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Show them. Upon trial the Indians proved their Innocence. Shlahnd was ever after known as Lake Union' John and became prominent prom-inent in the village of Seattle, whose growth made a fortune for him. WEALTHY INDIAN DIES II SEATTLE m Seattle, Wash , Feb. in. John Shla-bud, Shla-bud, an Indian who asserted he was more than 100 years old and who was almost lynched by white pioneers "0 years ago, died at Port Madison, Wash., yesterday. . The body of a white man was found in 1R47 at the foot of Like Union In what is now Seattle and the settlers ascribed his death to nearby Indians. Shiahud and another Indian, failing under suspicion, were captured by the settlers and were about to be ljnchcd when the sherlJf and a posse rescued |