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Russo Japanese war, together with the countess, his wife, committed
suicide at the funeral of the late Kiuperor Mutsuhito, of Japan,
To commit suicide under such circumstances is considered by the
Japanese the highest way of showing respect for the departed.
Over 50,000 Japanese, and a large number of foreign diplomats and
princes followed the remains to the grave.
Des Moines, la., September 26.—Sidna Alien, one of the notorious
gang of Virginia outlaws wanted in connection with the courthouse
murders of last spring, was arrested in Des Moines yesterday, and is
being returned to Virginia under a heavy guard.
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receiving letters regularly from his fiancee ia Virginia, and he was ask
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not yet told. Owing to the short
! age of fresh meat in the old Innoko
j diggings, Felix shipped in it head
! of fine steers. They were taken up
the Kuskckwim as far as Takotna
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i then started over the divide into
the Innoko country. Somehow or
other, but probably because it was
-tampede time, the bunch stam
peded, and from last reports only
j two have been recovered. The
| balance may or may not be corraled
1 later—at present they are fattening
| on the juicy grasses of the foothills,
while Felix is wondering what he
; is going to do about his winter’s
meat.
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.miner, who is taking a look at our
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j winter quarters at the old diggings.
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CAMPBELL'S TRIAL
FOR FOUL MURDERS
(Concluded from Page 1.)
shovel-nose boat, about 30 feet, long,
and painted a dark blue. Campbell
left Georgetown about June 10 or 11,
when ho said he was going back to the
Iloholitna. Accused went alone, and
said that he had cached his outfit on
tho Hoholitna. Regarding Campbell’s
financial condition, witness testified
that the accused had told him he would
go down to the Goodnews-bay district
if he only had a little money.
Albert Hibbert, who runs the K. C'. j
store and saloon at Georgetown, said
that he had known Campbell since the
fall of 11*10. Sold accused a little stuff
in Juue. last year, including some .30-40
ritie ammunition. Campbell did not
pay for the goods at the time, as he
said he had no money; witness went
good for the amount. Rater on, in the
saloon, when Campbell was drunk, wit
ness heard him say that he would
brain the Nelson boys. He took no
notice of the remark at the time. Ac
cused had been drinking for a week.
He had got into some trouble over some
stolen whiskey and blamed a Swede for
it, and through him the Nelsons. Wit
ness saw the Nelsons pull out for down
river, followed shortly after by Camp
bell. He never told them what ac
cused had threatened to do with them.
Campbell had a boat painted lead color.
The Nelsons took no whiskey along.
II. C. Labelle testified that Campbell
had asked him for some .30-40 ammuni- j
tion.
P. Anderson said that he was cutting
wood on the Kuskokwim in July, 1911,
when Campbell came along in a boat
He had been drinking. He asked if
the Nelsons had gone by. and witness
said no. Just then the Nelsons camel
along in their boat and came ashore.
After about 15 minutes they pulled out ,
again, followed by Campbell. They ap-.
peared to be on friendly terms. Camp- I
bell had offered to sell the Indians j
whiskey, but witness had warned him
not to do so- There was also some talk
of the Nelsons transferring some of
their effects to Campbell’s boat, but j
they decided to wait until they got
lower down the river.
With George Fredericks, the George- I
town trader, as interpreter, several In
dians testified in behalf of the prosecu-1
tion.
Kookiek testified that he knew the
Nelson brothers, as he had seen them
some years before. He described their
appearance, and the boat ia which
they were traveling. He also saw
about that time a boat painted blue
and talked with the man therein, who j
wanted to trade, tie had never seen j
the man before. Looking around the
courtroom witness indicated Campbell -
as the man ho had seen on that occa
sion.
Jacob, a very intelligent native, who!
didn’t know how old he was, indicated
on a map where he had seen the boats
pass. One was a new boat, and the
other was a blue-painted shovel-nose
boat. The man in the latter was of
medium size, with dark hair, and he
traded with another Indian for two -
muskrat skins. Looking around the j
courtroom, Jacob identified Campbell
as the man in the blue boat. Ho saw
defendant later oc on the other bank of
the river, and went over to see him. ;
Campbell asked him what he wanted, j
and witness replied that ite was simply
making a courtesy visit. Witness j
pointed out where lie saw the boats a
second time. Witness had gone to the
island and helped in the search for the
bodies. The clothes he wore were his !
own and bought with his own money:
he had paid $9 for them at Boots. Nei- [
son had paid him to go down river with i
him. Witness indicated which way the
wind was blowing at that, time — it j
was blowing across the river at almost
right angle.
Little Waska No. 2 testified that he
lived at Tuluksak, and that he had a
winter and summer residence. He was
at his summer camp, and remembered
on one occasion going upstream in a
birchbark canoe to get some fishtrap
fences, which he had used the previous
season. It was in the evening, andashe
looked across the river in the direction
of an island across from where he was
he saw two boats, which he described.
At that time he saw no men around.
Presently, just as he was about to ap
proach his fishtraps, he heard a shot
coming from the point of the island op
posite—where the boats were. He
then heard three yells. Immediately
after the last scream there was another
report. He. looked across the river and
saw a man standing on the bank. Wit
ness could not see the man plainly, but
merely his form. He was too far away
to identify him. Witness reached his
fences and started home again. On
reaching the village he told the other
natives what he had seen. The natives
asked him to stay up all night and see
if anything developed. He and another
native did stay up all night, spending
their time building a fishtrap, and
about midnight a boat appeared, going
downstream. There was one man in
the boat, and when the boat came to a
point opposite the village the man in it
laid down so that he could not be seen.
They watched the boat until it disap
peared up a slough, and they saw it no
more at that time. The wind was blow
ing pretty hard that day, but bad mod
erated toward the evening. The boat
was a blue one of the shovel-nose type,
and was the same which he saw later
at the fishing camp—after it had been
brought there by a person whom he
bad recognized in Iditarod. He went
over to the island the next morning
with Waska No. 1. Saw no boats there
then, but on the bank noticed a hole
which had been newly dug. It had
been covered with willows, but when
these were removed the hole was
found to be empty. Returning to the
boat, witness learned that his partner
had found two empty shells, and wit
ness remarked that they were the ones
used in the shooting of the previous
evening. Examined, the shells proved
to bo .3C-iO, and witness recognized
them as the ones he had picked up at
the point of the island. Cross-exam
ined by E. Coke Hill, witness did not
know the shells by their number, but
testified that the sizo was unusual
among the natives down there, and he
knew of no Indian who had a rifle of
that calibre. Witness further stated
that his partner, Waska No. 1, was not
drunk, but had been sick for a long
time, and was unable to move about
much, but he had selected him to go
along because lie was an old hunting
partner, and the rest of the men were
busy.
Waska No. 1 testified that lie was a
preacher. He remembered going to
the island with Little Waska. He
could not get out of the canoe because
he was very sick. Little Waska was
not drunk. There was no means of
getting liquor. Witness had seen no
white men pass that day. but had seen
them pass before and after the time of
the alleged murders. While he was
sitting in the canoe waiting on Little
Waska lie looked around and saw an
empty cartridge on the bank. He
called to his partner, and when the lat
ter came down and had the cartridge
pointed out- to him he found another
close to it.
Na paravra said that he visited the
island the day after Little Waska.
There was another Indian along. They
examined the hole and witness stepped
into it to measure it. It was about as
wide as his arms akimbo and four feet
or so long; in depth it was a few
feet. The hole had been newly dug
and was in sand, so that no pick was
needed. Looking around for evidences
of the crime, witness came across a
piece of sweater soaked in blood, ar,d in
the immediate vicinity, in the sand,
were other marks of blood. Witness
took the clotted cloth to the native vil
lage and showed it to the others. It
afterwards disappeared, and it was
thought the dogs must have got it.
A. Evelyn said he was at Bethel
about June 25, 1911, and saw Campbell
there. The latter had talked about
going prospecting but afterwards said
he intended to go Outside. Witness
purchased a blue shovel-nose boat from
accused for $5 V Accused had a little
grub and a few odd tilings which he
wanted to dispose of to witness for an
other $20, but witness refused to buy.
The boat was a good one, and worth
$100. Campbell had a ..'59-40 rille at the
time. He was at Bethel several days
and got drunk there.
F. Wilkinson said that he was run
ning (lie hotel at Georgetown in the
summer of 1911. He remembered the
Nelsons staying there. They had
money, and Gust Nelson tendered a $50
bill in payment of hotel bill. Witness
asked him if lie had anything smaller,
and he said no. Witness saw a $100
bill, and there was a pile of others,but
he did not know of what denomination.
Campbell lived in the cabin on next lot
to witness. Accused had a rifle, and
witness had seen him bring at ducks as
they flew overheard. He would fire
from the door of his cabin, and witness
had gone there August 16 last and
picked up some .30-40 cartridges. The
lot had been burnt over by a bush fire.
Nobody else had fired from the same
place. George Wallace was not living
in that cabin; he had been sent out to
the lunatic asylum months before, in
February.
Oscar Olson said that he was a miner
and seafaring man. He had known
Campbell at Georgetown in 1910. While
out in Seattle last winter accused ac
costed him in Washington street, and
reminded him they had met at George
town. Defendant told him that he had
just come out over the Seward trail,
and that it was a hard trip. Witness
said he was glad Campbell had told him
as lie had been thinking of going in
that way himself. Witness traveled
down river in a gasoline boat with ac
cused. On one occasion he happened
to mention the Nelsons and accused
turned away and refused to answer.
Witness thought it strange that Camp
bell would not speak to him.
Al. Lowe said that Campbell came
down the Yukon with him. He had
told witness that tie went Outside on
the Victoria, catching the Louise at
Russian Mission.
Frank Smith said that he knew Joe
Campbell in Ruby. Accused had told
him that the officers were looking for
him in connection with something he
had done in Iditarod, as witness under
stood it. and t ■■■•' ■ it.l done no'h: tg
but blind-pigging. Later on accused j
asked wh ies- .va t ho would do under \
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swered that if he were guilty he would {
take to the woods, and if innocent hs |
would go and see the commissioner '
right away. Accused said that was
what he would do. Defendant had
spoken about the Nelsons and had
pointed out that it was impossible for!
him to have been connected with the j
crime as they were 1100 miles apart,
and he was going upstream and they '
down.
W. H. Holmes testified to arresting j
Campbell at Ruby, when the accused,
said that he was just thinking of get-j
ting a shave and giving himself up. j
Accused frequently spoke of his Kus- j
kokwim experiences. He talked of the j
murders and wanted to know how and ;
where the bodies were found, lie also I
said that the first he heard of tlie mur- j
ders was when iie arrived at Ruby. Hej
further said that he was in an awful
shape, without friends and without,
money. Accused had insisted upon
speaking of the case on every possible
occasion.
This being tlie government’s case,
Mr. Hill asked for a verdict for the de
fendant, arguing that there was not
sufficient testimony to connect accused ;
with the crime. The motion was de
nied. The motion to strike the greater i
part of the testimony of A!. Lowe, T.
H. Long, Frank Smith. W. H. Holmes, i
Oscar Olson and F. Wilkinson was al-1
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lowed.
For the defense a man was intro
duced which had been exhibited tin.
Adams house, where it was claimed
Little Waska had given a different ac
count. of tho crime from what he had
recited on tiie stand. Counsel for de
fendant endeavored to prove that Little
Waska had stated that lie had wit
nessed the crime and heard one of the
murdered men say “Oh, my God! don't
shoot.” Mrs. Luella Dunn was intro
duced as a witness in this connection,
but the defense failed to prove then
point. Little Waska cannot speak Eng
lish, ana a Russian, Eli, did the talk
ing on that occasion.
Joe Campbell said that he was on the
Kuskokwim in June, lull. He was
camped on a bar 10 miles up the Ho
litna when the Nelsons came down
He did not remember what they said,
but they were talking about the Ho
holilna and staking ground. They said
they were going down to Goodnews.
Witness remembered pulling out with
them and drifting all night until they
came to a bar, wheie the Nelsons de
cided to sleep, but witness pulled on
down river, to get a drink or some
thing. The next time he saw the
the Nelsons was about six miles below
Georgetown, at Pete Anderson's. They
traveled down river, sometimes to
gether and sometimes apart. He traded
some whiskey and a debt of $12 which
they owed him to the Nelsons for a
watch and some skins. Their boat was
pretty well loaded, but liis own boat
did not have tnucli in it. His boat was
a shovel-nose, about 32 feet long.
Thought that the last time he saw the
Nelsons was near Jacob's c.trnp [some
miles above the island where the bodies
were found]. That was about 4 or 5
o’clock in the evening. Witness stayed
at Jacob s about half an hour or so, and
traded some flour and sugar for musk
rat skins. After that they went on
down river—lie could not swear to it,
but he thinks the Nelsons were ahead.
He never saw them after that. He got
into a slough by mistake, and came to
an Indian village, the natives of which
gabbled to him and made him under
stand that he was in a slough. So he
turned back. He arrived at Bethel
before anybody was stirring. Went up
to the store and bought soma stuff.
Witness disposed of a few skins at the
store, and tried to get rid of the beaver
skins which he had got from the Nel
sons, but the traders would have noth
ing to do with them. When the launch
came along from down river witness
learned that those returning from
Goodnews did not think much of it so
he changed his plans. He stayed at
Bethel about a w'eek, sold his
boat, and then started for Ruby over
the portage. While crossing the port
age witness met some men who had
jusr come from Ruby, and as ihe- did
not think much ot it witness told his
traveling partner, Billy Barnhart, that!
he w as going to take the first boat that j
came along, whether going up or down
river. The first boat was the Louise
for St. Michael, where he caught the
Victoria for Seattle. While at St.
Michael a man asked him for money. !
He did not know the man’s name, but
had met him at Georgetown. He gave
him his .30-40 rifle. Witness gambled
while on the way out. The first day
or two he won, but later lost, and !
landed in Seattle with $3 which had!
been given him. At Seattle witness
pawned the watch which had been the
property of the Nelsons. Witness then I
detailed his movements from the time!
he arrived in Seattle until he reached
Whitehorse on his way in this spring. :
Asked by his attorney whether he had!
killed the Nelsons, Campbell laughed j
at the idea, for which he was called to
task by the proscuting attorney. He
said he was as innocent as any of the
j u ry men.
Cross-examined by Mr. Roden.
CampbeL said he had left for the Ho
litna just after the river opened, with
some stuff lie had got from Bismarck
and Mrs. Myers, who wanted him to
stake some g'-ound for her. He had
some grub cached there. When com
ing down from the Holiina the Nelsons
stopped six miles above Georgetown to
sleep, but witness kept going, and got
to Georgetown between 5 and G in the
morning. He went ashore and got two
cases of stolen whiskey, which he took
down to the boat. He didn’t see a soul
at that time. He then pulled out. stop
ping at the Indian village below John
son's. He didn’t stay long, but went to
sleep a little lower down river, and
since lie had been in trouble iiad
formed the idea that the Nelsons must
have passed him then. His boat was
painted blue, mixed with white lead:
he got tlie coloring from Wilkinson.
The tarpaulin that he had was striped
bed-ticking. He had a JiO-40 rifle,
which he had given away at St. Mich
ael to a man whom he knew as Mac,
who was going to Nome. He never
knew much about the Nelsons' financial
condition, but had heard all sorts of
stories circulated. He had traded the
whiskey to the Nelsons for their watch
and some furs. It seemed to him that
they had done a little trading at the
lame Indian's (Jacob's) place. It was
about 5 o'clock in the evening when
they got there, and about 0 when they
pulled out. The Nelsons were a little
ahead of him. Witness camped in a
slough a mile or two below Jacob's
place, and that was the last lie had
seen of the Nelson boat. He may have
stopped on the island when coming up
stream with Billy Barnhart. It was in
Seattle that witness had first heard
something to the effect that the Nel
sons had been killed—in Louis Spitz’
place. He had not seen any boat, pass
him while lie was traveling with tlie
Nelsons, either going up or down. He
did not believe the Nelsons were killed
while he was on the Kuskokwim. Had
met Oscar Olson in Seattle in March,
and diun t remember making any state
ment about the Seward trail. Frank
Smith had ealle d him out of a saloon
at Ruby and told him that the
authorities were looking for a man
named Campbell, and asked him if he
knew’ about it. Witness replied that
they might want him for stealing whis
key. Smith went back to get further
information from his informant, and re
turned saying that Campbell w’as
wanted in connection with the Nelson
case. Smith also told about a watch ■.
which had belonged to the Nelsons 1
being traced to Seattle.
W. H. Holmes said that Campbell '
had told him that he had disposed of '
the .30-40 rifle at Russian Mission.
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Tom Howell said that when it had c
been remarked that the grave which
had been dug wns six feet deep, Camp
bell had said he had always believed it
was three feet deep, or about three feet '
deep.
T. H. Long testified that Campbell
had stated w’hile in the jail at Ruby, t
Kelly, Britt and others being present, 1
that he had got the watch above c
Georgetown, and that maDy in George
town had seen him with it. 1
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Public Notice of Dissolution cf Partnership
Notice is hereby given that the part
nership heretofore existing between M.
J. McKay and Peter Hotts was dissolved
>y mutual consent on the 12th day ot
September, 1912. All debts due the said
partnership should he paid toj. A. Mc
Kay, to whom all claims against the
same should he presented.
M. C. McKAV,
Bv J. A. McKav, her attorney in fact.
PETER HOTTS.
Public Notice of Dissolution of Partnership
Notice is liortbv given that the part
nership lately subsisting between C. P.
fllesiey. J. M. Ryan and F. I.. Ktdior,
under tlie firm name of Chesley, Ryan ft
Kehoe, doing a general merchandising
business, was dissolved on the 29th day
af August. 1912, by mutual consent. All
debts owing to the said partnership are
to be paid to Ryan and Kehoe, who will
pnv all debts against the said part nership.
C. P. CHESLEY.
L M. RYAN.
F. L. KF.HOF.
Witnessed by: James M. Wilson, Sam'l
Appiebaum.
Iditarod, Alaska, August 2q, 1912.
Notice of Dissolution of Partnership
Notice is lu ebygivan that the part
nership beret-- ore existing between!'.
E. Webber ami M. J. McDermott, under
the firm name and style of F F. Webber
& Co . doing a mercantile business at
Flat City, Alaska, was dissolved on the
2nd day of September, 1912, by mutual
consent. All debts owing to the said
partnership are to be paid to F. F. Web
ber or W. 11. Thomas, of Flat City,
Alaska, said parties being authorized to
collect said debts; and all demands on
said partnership are to be presented to
F. E. Webber for payment.
M. J. McDERMOTT,
Bv W. 11. Thomas, his attorney in fact.
F. E. WEBBER.
Notice of Dissolution of Partnership
Notice is hereby given that the co
partnership heretofore existing between
K. Mutchler, C. F. Marsh and G. A.
Bishop, operating as laymen on the Flat
Iron Fraction, adjoining the Idaho asso
ciation claim, situate at the head of Flat
creek, in the Otter precinct, territory ot
Alaska, has this day been dissolved by
mutual consent, and all parties having
hills against the said firm will present
the same for payment to C. H. Marsh
and G. A. Bishop, who have taken over
the lay from F. Mutchler and assume
all indebtedness incurred by the said co
partnership of Mutchler, Marsh
Bishop. K. MVTCHtKR.
C. H. MARSH.
G. A. BISHOP.
Dated at Iditarod, this 30th day of
August, 1912.
Notice of Forfeiture
ro WILLIAM CHASE:
You. your heirs and assigns, are hereby noli
5ed that the undersigned has expended in labor
md improvements the sum of one hundred dol
lars—$100—for each of the years of 1911 and 1912
upon placer mining claim known as and called
Mo.7 Above Discovery on Ganes creek in the
liinoko Mining and Recording District. District
af Alaska: you are further notified that if at the
fxpiration of ninety—90—days aftei tlie last
aublicatiou of this notice you fail or refuse to
:ontribute your proportion of such expenditure.
► our interest in said claim will become the
property of the undersigned your co-owner
inder Section 2324 of the Revised’Statutes of the
Jnited States. K M. WHELAN
h irst publication August 3. 1912.
Last publication November 2. 1912.
Notice of Forfeiture
rO II. HUTCHINSON.
You your heirs and assigns, are hereby noti
ced that the undersigned has expended iii labor
nd improvements the sum of one hundred dol
ars—$100—for eacli of the years of 1910, ion and
912 upon placer mining claim known as and
ailed the K. T. M. association on otter creek,
n the Otter Mining and Recording District,
'erritory of Alaska; you are further notified
hat if at the expiration of ninety—90—days
fter the last publication of this notice you fail
r refuse to contribute your proportion of such
xpenditure, your interest in said claim will br
ume the property of the undersigned, your co
wner under Section 2324 of the Revised Stat
tes of the United States,
W. A. DIKKMAN.
First publication September 14, 1912,
Last publication December 14, 1912.
Notice of Forfeiture
'O S. BLACKBURN:
You, your heirs and assigns, are hereby noti
ed that the undersigned has expended in labor
nd improvements the sum of one hundred dol
ors— $100—for each of the years of -910, 1911 and
312 upon placer mining claim known as and
ailed the Prospector association on Otter creek,
\ the Otter Mining and Recording District,
erritory of Alaska; you are further notified
hat if at the expiration of ninety—90—days
fter the last pablieation of this notice you fail
r refuse to contribute your proportion of such
xpenditure, your interest in said claim will be
ome the property of the undersigned, your co
wner. under Section 2324 of the Revised Stat
tes of the United States.
W. A. DIKEMAN.
First publication September 14, 1912.
Last ••SHcation December 14, 1912.