Article clipped from Timber Lake Dewey County Advocate

Mystery In Death.Aberdeen.—The dead body of Joseph Narcellc. a quarter blood Indian of one of the most prominent families of the Cheyenne reservation, found upon the allotment of Frank Brown near Dupreo. has caused a great deal of excitement in that vicinity, inasmuch as the man appear* to lmve met his death under strange circumstances. When examined It was found that Narcellc had been shot with a shotgun. 40 wounds having been found upon hi* breast. Testimony taken at the inquest revealed that bootlegger* hid been in the vicinity with large quan-tles of whisky. The Jury returned an open verdict, finding that* the Indian had mot hi* death by a shotgun fired by some person to the jury unknown.
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Timber Lake Dewey County Advocate

Timber Lake, South Dakota, US

Fri, Oct 04, 1912

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