Yukon Valiev News
VOL. III.
RAMPART, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1906
No. 7
DANGEROUS CRIMINALS
AT LARCE.
Charles Hendrickson and Thomas Thornton, two of the
worst criminals that have been known in Alaska, escaped
from their guards at Nation City Oct. 5.
They were on the Lavelle Young en route to the peni
tentiary at McNeil’s Island, each under sentence of 15
years for assaulting their jailors and almost killing Peter
son in a daring escape from the Fairbanks jail the *29th of
last January. They were in charge of Deputy Marshal
Frank Wiseman and Guards Jack Sowerby, Charley Webb
and Jack Noon.
The only particulars of the escape received here are
contained in the following telegrams to Deputy Marshal
John F. Drake :
“Eagle, Oct. 7.—Thornton and Henderson escaped at
Nation City Oct. 0. Supposed to be on way down river.
“Wiseman, Deputv Marshal.”
“Fairbanks, Oct. 8.—Charles Hendrickson and Thomas!
Thornton, sentenced for 15 years each to the penitentiary!
on the charge of assault with intent to kill, escaped Oct. 6
at Nation City wood camp on the Yukon while en route to
the pen on the Lavelle Young.
“Hendrickson is 5 feet 9 inches; weighs 190; powerful
build; large nose, heavy features, blue eyes, sandy beard, j
stoop shoulders, very large hands, flesh projects beyond the
nails on fingers; about 40 years old.
“Thornton 5 feet 7; very black hair, eyes and beard;
sallow complexioned; rather large hands and feet for small
man; four long parallel scars on neck recently made; heard
streaked a little with gray on chin.
“A reward of $500 is offered by this office for their
capture or definite information leading up to the same.
“CrKOKOK (J. 1’kkky, U. S Marshal.
The scars mentioned on Thornton's neck are the marks
of a razor with which he tried to kill himself on the occa
sion of one of his numerous recaptures, on the Tanana
river below Cliena the 20th of last February.
At one time he was overhauled in trying to pass Ram
part in a small boat, and his clothing was punctured bv a
bullet from Deputy Drake's ritle.
Hendrickson is the famous blue-parkv hold-up man
who caused so much ink to be shed by the Tanana press a
year ago.
lleforc leaving Fairbanks recently be told Deputy Mar
shal tieorge Drcibelbis that the shackles were not what
held him: it was the guards’ guns.
Local and General Notes
E. T. Townsend will be on Little Mi
nook ,Ir.
A. II. Monroe will be on 12 lloosier
this winter.
S. G. Cain will desert bis Fish creek
camp and prospect this winter.
Frank Manley’s Keystone drill has
been put to work on 6 Eureka.
George Klapprotli will be at Baker
Hot Springs during the winter.
The Nelson brothers, Billy and Jack,
both left Tanana to winter outside.
Work closed on the Big Minook wagon
road today. Five miles was completed. ,
Messrs. A. II. and A1 Woods left for
Iloosier today. They may work 18 pup
this winter.
Louis Iverson stopped off the Ida May
last Wednesday and w i [1 conduct the
N. C. mess.
Men down in small boats say the Por
cupine has been throwing out a little ice
for more than a week.
Frank Smith, a wuodchopper 00 years
old, got two years for harboring Thorn
ton after his escape fJom jail the 29th of
last January.
Cap Williams, O. A. Diver, Pete John
son and E. W. Bush are among those in
town from the other side. G. W. Spicer
returned this morning.
The machinery has been removed
from the cold storage boat Lotta Talbot,
which was wrecked by an ice floe com
ing out of Chena river last breakup.
October came in with a spurt of snow
and the weather has been snowy and
threatening ever since. It is above
freezing today and lain alternates with
snow.
The mail launch passed up yesterday
morning and will make the round trip
from Tanuna to Eagle and back. Mail
left Eagle for Tanana in a small luiat
Oct. 6.
While S. J. Marsh was in ltumpart
last Wednesday he said that what little
pros|>ecting he had an opportunity to do
w hile on the Arctic coast was unsuc
cessful.
Prospective stain pedcra will find no
shortage Sf dog feed along the river this
winter. The run of fish continued Iwt
ter than unusual till the time (or the
chitKsik salmon. They were somewhat
scarce.
It is claimed that the new mail trail
between Tanana and Baker creek will
reduce tlie distance almost half and
very much shorten the |*>ri<«le of inter
ruption Ia t ween liar water ami the sled
service.
Outside Happenings
El Paso, Texas, Sept. 23.—
The newspaper published by
the Mexican junta here says
that the people of Minatitlan,
Suchil, San Juan, Esquimula
and San Geronimo have risen
against the Diaz government
and that the revolution is
spreading rapidly into Vera
Cruz, Labas and Cochipas.
Ten thousand men have ta
Ken the field in the state of
Vera Cruz and are practical
ly in control of the Tehuan
tapec railroad.
Havana, Cuba, Sept. 22.—
Secretary Taft served notice
upon the rebel leaders to
night that within 24 hours
he must have their answer
to the proposal to submit the
Cuban contentions to the
United States as arbitrator,
jr United States troops would
thereafter taKe all necessary
measures to establish and
maintain peace.
Atlanta, Ga., bept. 23.—
Four white women were as
saulted here by negroes last
night. Today the entire city
and county is a scene of war
fare and a race war is on.
At 2 o’cIock this morning
there were forty dead ne
groes and 200 whites and
negroes were injured.
Atlanta, bept. 2t‘>.—The
race riot is under control.
Fourteen companies of in
fantry, two batteries of artil
lery and five troops of cav
alry, in conjunction with the
judicc, have the situation
well in hand. The whites
are still furious, hut can not
make a move that will Ik*
effective as long as the mili
tary remain ou the scene.