Klamath Republican August 24, 1899 JONAH IS DEAD Joseph Jonah, Indian, who murdered David Hill, the famous Indian policeman and white man's friend, in February 1892, at midnight on the Fort Klamath Road three miles east of Klamath Falls, and who was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 15 years in state penitentiary on June 29, 1892, after a lingering illness died in the penitentiary August 20. Jonah had been in failing health for the past 5 years. In fact he has never been in good health since being sent to prison. ---------------------------- Klamath Republican September 14, 1899 All that is mortal of the famous Indian Jonah, who murdered policeman Dave Hill a few miles east of Klamath Falls in the Spring of 1892, was laid in its final resting place last Sunday among his good departed tillicums' and comrades' souls which are now sleeping beneath the moaning pines in the little cemetery a few miles below Klamath Agency. Jonah realized the awfulness of his crime after being sentenced to 15 years in the state penitentiary where he served out nearly half of his sentence when he was overtaken by the grim visage of death and passed to the happy hunting grounds on August 20, last. His body was sealed in a metal casket by the request of his relatives, who defrayed all expenses, and had it shipped to the reservation for interment. On its arrival at the Agency, the state seal of the casket was broken and the body, which was in a state of mortification, taken forth and redressed and placed in a $125 coffin. A large cortege followed the remains to its last resting place among whom were R.S. Moore, and George T. Baldwin, of Klamath Falls, the former acting as chief mourner. So well did Rufus Moore act his part on this occasion that his pathos moved the whole procession in a transport of tears and sighs for the bereaved relatives and friends, while George with his camera, made a lasting impressions of the many tear stained faces which he has preserved for future references. _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/