Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-26
FIVE APACHES HELD
| IN MURDER0 OF GIRL
Columbia COED Abused and
Stabbed, Coroner's
Jury Decides.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WHITE. RIVER APACHE RESERVA-
TON, Ariz., July 25.-Five young
Apache bucks, descendants Of tribes
men who once terrorized the Southwest
with THAR raids on Indian and white
man alike, were arrested today as three
agencies of the law sought to solve the
brutal killing OF Henrietta SCHNEIDER.
The arrests were made among small
but lawless group of Indians who live
with their more friendly, peaceful kin
on the Apache reservation here. The
names Of the suspects were not disclosed.
Another was hunted.
Announcement of the arrests was
made after q coroners jury had listened
to testimony from officials, indicating
that the young woman, 23-year-old
research worker in anthropology from
Columbia University, had been attacked
and slain.
Of1cials believed several men abused
her before her death, which probably
resulted from knife wounds She was
stabbed in the throat and cut on the
head and shoulders. Her body was
bruised The jury returned verdict
that she had been murdered with a
sharp instrument"
Letter Key to Mystery.
The key that might unlock the mys-
terry was found by authorities in her
cabin. Authorities said they had OBJ
tanned a letter, sealed but not mailed,
which she had written to relatives in
New York saying she had reason to fear
for her life. She mentioned the actions
Of an unidentified Apache man.
The remainder of the Indians, among
whom she had worked in her efforts to
learn the customs and beliefs of their
lives. had treated her courteously and
shown a spirit Of friendlineSS, she wrote
but one man had tried to modest her,
and she planned to be alone with him
at no time.
She had participated in the weird
grotesnue dances of the tribe in her
hunt for the lore of their life, and of
f1cers SurmiSed that it was either as
she was en- route to one of these dances
or returning to her cabin. that she was
wayla1d. carried of to a ravine, attacked
and killed.
Wore Indian Costume.
Physicians examining the body said
she had been slain either last Saturday
night or Sunday morning. She was last
seen on Saturday. A search was started
for her on Thursday. ending yesterday
with the finding of the body in a ravine
back OF an Indian cemetery. about half
a mile from some school buildings.
She was CARRIED in an Apache cos
tune. which an Indian girl had made
for her that she might appear as her
redskin friends did at the dances.
Miss SCHNEIDER had been warned, it
was testified at the inquest. that it
might not be safe for her or any young
woman to live alone in the village. The
spirit OF the tribe was friendly. she was
told, but there were some who might
try to modest her. Apache leaders. who
welcomed her and had interested them
selves in her work. tonight grieved at
the fate Of their friend.
SpeculationS that she might have
struck upon some guarded secret of the
tribe or aroused the iealousies of other
Young Indian women and paid with her
life had no place in the Investigations
Miss SCHNEIDER was an attractive
brunette of medium height and athletic
build. weighing about 135 pounds. Her
body was sent to Winslow today by air
plane pending word from relatives on
arrangements for burial.