Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 December 1890 — THEY’RE GOOD INDIANS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THEY’RE GOOD INDIANS.

FOUR RED MURDERERS CONE TO MEET +HE MESSIAH. They Start on tho Trip to the Happy Hamting Ground* by tho Kope Boats—A History or the Crime* for Which Thsy Paid the Penalty of tho Law. The greatest hanging that ever took place in Montana, says a Missoula dispatch, occurred Friday morning, Dec. 19, at 10:45, when Pierro Paul, Lalasee, Antley, and Pascal, the four Indian murderers, were executed. All died game. They took their places on the trap without trembling, and when the caps were being drawn over Antley’s and Pierro Paul’s faces they smiled. Pierre Paul and Pascal said they were guilty and were to die like men. The trap tell at 10:45 and the necks of the four were broken. In twenty minutes the bodies were cut down. They were buried on the Flathead' Reservation.

The executed Indians, belonged to the Flathead tribe, whose reservation Is In

Missoula County.and is, on account of its fine situation -and plentiful stock of game, much frequented by tourists Ifrom the . IJast and Ifrom Europe. The crimes by which the pfour bad In dlan* forfeited their lives were brought fully home to them, but were probably only a few among many deliberate murders

committed by them for the purpose of robbery. The Flatheads are mostly Catholics and partly’ civilized. The Jesuits commenced work among thegiabout fifty years ago, and

they cultivate the soil and practice the simpler trades, while the boys and girls’ schools are well attended, and some i of the leading members of tho tribe'have amassed wealth. Chief ASneas Is reputed to be worth SIOO,OOO. Under the present agent, Peter Ronan, who was appointed twelve years ago, the tribe has made rapid progress. He is a kindhearted man, firm and

courageous, and he thoroughly understands the Indian character. The Flatheads soon learned to know him,and to understand that their treatment depended entirely upon their conduct- He succeeded in establishing a native court among them for tho trial of offenses committed by Indians against members of their own tribe, and It has worked very satisfactorily with Chief .Eneas as judge. But there were some among the Flatheads who were not amenable to the influence of thelr-own chiefs, tho priests or tho agent.

They were idle and fond of “firewater,” and becume a burden to their own people and a terror to travelers coming to the neighborhood of the reservation. They became so unpopular in the tribe that .they spent most of the [time wandering beI tween the reservation and the British possessions. This section is rich In minerals and is much frequented by

prospecting parties. During the last three years many men who started out singly on prospecting tours in the neighborhood of the reservatlon_mysterlously disappeared, and investigation revealed the fact that these Indian outlaws had formed themselves Into a band to rob and murder travelers found In Isolated places. The bodies of the victims were left to be devoured by wild beasts. The bodies of some of the murdered whites were found, and, through the confes-

sions of Indians, the guilt was fastened on the murderers. The body of an unknown man was found on the I bank of the Kootena I River, and shortly as-1 ter those of two pros- \ pectors were discovered. These were victims of Lallacee and Pierre Paul. It was proved that Antley, with others, had ambushed and murdered three prospectors, Ben Tomp-

kins, Dan McDonald and Bill Suley. His fellow murderers were captured and lynched. Pascale confessed to some Indians who testified against him that ho had murdered James W. Dunn, of lowa, who was on his way from Post Falls, Idaho, to British Columbia, with $2,000 on his person. He crept up behind Dunn and shot him in the back. He buried part of the money and afterward asked the aid of the Indians who gave evidence against him in securing it. Sheriff Houston, of Missoula County, organized a large party and went to the res-

ervation to capture the murderers or ascertain their whereabouts. Chief JEneas was Willing to help him, but the culprits had fled, and were only overtaken by the Sheriff’s armed party within a few miles of the British line. They came upon Lallacee and Pierre Paul suddenly as they were breaking camp in the early morning

and covered them with their Winchesters, so that resistance was useless. Antley and Pascale were later found on the reservation and delivered up by Chief JEneas. The trial lasted a week.

CHIEF ÆNEAS.

ANTLEY.

LALLACEE.

PIERRE PAUL.

PASCALE.