The morning call., 1892-05-30

refusal TO indiCu Malcolm Campbell for the
murder of Missionary Charles II. Edwards
in March last, has been confirmed aud the
Department of Justice has sent Allan H.
Dugal as a special agent to investigate the
matter and report the facts in a clear and
unprejudiced manner.
Charles II. Edwards was a conscientious
member of the Society of Friends, and a
very energetic worker and missionary
among the Indians OF the district of Juneau.
lie was stationed at the town of Douglas,
on an island OF the same name, four miles
from the WOUld-famOus TreadWel gold
mine, and had in his two years sOj0uTn
there established school where. with the
assistance of several lady co-WOrEers, 40 or
30 native children were being educated and
taught the principles of true life and ciVii-
zatiOn. Prior TO that he had been located
at a settlement on or near Prince Of Wales
/ Island, about $50 miles south and consider
ably to the west Of his location at the time
of his death.
Like all Quakers. he was very strictly
opposed TO dancing, and was a pro-
hlbti0nist from the word 60. He was
a fne looking man, perhaps 81 years Of
age at least feet IN height with strong,
active and muscular physique. lie wore a
light mustache, had a nigh massive fore
head and a piercing eye, and as a speaker
and cOnveTSatiJnalist all who knew him ad-
mitted his skill.
The white residents of DouPlas-num-
bering about 500 people in which perhaps
might be found 10 persons Of the femi-
nine gendeT-are as rule of the
lawleSs. dissiDated character usually found
IN pioneer mining communities, and man
of Edwards pronounced disposition was to
them the Object Of considerable scOrn, II
not TO say hate. He, however. took
no paiDs to show his adherence
of their mode Of life, and when on one Occa-
sion a hall in which '5quaw dances" were
regularly held land the only hall, for that
matter, in tie place was offered to him free
for some little entertainment that was being
gotten uD on condition that dance should
be had after the performance was over, he
peTemptOTily refused % have anything what
ever to do with the affair for obvious Tea-
sons and thus greatly RntagoniZed the
saloon men and the grand majority Of the
population.
Malcolm Campbell, his slayer, is Scotch
man OF about the same age and bnld as his
victim. de wears a heavy light-colOred
beard, is fair complexi0ned generally and
has the laughing blue eye ola typical Morse
man. Among saloon men ia particular and
the inhabitants of both Juneau and Doug
las as a whole he was very popular, and,
although evidently dangerous when ia
desperate position, his eaSy-gOing happy
go-ucky nature would have led one to be-
lieve that he was the last man in the world
to commit murder.
Campbell has been engaged In the snug
Cling business for at least four years, see
ing" as he himself has said, that when
first drifting 10 juneau in 1889 1t seemed
for a man Of no particular profession or
trade the most profitable occupation TO en-
gage IN" His stock in trade was q small
SI0Op, large enough TO hold provisions,
stove and cooking utensils. over aud above
q cargo of 10 or y kegs Of whisky. Like
other men engaged in the traffic lie made
regular trips to Fort Simpson. b. c., where,
under the care of the Hudson Bay Com
pany, his cargo was stored. The whisky
in most instances belonged to the
Juneau salOOn-keepers and be received
$500 a load for the mere carriage of it
to within convenient distance of the
Alaskan metropolis. he usually hired
man to help run his craft and always kept
deeihOunds aboard, by whose aid the two
men were never at a loss TO procure all the
game that was required. His knowledge Of
the iDs and outs Of the inland passage was
almost perfect, and il was the easiest thing
imaginable for him 10 elude and battle all
efforts by the authorities looking 10 his
arrest.
At the time of the tragedy for which the
smuggler Is now on trial he was landing at
a cove near Douglas, where il was the Gus
when the missionary appeared on the scene
and exerted authority which. it is alleged,
belonged only to Government officials.
The death OF Edwards in the very prime
of his strength and manhood is extremely
lamentable, but it is almost certain no
Grand Jury could be got together in Alaska
that AVould P0uVirt his GlaVar