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Show Two Indians Charged ChargedWIth ChargedWith WIth Vith Murder on TrialJohn Trial TrialJohn - ' John Chief Navajo medicme medicine medicmeman medicineman medicineman man and Jack Crank his son m in mlaw inlaw inlaw law ' \ went 'o\ent 'o o ent on trill tn'll tnll trial ' in district court courtat courtat courtat at Monticello Monday chargedwith charged chargedwith , with 11th ' the murder in 1930 of an unknovn un unkno unkno.n kno kno11 kno.n knon \11 11 ' \ . ' " white "hlte hlte man on Dougla Douglas Douglasmesa Douglasmesa . < ; mesa south of the San Juan rIver rIverThe riverThe riverThe The t two . 0 Indians Indian are arc acco-ed acco ed accu.ed accued . . - of ofhaving ofhaving ofhaving having confessed the slaying slaymg of ofthe ofthe ofthe the " white "hite hite man whose name 13 is 13unkonwn isunkonwn isunkonwn unkonwn and " who "ho ho is referred to toon toon toon on court records as John Doe DoeSelection DoeSelection DoeSelection Selection of a jury \ ' . ' is 1S com coin comyesterday coinpleted cornpleted ' pleted yesterday and tnal trial of the thecase thecase thecase case is now underway Tv . Two Tao 0 special specialI special\enires special enires I \ ' . enires .enires " wcie "ele ele acre called before a . jur jurj jurjwas jurywas ; , was finally en panelledFor panelled panelledFor For the Ja ; past . < ; t week I\eek I eek \ . Navajos from fromShlprock fromShiprock fromShiprock Shlprock Shiprock Kayenta Oljato andother and andother andother other Indian villages vilIages on the reser reservatIon reservation reservation vatIon have been converging convergmg on onMontIcello onMonticello onMonticello MontIcello to attend the trial and andall andall . all are seeking seekmg to aid the defen defendmts defendants defendants defendantsJudge dmts dants : : dmtsI dmtsJudge dantsJudge I Judge F W Keller Is presidIng presidingat prosecutionlis at the trial tnal and the prosecutionis prosecution lis is b"lng blng bning being " conducted by District At Attomey Attorney Attomey tomey torney Donald T Adams and Brig Brigham Brigham Brigham ham E Roberts district attorney attorneyfrom attorneyfrom attorneyfrom from Salt Lake county AttorneysKnox AttorneysKnox Attorneys Knox Patterson and 0 O A Tan gren both of Salt Lake City and andI andformerly andformerly andformerly I formerly of Moab are attorneystor attorneysfor attorneys for the defendant Navajos having havingbeen havingbeen havingbeen been appointed appomted by the courtOfficers courtOfficers court courtOfficers Officers first discovered the theslaying theslaying theslaying slaying of ot the unknown unknO\\n unknO n \ white man manwhen manwhen manwhen when they arrested Crank , on a asheep asheep asheep sheep grazing grazmg violation charge chargeThey chargeThey chargeThey They stated that at that timeCrank time timeCrank timeCrank Crank asserted it looked as though thoughthe thoughthe thoughthe the Indians Inclians would ould haic hae ha.e , ' . to take takecare takecare takecare care of more " white "hite hite men SuM Subs Subsquent SubSSquent : ! quent in'l inl Investigations ' estigations by officers officersbrought officersbrought officersbrought brought out the alleged statement statementby statementby statementby by Crank that he and Chief had hadkilled hadkilled hadkilled killed a white man many yearsago years yearsago yearsago ago Later Chief and Crank led ledthe ledthe ledthe the officers to a shallow grave gravewhere gravewhere gravewhere where " the "he he she bones of ot John Doe Doevere Doevere Docvere vere found That . was as last fall The TheIndians TheIndians TheIndians Indians have since been held ill err illcustody errcustody incustody custody at Salt Lake City and andMonticello andMonticello andMonticello andMonticelloIt Monticello MonticelloIt It is expeated expe1ted expected ! that self ffiense defense ffiense'Iill defensewill delensewill \'Iill 'Iill Iill will \ ' be the plea of the defendants defendantsNeither defendantsNeither defendantsNeither Neither of the Indians can spe'1k spe1k speik spe'1kor speikor speikor ' or understand English and it ha has hasb hasb . < ; b en necessary to obtain the ser services services services vices of interrreters II1dlca Indications Indicationsare tions tionsare are that 30 or 40 witnesses .itnesses itnesses . will becalled be becalled becalled called by the state and defense defenseand defenseand defenseand and that trial of the caseIill case ' \ will \Iill Iill re reqUire require require qUire several dass da.s das days . |
