Show SAM LONE BEAR ON TRIAL IN SALT LEE LAKE CITY SALT LAKE CITY general denial 0 of the testimony given by government witnesses was entered in ill the united states slates district court by sam lone bear to charges of violating the mann act the witnesses als played a most remarkable meru memmory mory quoting letters written in 1920 and 1921 word tor for word testimony was also offered by the witness as to the weed known among t the h e 1 indians n di a n 0 of f iba uintah 1 n ta r reservation e s e r v a evid ih sint t i 0 n a as s p peyote e y e evidence e n p prepared r e p a r e d by state chemist herman harms was to the effect that the weed grew in abundance along the rio hlo grandb valley near the mexican border and that its use by the indians was greatly increasing ile he declared in ills his report that it had bad a very de ing effect the one taking it being left in a drunken stupor for or two and three days at a time tho the inducements of marriage held out by sam long lone bear caused mary alice modock a ute indian girl tu tl leave her home on the uintah reservation and go to chadron neb according to the testimony of the woman after remaining in chadron for or short time ste returned to the uin tah reservation sam lone bear paying part of her expenses she said the indian on trial is also said to have been living on the reservation w with ith a another no t h er I 1 indian n d lan gir girl 1 by whom h he e ha had d 0 one n e c child 1 ii ld the h e Al modock woman also has a baby 15 months old both women were in court during the course of the trial according to A 11 kneale superintendent in ot of the reservation sana sam lone bear has baa the reputation among the indians of possessing supernatural at powers ills his followers believed he was immune from arrest until the present time there are 15 or 20 witnesses in the case |