Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1903 — SAY INDIAN KILLED THE SQUAW [ARTICLE]

SAY INDIAN KILLED THE SQUAW

Relative of Chief Thunder Is Charged With Woman’s Death. La Crosse, Wis., dispatch: Thomas Thunder, a near relative of the famous chief, Tom Thunder, of the Winnebago tribe of Indians, is under arrest at Black River Falls, charged with being implicated in the death of Mary Hlnsley, squaw, on Feb. 7. He was brought before Justice Livingston and the case was adjourned until March 5. The squaw, who was the wife of a petty chieftain of the tribe, was found dead in the snow on the river banks, her face distorted and her body bearing evidence of a violent death. Indians claim her death part of a vendetta against her family. Thunder is the first to be arrested on a charge of implication in the affair. Other arrests will probably be made shortly.