The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-25
Mr. MeIoy Finds the Boy.

Mr. MeIoy Finds the Boy.
Fearful of the ''sharpers," Mr.. Meloy
sought the aid of the police DEPART
ment, and with Detective John Thomp-
son, of the central station. repaired to
the Auditorium. They went down Iook-
ing for nice little boy in a Fauntleroy
suit with golden curls hanging down
his back. They went up to the room
where the hoy" was staying and
knocked on the door y robust young
man with his face bronzed from expos
IRE to the weather and looking like the
center rush on a crack football team
opened the door. Mr.. Meloy said he
was looking for Johnnie Lee and want
ed to ship him home to his anxious
guardian. The athletic young man in
good lusty tones spOnded that he was
Johnnie Lee, but that he didn't care to
be shipped home until he got ready.
MIR MelOy showed him the telegram
and the young man said:
well. you'll have to talk to my law
yer. He is here with me- and I pay
him to transact business for me"
This proposition added confusion to
MI. MelOy and the detective. A young
man with a football build who is en-
compassed about with his own lawyer
did not seem in danger of Chicago
sharpers. However, young Mr. Lee
preacher to central station without his
lawyer and satisfied the police there
that ne would not be in immediate
danger of buying gold bricks or selling
KIOudike claims without just cOmpen-
satiOn. Mr. Lees lawyer is q. II.
Wakeman, who was county attorney in
San Francisco at the time of the Dur
rant trial and assisted in the prosecu-
ton of Durrant.
Has Two NIondille Claims.
Mr.. Lee said he had two Klondika
claims, both of which he had staked out
for himself, near Dawson City. He went
to Alaska year ago, got in on the
ground floor when the rush to the gold
fields came, and secured two valuable
pieces of property. He started back to
civilization last November made a fear
less trip over the passes, and arrived
in San Francisco in December. While
there he was the guest Of his grand
father, Col. D. L. Morrill,. Acting under
the advice of his grandfather he re-
tanned Mr.. Wakeman as his attorney.
and is taking him with him to New
York to act for him in the contemplate
ed disposal of ere of his claims to an
English syndicate.
The authorities at the central station
decided that young man who could go
to Alaska and. lay out two valuable
claims, and then organize his own ex-
petition to civilization. might be trust
ed to take care Of himself on Michigan
boulevard, and Mr. Meloy telegraphed
to the Rev. James B. Lee, of Franklin
Vile, that he thought his ward was In
no immediate peril
Tell of His Claims.
Young Mr.. Lee, who is still in his
teens, said last night that one of his
claims is on Meadow Creek, in the
Indian Creek district, which he will not
sell for less than 5000 600. The other il
on Too Much Gold Creek. in the Klon-
dixie district.
This Is the claim which he thinks his
partner, D. G. Frazier, of FranklinVille,
n. Y, has arranged to sell for him. Mr..
Frazier notified Mr.. Lee by mail last
week that he would not sell for less
than $4,000, and he thought he could
get much more than that
Mr. Lee said he could not explain his
uncIes solicitude except that he was
over-anxious about him. The young
Klondiker lived with his uncle for sew
eral years after his father and mother
died.
A year and a half ago he was seized
with the KlOdinke fever. His uncle
gave him 5000, and in company with Mr..
Frazier he went to Alaska. He landed
there with eight cents in his pocket and
went to work for a transportation COM
pany. He was at Circle City when the
rush come. He made g, hurried march
to Dawson City and staked out his first
claim. He is going back to Alaska
next Summer to find some new claims
and then will enter school at Cornell
and take the engineering course.