The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-01-17
CRIMINALS FROM ALASKA.
Nine OF Them Bound for san Quentin
for Various Grimes.

on the Topeka was a mixed lot Of GRIM
inals convicted al the November term of
court at Juneau for various crimes. There
were nine in all. including siwashes Rus
slams and an American, in charge Of Dep
uty Marshals Wallace and McNair and
Guards Hoggatt and Armstrong. The men
were handcuffed and marched off the boat
into the waiting room Of Ocean dock and
the patrol wagon sent for, when they were
taken to the county Jail to await the de-
parture of the steamer Walla Walla for
San Francisco on which they will take
passage. bound for San Quentin prison.
The names of the prisoners are John
Stacey. Nelson Lembach. Nichol Sacko-
loft. Matthew Siminoff. Eugene Russ. and
the four Indians Taskooney, Shecoonish,
Tchumkah and Hoosk.
The first four are Russians who were
convicted for selling liquor without having
paid the special tax of $25. Their custom
ers were Indians, and 1t was for this in
reality that they were prosecuted. They
each got thirteen months. Eugene Russ Is
the arson nend who tried 70 set the big
Treadwell mill on fire by taking The fau-
Gets out of three ln1-gallon tanks Of coal
oil, saturatinE the promises. lie was ar
rested nv detective on suspicion. having
been seen 10 come from the mill He con-
fessed that he turned tho oil loose hut
would not say for what cause He was
tried and convicted for mallciou.ly de-
stroyinr 'hr personal property Of another.
although 90 was believed that his intention
was % set fire - the Mill when the oppor-
tunity presented itself as II was aftc~warf
learned that he had Nut a Few weeks be-
fore been discharged from san Quentin
where he served "A three wears sentence
Tor arson Re had been IN Alaska only
four davs when De began his fendish work
again. Russ got three wears FOR this lob
and VIII soon he with his old friends in
CALIFORNIA; h.r laetUc
Taskconev. TehUmkah and She-0onlsh.
three huSkr-ionkIrw Siw8ehrs were con-
Vi.fri ~ wa0s'7U-hter Tor numbering -wo
whisky erucC'rr near kHHsuoo last
June The Indians bad been ~ n Dotlateh
whore 'h.y hea been followed h- no
srun-e'.rs They bad rloutly - money
fur.~~ 'fefr peculiar festivities ara bought
srurrirf whisky freely but toward the
close uro~t 80 fhai~ money gave out and
thav made un their minds 20 start for
fhe'~ stamping ground az E'awak The
snur-ie~s however were DESTROYS p co.,
tf~C every cent thov hal ana followed ba-
hin1 them in canoe Every once fr a
while The Indians wou's stop ara h.iv
lf'Ie whisky ana kept fhiS up u0.V IN
the'~ money was gone The 9rswa-,r H77
herH0 'fs 'e7alv work On trern Hv this
r~'s ara thev 'o- 'e9 - take the whisky
rvaN from fNr vhffa mon a Free rrHt
e0~N.3. resulting i0 fh- 7refh ~ the -r7rl--
e'ers TIE Indians we're -aD+p~e7 soon
Hf'rr 3D." k'rC a~4 t0 November were
0'~r'- fH1 ~ man daughter Taskoorev get
ting 'vo wears ana the other two three
vtr~- each
KIOSK 'He fourth Indian brought down
IS 'le ONE thar b.ne3 his =fsts~ near ELfris-
ran shout 2 wear 0c'. because hts friends
w73a hiw believe she was witch. Tie ala
nat he'.ate 81 AZ fest hrt thtv rot hin,
r~a-v l~g~k. ana again folG hfrv rAa- she
was WITCH. ard would 30 him harm and