| Show SHE WEPT m EOR SOV SON an aged squaw cries because ller her son docs goes io to jail an aged equaw tottered down twenty fourth street from the county court building yesterday morning adorning crying as if it her heart had been broken what is tile matter asked a passer by the old lady replied between betwee n her sobs bad white men kill 1 I im bood d injun my boy no bee see biml im gacy any more 11 the borrowing sorrowing woman hal baj separated herself from her companions who were coming down the steps odthe of the courthouse refusing to be comforted or even allow them to explain the facts to her the other indians wore serious countenances they wore were sorely as eave one who calli calls himself william the look on his faie was one of disgust lie hai baj acted ag as interpreter inter interpreter ter preter in the case of the county against jim and wash the two indiana indians who were charged with wantonly killing deer near uintah the defendants had been sentenced ti 0 one day dax each in the county jail the evidene and sentence had been fully explained to them br bv judge dee who ho tried the case and they unde stood and were satisfied SAtis Bed that the sentence fen Pen tence was a very light one but jims mother and pet up a howl when t they h ey were tol told the men must po go to jail mra alm jim insisted on sharing bis his punishment but she was barred william had pointed bis his index finger downward emphasizing hia his interpretation and so forcibly bad had he used that ahat linger finger and so serious diche did he look that the squads thought it meant death as well imprisonment judge dee had explained how serious a thing it is is to kill deer for their skins alone and told william to explain it to all the indians indiana adding li t ph that t th they y had a right to kill deer for food but to wantonly kill them and waste the meat most was punishable by si six x months imprisonment william appreciated the fact that ho be wa was subbing for the court and made his speech impressively and did not ex plaine fully that the sentence was ft as very light lie ile wanted to to teach s c h bis his companions a lesson the thet two w 0 indians indiana went to jail and the others mostly moistly squads went out sorrowfully william surveyed lie the group as they hesitated at the top of the tile stone atone et at p exit from the court house and wh n chesaw he saw their faces and heard the sobs of tha the old squaws squads he lie shook his aps bps head and raid said something sour sounded olad like darn fool |
