Show say indians stole the whiskey the last of the secret indictments returned by the united states grand jury at its october hearing was made public when the arrest of three men charged with introducing bot 1 into an indian allotment of a reier reservation was announced lucien IT smith deputy united states marshal has return returned ei from ane uintah reservation resen reser atlon Nation where here after a search of several daysee days he located and arrested J W west joseph west end and john draper the three indicted men he took the trio before states commissioner edward macile at myton where the ther were bound over to the united states court each gave a bond of and was released the indictment ot of the three men all of whom are prominent in the uintah basin followed a drinking contest and its direct result a general fight which took place several months ago in an indians cabla cabin on the reservation according to the story told by the arrested men when arraigned they are the victims of circumstances and instead of giving indians laiq liquor nor they claim the indians took their liquor from them joseph west is a rancher J W west Is his father aged 73 years and draper Is the owner of a saw mill in Lake fork canyon their story Is that while at myton they obtained a largo large supply of liquor and after having drunk a considerable quantity they declare they became intoxicated and lost their way finally driving into the allotment of an indian they say the indians took advantage of their condition stole the whiskey and then the entire party proceeded to celebrate only interference of visitors prevented a shooting scraps scrape between two bucks who were made belligerent by the intoxicants telegram |