| Show alleged earning burning at the stake the san francisco chronicle publishes the following los angeles sept 15 frank semon formerly a policeman here who has been on the colorado river for some months ret to this city today and relates a horrible case of death by tire fire inflicted by a band of mojave indiana on a yung young squaw near rock bock springs in the eastern part of san bernardino county about three weeks ago the squaw who was but eighteen years of age and quite comely had in some way acquired the reputation of being a witch and the bead men of the band concluded to put her to death the girl was stripped stark naked and bound to a strong sf crons stake around which was heaped wood and brush and the combustibles busti bles were set on fire it was two hours before the girl died and during that time she kept up an incessant shrieking while the indians danced about and added fuel to the flames while their victim was burned to a crisp the indians told semon that it was several years since they had bad burned a witch before although several bad been condemned to death but bad managed to escape |
