Yukon Valley News
VOL. II.
RAMPAKT, ALASKA, W LI INKS DAY, XOVKMHKK 21», l!X)r>.
No. 14
. MOOSEJARY
Held in the Sum of $1,500
Charged With Arson.
Threw a Lamp Near a Hot Stove
Which Started a Fire That
Burned a Cabin.
Mary Sulligent, commonly known as
Moose Mary, a native woman, was yes
terday held for the action of the prand
jury in the sum of $1,500 on a charge of
arson.
Ed McCormick, a well known white
man, was held in the sum of $1,000, and
John Palm, the Rampart-Tanana mail
carrier, and Lucy Baggage, a native
woman, were held on their own recogni
zance as witnesses.
Mr. Palm’s knowledge of the case was
gained in an attempt to put out the tire
or rescue any jxissihle inmate of the
burning cabin.
\V. \V. Crockett acted as prosecuting
attorney. Frank 1>. Wells was solicited
to act for the defendant, but declined.
Tom Mahoney was prevailed on by the
court to see that the accused got fair
plav.
K«l McCormick and Lucy Baggage tes
tified that they were together in the
Jack Welch cabin shortly after midnight
Sunday night. Mary Sulligent came
and demanded admittance. They told
her to leave and she attempted to come
in. While they were holding the door
Lucy’s baby began to cry, and she went
to the bed where it was lying. McCor
mick tried to thumlatch tin* door, but
did not know whether he succeeded or
not. Mary hurled the door open and
seized a table lamp, which she threw
into the corner near a hot stove. A
mass of Hame was the immediate result.
McCormick tried to smother the blaze
with a blanket, but soon had t• * retreat.
John Palm and others ran from Front
street and burst in the window thinking
some person might U* in tin* cabin.
The tlames |toured out of the broken
window and the place burned up.
Mary, against the advice of Mr. Ma
honey, t'Mik the stand and gave her v» r
sion of tin* affair. She said she had seen
McCormick back of N. A. T. Allen s,
and he gave tier a flat Imttle of Ihpior.
Me “had lieer all over his |iockcti-. ' She
then went home. Later she went to the
cahin where McCormick and Lucy wen*
and told them to o|«-ii tin* door. They
refused and sin- pushed the door open
and went in. >he broke no door. Im
mediately on her entrance a fight en
tailed, and she threw the lamp and left
the place.
Mei'ortntck's Ik.nd- were l«*tng ar
ranged t««la>. Mary Sulligent stand*
committed._
The last otit«ide mail <**r Nome during
the uletl reason W«M have gone hv
•learner* nailing from Seattle »h t in
OFFICIALS STOLE THE DUST
Hundreds of Thousands Leaked From the Seattle
Assay Office, Mostly From Miners
of Alaska.
Millers have suspecte 1—have v'rtiinl'y
known—that their dust was heint: tarn-1
pored with. It is imthinkahle that pild
from tiiven creeks should steadily jrroa
lover in tirade from month to month. I
The explanation that miners are grow
ing eareless in eleaning their dust is sn
transparent that it lias only called fora
smile. Knlightcmnent has now come,
Imt punishment for the guilty may never.
- SEATTLE, Nov. 27.—Superintendent Wing, of the
Seattle assay office, has been suspended, and George
Adams, cashier, lias been arrested charged with robbing
gold dust entrusted to the care of the office. Investiga
tions of secret service officers shows that stealing has been
in progress for three years.
It is believed that more than two hundred thousand
dollars can he traced to Adams, Alaskans being the heav
iest losers. Strange to say, Adams has been released on
thirty thousand dollars bail. He is worth a hundred
thousand in Seattle real estate, most of which was bought
with money he stole. His system was to take a small
percentage out of dust submitted to the assay office.
FAIRBANKS. Nov.-H.—< treat indignation is expressed
here because Adams was released on so small hail. The
(dew which led to his detection was furnished l»v local
hanks. They suspected that assays given at Seattle were
wrong, as they were In-low those given at local assav offices,
and sent tests to the l nited States mints and assav offices
in other cities which continued their suspicions. Tlicv
made tables showing a <i per cent, shrinkage of gold from
the Seattle office, which shrinkage from other offices was
less than 1 per cent. This was given to l nited States
officers and exposure followed.
Millers who have good proof will he aide to recover
from the government. Hanks here will put in claims for
nearly a hundred thousand dcllars.
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4i*<H ««lnrltl tUr )rHM.
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llr» lrr l**r Tlmnk-tfivin*.
Mr» l lnm iil. ( Min* in (ruin l*W*»tt‘* r
t*«l*tY 4i»*l Mr* Unv lunt lt
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FRED HARPER
Free of the Charge of As
sault on Pitgu.
Evidence Did Not Sustain the Charge
and the Justice Instructed the
Jury to Acquit Him.
Kit'd Harper was arrested last Satur
day charged with assaulting William
I’itgu, the venerable native preacher.
His case came up Monday and was con
tinued until today in order that the ac
cused might secure the attendance of
important witnesses.
Jennie, l'itgu's daughter, was the
complainant.
When the hearing came on at 10
o’clock today Jennie and her father’s
testimony showed that a war of words
had taken place between Harper and
I’itgu at Alexander's house, where the
old man had gone expecting to find
Harper in company with his daughter
Annie. The native preacher knew hut
a few swear words of English, which he
tired at the young man, notwithstanding
Annie was not there. I’itgu was clearly
the aggressor in the word-war that fol
lowed, and Judge tireen terminated the
case by instructing the jury to acquit
the accused.
Harper is a young man of mixed blood
who has had exceptional advantages of
education and association.
CAPT. J. J. HEALY
To Be Connected With the Trans
Siberian Railroad Tunnel
Scheme.
From tl»»* Nome Gold Diirirer.
A lot tor liar* ju.-t l**t»n ivcoivnl by a
wrll-ktinu n riti/oii of Noim* which stator
that #1. .1. Ilcaly will arrive here next
s|>i in^ with a large outfit, |>re|«tre«l for
"in- of tin1 biggest undertakings yet eon
t*n»|»lut«*« 1. and one wliifh means tmu,h
for Seward |«*iun*ula.
A eonfereiice at whii h tin* noted eiigi
in *11* of tli* world wi n* present lias Intii
held at tin* Waldorf- \storin, au«l it was
decided tlat th«* tun noli tig of IU*rin^
strait is feasible. Tin* work will proba
bly U* nturtol next yrir.
fount I.oi»*| *le I.<>11* I loft f. r I'urin
ilium-d lately aft* r the *,*»nf* fence, in*
tending t* rot urn to \in« riea in Noveiit
U*r, win n all preliminary arrangement*
will hu\•* twen miii|4rti>il.
It i* planned to ln-uin tl»r tunnel **n
the Alaska *i*U* at tin* degree »*f
latitude under lirnog strait t*» tin* Nu»*
•lan «**>*• t, atnl tln*n lui\e a r**ute avr*w»»
th»‘ Siberian slept*-* »•» ltknt*k *»« tin*
fra»»* Mi* nan railroad