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“IRISH TOMMY,” SQUAW MAN CONFESSES KILLINGASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY SECURES SIGNED STATEMENT THAT HE SHOT NARCELLE.Thomas Condon, a squaw man, who resides on.Cherry creek with-» in the boundaries of the Cheyenne ; reservation, and known in that | section as Irish Tommy is the man who murdered Joe Narcelle, the wealthy half breed near Dupree recently. W. E. Demark, district U. S. attorney, secured a written confession, signed by the latter at the hearing last week in which he declares himself the murderer and tells the story of it.The Indians of the Cheyenne reservation held a fair at Dupree recently. Irish Tommy, Morris Mo-ress, Babe LaPlant and others obtained a quantity of whisky and set up headquarters on the allotment of F. Brown, two miles west of Dupree. Joe Narcelle went there in the afternoon and got some ofthe whisky. He left the place butsoon returned and wanted more whisky. He and Irish Tommy got into a quarrel over a horse and some money which Tommy owed to Narcelle. Narcelle was refused the whisky and he told Irish Tommy that if he didn't give it to him he would tell the authorities, that he was selling whisky. Tommy entered the house and obtained Brown's shotgun. He came out and shot Narcelle while he was on horsback and unarmed.The shot only wounded the manrfnrl trun A1 _
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Timber Lake Dewey County Advocate
Timber Lake, South Dakota, US
Fri, Oct 04, 1912
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