The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-08-31


Yukon, bx..sz SICK ard seized with ssTssoss
rni-g.vt-rs that he was nearing els enc.
he called Fox 20 his state room ana gave
HIN sat- al his dust and greeshacks. 70
give % Els Adams, wife, II he saoa2a nos
-psrh bone alive. This $50 also went tae
Way ~ the ether s-7,T7s, into the va-uaose
vaIi<a TIE receptacle was psst in Foxs
room. under tia lower herth. the others
having implicit confidence in him Fox aad
calm No. .. On the port side % the tr,sasH
deck. a little aft of tbs center OF the ooas-
Atkins tells the story that in the fore
noor ot August z ne, For-ldran and 9TH
ers were IN the smoking room playing
cards, when suddenly Fox burst through
thu door with the startling Enquiry. Have
you moved the grip, heyss" They an
swered 10. then ne shouted. Its gone.
thsn"' They rushed 10 the rocm. ana
found TIE statement true. II was report
ed that Fox ted tha local police that ne
had left the room FOR few minutes, ieay-
ing the door locked, ard that ws,ez. he re-
turned the door and window were open
and ne found Il strange KlondiKer and the
assistant steward there. and thar when
he Questioned the latter he said that when
he went TO admit the stranger he found
the door unlocked. and as he was assign
ed 10 that room admitted him Fox SAID
tbs steward told him he knew nothing
about the gold. although /; was gone.
EXcltemcMt ON the hOaaokes
There was great excitement On the Ro-
anoks when the alleged robbery was re-
ported. and every passenger Immediately
made himself q detective 70 ferret out the
mystery. The river steamer John Cudahy
had arrived two or three days previously
and was then alongside transferring the
p. &. Weare's passengers 10 the Roanoke.
She was searched thoroughly by United
States marshal and representatives. OF the
North American Transportation & Trad
ing Company before anybody was permit
ted to land at ST Michael. The Roanoke
was anchored in the stream three miles
from shore. the water being too shallow
FOR ocean steamers 10 get nearer 10 the
Yukon port. All the way from ST. Nj
chael TO Seattle Officers of the vessel were
detailed To hunt for the missing treasure,
and the passengers and crew aided.
II Is pointed out by those who doubt
the story Of the men who claim 10 have
been robbed that the latter cannot refer
to a single man outside OF their own close
friends that knew they had much gold nor
where they could have gotten II. Many
whJ have been around Dawson for years
say they never heard of any of them
making q strike. On the trip down the
river there was nobody who saw the gold
reported TO beiong 10 Fox and the others
nor was there a man outside their own
CLIQUE On the Roanoke that knew they
had the dust, although they were on the
vessel several days before sailing from
the Yukon. How Fox could have 10
pounds Of gold. carrying it from boat to
boa. and 10 his stateToom, with not one
OF the nearly 800 passengers seeing it IS
q mystery many are trying to solve. An
other reason given for doubling the tale is
why should Fox deposit SO small a por-
ton Of his treasure with the purser and
keep the balance himself, and why should
Atkins deposit his OVID and not his part
ner's, although Forndaru deposited all OF
his own? Even the $50 given 20 Fox III
trust as not put into safe keeping.
Another circumstance considered sus-
piclous is that Fox sailed under the name
OF j. H. Brown and F'orndran as Charles
Moore Their reason was that they tray
eled on tickets issued TO men OF those
names.