Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-13


e understand lawyers idea OF
'self-defense and intent either.
much less any of the other legal
rigamarolc
Moreover the lawyer cuuldn' {
make either one OF them Indians
change their story just "A little
hit Ca save them from hanging.
10y ~ see. the funny thing was
that The three Indians were the
oniN witnesses to the killing and
they didn't ever have to tell
,.h444t "a tAeA- Ar-t place sHd
the bodies might have been
found hut .. one would ever
lnoWcd who did the killing N
the Indian, had kept their
mouths shut.
WOULDN'T DO IT
Aud even after they had con-
feS,ed 10 the murder. the law
Ner'S job could have been made
easier Il he could have got them
IN sly on tine stand TINT the
murdered men had shot at them
first. But no; they wouldn't do
that. They said that wasn't the
way IL was.
among the property found
with the bodies was "A lot Of
stun Identified as having been
stalen fran both white and
Indian farmers. ~ the lawyer
saw 10 n that the jury was
made up ~ homesteaders and
decided To put the Indians on
the stand In their own defense.
hoping t0 bali them mp In their
story and repudiating their con-
feSSi1fi~
But on the stand the Indians
told yhe same story in about the
same words ~ la the een-
LESSONS, like aS if il had all been
rehcarSed.
SIMPLE AND DIRECT
when Long Tom got on the
stand. the interpreter had an
easy job OF IL. because Long
Toms story was simple and
direct. He said one night he
heard some of his horses
whinnying out In the corral and
sent his son, boy about l6
YcTTS OtJi, Uut- tn ittte-tieste.s-
Pretty Soan he heard the hoy
yell for him and then he heard
some shots.
'IIe grabbed his shotgun and
ran out. lie met the boy
running back to the house.
The boys shoulder had been
graAed by bullet hui he Wasn't
hurt bad ~ he and Long Tom
went on down and found that
the thieves had got the horses
out of the corral but had
abandoned them in the draw
and high-tailcd IL.
RoUNED UP HORSES
Long Tom said he and the
boy rounded the horses UP and
locked them in the corral and
then went back to the house and
went 10 bed.
next morning long before
daybreak, Long Tom said he
nnllnH NJ al ,.ftfr a.
borS, Blue Coat and Little Axe.
and after breakfast they took
their shOtguns and their pistols
and started out on horseback.
Long Tom said the trail was
easy to hollow and that he knew
IL was made by white men from
certain markings, but don't ask
me how.
He said this surprised him
because he had guessed the
thieves were some squatters
who had been stealing horses
from some of his Indian neigh
=hAHs.
Long Tom said that little
after nightfali they had come
upon the men who had made
camp behind thicket In "A
ravine about 30 miles from his
place.
"IIe said he fred into the air
10 give the nen a chance TO de-
fend themselves.
Right there, Long Toms law
yer broke in and got the inter
prefer Ia ask him II II wasn't
fact that right after this warn
ing shot the thieves had fired on
them.
The lawyer threw up his
hands in plain disgust when
Long Tom said no, that wasn't
the way II was, and then went
right on.
Instead of showing any
fight. he said, the men Jumped
on their horses and started TO
run away.
BROKE IN AGAIN
"The lawyer broke in again
and asked IL II wasn't a fact
that the men shot AZ their pur-
Suers aS they tried 90 dash
away
Long Tom said no, that
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