will not extend any street or
alley upon or across such pos
sessions.
That the lower part of Block
17, nearly all of Block 18, all
of Block 25, and the Westerly
parts of Blocks 26 and 28, as
shown on the subdivisional
plat of Ketchikan, were oc
cupied by Indians, natives of
Alaska, at this time and the
tide lands between these blocks
and the navigable waters of
Tongass Narrows, immediately
in front, were all reserved as
of the date of the Secretary’s
Order of August 5, 1903, and
are still so reserved for the
purposes mentioned.
Merits of U. S. vs. Jennie Lynch
The attention of the Attor
ney General is called to the
Map No. 1, herewith, and to
the location of the Jennie
Lynch tide land lot described
in the complaint in the case
of U. S. vs. Jennie Lynch.
Notice that it lies quarter of
a mile from the navigable
waters of Tongass Narrows,
and behind a large tract claim
ed by the Saw Mill Co., which
covers the water front on Ton
gass Narrows. Notice also that
the large area on the south
side of Ketchikan Creek is va
cant, except for several floats
which are fastened along Sted
man Street for the use of small
boats, both row boats and small
gas boats, and has long been
used for that class of boats.
The complaint is supported
by an affidavit of Thomas
Torry, the acting Mayor of
Ketchikan, who says he wants
the Lynch lot for use as a
town wharf- Ketchikan has
more than two mile of wharf
age, on Tongass Narrows, and
never has used the Jennie
Lynch lot for that or any
other use. Torry’s affadavit is
without authority, and is a
fraudulent one.
Torry makes no effort, and
never has, to defend the Indian
village or their property from
the “Red Light” or “Tender
loin” district, and never has
given aid in the enforcement
of the laws which are so noto
riously violated there, and is
not worthy of any attention or
respect in this matter.
The “Red Light District,”
the ..Prostitutes, ..the ..Bootleg
gers’ joints, the Criminal Re
fuse, the “Barbary Coast,” of
Ketchikan, is maintained on
these Indian Reserved Tide
Lands, under ..charge of the
United States.
Jennie Lynch is a married
woman, of excellent character,
and a member of the Presby
terian Church. She has a clean
record as a Christian woman,
though she is an Indian.
The “Barbary Coast”
Your attention is now direct
ed to Map No. 1, herewith, and
to the unofficial colors and
lines which have been placed
on it. The long red area
above Stedman Street, and
across Ketchikan Creek, is the
“Red Light District” of Ket
chikan, and it is situated on
tide lands, on Block 25, ex
tended, fronting on Stedman
Street, and the red area along
the north or upper side of
Mission Street, were all sub
stantially Indian lands, and
were the Indian lands shown
in the photographs attached to
the Report of James W. Wit
ten, Special Inspector, dated
June 28, 1905, to the Commis
sioner of the General Land
Office, recommending the res
ervation of the tide lands in
front of them for the use of
the Ketchikan Indians. Upon
that report, and the photo
graphs as a part thereof, the
reservation of these lands was
ordered by Acting Secretary
Thomas Ryan, on August 5,
1905. These red areas along
Mission Street and Stedman
Street constitutes the tender
loin, the “Barbary Coast” of
Ketchikan. The prostitutes,
pimps and bootleggers, the
gambling houses and gunmen,
the low class Japanese, Chinese,
Mexicans, Filipinos and the
criminal element which natur
ally congregates around the
“Red Light District” lives in
this “Indian town,” having
crowded the gentle, inoffensive,
and better class of the Indians
out, with the assistance of dis
honest speculators who have
swindled some of them out,
though their titles are yet held
by Charles E. Ingersoll, trustee
for the United States, and the
Indians.
“Worst Spot In Alaska”
This is the worst spot in
Alaska, and it is on Indian
lands, on tide lands reserved
by the Secretary of the In
terior for Indian use. Just the
land that Jennie Lynch is on,
and only across the street,
within 100 feet of her house
boat. Assistant United States
Attorney Miller, of Ketchikan,
had this stinking hole just
about cleaned out, had its in
mates on the run, but before
he could entirely succeed in
his honest and vigorous efforts,
some powerful influence block
ed his progress, and the pros
titutes and drug fiends came
back to the “Red Light Dis
trict,” on Indian and tide lands,
and are now more powerlui
and arrogant than ever. This
is the “bootleggers” first land
ing place when they bring
liquor and narcotics over from
British Columbia; it is the
headquarters for their criminal
business. The venders of nar
cotics all reside on this land,
the title to which is held by
the United States. Its pres
ence there on United States
property, protects 200 pros
titutes, pimps and their kind,
who sell “bootleg” liquors and
narcotics, and carry on a school
there to spread both these
poisons, and maintain the most
vicious den of crime in Alaska,
on Indian and tide land, the
title being in the Government
of the United States .
This crime hole, on Indian
and tide lands, under the con
trol of the United States Gov
ernment, shelters more crimin
als, and costs the Department
of Justice more for the sup
pression of crime than any
other place in Alaska. It is
the underground station for all
the illicit British Columbia
liqors and narcotics, and no
body knows these open and no
torious facts better than the
public officials <of your depart
ment in Ketchikan and Juneau.
Not Charges Against Officials
This statement is not intend
ed to be taken as charges
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