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VOLUME Xlil. NUMBER J*. SEWARD’ AI^sS^OSdaY^EPTE^IbEr”®!*. ~= TEW OtWlR M» fljPt
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WILSON MAKES:
A LABOR DAY
STATEMEN1
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R. J. Munro and Frank Nash came
in Saturday night from Mile 40 and
registered at the Seward.
Dr. H. A. Blyth went to LaTouche
on the Admiral Watson for a two
week's professional visit.
A. L . Peel, who has been employed
at the Anderson mining camp, return
ed yesterday to his home in Seward.
O. N. Anderson* mine operator, Is
registered at the Hotel Sexton, having
suspended his work for the season. Mr.
Anderson reports everything favor
able but was forced to shut down ow
ing to a scarcity of labor.
J. Linehan, Frank Williams and
Limuk Johnson registered at the Ho
tel Sexton Saturday night from out
the line.
Tom Tacy and A. P. Brown, who
have been working on the Anderson
property, are registered at the Hotel
Sexton having come in on a train yes- ,
terday morning.
Mike Miller, chef in the grill a. |
Mile 52, came in Saturday night and
registered at the Hotel Seward.
Howard Long registered at the Ho
tel Seward Saturday night from out
’he line.
Louis Lauritsen, who has been fore
man on the Anderson workings this
season, is registered at the Hotel Sex
ton.
Col. Slade, who came north with the
Mears party, is a passenger south «»r
the Admiral Watson.
Gov. Riggs. Jr., was taken out the
boulevard yesterday by Representa
tive John Noon . Gov. Riggs was a
through passenger on the Watson
from Anchorage for Juneau.
Mrs. Robert Courtney, wife of the
Admiral Line agent at Anchorage, is a
passenger to Seattle on the Admiral
WlRon.
Miss Mary Conley an i Miss Thoda
Ray, government hurses who have
been in the Bristol Bay section for the
past two years, are passengers to
Seattle on the Admiral Watson, th*
two nurses traveled overland to llli
mana where they made connections
with the Watsoft.
S. A . Baker, connected with the
Fisheries Department, is a passenger
south on the Admiral Watson from th»*
Bristol Bay section.
Busby Lucas came in Saturday
night from Mile 40 to take in the
dance ami visit Mr. and Mrs. Krich
Lucas.
tt . Sutherland, Charles Sefrit and
James i». Burher are registered at the
Overland having come over yesterduv
from Kodiak on the gas boat Minnie B.
H. J. Barling, who went to Kodiak
on a business trip, is back at the Ho
tel Setvard having come over on the
Minnie B. there being no accomoda
tions available on the Admiral Wat
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WASHINGTON, Sept., I— Presi
dent Wilson, in a Labor Day message
to the American workers, issued las:
night, announced he will call in the
near future a conference of represen
tatives of Labor and Industry to dis
cuss the fundamental means of better
ing the entire relationship of capital
and labor. The conference will be for
the purpose of putting the whole ques
tion of wages upon another footing
than at present.
The conference will he called soon
after*President Wilson returns fi-oi.i
his speech making tour in the west ai
the end of this month. It is believed
that the announcement of the Presi
dent will alleviate the tension now ex
isting in organized labor.
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Sept., 1— On
white man and two negroes were fat
ally wounded in riots yesterday be
tween whites and blacks. The riots
grew out of disturbances Sat uni ay
when seven persons, including two Na
tional Guardsmen, were killed. Twelve
hundred National guardsmen are to
day on patrol duty in various parts of
the city assisting the local authorities.
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With 277 passengei-s aboard, 10 be
ing for Seward, steamer Admiral Wat
son arrived in port at 0:20 o’clock
yesterday forenoon and sailed south at
11:20 o’clock. Capt. Glasscock, mad?
calls at Port Graham, Scldovia, Hali
but Cove, Anchorage, Kenai. Snug
Harbor, Illiamma, Kodiak, and Pori
Chatham, taking on canned fish and
cannery cvews at Kenai, Snug Harbor
and Kodiak.
The Watson was forced to leave ov
er 40 at Kodiak, eight at Port Chath
am and many at other ports owing to
all passenger accomodations being
taken. Of the passengers 248 are for
Seattle.
Passengers arriving on the Watsor.
for Seward were Sam Baker, Mrs. A.
Demidoff, William R<*s, F. C. Iverson.
Thomas M. Sharp, J. M. Sargent, R.
Rodman, C. E. Olson, J. E. Dwyer, I.
1 Cvormors, Charles Peterson and eigh4
‘ steerage.
Those leaving Seward on the Wat
son were Dr. H . A. Blyth, and Edna
Jarvis for LaTouche; R. W. Thompson
»and J. Van Ersor for Valdez.
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Jack Cooper, pile driver foreman
from Mile 54, is at the Hotel Sexton
on sick leave and under the care of Dr.
Romig.
Tomorrow morning at 8: 80 o’clock
the familiar sound of the school beb
; will be heard announcing that half an
hour later school will be called. It :s
requested that all pupils intending to
.%Uend school during the coming year,
enroll tomorrow.
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* All volunteers who will tonight
* relieve the searchers now in the
man hunt are requested to meet
* at 7 o’clock at Graefs store, with 4
* their guns. Mayor Chamberlin
* wants to guard all avenues of es- 4
41 cape until Deputy Marshal Moos- *
* man arrives from Anchorage, the
* latter now being on the way.
Deputy United State* Marshal isaa**
Evans was shot about 9:30 o’clock thM
morning by William Dempsey, alias
Cummings, the shooting occurring in
the narrow alloy way between the Har
riman National Bank building and the
deputy’s office, at the rear of the
hank building.
Only one shot from Dempsey’s gun
took effect and this went through
Evan’s right side, half way down,
•anged downwards and out at the back
about two inches from the spine. The
bidiet is behoved to have pierced the
rig; t .“.do of the right lung.
A revolver duel took place between
E\ans and Dempsey but the shots ex
changed were not effective. •
Dempsey escaped mound the bank
building, sped down Adams street ami
out the railroad.
Evans staggemi to the stamvav in
the rear of the bank building and then
sank unconscious upon the steps where
he was found by jailer Kingsley who
w ith others carried the injured man to
the office of Dr. Romig, in the railroad
building. There an examination was
made and Mr. Evans was then taken
to his own apartments in the bank
building where this afternoon he was
resting easily.
Retween 25 and .°*5 men, all armed
are now hunting for Dempsey at the
head of Resurrection Bay. The men in
the various posses are old timers, dead
shots and accustomed to hunts. Demo
sey has c|o automatic, taken from P.
C. Brownell in a hold-up near Porcu
pine city, and several bullets remain
ing in his own automatic. Knowing the
seriousness of his crime and not know
ing whether his victim was killed,
Dempsey will undoubtedly put up a
fight before taken alive.
WHO IS DEMPSEY.
William Dempsey, alias Cummings,
is wanted at Anchorage, in connection
with the disappearance of a woman
at that city. He came to Seward on
Saturday. Deputy Marshal Evans re
ceived instructions from the Anchor
age office to arrest him and it was
during the performance of his duty
that the shooting occurred. Dempsey
worked at Anchorage , then for sev
eral days at Mile 40 and other places
along the railroad. This morning he
was into the railroad building to have
time keeper Fred Knowlton cash his
check but said he would have it cash
ed later and left the building.
STORY OF SHOOTING.
None of the actual details of the ar
rest can be secured, as Mr. Evans is
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the only one in possession of the facts.
This morning Mr. Evans was into the
office of A. H. McDonald, agent of the
Alaska Steamship Co., and left a de
tailed description of Dempsey, as Mr.
Evans stated the man was wanted a»Id
might purchase a ticket out on the
Northwestern under the name of Cum
mings.
The next detail in the tragedy w.i§
the exchange of shots in the alleyway
a*t the rear of the Harrimai; National
Bank Building. Robert J. Weir, en
gineer-in-fharge of the Seward Div
ision of the Commission, is perhaps
the only one who witnessed the shoot
ing and subsequent incidents during
the next several minutes. Mr. Weir
was in his office in the railroad build
ing, directly across from where the
shooting took place.
Mr. Wc ir stated he heard a shot and
immediately went to his window. Mr.
Evans had drawn his gun and was
around the comer of his office build
ing. In the alleyway v\as Dempsec
crouched down, ready for a second
shot at Evans. Dempsey slunk down
to the street, shooting in the direction
of Evans, and Evans was backing to
wards the north side of the office
building trying to get a bead on
Dempsey. Evans reached the north
side of the office building and Demr*
soy reached the sti*eet. Roth men were
shooting. Dempsey hacked towards
\dams street down Fifth avenue, and
Evans was shooting at him from be
hind. and while to the north of the of
fice building. Dempsey reached Adams
street, then ran down towards the de
pot.
Evans staggered into the street and
into the rear stairway of the Rank
building » Jtending perhaps to go up
stairs to his living apartments. The
shots had attracted the attention nf
many and they were quickly on the
streets.
Mr. Weir left the window of his of
fice for only a minute in search of a
irun, but finding none, returned just as
Dempsey was speeding around the
bank building and down Adams street.
Dempsey’s first shot took effect
but the other three did not, the empty
cartridges being found at the entrance
of the alleyway.
POSSES ARE ORGANIZED
The shots attracted hundreds to
the scene of the shooting. Automobiles
were on the scene and men with load
ed puns piled in and were taken out
the boulevard to head off Dempsey if
he started north from the city. Frank
Cotter, Chief of Police Guest and Gus
Borgen in the first automobile driven
by William Ellis. The automobile
sped out to Mile 6 then returned to the
Resurrection river where Guest ard
Cotter remained. Other automobiles
had also taken out searchers.
Mayor Chamberlin suggested the
orgarfriTTg of posses to work on a de
termined principle and the fire bell
was sounded, a meeting being held in j
the Town ball by those yrho gathered.
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Harry V. Hoben suggested that Dun
can Little, Howard Long, John Due
breuil and others form different part
ies, selecting their own armed men
and make up a line along the Resur
rection river to the hills to the reai
of Nash’s ranch. The suggestion was
quickly adopted and armed parties
went out. Manager Roberts of the San
Juan cannery placed a gas boat at the
disposal of the parties and one was
out to the. mouth of Resurrection
river.
Robert Weir placed handcar;',
speeders ami a locomotive at the dis
posal of the Mayor and these were uti
lized bv other searching parties.
DEMPSEY IN FLIGHT
Following the shooting, Dempsey
ran east down Adams towards the de
pot, discarding his coat, then north on
the track. Between the depot and the
shops, Dempsey found a handcai,
placed this on the track and started
north. At the commission’s office
those in charge had telephoned to be
on the look out for Dempsey. Down at
the shops, Judge Lindley Green was in
his office when the telephone message
was received. Green looked down the
track, witnessed the approach of the
handcar, left his office and grabbing
up an inch plank, started towards th *
railroad track intending to throw the
plank across the track and derail the
handcar. Dempsey, who was near by
this time, yelled at Green to keep
away, as he wj^s armed and would
shoot. This did not phase Green who
threw the plank across the track, then
stumbled in the sand. The plank only
hit one rail, not extending across to
the other ana the handcar bounced ov
er the plank and hit the rails on tlfe
other side. Dempsey did not shoot, on
ly made the remark: “You certainly
have your nerve” and continued north
on the hand car. Green intended to
grapple with Dempsey if the car had
become derailed.
Dempsey then crossed the trestle
and started towards Porcupine City.
Hither the car became derailed or else
Dempsey concluded, to take to the
brush for the car was put in the ditch
near the powder house. Dempsey be
fore hitting for the brush heard a
jpeeder approaching from Seward,
turned and with drawn gun held up
the rider who was ■ D. C. Brownell.
Dempsey only took Brownell's auto
matic then struck out for the woods.
Demosey is believed to be between
the railroad track on the west, of Re
surrection bay on the north and east,
and the Bay on the south, although he
might have escaped towards Nash's
»anch before the posses had reached
>hat section.
Circulars were printed,, giving o
description of the man wanted, and
these were distributed by speeders to
the hunters and generally around the
city.
Arrangements are made to send
coffee and sandwishes to the search
ers and other searching parties will:
be organized and start out late this
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afternoon or evening.
EVANS PART IN TRAGEDY
Although it cannot be ascertained,
owing to Mr. Evans not being allow
ed to see anyone, being kept quiet un
til the crisis is passed, it is believed
that he found Dempsey on the street
an^ook him to his office. It was when
Evjms was taking Dempsey from the
office, to the jail in the basement or
the bank building, that the shooting
took place. Going into the office
Dempsey dropped a package, contain
ing clothes, in the alleyway. While
being taken to the jail, Dempsey
stooped down as if to pick up tho
package and it was then he reached \
and drew his automatic and fired his
first shot.
Evans evidently witnessed th»s
movement for it was then that h.*
sprand around the corner of the office
building, but not quick enough a*
Dempsey's shot had struck him, as
stated above.
Isacc Evans is one of the best
known officers in Alaska and for
years has been stationed in Seward.
The trAgedy has resulted in a determ
ined set of men of all classes now be
ing the woods in search of Dempsey
Mrs. Evans is bearing up splendidly
under the ordeal.
United States Commissioner Whit
tlesey is acting Deputy Marshal and
with Robert Weir, Mayor Chamberlin
and others, is directing the search for
Dempsey.
DEMPSEY'S DESCRIPTION
Height about 5 feet 7H inches.
Thin face;
Smooth shaven.
Dark complexion, rather dirty.
No coat.
Dark Shirt.
Bluish trousers.
Weight shout 140 pounds.
Brown button shoes.
Light hair.
Black hat pulled to a peak.
Man is armed.
Man is known as William Demp
sey alias Cummings.
GUARDS ALONG RAILROAD
From Snow river to Seward, patrols
are out watching for Dempsey. Everv
nossible avenue is being guarded.
Among the Seward searchers who an
out or are assisting are Thomas Kinf,
John A. Johnson, L. C. Straughan,
Frederick Broadwell, Duncan LittK
John Dubreuil, Frank Towle, Bill D* -
witt, Howard Lohg, Frank Cotter, Le**
Consideine, Tom Towle. Chief Guest.
Cal Brosius, J. S. Dauven, Harry
Kawaba, and many others.
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D. Killigrew and wife are register,
ed at the Hotel Seward from Mile 52.
Sam Baker, representing the West •
em Dry Goods of Seattle is registered
at the Overland having arrived on the
Admiral Watson.
Weil McDaid. O. Carlson, J. E. Dwy
er and Mike Pribieh came in Satur
day night to attend the funeral of
Dan Sullivan, and registered the
Hotel Overland. <
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