Mariposa Gazette, May 20, 1899: Another Good Indian.
The Indian known as Johnnie Dick was killed last Sunday at Sweetwater by Aleck, another of the dusky race. There seems to have been but three Indians present at the time of the killing and the stories of the remaining two are conflicting.
Although the law makes it a crime to sell Indians liquor these three evidently found a means of procuring intoxicants for they were all more or less under the influence of liquor at the time.
Aleck came to town on Monday morning and gave himself up to the Sheriff. He claims that the killing was an accident and that while sitting on his horse holding his rifle it was accidentally discharged, the bullet striking Dick under the right arm and ranging inward and downward evidently passing below the heart but did not come out.
Sheriff Prouty and Coroner McElligott repaired to the scene of the crime and finding the dead body of the Indian near Clark's mill, the Coroner held an inquest over the remains. The jury held Aleck responsible for the killing and he is now in jail awaiting his preliminary examination.
The deceased Indian was a quarrelsome Indian and last year, at Wawona, he attempted to kill another Indian but only shot him in the heel. A warrant for his arrest was issued but he had up to the time of his death succeeded in keeping out of the way.