, 1878-08-24
From the Daily OF Tuesday .

The MISSING INDIAN. Facts have
come to light in regard to the affair
of the missing Indian at Port Blake
". which created so much excite
ment among the Old Man House
Indians some weeks since, tending
to show that the Indian in question,
Jim, either secreted himself or was
slowed away for the purpose OF en-
deavor1ng to fasten the guilt of his
taking off on some white person.
and Mr.. Holt was selected as the
scapegoat. From parties from TT.
Blakely and Madison who have been
working up the case for some time
past, we learn that just previous to
Disappearance of Jim, a number OF
Indians from East of the Mountains
were seen in close conversation with
the leading Old Man House Indians,
and the impression now prevails
that the whole business was a put
up job to justify these Indians in an
outbreak, in conjunction with those
in Yakima. 1t is claimed by those
intimately acquainted with the feel
ings of the Indians, that those from
east of the mountains were here SOLE
" for the purpose of endeavoring to
foment conflict between the Puget
Sound Indians and the whites, but
the rout of the hostiles in Eastern
Oregon induced them to abandon
the design. 1t was remarked by
MANY that at the examination of Mr..
Holt the Indians were remarkably
insolent and overbearing, and they
swore point blank to things that
were completely disproved by relia-
BILE white testimony, and the agent
had great difficulty in quieting
them when Holt was acquitted.
Su1cIDE.-D. w. Crooks, man
who has been largely engaged in
the logging business on the Sound
for some years past, and who has
lately resided at Salmon Bay. start
ed out with his rifle on a hunt yes
terday. Not returning during the
night some alarm was felt and search
was made, and this morning his
lifeless body was found in an old
cabin a few miles from his place,
hung by the neck with hay rope,
to the rafters, under circumstances
which proved conclusively that he
had committed suicide. His rifle
was standing in one corner, with
his hat hanging on the muzzle, and
near his feet was a small box on
which he had evidently stood while
fixing the fatal moose. Deceased
was aged about 50 years and was a
native Of Canada, where he has rel
atives now residing. Since the
death of his wife, which occurred in
Canada, he has been very much de-
pressed, and short time ago took
poison, which did not have the de-
sired effect. He leaves family OF
children in the East: The inquest
takes place this afternoon at 4 o.
clock, and the funeral services from
the Presbyterian Church tomorrow
at O'Clock, P. NJ.
Coal FLEEr.-The ship Eldorado
came in this afternoon under full
sail, making five of the coal feet
now in port. The ship Ericsson,
! which will take the largest cargo ev.
er taken from this port; finishes
loading tonight and will sail to-
morrow. Brig Hesperian, schooner
Reporter and barkentine North
Bend are lying at the coal wharf.
Three more of the coal fleet are dai-
ly expected to arrive.
The INDIAN QUESTION, as mat
ter of craftsmanship, law and civil
justice, by DR.. Atkinson, at the
Congregational Church this evening
at eight o'clock. It is free lecture
which all lovers of justice and fair
play should be sure to hear. It will
in part show how much or how
little reason there is in the common
cry of "red devils" and in the state
ment that ''the only good Indian is
the dead Indian"