| Show MEDIAEVAL MEDIA BITES LEAD UTES INTO TROUBLE white mans Dian slaw law called in to td check cieck scattering of bad Med medicine irine adiong local utes one of the most novel cases ever heard in court was tried here this week when two piute indians were arraigned on complaint of the headmen of the tribe fo for r desecrating dese crating the grave of an indian india n woman by digging up the remains and stealing tho the finger and toe nails of the deceased the charge against the defend defendant anti lloyd cantsee and truman hatch was that of robbing a grave which on conviction carries a sentence of from one to five years in the state penitentiary but the main factor that led arrest was the indian bup erst idon that ll 11 powder ader made from thu the finger and toe nails of a person that chat has died from a loathsome disease and scattered in hogan or the drinking water of ones enemies will cause slow death the evidence in the case showed that the two defendants had dug up the body of a t woman that had been buried at yellow jacket with the design of making bad med medicine c ne and the head men of the tribe paddy john eyetoo jesse posey mancos george and platt may appeared beffre the court to petition that they be tried under the white mans law and bo be put away where they could do no damage to their their enemies of the tribe upon arraignment the two pleaded guilty but in extenuation of the oi of fonse stated that they did it tor for fun only truman hatch giving as his main excuse excuse for getting the idea that he had bought a quart of whisky from a roan man in a car south of blanding when questioned as aa toc al identity of the min man who 0 o 1 had turn furn fished the whiskey ie claimed that he had never before nor since and that hp he could not identify him im the other llpyd cantsee made no pretense pic tense of ba having an alibi tor for the deed 1 merely stating that he had been apar approached 6 iby y his companion in crimp and he thought it would be a good joke to get the finger pails nails and scarp scare the other indians by saying that they had sape of the bad medicine judge u olge wooley after hearing the evidence and listening to the petition of bf the headmen and getting all ot the evidence passed sentence on the accused with a recommendation to the board of pardons that they be pardoned at the end of a four months term in the penitentiary should their deportment while incarcerated bo be such as to warrant a pardon |
