Yukon Valiev News
VOL. 11.
KAMI’AKT, ALASKA, AVKDNKSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1006.
No. 50
GOLD BOX ROBBERY
ROW CLEARED DP
FAIRBANKS, Aug. S.—Thu entire '
story of the gold-box robbery came out
in the preliminary trial of Robert Mil
ler, charged with being the ring leader,
(ieorge Ua{>hiiel turned state’s evidence
and told the following:
“It was about June 15 that Robert
Miller asked me to buy shot. We were
on the steamer Xanana. Miller said he
wanted to get shot to substitute fori
gold, which when shipped was la d
around rather carelessly on steamers.
Miller said he had been planning the
scheme two years. On June 19 he
came to me, gave me $22.50 and asked
me to buy shot. 1 bought it and took
it to the cabin where 1 lived. 1 then
told Miller I had purchased the shot.
The cabin belonged to Jamfa Fallon,
who was out on the creek at the time.
1 put the shot on the floor in plain view
of any one who might enter. I also
told McCarron that 1 had purchased the
shot. McCarron knew about the plan,
for Miller hail told him that he wanted
McCarron to go in the scheme and Mc
Carron told me about it. The conver
sation was held on the boat. McCarron
is a prospector, lie also worked in the
Arcade restaurant with Miller in 1905.
The shot was kept in the cabin about
three days. It was about 8 o’clock on
June 22 that McCarron was at the
cabin anil 'vc proposed taking soiue of
the shot to the ship. I folde<l my sack
ill a shirt anil wrapped a newspaper
around it. 1 went to the ladies’ saloon
on the Tanana and gave it to Miller,
who asked me to wait for five minutes.
Five minutes later Met'arron came
aboard with another sin k of shot in a
tele-rope basket. We then WO lit to the
texas deck with Miller, whw showed us
to his room. On that derk Inter 1 went
into the |«tntry and talked with the
rook, who was making pies. I did not
go into Miller's room that night. We
had a conversation about the gold ship
ments and Miller said lie wanted to
have shot on l*iard in ease there was a
shipment ol gold, si as to substitute it.
The rest ol the shot was taken on the
next trip of th< Tanana. 1 did not have
anything to do with taking the rest of it
aismrd. I left the key so that Miller
or Met’arron could get into the eahin.
"When the lout came in tie1 next
Ittne 1 went down to the l««l a tat
Miller told toe tiott Met’arron had
brought ilia rest of the list on Isstrd.
This was alsint Jana iV The list was
tiikt'n on u few days before that. On
.July 10 a (ilmne message came to Louis
Spitz inquiring for me. Spitz delivered
the message to me, telling me there was
some on the Tanana who wanted to see
me. 1 went down and the steamer was
just pulling in. Miller was standing on
the upper deck dressed in his shirt
sleeves, and he declared for me to come
aboard. Miller lifted the pillow and
pulled hack part of the sheet and 1 saw
gold lying there. I was thunderstruck,
for 1 had never dreamed of anything
like that. Miller told me what he had
done and said that the night going
down he and another party on the boat
had carried the box of gold into a state- j
room in the saloon deck and there
taken out the bricks and put shot in, re
sealed it and put it back, lie told me
he left two bricks in the box. Miller
wanted me to rent a cabin for him. I
could not get one for him that night
for the reason that 1 was busy with my
work. Miller said the hard stuff was
mi board and wonted me to help him
get it off. Ae said : ‘I have got to get
this stuff off of here and 1 want you to
help me;’ so I said J"AI1 right,’ not re
alizing what I was doing; and I took, 1
think it was, six bricks, off that irip. 1
had one in each of my Side pockets, one
in each hip pocket and two in my shirt.
1 took these to a cabin on Fourth ave
nue and put them under the tioor and
went back to my work. A day or two
later Miller came into the saloon and
asked me to show him the cabin, w hich
I di.l.”
( omnium, witness explained now me
night Miller cauie into the saloon he
went with him onto the Taiuinu, where
Miller ojiened a grip and took two
brinks out. lie gave the witness one
anp took one himself. They went un.l
put these hrieks with the ones under
the cabin on fourth avenue. Miller
said there were other hrieks in the gtip,
which the witness carried part of me
way.
Tin* witness told how he and Miller
on July 15 took up the gold from under
the cabin and weighed on spring scales.
The scales only weighed about twenty
pounds at a time, and when all the gold
was weighed it aggregated HO |»oUlids
avordu|s.i-. The gold was then put
lawk under the floor. There 2ti bricks
there that night. That night while they
were on the steamer Miller showed the
witness whi le he had solue hid in a pas
sage way wtiieh led from his room to
tin- smokestack.
■idler did not know how many hrieks
lie had had in his |s>s-es*ioii, but said
he tignred tie g ive eight or nine or ten
to the party iie told the witness of.
tliller had made a |iro|smiiion to
Itsphael to take 75 panels of the gi ld
• alt to Mew I tie and llapinlel had agreed.
Miller promising him II.IIM fr»f the
service.
POLITICS WARMS DP
OVER IN THE TANANA
Fairbanks, -Wig. •'>.—Judge I
1). Murane, republican
nominee for delegate, spoke
here last night to a big
crowd. 11 is remarks were
repeatedly cheered. He made
a tour of the creeks and the
impression prevails that he
will cut into the Cale-Was
key vote. He is making a
campaign issue of the planks
in the republican platform
and the fact that a republi
lican familiar with mining
conditions, who is also a
lawyer, can do the most good
under a republican adminis
tration
Fairbanks, Aug. 7.—An
indignation meeting lias been
held by the miners’ associa
tion to protest against a tele
gram sent out by John Mc
Ginn, of this place, who is
working in the interests of
Murane, the republican can
didate for delegate to con
gress, declaring Cale and
W'askey “mongrel anarchistic
socialists.’
The miners’ association
passed resolutions condemn
ing such language, as many
of them are republicans who
are supporting Gale and
Waskey.
MR. CALE
WAS
HERE
Thomas ('ale was on the
Lavelle Young, which arri
ved here at •> o’clock today.
He hrietlv addressed the peo
[>!e who had gathered to wel
come him, and was duly
cheered. The applause was
not vociferous, but it was
evident from the remarks
heard on every hand as the
crowd dispelled that he had
mad a most favorable im
prr-Hon. lb-would not risk
a lay-over at Kampart, fear
ing he might not he able to
get back to Fairbanks by
election day.
Mr. Fleischman On Way In.
M. I*. Mt'iM'ltnoiik, wh*»
\\a+ Ut it otttxiile luyitttf in d »•(
4* hhU l«Hr lltt* Vliurrn in t* *l
«»n iltc iw’it
THE VOTE
OF THE TANANA
Passenger* on the Herman arriving at
Rampart yesterday morning said that
(.'. I). Mnrane was a passenger from
Fairbanks on the Tatiana, which con
nected with the Sarah for St. Michael.
Judge Mnrane expected to reach Nome
in time for the election.
There was a difference of opinion ex
pressed by people from Fairbanks as to
how Judge Murane’s candidacy would
affect the vote at Fairbanks. A few
said he will undoubtedly get a large
vote jthere. Arthur Whally, the old
time newsdealer of Dawson and Fair
banks was on the Herman, Ismud for
Seattle to engage in business. There is
probably none more capable than he of
forecasting the result at Fairbanks. He
said the Tatiana will lie almost solid for
( ale, and that Whiskey's vote will not
fall appreciably behind. Mr. Whally'*
opinion count* lor a* much aaanylssly's
we know, and it is given as an indica
tion • •( the feeling in the Tatiana.
lie *aid that to a superficial observer
it appear* that little interest is taken iu
the election, owing to tin* tact that tire
«|tic*lioii is regarded as already settled
as far as the Ft liana is concerned.