Show INDIAN MURDERER IS SAFE IN JAil Tom Rice Accused of Killing Landed Behind Bars CLAIMS SELF DEPUTY MARSHAL SMYTH ACTS AS PROSECUTING ATTORNEY Chief villain In a PI Plute ute melodrama Tom Rice an Indian 38 years ears old was placed In tim tho county jail yesterday to await trial for tor the tho murder of o his 70 Although the prisoner admits he an ax his plea will be The rho capture of Rice and his extra extradition extradition from Caliente Nov Nev Illustrates the versatility the government ro some of Its officers to possesS U IL Smyth chief deputy deput United States marshal was not only custodian of the tho prisoner but also prosecuting attorney at the hearing before Francis 1 Ij Daggett United States commissioner at St George Last December 11 was a fine night for a murder on the Indian reserva reservation reservation tion At Shem Shein fourteen west of St Gorge George the Indians were having Tom Rice on One of their celebrations and others had bought a quantity of firewater but there was not enough for the squaws and so the liquor was placed In a cache While rE turning from one of his trips to the tho alcohol repository Tom RI fancied he caught a glimpse of a figure stealing from the tepee where Mrs Tom Tom Rice was ye re With Toms fierce arous d firewater In circulation a fl frt st day celebration and an ax handy almost any amateur prophet might Late lal predicted a murder Abused His Squaw upbraided his squaw Ho He did not suy so 0 very much but he kicked er and aUlI struck her with a club John Jolma Rice nicE whose squaw was ivas Toms sister Tom Tonis squaw Tom to protect Indian hit him with a aUh says sa s the aged duh Uh Then according to oye ee witnesses John two got an ax and struck blow one of which crushed his skull and tic thE other inflicted a fatal wound in John back bacle Immediately Tom found that the murder was not approved b by others oft of oft t so he hurried to Caliente Deputy Marshal got the officials to arrest him Tom Tomas and scores of as taen to St were summoned as witnesses owing to there being no tH ot of the United States district Mr Smyth con present 1 s office the prosecution Pleads Self Defense lie he had no attorney the In Indin dl din n made the best plea that could He ad beell arranged for him hini striking the blows but he said He was In ti ty y were Lound over without ball bail await the theal crand jury jur To the In al aton tion of the his this was equivalent to Ien n hanged or Imprisoned for life Ufe felt certain ho he would never re tm to the resErvation so the they sum all of his mlle male relatives and distributed Toms property Forty Fort FortI went ti ter a distant cousin I uck somE sorie horses were awarded to nearer relatives but neither Toms squaw nor northe till the squaw ot of the murdered man got gotay ay ot of the property be between between affecting parting There was no tween husband amI wife although the knew very well velt this was bl lily the last time she would see him T n did not even sa say goodbye Tom behaved ver very well on the trip to t talt alt La Lake Itt giving no Mr was receiving con coil congratulations yesterday on the success successful roles lie he tul ful outcome of the various He believes he has a clear case I of If murder against the In Indian ian |