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True Bill for Manslaughter.

The United States Grand Jury has found a true bill for manslaughter against the Indian Joe Buck, who killed the squaw known as Mrs. Jack Blossom, recently in Elko county. The evidence before the jury was to the effect that after the death of the Indian doctor several Indians met in council, and concluded that the squaw was a witch and should be punished. Witnesses said no instructions were given to any person to kill her. Soon after the meeting, how ever Joe Buck went to her tent and struck her near the temple with a stone about the size of his fist. She fell under the blow, and Buck then stabbed her in the throat with a small knife, from the effect of which would she soon died.