BANDITS GET CLEAN AWAY
WITH REAL GOLD BRICK
JUNEAU, Mar. 20.—Armed and
masked robbers committed a bold deed
at the Chichugoff mine at 1:15 o'clock
yesterday morning and escaped with a
gold brick valued at $20,000. The
alarm was not given untl after an
hour after the robbery and the men
had escaped in the darkness before
a search was organized.
Hay Banbury and Assayer Nich
ols, wljp sleep In the upper room of
the. store building, and in whose
charge the brick was left, while wait
ing shipment to Juneau were sudden
ly roused out of a. sound sleep by' the
light of a common flashlight and told
to “turn up." This they did and were
at once, bound by the robbers. Ban
bury started to josh the robbers,
thinking the matter was a joke. One
of the bandits hit him on the jaw with
a revolver butt and both men were
then gagged.
After searching through the room
until they found the gold brick *the
two men left and escaped in the dark
ness. Over an hour later one of the
men managed to get his gag off and
his calls for help were hoard by the
watchman who released the two men.
A searching party was .at once or
ganized and traced the men along the
beach to the Golden Horn Mill, several
hundred yards north of the store build
ing. but there the trail was lost in the
melting snow ami among the rocks.
The gas boat Ch'ichagoff left for
town at 4 o’clock yesterday morning j
so at that time no extensive search
had been made by the mine crew.
It is the theory that the robbery was
cither committed by persons working
at the mine, or by men who had pre
viously worked for the company and
were entirely familiar w*ith the cus
toms.
It has been the practice to ship
bullion to Juneau from the mine on
the Chichagoff. Ttie bricks were ta
ken from the assay office to the store
building the night previous to the sail
ing of the gas boat, and were left in
charge of the storekeeper and the as
sn yer.
The men who committed the rob
bery knew where the brick was kept
and when it would be shipped to Ju
neau. They also knew that the two
men slept in thes ante room, and also
knew that the watchman was at the
other end of the camp at the exact
time they entered the build'ing.
The store building is built over the
tide water, on filled-in land, but the
two men used a ladder from the beach,
the tide being out at the time and
entered a window in the lower story.
They broke the w'indow and then un
fastened it before crawling through.
They then proceeded to the upper
story and secured the bricck.
The men could either hide the brick
in the woods near the mine awaiting
a favorable opportunity to get it
away from the camp, or they could
have had a boat in readiness and left
at once, or they could have waited
in the woods until daylight and then
make their way across the ten-mile
portage to I’attenson Bay on Hoonali
Sound. Their danger of detection in
any of the three courses if followed is
extremely remote. The two men who
were bound were unable o see the men
on account of the bright light in their
eyes and no one else saw them at any
time.
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NOTES
(From Our Exchange*.)
The winter diggings at Marshal
City are reported to he not pan
ning out well, that camp being es
sentially a summer proposition.
Mining In the Kantlshna district is
reported to be practically at a stand
still this winter, the ground there be
ing more easily worked, in the sum
mer months.
James Daniels, foreman of the Mex
ican mill at Douglas captured the
DuPont trophy at that place a short
time ago by breaking 41) clay pigeons
out of a possible 50.
J. F. Wnrdner, a Ketchikan lawyer,
hus been appointed postmaster at that
place succeeding Mrs Kwlneford. the
widow of the late Governor rivvine
ford, who i sigred
Chief of *Holding of .ivt.e.i’i
reported 28 arrests during the past
month and 22 prisoners confined, to
which were served 215 meals at a
cost of 13 cents per meal.
The Alaska Herring and Sardine
Company, operating at I’oro Moller.
will construct a small cannery at that
place which will be operated this
summer In connection with their her
ring plant,
TVie stifituer Humbolt arrived in
Seattle recently from San Francisco
with 150 tons of various kinds of li
quors consigned to dealers in Ketchi
kan, Wrangell. Petersburg, and Jun
eau.
The Fairbanks Igloo, Pioneei-s of
Alasku. are considering changing the
constitution of the order permitting
the admission to the order persons
who have resided fifteen years in the
territory.
The Cordova Times states that
George Edward Lewis, author and lec
turer known as Alaska, IJlacklock
has arrived In that city and will make
It his headquarters while gathering
material for stories and lectures on
Alaska..
Joe Sherry and Pat O'Connor ar
rived In Fairbanks recently with the
report that |3 had been uncovered on
ground owned by Tom Davis and as
soclates on No. 19 above, on Tolovana
and that the Ond ocCasslonod some ex
citement
The Hospital Association of Peters
burg has organized a stock company
with a capitalization of 52,000 for the
purpose of financing a plan to erect
a hospital building at that place. 400
Shares of stock have already been
subscribed for.
Peter Vulslch, a Serbian resident of
Douglas, died a few day* ago In
hla cabin In Douglas of tuberculosis.
Vulslch resided at Douglas for several
years, but at the outbreak of the Eu
ropean war, went home to fight for
bis country, serving for two years,
when he was attacked by the "White
PtagiM." Friends ,1n Treadwell and
Douglas made up a purse to bring him
back to Alaska, hoping the climate
would benefit his health. He arrived
at Douglas three and one-half months
SCHOFIELD PUTS A
BIG DEAL THROUGH
A mining deal in which several ,
molybdenite claims located near Ciif- .
ton, on the W. IV railroad, which I
changed hands, was put through a J
few days ago at Skagwuy by fleorgc 1
D. Schofield, of Nome and Seattle, |
candidate for attorney-general in the!
ago,, but the disease had made rapid [
progress and he steadily grew worse j
until the end came.
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Ernest liolnoioist, tlie !t year old
son of John Holinquist, foreman of
the Alaska Juneau mine, fell from
the top of the crusher at the mill '
while at play, a distance of 2a feet, I
striking on his head, and then rolled
an equal distance down the slope. He
was unconscious when picked up but
soon recovered and is believed to he
out of danger.
At a meeting held recently in N'e
nana preliminary steps were taken
for the formation of an engineer com
pany for service 'in the army In the
event of war. Lieut. Thomas Higgs is
*tt the head of Hie movement. Ninety
one persons have already signed the'
roll and it is expected this number
will he increased to ICO.
While en route from Fairbanks to
Chitina recently the mail stage en
countered a terrific storm near Don
nelly which blew the stage off the
bt'idge near that place and precipitat
ed the occupants, a woman and child
ren of Fairbanks, into the water be
low. The roadhouse people witness
ed tlie accident and rescued tlie vic
tims, who suffered little injury.
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lust election on the Ueimhi'ican ticket.
Mr. Schofield reached Juneau recently
on the City of Seattle from the Lynn
Canal town and will he here some lit
tle time on business.
The property which Mr. Schofield
is interested in was originally staked
by officials of the White Pass com
pany, who transferred their interests
to him. Four additional claims were
staked by Mr. Schofield during his
visit in Skagway.
The claims which are said to have
ore showing good assays in molybde
nite, are located along Pitchfork falls
in the Skagway district. One docu
ment, placed on record at Skagway a
few days ago showed G. it. Miller, W.
C. Blanchard, A. C. Blanchard and
(Jcorge Uosenburg, paying Mr. Scho
| field $2,500 for his interest in the XL,
XL-1, XL-2, and XL-3 claims, near
Pitchfork Falls. Interest Mi the water
right of Pitchfork Falls, also was
turned over in the deal.
! It would appear that the Juneau
! Empire, in making the above state
ment im correct in all particulars,with
the exception of the one in which it
siacs that the original claimants have
turned over their interests ’in the
molyMmie claims to Mr. Schofield.
According to tin* records on tile in tin*
recorders office here, it would appear
that Mr. Schofield turned his interests
in the claims which In* had recently
staked to Messers. Miller, Blanchard,
i Blanchard and Uosenburg.
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