IDITAROD H Y
Freight Trains Leave Iditarod and Flat at
7 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Contracts Made in Advance for Mid-Winter
Freight Hauling
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Thursday next, November is the date set apart for the
masquerade bull of the Iditarod Kennel Club. The ball will be
held in the .V- 15. hall and most elaborate preparations are being
made to insure its success.
In order to encourage a large number to appear in costume,
the committee have decided to offer four costly prizes, as follows :
One for the best sustained character, lady; one for the best sus
tained character, gentleman; one for the most comical character,
lady, and one for th • most com c il charnel gentleman. 1 lie
actual value of the prizes is not yet definitely settled, but they
will be worthy of considerable effort to obtain, and even it you
should not be fortunate enough to wm a prize, the pleasures ol the
dance will more than compensate for the trouble taken.
A four-piece orchestra has been practicing during the past
two week's for the masquerade, and the music will be of an excep
tionally high standard. During the evening an elaborate supper
will be served. In fact no expense is being saved to fulfill the
expressed ambition of the Kennel Club, which is to make their
first social event the brightest, biggest and best affair over seen in
the North.
As the Kennel Club intends to provide several social events
during the winter, in addition to a series of dog races, it is hoped
that liberal patronage will be forthcoming at the ball.
Tickets to admit a couple, inlcuding supper, $5.
ALLAH GRANT'S
RUBY RECORD
Ruby City's second newspaper, the
Ruby Record, bepan publication Octo
bt v 7. AI lan 77. G ra nt. foi merit ass >
dated with Major Stianp in tRe publi
cation of the Idilarod Nuppet, is the
publisher of the new venture, and J. J.
McGrath's name appears as editor.
The Record is a six-column folio and
is in every way creditable to the men
turning; it out. if Ruby develops into
a mu e-enouph mining camp Mr. Grant
oupht to succeed abundantly.
INQUIRY FOB JACK CEYBSEMAN
Mrs. J. Crvderman of Baldwin, (Hit.,
writes to the Pioneer for information
regarding her .von, John or Jack* Cry
(iermau. from whom she has not heard
fur sev.-n years. Crydurmuri is thought
to be IT. the Iditarod. Aryone knowi: g
where lie can be found will kindly
inform him of this inquiry, or notify
Mrs. Cryderman.
DuuOi!ii3
Seattle, October Id. Major J. F. A.
Strong has arrived from Iditatvd and
states most emphatically that he will
not be a candidate fur delegate from
Alaska. lie favors the candidacy of
Robert \Y. Jennings, and pi edicts his
election if nominated, of which latter
event he has no doubt
SKATERS BREAK THROUGH THE ICE
Sam Godfrey, Fred Webber ami
A1 Go-low, o! Flat City, si.-aud
down to Iditarwl last Sunday for
t:te outing Ten utiles above town
the ice gave way and Godfrey and
Webber went into the Iditarod
river up to their neck. The\
skated on into the city in their wet
clothes and ate none the wotse fo;
the adventure.
Suriderbruch is out Tor ttie Family
trade. Fresh groceries, low prices,
prompt delivery.
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he could not recognize either of the
robbers, who were masked. At the
request of Magistrate Taylor, he made
a map on which was indicated places
where the gold was found.
F. A. Cleveland testified that he was
at the sawmill at Flat when Oscar
Anderson came in and said tho tram
had been held up. Witness mounted
his horse and was the first from Flat to
reach the scene of the robbery. He
indicated on the map the places where
dust had been found.
I’he third witness was Harry W. Me-j
Whorter. He was in Iditarod the j
morning of September 21. Reached the [
scene of the robbery shortly after noon, j
The first, poke had already been found.
Witness went to the Hill and picked upj
tracks going angling up the hill, j
While following the tracks he heard |
hallooing and went, back where the
second poke had been found. He hud
passed by the poke. Told them there j
he had been following the trail, and aj
young man returned with him and they
traced the tracks through the timbered j
saddle of the mountain toward Otter, j
They found the third poke in a cavity J
in the rocks. A dead birch had been i
blazed near bv. Witness took the poke I
into Flat. Next day, accompanied by
Deputy Marshal Shepard, he returned
and picked up the trail a quarter of a
utile further down the lit 11 toward i
Otter. At the request of Mr. Roden j
witness marked on paper tiie course
the trail had taken. He was confident j
he had been on tlie trail of one of the \
robbers. Near where the third poke ■
itad been found lie noticed where some
one had climbed a bank.
Saw Bronson on Hillside
Peter Claustrap, the next witness, j
said he was piling wood on the side ol j
the hill above the Otter road a quarter |
of a mile from Flat the forenoon ol ■
September 21. Was there from 8 to 12.
Know s both defendants. Saw Bronson '
come dinni the hill toward Oiler in a!
fast walk. He came in ltW or lf>) feel 1
of witness, who had a clear view of hi-,
body but did not see his footwear. Thai
was between 11 and 12 by creek time, i
which is an hour ahead of Flat City
litno. Reese, witness’ partner, was
working with him. Witness has kio.wii
Gorman live or six years; has known
Brons m by sight since June, but only
learned his name since the robbery.
Never became personally acquainted
with Bronson. Mr. Roden repeatedly
object eii to the quest it ms asked by
Prosecuting Attorney 11. M. Stanton,
and the stengraphers complained tint'
so many people were talking at once
they could not possibly make complete
record. The testimony of the witness
was unshaken, and it was realized that
the prosecution was gradually forging I
a strong chain of circumstantial I
evidence. Mr. Roden requested wit
ness to indicate on paper where
lie had seen Bronson, and witness
did so. It was in a swale called Rainy
gulch. When Bronson saw witness
and Reese he gave a quick look, his
foot tripped s'ightiy, and he continued
toward Otter in a somewhat different 1
direction, lit? did not speak. Reese 1
and witness were working 1,000 or
1,-mo feet above 111e Otter road.
John .-\. McKay, operator at the
head of Flat creek, testified that lie
knows Gorman and had seen Bronson.
Got mat; worked for h im three days the
first of September; went to work again
September 22. Bronson had been on
the claim September 15, when Gorman
went away with him. Bronson was
there again September 23 and bad din- j
nor with Gorman.
The object of this testimony was
apparently to establish the? friendly re- j
laiions existing between Bronson and <
Gorman. Alfred Bernier, who worked
for McKay & Holts in September, tes- j
tided to the presence of the men there
at different times.
When the noon recess was called the
government had not made out a very
strong case, and spectators were not
prepared for the sensational evidence ]
that developed later.
Fred J. Chapman Grilled.
After the noon recess Oscar Ander
son testified as to tlio time the ear
started on the day of liie rubbery.
Harry McWhorter, recalled, said he J
could not follow tlie trail lie had told
of after it reached tlie cleared ground
at the head of Rainy gulch. .Tim Ryan j
a teamster, being called, said he knows
defendants. He met Bronson on the j
Discovery side of Boulder creek be- j
tween 11 and 12 o’clock, and in a josh
said, “Hello, Angus; where’s the other
fellow?” Bronson said lie had not
heard of the hold-up, and that he was
going to Discovery. Karl Thiel testi
fied that Bronson was in his place at
Discovery that day between 1 and 2
o’clock.
Fred J. Chapman was called and
questioned at great length regarding
his relations with defendants. Judge
Stanton’s questions were repeatedly
and strenuously objected to by Mr.
Roden, and there was much joweritg.
The witness did not answer freely, anil
Judge Stanton grilled him unmerci
fully. Asked his occupation. Chapman 1
answered that he had been mining this
summer; formerly he had been a bar
tender and saloon man. His residence
is at the Gilmore House, Iditarod. Wit
ness arrived in Iditarod in May or
June, 1910. Had known Bronson at
Fairbanks In 1905. Bid not know what
Bronson was doing then, hut after
ward saw him driving a dray. First
saw Bronson in the Iditarod last fall.
In talking to Gorman in Fairbanks
witness learned that lie and Gorman
had each w orked on the Gondia branch
of the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault
Ste. Marie railroad in 1891. They had
not known each other then. They be
came acquainted in Fairbanks in 1906.
Last winter witness was on Granite
creek and Bob Martin got Bronson to
drive witness to Flat. No intimacy ex
isted between them. Witness had
never advised Bronson.
Judge Stanton During' last summer
and fall you had trouble with a French
man in Iditarod, did you not?
Mr. Roden objected. A long wrangle
followed. Judge Stanton said he
wanted to show that Chapman was an
unwilling witness, and that the rele
vancy of his course of questioning
would develop later. The court per
mitted the question.
Judge Stanton—Did you last summer
or fall have trouble with another j
Frenchman and go to Gorman for in
formal ion?
Witness —No; 1 went to the proprie- |
tor's wife.
Judge Stanton— At Unit time did you ]
not go to Gorman for information?
Witness-I want to both of them.
Mr. Roden objected vehemently, j
“Name tbe remarks,’- said lie, "stop
dealing in riddles.”
Judge Stanton—Vou went to Gorman
to find out what remarks had been
made to Mrs. Peterson?
Witness -Went to both of them.
Amid tiie constant and strenuous!
protests of Mr. Roden, Judge Stanton
Continued to ask questions regarding I
witness going to Gorman to li.nl out
what sort of a fellow "; hoot her French-1
man” was, without much result.
Asked if last winter lie did not have
certain mining interests in common
with Gorman, witness said lie was told
Gorman had staked him in, just as
others had done: witness is nut now a
co-owner with Gorman.
Many mote questions were put re
garding the supposed intimacy between
witness and Gorman with no effect.
In answer to a question whether or
not Gorman hail come to witness and 1
told him he would hold up Ives & Price i
witness said, “No, sir.” “lias he evei
said so regarding other operators?" '
"No. sir.-’
Judge Stanton—.State whet Iter or not :
two weeks ag you told Rub Mitchell'
Gorman said he was going to hold up
Price,-? Ives, and you leld him not to
no it, he couldn't get off with i;; and
dal you teli Mitchell if you had been: in
Flat tiie day of the holdup you believed 1
you could have stopped it?
Witness—I never told him that in j
that way no, sir
The witness not appearing to answer i
the questions fully and freely. Judge j
■Stanton told him. in caso it became j
necessary, he would lay a charge of
perjury against him, anil also a charge
oF accessory to the crime. Mr. Roden
then told the witness to answer no
questions and lie would see him through, ,
in oney or no money.
Looked Like a Kangaroo.
“Is this a kangaroo court?” asktdj
witness.
Judge Stanton—Since September 1
has Gorman told you that he was con
nected with the gold robbery?
Witness—No.
Witness could not say Gorman had J
ever tried to tell him he was implicated
in the robbery—did not remember that
be ever did. Had seen Bronson in the
dtsor of the Northern Saloon, Iditarod: I
conversed with him. Bronson came
out drunk and asked what kind of a
fellow Bob Mitchell was, and witness
told him Bob was a hell-crackin’ good
fellow.
Asked if Bronson said, ‘‘If Mitchell
belches up anything I will swear him [
and his friends into the penitentiary,” !
wtiness said he had used words to that [
effect. Perhaps it was the next dav
when the witness was in the messenger j
office and saw Bronson, pretty drunk,
go into the Northern. Bronson said, j
“That stuff I told you about Bob still
goes."
The questioning of witness continued
much longer, but nothing of greater
importance was elicited. Witness said
his memory was bad. His maner was
not straight forward, and the rigid ex
amination left plenty of room for doubt
as to what he really did know.
Mitchell’s Testimony Damaging.
Robert Mitchell, layman on Chap
man & Forest’s ground, gave the most
important testimony heard in the case.
He has known Chapman since 1904;
their relations are friendly. On the
tram two weeks ago Chapman said to
witness that Gorman had told Chapman
that they were going to hold up Ives
& Frice; and Chapman toid him not to
do it—they could not get away with
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I Mkeman Iclitarocl
llie gold. At the state time an 1 place |
Chapman told witness if he had been ;
in Flat and known what was going to
happen he could have stopped the rob- I
bery on September 21. Gorman told i
witness last summer he intended to
hold up Caribou 15111. Witness was in I
Flat September 21; saw Bronson on the j
street after the holdup. Forest had
told witness to tell Bronson to keep'
away from the nigger, meaning a cer-1
tain colored man of the camp, and
witness had told Bronson what Forest
said. Afterward witness and Bronson l
went into Casey's. There Bronson 1
told witness he and Louie had robbed
the tram and would have getaway with
it if it had not been for McNamee, who
was too quick for them. Bronson told
witness he had stood on llie corner near
the Grand hotel and seen the gold
loaded on the car. After the robbery,
Bronson said, when lie was on the hill
it looked like all Flat creek was after
him. That vas the reason he cached
the gold. Witness asked him why he'
shot off the t-itie during the holdup,
Bronson said it was because James, the
driver, did not get into line. After
witness told Bronson to keep away
from the negro he told Forest lie had
done so. Witness told Jim Hagan Bron
son said lie and Louie did the robbery.
Louie had told witness back in the
summer lie thought he would holdup
Caribou Bill. Witness and Chapman I
had talked about the robbery, but did
not w ant to get mixed up in it. Wit- j
ness, recalled, said iie had not noticed 1
defendants together much.
The last, witness to testify was Dep- ]
uty Marshal Shepard, who tuid brielly
of t he arrest.
The defense offered no testimony.
Mr. Hoden said the story of Mitchell
seemed preposterous, and asked for dis
missal of defendants.
Judge Stanton briefly addressed the
court. Judge Taylor reviewed the tes
timony at some length, and when he
announced that the bail for each of the
accused was fixed at ill >, H)0 Mr. Roden
•said lie had just a, weli make it a mil- t
lion while he was about it.
Bronson and Gorman were brought
over Wednesday and lodged in the Idit
arod jail. __
FLAT GREEK HEN TO PROSPECT
Sum A roll inter and John Ciaw
f >rd, who were engaged with A V
Tnorns on Fiat creek during the
summer, wiil leave on tire fust
S .mV for tite upper Kuskokwini
They wiil take seven dogs and out
fit at Georgetown. Toward Sj. ring
they will re out lit and coiuimie ,j
prospecting throughout the sum-1
mer.
Oscar Burgman, another Flat
creek titan, will go to the vicinity
ot Swinging Mountain and sink a
tew holes on unnamed creeks flow j
ing into tiie Iditarod.
Four or five men who were on 1
Mailing's ground during the past
season, will go to the South Fork
of Kuskokwini.
Pool, solo, and the best clear Havana
cigars at Johnstone's
THE WISE iNVESTOR.
I often buy gold bricks by mail;
in fact I'm always sending kale to
fakers here and fakers titer'', and
rainbow dealers everywhere. I’ve
blown myself lor bogus ore, and
orange groves on (Ireenlan d's shore,
and meerschaum mines and moon
light. plants, ginseng and rubber
elephants. The fakers get me in
their snares, and sell trie wind and
Belgian hares. But when ray fel
low townsmen talk, and ask me to
invest in stock to help some local
enterprise, [ am conservative and
wise. "Nay. nay,” 1 cry, "your
boosting schemes are merely wild
and woolly dreams. I cannot speed
my hard-earned dough to help to
make this village grow. Your
schemas would yield hut six per
cent., which fills my soul with dis
content. 1 want to see my wealth
increase hand over hand, and never
cease, so I'll buy ice. in Hudson Bay.
and mines a million miles away, and
wireless stock and pickled snakes
and gravel pits and other fakes.” I
think my view is safe and sane, yet
people say 1 give them pain, and
now and then a vagrant egg breaks
on my bosom or my leg. and now
and then a long-dead cat comes up
and hits me on the li.it. Wait
Mason.
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ON THE WINTER TRAiL
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Liquors anil Cijrats
Tel: “'Summit Koauliouse."
THE PiONEER
Tailor
First and Willow Phone U8
PADDY WELCH PLEADED
GUILTY AT RUBY CITY
Ruby Citizen, October 11: Paddy
Welch, when brought before Judge
! Gallaher on the charge of petty lar
ceny for the theft of a box of double
1 bitted axes which he afterward sold
for cream, pleaded guilty and was
handed three months.
On the street the belief is general
that Paddy got what be wanted, as be
is in bad physical condition, and prob
ably wanted to be put where he could
receive medical attendance.
INJURED MAN DOLING NICELY
Joe Molloy, who was so serious
ly injured by the kick of a horse at
Discovery Friday of last week, is
steadily improving, and his friends
believe he will be able to leave his
room in a few days. Had the blow
landed an inch higher, he would
nave been instantly killed. He is
at the Snyder House, Hat City,
where he is given every attention,
and many Fiends drop in to see
him. It will be several weeks be
;fote he finally recovers.
Buy your winter clothing. H. Boas.
Nicely Furnished Rooms
WITH OATH
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Special Winter Rates
And All Kinds of Photographic
Work Done.
MISS TJERHSTRQM, MCDONALD HOTEL
NOTH E Ol’ FOKFF.lTl UK.
. To SAM RI8TIIXOMA and AI.TIX JOHN SON.
V' I' and each of you, your heir-, and assigns,
are hereby notified that the undersigned has
expended in labor and improvements the sum
of one hundred dollars—>-for each of the
years of 1910 and 191; up- n placer mining
chums known as and called Violet Bench. Ida
Beuchund Number One Finn Gulch, situated
on Finn Gulch, a tributary of Gam* creek, and
on C.anecrcek.a tributary of Innoko l iver, in
the Innoko mining and recording district, dis
trict of Alaska.
Notices of location therefor being of rec >rd in
Vol 2 at pag< **. Vol. 7 at page 2. Vol. 2 at page
. • ' f the records of Innoko luiuin district, dis
til .t vjt Alaska.
You arc further notified that if at the ex -
sir >tion of ninety—ec —days after the last pub
lication of this notice, you fail or refuse to eon
tri ute your proportion of such expenditure
your interest in said claims will become the
property of the undersigned, your co-owner,
under section 2324 of the revised statutes of the
l’uited States.
t INIVI**R LaDrKF, Co-Owner.
First publication Sept ;, 1911.
bast publication Dec. 2. 1911.
DISSOLUTION NOTICE
The co-partnership of the under
signed, doing business at Flat City,
Alaska, as the “Combination Saloon,"
has been mutually dissolved on this
date. George Kinraan will continue
the business in the same stand, collect
all bills and pay all outstanding indebt
edness against tlie above-named cu
paatn. 1-ship.
Dated at Flat City, Alaska. October
24, 19-1. Oscar Letocrneau,
Geo. Kin max.
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