Show b i I x J UNCLE SAM HAS HASI HASl I i iI ii i l i I iI r rr CASEIN CASE IN HAND r Government Will Try to Con Convict Convict vict viet George of Stealing Cat Gat Cattle Gattie r tie tle From Indians United States Marshal L II n Smyth Sm lh and Assistant United States Stales District t Attorney W H McCrea returned yesterday morn mom mornIng 1 Ing from Fort Duchesne having In cuel cus cue custody I o l iJ tody tod Allison George Geor alias Frank George I who ho was bound over to await the action Ii f pt pf the federal grand Jury on the charge t 1 of stealing government property George was vaa given a preliminary hearing before i d t United States Commissioner John Merk Merit I t ly I at Fort Duchesne on UK tin t charge char e of or stealing cattle from the Indians of or the Ii Wb White Ito Rocks Bocks reservation He lie is being held on two counts one charging him G t with stealing a baud band of cattle from the t I t I reservation T on Dec Iq IP and one on Jan 7 1 1 1 Both bands of or cattle numbering about l thirty each were driven to Prier where r j they th were disposed of or orI George Oeo is said to be a member of a I h gang of ot cattle thieves that have hae been g stealing cattle from the Indians for some sometime somei i 1 J time He lIe was arrested twice but later i discharged His last arrest D oy y the county count authorities was vas as during the first part of ot last December The authorities of or AVa Ya Vs satch county felt they the were ere unable to toie ie convict him and he lie was nas ordered released j Captain Hall HaJJ commander of or Fort Du Duchesne t chesne believed the man guilty guilt and held E him until the government officers could i arrive from Sail Lake to make an investigation investigation i 9 i 1 Marshal Smyth and District Attorney I McCrea went to Fort Duchesne a weekS week S i ago and succeeded in finding sufficient i Mr o evidence against George Geor e to warrant his hist t t i i detention until the matter can be taken t 5 before the grand J jury United States r i is Commissioner John ordered him ii held neld under bonds which he was un unable una Z a l able to furnish It Is known by the of or officers lt at Fort Duchesne that on Dec Dee 15 Ii Iii i and Jan 7 i George Georga drove two bands of or cat cattle catt cattle t tle tie to Price The principal loser of cattle t i It is tj an Indian by the name of William Williama a i t Wash whose brand Is a figure S 8 Two To I 1 hides taken from the cattle disposed ot or orby 1 by George Geo e bore both the brands of ot he be Interior rge department and of William Wash ash ashI The defense which will be made b bif by by if y a I y j i I George G orge Is le that the government has no not noI I t l e a Jurisdiction j and that the case is a matter 1 I for tor the state officials The supreme i i c court of the United States State however handed banded down a decision some time ago in j 1 which it held that until an Indian has bas I t become a citizen clUzen of or the United States State all allt t I of ot Ms Ns property belongs belon to th the e go gon 1 rt s J I sent scent IV IVi i iJ t ti i I 1 If I 1 |