The Bismarck tribune., 1929-04-04
CHARGES AGAINST
4INDIANS CHANGED
TO MANSLAUGHTER
Preliminary Hearing Verdict
win Be Announced Mon.
day Afternoon
SIX WITNESSES ARE HEARD
John eroughtplsnty Also Under
Suspicion After Fights
With Victim

with vlctlm
-Four Fort Yates Indians charged
with first degree manslaughter IN
connection with the death Of Eugene
yellow Lodge, another Indian. Feb.
8, Monday afternoon will know
whether or not they Will face trial IN
district court.
After hearing six witnesses In the
r.uch-pogtponed preliminary hearing
at Fort Yates yesterday afternoon. 7.
M. Reinke, Sioux county justice OF the
peace, announced that he would make
his decision Monday.
The four defendants are John
Loans Him ARROWS, Joe Running
Bear, william White Cloud, Apd
Henry Twin. They face charges q 2
result Of the death Of Yellow Lodge,
Who was found frozen to death IN
Porcupine Greek shortly after the four
had taken part In . free-for-aN tight
during q drunken brawl.
The defendants are being repre-
sented BY william Langer. Bismarck,
ana 4. Mc0. Becde, Fort Yates. At
torney General Jim Morris and
George H. Drowley; Sioux county
states attorney, who are representing
the state, have changed the original
clla-Te q first degree murder to first
degree manslaughter. The defend
ants are being held in the Sioux
county jail without bail.
The six witnesses yesterday were:
Albert Duchaneux. cousin Of Mrs.
yellow Lodge: william Thompson.
yellow Lodges neighbor: Henry
Loans Him ARROWS, brother Of one Of
the defendants; John Broughtplenty
neighbor OF Yellow Lodge: John
Treetop, investigator: and John Love-
JOY, acquaintance Of the defendants
Lovejoy was the only witness called
By the defendants.
| Anether Un1sF Suspiclon
Broughtplenty, who Is under 81.
onieion In connection With tho deaSh
according to LANCER. has retained tn
eounsel OF the Bismarck attoffacy
Broughtplenty and Yellow Lodge hae
Quarreled frequently shortly befor'
me death OF Yellow Lodge. At on
time Broughtrlenty had yellow Lodg'
arrested and placed under 4 peac'
bond. He testified that he was hom'
an during the evening when yellow
Lodse met his death. He said he dit
not even water his horses that nigh
o. the next morning. Porcupin
Creek is the only watering place Il
the vicinity. Broughtplenty also sai'
he had heard strange noises durinI
The night.
.Duchaneux said he visited Yello'
Lodee's home on the eve of his death
leaving there for the home Of Herber
Welch about $50 p. m. About mid
nisht. he said, he was called by Johl
Choose, who told hm Of the brawl O
the creek. Duchaneux, according .
z his testimony, secured sled and wen
to the creek and found Yellow Lod1
uead.
Testimony Il Corroborated
Thompson, . neighbor who live
within 60 rods Of the scene Of tn
death. corroborated Duchaneux' TEL
tin,ony and said that he had hear
no strange noises during the night.
Loans -Him-Arrows testified thu
Joe Running Bear. drunk, told hi
that hts brother, tho defendant, w
lying in Z drunken condition on It
creek. Henry and william Whit
Cloud went after Joe Running Bel
about Z p. m. and took him home.
. Treetop went to the death seer
With Z. .. Mossman, Indian agent
Superintendent, and John 6hipma
agency farmer. the morning after Il
body was. found. he testified. ]
said they took John L0ans-Htm-A
rows to Fort Yates and that the Il
dian told them Of the brawl. He 8
he'd been struck three times and ;
another man, according to the wi
ness.
Lovejoy testified he. saw Runnil
Bear and Loans -Him-Arrows In b
shortly after the brawl and that the
trousers were frozen, indicating tn
they had been in the water. He s.
they botlr showed signs OF havil
been In . brawl. !.
White Cloud vas drawn into 7
case. although he did not parttcip,
In the drinking party, because he =
cued Running Bear from . drunk
Jtupor but left yellow Lodge to fret
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