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Fairbanks, July 31.—Fairbanks people are very much annoyed at
the appointment of Frederick F- Fuller to the judgeship of the Fourth
division They say that there has been “too much Nome’’ in Alaskan
appointments already, and claim that they are discriminated against be
cause of their support of Delegate Wickersham.
By the elevation of Mr. Fuller to the bench, Nome will have to be
credited with three judges, three United States marshals and three dis
trict attorneys. They are; Judges Murane, Overfieid and Fuller; Mar
shals Sullivan, Sutherland and Richards; District Attorneys Rustgard,
Murane and Grigsby Besides these major positions, there are more
Nome men holding down official positions in Alaska than from any
other division.
And From Yaldez Also
Valdez, July 31.—Regarding the appointment of Frederick F. Ful
ler to the Fourth division judgeship, the general opinion here is “too
mnch Nome.”
Valdez, July 26.—Socialist Chase spoke here on Monday evening
to an audience of 50 people. There has been a rupture in the Valdez
local, and Mr. Chase has organized a new local, in opposition to the
ges faction, the members of which are miners now absent in the
hills. Voges refused to surrender the old charter, and will call a refer
endum. Other locals have declared war to the knife.
The better element of Socialists are disgusted with Chase, and
claim that he made a deal with Candidate Krauczutias whereby lie
will support him next time if Krauezunas will support Chase at the
next election. Local Socialists resent the action of non residents like
Chase, and will never suppo.t his candidature.
PETRIE ALLEN CHARGED
WITH STEALING GOLD
Petrie Allen, against whom extra
dition proceedings hare been commen
ced before Cemmissioner Dillon at
Fairbanks, was arrested at Tanana by
Deputy Marshal Vawter. The arrest
was made upon the complaint of the
Royal North West Mounted Police, at
Dawson, who allege that Alien stole 17
ounces of gold dust and then decamped
in a small boat.
Mr. and Mrs. McKay are leaving for
the Outside soon.
Notice of Forfeiture
TO WILLIAM CIIASK:
You, your heirs and assigns, are hereby noti
fied that the undersigned has expended in labor
and improvements the sum of one hundred dol
lars—$ too—for each of the years of 1911 and 1912
upon placer mining claim Known as and called
No. 7 Above Discovery on Canes creek in the
Innoko Mining and Recording District, District
of Alaska; you are further notified that if at the
expiration of ninety—90—days aftei the last
publication of this notice you fail or refuse to
contribute your proportion of such expenditure,
your interest in said claim will become the
property of the undersigned your co-owner
under Section 2324 of the Revised Statutes of the
United States. K M.WUKLAN.
First publication August 3. '912.
Last publication November 2, 1912.
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After a trial lasting over four days, Louis Gorman, charged
with having held up the tramway on September 21, ign. and
s'ealing goldust to the value o! $29,000 from George C. Friend,
was found guilty, after the jury had deliberated forabout two hours.
The hearing of witnesses had concluded at 4.45 p. m. when District
Attorney J. J. Crossley commenced his address to the jury. After
he had concluded K Coke Hill went over the evidence in a thorough
manner and A. E. Maltby made a strong appeal for acquittal. Mr.
Crossley closed for the prosecution, Judge Overfield instructed the
jury, and they retired to consider their verdict about ii:3op. m.
Judge Overfield was notified that the jury had arrived at a verdict,
about 1:30 a. m. Thursday.
The trial ol Louis Gorman, charged with having stolen golddust to
the value of §29,000 from George Friend, while the latter was traveling
on the tramway between Flat City and Iditarod cn September 21 last,
came up for trial last Saturday. District Attorney J. J. Crossley prose
cuted on behalf of the government, while the accused was defended by
E. Coke Hill and Alfred E. Maltby,
The Bronson trial having caused so much comment, and the rob
bery being a matter upon which a large number of people had reached
a conclusion one way or another, getting an impartial jury was a task
of considerable difficulty, and it was only after about 50 special venire
men had been called that the following jurymen were selected: Richard
C. Button, Earl Slippern, Bob Poole, A. Allen, M. McGovern, Harry
Moss, A. Nerland, J. A. Slippern, E. A. Goddard. Clarence Maggart,
A. J. lvowe and iiarrv bliaw.
At the conclusion of Monday’s hearing Judge Overfiel 1 addressed
the jury, informing them that he had decided to keep then! togeihei
during the trial, to prevent any suggestion of outside influence being
exercised, either on the side of the prosecution or the defense. But in
order that his decision would not bear undue hardship upon the jury
men, the judge made arrangements for the jurors to be allowed their
liberty, under the surveillance of a deputy, after permission had been
granted in each case upon individual application.
A great part of the earlier testimony introduced in the Gorman trial
was similar to that brought out in the abortive trial of Angus Bronson,
which is not reproduced below.
George Friend testified substantially
the same as in the Bronson case. Re
garding the reward offered by the
mineowners and others for the recovery
of the dust or arrest of the robbers,
Friend. James & T.awson contributed
$1,500, Tom Ailken$500, the two banks
4250 apiece, and the N. C. Co. $250.
Others contributed smaller amounts.
C. E. Taylor said that Mr. Krause
came to ills office at Flat and identified
the maui found at the place of tlie rob
bery as liis property.
Frank James said the travel on the
day of tlie robbery was bad for stock.
The men were about the size of Gor
man and Bronson. The man with the
slicker coat spoke with a broken ac
cent. The coat was open at the front,
and light across the back.
Joe McNamee testified that while on
the car Pete Malone passed on ahead,
right where tlie road crosses the tram
way, wnicn is near tne siaugmernonse.
Witness was working on t He road when
he heard the shots; looked up and then
went on with his work; looked up again
and saw passengers all lined up behind
tho car; thought perhaps he was cov
ered, so walked 20 paces towards the
nearest robber; when he discovered the
robber had not yet seen him he turned
and ran down the track to spread
alarm; expected to find somebody dead
when he returned to the scene. The
tramway route to the scene of the
holdup took 7 or 8 minutes longer than
by walking along the telephone line;
took him 16} minutes from Flat by the
telephone line, and 22 minutes by the
other route. He had walked over both
routes the previous day, going from the
Grand hotel, along Front street, over
the bridge in the rear of the Stanley
restaurant as far as the creek, then
going back and crossing the creek,
starting again from the point opposite
the footbridge, and so over the tele
phone path.
Tom Howell corroborated McNamee,
he also having timed himself over both
routes, and on the tramway route ac
companied by a lady.
Mrs. Aubert said that the accused
and Bronson frequently passed by the
Krause laundry, and could easily have
seen the maul, which was at the wood
pile. The maul had special nicks on
the handle, and she recognized the one
at the marshal’s office as the same.
The laundry had borrowed the hammer;
she didn’t see the accused or Bronson
take the maul, nor did she know
whether they ever took particular in
terest in it at any time.
Harry Sheppard said that the maul
had been turned over to Deputy Mar
shal Tom Howell, who had used it for
splitting wood. He didn’t, know of his
own knowledge whether Bronson and
Gorman knew they were suspicioned:
they never advised him that they were
leaving; he didn’t remember telling
Mr. Hill that he suspected Jim Kelly
and Bob Mann, but after looking them
up found they could not be the people;
he had gone up to their cabin and
looked around. When Gorman and
Bronson were arrested at Takotna
Bronson had a .22 rifle, and Louie a
Smith & Wesson automatic revolver,
loaded in seven chambers.
James Douglas, a butcher, said he
was at the slaughter house near Flat
when McNamee passed ‘’all in,” and
told him about the holdup; witness
took his gun. and, preceded by his
dogs, went 10 the scene of action;
caught up w ith a tall man with white
Stetson hat and asked him if he had
heard of the holdup, he replied that he
had not, walked with witness up to the
roadhouse, and then to Iditarod.
Buck Richardson said that lie had
met Gorman and knows Bronson; never
met Gorman until he came to his cabin.
Bronson told him that a stampede was
reported on the Kuskokwim; that they
were going over, and that lie (Richard
son) would be staked in; Bronson said
nothing about going to Seward, and
didn’t know when lie would be coining
back here; had said they were going
(o Georgetown: witness at that time
was living in Bronson’s cabin on 2-a.
Otter, and gave h-itn a .22 rifle before
lie left.
Bob Mitchell testified that he came
North in 1SBG to Dawson, where he
mined for two or three years and was
in the sodawater business; went to
Fairbanks in 1904: had known Gorman
since the snring ol 1911, or along about
Christmas; knows Bronson. On Sept.
21 was at Flat, and when he heard of
the holdup went immediately across
the bridge to Gorman's tent to see if
tie were there, but found the place
closed and nobody in. Prior to the
I date of the holdup Gorman had showed
witness a dark-colored piece of cloth,
which he said was a mask, and told
witness that he “always went pre
pared;” asked witness if he knew any
thing about Caribou Bill, and said he
j had come to find if there was a chance
to make a piece of money; it was not a
| fact that witness had taken Louia up
to the Idaho, and told him it would be
easy to holdup Caribou Bill and get the
| 75 pounds of dust which Caribou Bill
i had in his cabin and run it through
his (Mitchell s) boxes: no. The
first he heard of the robbery was when
Sam Godfrey came to the cabin where
he had passed -the night and told him
of it; that was about 10:30, when he
got up and dressed, and went over to
the tent as before stated. Was in the
streets all day the day of the robbery;
saw Bronson that day, but not Gorman;
ascertained during day who had heldup
the tram: told Jim Hagan, who had
informed him he was working on the
case; didn’t remember meeting any
body when he went over to the tent;
Angus Bronson had told him about the
robbery between 6 and 7 that evening.
Fred J. Chapmau said that he knew
Louis Gorman, who had worked for his
folks in the lumber mills of Wisconsin
in 1894. Had seen the canvas bag pro
duced in the tent, hanging from a pole.
It was about October 3 when he saw
Gorman next, at Flat City; Gorman
asked him if he had heard anything
more, or if he had heard any of the
girls on the row mention his name in
connection with it; Gorman took hold
of his arm and said: “Look here,
Chappy, if any man mentions my name,
I’ll see he is bumped off, and I’ve got
plenty of friends;” that was between
9:30 and 12; didn’t know whether Angus
Bronson was there at that time. Be
tween the 10th and 17th of October met
| Gorman in front of Ed Andersen’s
^ saloon, when witness remarked that he
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A correspondent of the Iditarod Pioneer who was present at the
Baltimore convention as a member of the Alaskan delegation, sends us
much interesting matter relating to the proceedings which resulted in
the nomination of Governor Woodrow Wilson lor the Presidency. Space
forbids the printing of the communication in fttli, but the following ex
cerpts from the Baltimore Sun which accompanied the letter will doubt-,
less be read with a considerable amount of interest:
Blows Narrowly Averted
Blows were narrowly averted when, amid scenes said to rival in 1
bitterness those enacted in the credentials committee of the Republican
convention, the contesting delegation from Alaska, headed by William
O Connor, of Valdez, accused National Committeeman Daly, from
Alaska, of buying false affidavits against the opposition, and when the
Dally taction replied charging that the O’Connor crowd had filed fraud
ulent credentials at the territorial convention.
"Baby-doll politicians,” “gag rule,” “thieves” and “robbers”
were applied to the Daly faction, and the reply echoed, “Crooks,”
“bums,” “barroom loaters.”
Chairman Bell gained order time and time, and it was with diffi- j
culty that order was restored. The chief reason for the defeat of the
O’Connor faction was the proof that the credentials from his delegation !
and proxies coming from points 1,000 miles apart were written on type
writer paper of the same kind, on the same machine, and were all car j
bon copies. r he committee refused to believe that they were genuine
Klondike Pioneer Speaks
1 lie argument was opened by Folgeu Johnson, an attorney of Seat
tle, on beliail o! O Connor. Of sturdy frame, snow-white hair and
rugged features, the old Klondike pioneer, who has turned politi:ian, j
sat in silence during the first half of the hearing. Johnson charged !
gag rule; that the officials of the party, headed by Daly, had forsaken
the regular meeting place and with a small minority had chosen the I
delegates seated by the national committee. He claimed that the large :
majority of the delegates had elected O’Connor chairman c-f their con- j
vention and had selected the set of delegates on hand to take the place
of Daly and his associates. He said that Daly did not live in Alaska,
but in Seattle. 1 lungs looked decidedly favorable to tiie O’Connor fac
tion, when J. H. Cobb, one ui the contested delegates, took the floor.
Cobb charges Forgery
He charged that the credentials presented to the convention in
Alaska by the O’Connor crowd were all forgeries. He said that the)
contained the names of dead men, men who never lived in Alaska. He
showed the sheets of ordinary thin typewriter paper, with two and
sometimes three credentials on one sheet, carbon copies with the blanks
for names filled in with pen. The thing was so apparent to the national
committeemen that they laughed.
As if this were not enough to win his case, Cobb read an affidavit
from a man named Klosterman, in which he confessed that he had been
secured by O’Connor and others to help make the forgeries,which were
manufactured in one of the hotels of ihe city, and that he had agreed to
make a disturbance if it was not apparent that O’Connor could control
the convention. Cobb explained this as the reason why Daly and his
people had left the Ira 11.
In explanation of the above we would point out brat the “Folgen
Johnson” who is mentioned and described as a “Klondike pioneer of
sturdy frame, snow-white hair and rugged features," is none other than
our old friend Falcon Joslin, the queer spelling of whose rrame is prob
ably the work of a Swedish stenographer of imperfect hearing.
In another part, of the paper A. J Daly, of the national committee,
appears in the list of what are described as “true progressives.”
“wondered how a man felt coming down
that hill with the whole of Flat behind
him;” Gorman replied that he didn’t
know a damn thing about it; he was
annoyed. About October 18, while
walking along the tramway, coming to
Iditarod, someone remarked that the
robbers must have gone over a certain
hill; Gorman replied: “How the hell do
we know if they went over the hill.”
Next saw him about October 21 outside
Anderson’s paintshop, when he asked
what Bronson had been saying; witness
told him, when Gorman said: “Angus is
doing too much talking;” he also re
marked that the first man he caught
“stooling” would be “bumped off.”
Saw Gorman next in federal jail; that
was about November 12; when witness
told him tiiat Jim Hagan knew they
were the men who did the holdup,
defendant said: “If Angus had not fired
the shots we would have got away with
it;” regarding McNamee, Gorman said:
“I took a shot at that-, and didn’t
get him.” When Louis first denied
the robbery, as he seemed to do in the
jail, witness said that he had seen the
slicker and all the other paraphernalia
in the tent; Gorman remarked: “For
God’s sake, Chappy, don’t testify to
that;” witness had first told him that
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WANT TO LOCATE A. F. NELSON
Deputy Marshal Harry P. Sheppard
has received a communication from the
marshal’s office at Fairbanks asking
him to try and locate one A. F. Nelson,
who has not been heard from for years.
Mr. Nelson, who usually is addressed as
"Fred,’’ is a man about.o')years old.dark
complexion, gray eyes, sandy mous
tache and G feet tall. Miss Sylvia I,.
Nelson, his daughter, is anxious to
locate him. Her address is at the
Drexel Apartments, 11!) Haight Street,
San Francisco.
Information is also wanted as to the
whereabouts of Michael Heaiv, age fill.
feet 10 inches tall, heavy set, blue
eyes, straight nose, good talker. Mrs.
M. W. Heaiv, his wife, whose address
is Crescent City, California, is anxious
to hear from him, as it is three years
since he last wrote. Healy lias been in
Alaska 14 years. His photo may be
seen at the office of the Iditarod Pioneer.
1MOT5CE OF ELECTION
For Delegate From Alaska
Notice is hereby given, in accordance
with the requirements of the act of the
Fifty-ninth congress entitled “Ail Act
Providing for the Election of a Delegate
to the House ot Representatives from
the Territory of Alaska,” that there will
he an election for one delegate to the
House of Representatives of the United
States, on Tuesday, August 13, 1912:
that the said election will be held within
the corporate limits of the town of Idil
arod, Alaska, on the said day between
Hie hours of S o’clock ante meridian and
7 o'clock past meridian at the City Hall
In witness whereof, I hereto set 111 v
hand and official seal this 121I1 dav of
July, 1912. T. E. THURSTON.
Municipal Clerk.
I11 the 1 listrict Court for the Territorv of
Alaska, Fourth Division.
Emma Holloway, Plaintiff, vs. Eondis
Earnest Holloway, Defendant. No.
1,06 i, Summons.
The President of the United States of
America, greeting: To the above
named Defendant:
Summons having been duly issued out
ot the above court, ill the above entitled
action, and placed in the hands of the
United States marshal for service, and
the said marshal having made due re
turn, setting forth his inability to serve
the said summons in said district, and
that the said defendant could not be
found therein; and the plaintiff having
tiled and presented to the court an affi
davit showing that the said defendant
did not reside in said district and could
not be found therein, and that a good
cause of action existed in favor of the
plaintiff and against the defendant;
And the court having considered the
same, did on the 8th day of July, 1912,
make an order directing the publication
of the said summons for a period of six
weeks in the Iditarod Pioneer, a news
paper of general circulation within said
district.
Now, therefore, you are hereby re
quired to appear in the said District
court in and for the Territory of Alaska,
Fourth division, within 30 days after the
complet on of the said publication, to
wil: within 30 days after the 24th day of
August, 1912, exclusive of said day, and
answer tiie complaint of the above-named
plaintiff, a copy of which is on file in the
office of the clerk of the above-entitled
court, and unless you so appear and an
swer, tile plaintiff will apply for llie re
lief deni aided in said complaint.
Witness the Honorable Peter L>. Over
field,'Judge of said court, this 9th dav of
Julv, . 1). 1912.
, — - , C. C. PAGE,
Seai - Clerk.
Me lice of Marshal’s Sale
United States of America, )
Fourth District of Alaska, \
Pub o notice is hereby given, that
by virt ;e of a writ of Fieri Facias (or
execu: n), dated July 17, A.D.. 1912,
issued i at of the District court, of the
United States for the Fourth district of
Alaska, on a judgment rendered in said
court, '>n the 10th day of July, A.I).,
1912, iu favor of Charles Sweuey, and
against Lawrence Ramus, I have, on
this 18 :i day of July, A.D., 1912, levied
upon me following described real es
tate, situated in the Otter precinct,
territo y of Alaska, to wit:
All i the right, title and interest of
the dt tendant, Lawrence Ramus, in
and to : he Juinbo association claim on
Flat ci t ok, Otter precinct, Alaska, and
that I a ill, accordingly, offer said real
estate t r sale, at public vendue to the
highest and best bidder, for cash, on
the 19; it day of August, A.D., 1912, at
2 o’cloi k p.m., at the front door of the
uiarsho t’s office, in Flat City, Alaska.
Dated, Flat City, Alaska, Julv 18,
A.D.. 1912.
H. K. LOVE,
U. S. Marshal Fourth Districtof Alaska.
By W. Howell, Office Deputy.
Chas. i: Taylor, Plaintiff’s Attorney.
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