Salt Lake Herald | 1893-06-30 | Page 1 | A Bad Indian |

Type	issue
Date	1893-06-30
Paper	Salt Lake Herald
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
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Publisher	Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
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Article Title	A Bad Indian
Type	article
Date	1893-06-30
Paper	Salt Lake Herald
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
Page	1
OCR Text	Show A BAD INDIAN He Will Be Shot for the Muraer of His Vtite and 3IothermLaw WiCHnfA Kan June 29JoeBird a Choctaw Indian has been sentenced to be shot to death at Wilburton 1 T tomorrow to-morrow He murdered his wife and motherinlaw Birds taking off will be but just punishment for some of the wrongs he has perpetrated on others Seven weeks ago he Killed his motherin law For this he received a sentence of 100 lashes on his bare back which were administered by an Indian executioner Bird was pinioned to a post and fainted three times during the execution of his sentence He and his wife were discussing discus-sing the punishment he received on this occasion six weeks ago His wife told him he got only what he deserved Bird crabbed his gun and sent his faithful I mouse off after her mother It is for this I that he is to die I
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