The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-03-21
4 KILLING N ALASKA
Frank Clement Shot Down by
Gottlieb Schneider.
HAD A ROW ON THE TRAIL
ALynchins Was Narrowly Averted-The
Murderer Asserts hat the
Deed Was Done in Self
Defense.

Dyea. Alaska. March IA, via Astoria,
ore. March 2o.-Frank Clement of
Hilsboro was shot and killed at Sheep
Camp this morning by Gottlieb Schnei-
der OF Howard county. Maryland. A
lynching was averted only by the
prompt action of the officers in getting
the murderer out of the way. He Is
now in Jail at this place.
Clement lived several hours. but
failed to give an account of the quarrel.
Schneider's story. told to an associated
press correspondent. is as follows: Il
met Clement coming up on the steamer
Elder in February and saw him fire.
ouently here and in Dyea afterward.
several days after we got here Glenn
ent came to me and said that his part
ner had decided to go back and he
wanted me to buy the outfit and go TO
Dawson with him. | toAi him thar L
had nothing with which to buy IL. He
then told me that he had enough mon
ey to buy out his partner. and IL l
would GO along with hin he would sell
me the outfit and let me pay after we
got to Dawson. / finally agreed 10
this. and we drew up an agreement IN
German and each took "A opy In the
first two weeks we got some OF the
stuff up to sheep Camp and some TO
Scales. BY that time | found out that
Clement would start a quafrei every
chance he had.
I'VE were camping at Sheep camp. a
short distance below the power house.
One day the weather was very bad ana
II was showing so fast we could not
see. Clement wanted me to button up
his coat. but / could not see TO do IT.
He became very mad at that and
cursed me. and again that night after
--st--l a.. the tnnt hn rnnaNrnh his
cursing and sai he would cut hell out
Of me for IL. The next morning, as j
was getting breakfast. he told me TO
get out. / told him | would do so III he
would pay me for what packing ] had
done.
Yesterday we had another quarrel.
and in the evening | was sleeping In the
tent when Clement came in and yelled
at me-.Stop that snoring, or III cut
your throat l said nothing. but got
no sleep. being afraid That he would
carry out his threat. This morning !
was cooking breakfast when he came
in and said ne going to divide some
-four we a bought together and ther
sell the other outfit. ] told him he had
already sold II to me, but he said, Yes
when YOU have paid for it ] told hin
wanted what was fair for my work
He said. To hell with your work
grabbed him. and he reached aroun'
and got a big knife and aid he would
cut my heart out. i reached for m.
revolver and cooked IL, holding m!
thumb to the hammer, which would no
stay up alone. so that IL would no
shoot. Clement hit my hand am
knocked my thumb OFF, which dis
charged the gun. lie ran outside cry
ing that he had been shot, and | wen
out and gave myself up to the officers.
Schneider was surrounded by tn
people. and threats were made of hang
ing him. but he was gotten away be
fore the threat was put into execu
tion.
Three gamblers and all round tough
were arrested and jailed to-day on sus
picion of being the murderers of Sar
Roberts, who was murdered yesterda,
One of them, named Corbett, had a bul
let wound in his shoulder, supposed
have been inflicted In the melee.
A saloon and lodging house belong
ing to Henry Douglass burned "A wee
ago and two men persisted. The VIII
of one of the dead men says her hus
band had considerable money. which
now missing. II is supposed the nous
was set OF fire.