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REMINISCENCE* OF ftlS LIFE
IN CALIFORNIA
By Eh EM Gibs
Daughter of Chris EftiM. Ro
manes is CVikc’a
Life.
The following letter will prob
ably In* of interest to the people in
this section who knew Clnrke
Moofe. the prospector who is sup
posed to have pertdir4 on the trail
between Chistncfcrha srrd' 'Fadhta
*ake. ahont a year ago Th** letter
i* from the daughter of €hri*.
Rvart*. the mart who created -’rt;ch
a furore in California *onie year*
ago. There are Several people »rt
Vahh z who knew !i»*th fcvaft* iiVF
Moore in California, rthd wefe rrt1
that country at the time tin* everrtr
described lielrrw happened.
“ f e-jftt reni^m^r tfce time
! didfi’t khcv# Clarke 'foore, and
it Wa* always aft evefft t'> u* littl*
tails when he efme to vi'H't ft«. He
wa< the maft dad most iVdmifcd
and as we idulrfcd mif OtlW. we
thought Mr. Moor* must he tin
nett Ce*t man in thp world. In
the yeaf of mif great sorrow we
learned to know that (1ml never
made a better.
“ Our home was in ecnthil Cali
fornia, in the little towh of Visalia.
Clarke lived there too until the
middle \SI>’s and then he went to
mining in the mountains of Fresno
county. He was botai; I think, in
Iowa, and I never heard him men
tion any of hi5 family. After go
ing into the mountains we only
saw him two or three times a year,
and he seemed more quiet than
ever.
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“One day I asked papa what
!
[caused the ehange. and he said.
‘Daughter, if a man like Clarke
Moore*ever loves you. listen to him.
for the love of a man like that is
1 worth the riches of (toleonda.’ In
after years I met tin* woman he
loved. She had given Clarke up
for a miserable old thing with a
lot of money. I am sorry for her
now—she isn’t happy. It was an
accident that I learned his secret,
though Wing a romantic girl, I had
guessed it for years.
“Well, he lived in those moun
tains. almost like a hermit, just
mining enough to make a living,
for years ; then papa got into trou
ble, through resisting the arrest of
a friend, killed a man and won mbs I
two others. They escaped to tin*
mountains and for almost a year
eluded capture. You may remem
Wr the case, the Kvnns-Sontag
affair, that threw California into
a tumult in ’t»2. Well there
we#* battles ami more dead left on
tb* field. All kinds of traps were
I.Vid for them, but dad trusted onlv
Cl*rke Wl was safe.
'Flit* Southern Pacific finally of
fered for them dead or
alive (thefo Frwf been a train rohlied
on the Colli* road by two men,
and dad’s partner. John Sontag.
bad. with bis brother (Jeorge, Inhmi
aeeiised of the crime, and although
the train crew swore to only two
men. there were a few people who
thought papa guilty too); then
they tried to buy Clarke, beeause
.everyone knew of the friendship
between my father and he and
that he was in a position to aid
them. They offered him the entire
reward for just a hint that would
lead to their capture, but lie smiled
and said, ‘ If you get Chris, it will
never lie through aid of mine.*
*■ Then thev tried to bully and
] • J
threaten, and finally arrested him
for ‘aiding and abetting.’ This was
in Fresno City and happened the
, day that George Sontag was con
victed of train, roblwry. We had
j attended the trial, and Clarke was
. j
in our mom at the hotel, tnlking!
to mamma, when someone rapjeeel
at the ele»e»r. When I ojeeneel it '
there stooel five or -dx men armed
to the* tee-th, anel they wante-el;
Clarke Me»ore. Clarke stej>jH-eI to
the ele>or anel saiel. * Why this form
ielahle array, gentle-mem?’ But |
they einly gre*wh-d anel saiel, ‘We’ve
got a warrant, se* aime along.’ j
IK>wn in the office the-y were re-in-;
fore-e-el ley half a ele>ze*n more, anel
niareheel him off to jail.
“Of course 1 e was acejuittcd, anel
at the- trial it all came emt how
the-y hael trie-el to lmy him anel I |
hearel an e*lel miner sav ‘ Well, I’ve
• ’ j
always he-arel that every man hael
his prie-e*. hut I’ll lie; elamue-el if!
Clarke- Meeore- has.’ In that j>art
of the- weirld, Clarke- Moom’s name
steswl fe>r all that was lecst in man- ■
kind.
Papa was finally trapped, shot
almost to death, and sent to Fol
som for life. Mamma was left with
seven ehildren, the eldest Wing
only seventeen, and we had even
lost our home, so Clarke deeided to
go to Alaska, saying that he might
hit a streak of luek and that half
should W ours.
“ 1 heard from him the last time
lie was in Valdez, and now eomes
vonr letter telling us of the prob
able death of the Wst friend we
hail on earth.”
You push the button ami let me
do the rest. Send vmir films or
plates ami 1 will finish them com
plete and print copies as wanted.
L. ('. Larsen. Photojjraher,
Keystone Avo., Valdez.
Kendrick for si^ns.
Notice To Creditors.
Estate iif Hirhanl I*. Temple, l>ecea»#e«l—
Not lev is hereby given by the undersigned,
administrator of the estate of ttichanl I*. Tent
pi#*. deceased, to all person' having claim*
agaiii't tlie sai#l estate, that they, and each «>f
th«*in. arc required t«* present ill cm, with the
l#ro|#er voucher*, within 'ix month* fr«»m the
•late of this n«diee, to the und«*rsign#'d admin
lstrator. at Ilia office in the fity of Valdez, Val
dez l*recinct. District of Alaska.
John t •#*»i#ki.i..
I>at#*«l at Valdez. Ala'ka. Jan. JT.th, A. I» hast,
i First put»li>he#t. Jan. •«.». iw«.
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TOPOGRAPHIC SKETCH MAP
PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND AND VICINITY
ALASKA
1900
Scale
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Skctcb contour*
Compiled front sketch amp by United Stales Army, with additional inf >rr auonO-mu
United Stales Coast and Geodetie Survey and United Stale* Geological Survey
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