Salt Lake Telegram | 1911-04-08 | Page 10 | Sentence Zhon-Ne to Slow Death in Leavenworth Pen

Z O E SLOW TO-SLOW DEAT IN l LEAVENWORTH pEr PEN Such Is n Design sign of Federal Authorities Dealing With the SicK Indian J After taking into consideration tho I circumstances surrounding tho the murder ease case of uc Zhon-uc tho the wild Navajo Xa Indian Indian In In- dian ian government u officials have ha decided to lo free the redskin from the charge of f first firt degree rec murder on the consideration tion ion that he lie plead ul guilly to manslaughter h. h ter ter- and au tako take n ii sentence of ten teti years ear earin in the thc ted federal cra I prison at Lea Km Kan His case will come cume up for hearing hearing hear hear- in ing n a week from AI 1 outlay Monday With the changing nl- nl ot ut the plans of the thc lic prosecution it il is IS probable tho the lurid tale of thin the murder committed by hy tho the Indian will never nc be become a tt matter of court record Ph Physicians j who arc attending attending at nt tending the Indian at tho count county jail declare that death lentIl will vill cheat client the law hiss out of about tenths nine of the sentence sen sen- tence lence if he is sentenced to ten years because of a growth on un h his hip neck which is is slowly sapping hi his life out A Aggravated Aggravated Aggra Aggra- ra ate by confinement in tho the county jail after a life lifo of freedom om of movement move move- ment the tho disease ilise-aso which has attacked the Jio In Indian ian has assumed a dangerous stage Physicians say ho lie will wiH do docIl well cIl wello cIlto to o live live- a year and cannot possibly live livo livemore more than three years ue was arrested in southern Utah for tho the murder of bf f Charles Fritz FritzI a i Heffernon trader He Hc was placed place in inthe inthe inthe the county jail jai over a year ear ago and soon began to lose weight and flesh Finally tho the growth broke out on 01 his neck and he lie is iM now a weak distracted distract distract- ed and nd harmless Indian He lie occupies a ce cell in the tho county jai Where ho he hOe is unable to speak a wor word word of English and nd where bo he is slowly dying ding it iMs is iM said d. d s If I ho is taken to Lea Leavenworth he ho will wi cot eL the best est of me medical ical attention