugan murder will now be wholly cleared up and everyone concerned get their just de- serts.
 (Cornfield Notes, Ganado, Arizona,
 by Albert B. Reagan.)
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