The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-23

Wrangel y In . state q great discrde-.
according 70 advices brought down yes
terday hy the steamer Drtxhsm. which
was the last vessel 60 leave that port
Tho saloon and ..sure-thing'' men COM
oined last week end drove Collector Of
Customs Ivey back to skagway. He had
made one arrest for illegal liquor selling.
when he was warned that II he did not
leave town he would be killed. He went
back To Gkaxway on the steamer Elder
Toe the purpose Of gettins . detachment
Of Omitted States troops. Tns better class
Of Wrangels citisens rot together on
Monday last and are determined to put
the town on m honest footing II II can
be done. A clash between the two parties
- very likely.
On Monday last the chief Of police Of
Wrangei vas removed from once by the
citixonS committee. Il having been ahown,
II n said. that he was In the bunko ring.
new chief was elected, and at the time
the Brixham left 1t was REPORTED that the
deposed chief and one Of his deputies
would BE- hanged. The citizens OF Wran-
Get are determined to clear the town Of
the disreputahls element.
the rush to the northern god zelda has
certainly wrought wonderful changes in
the substantial little city at the mouth Of
the Stfckeen. A Presbyterian Indian
school and the wonderful Indian totem
poles along the beach have made the old
fort favorite stopping place for Alaskan
tourht4 AZ In . breath all has changed
with the rush to the interior by the Stick
cen river route. Wran9el has grown rap
Idly In material ways. but the increase In
wtckedness has been even greater When
the gambaers and ''sure-thing' men were
run out OF Skagway and Dyea, they at
once headed for Wrangel. Now the
Alaskan tourist who goes ashore with
any money on his person speedily parts
company with It and goes back to his
ship a sadder but wiser man,
instances where passengers Of up- bound
steamers have been robbed while cooking
around Wrangel are very numerous
when the Brixham stopped at Wrangel
on the last trip touch was made. A
passenger from Butte. Mont, who was
going to Skagway with his wife and chi.d.
went ashore to have a little Sport With
the 9ambler1 He was what might be
called bad man. but the wrangel sure
thing men were worse. He lost his
pocket money playing on q fixed roulette
Wneei and reached in his pocket for his
purse. One OF the gamblers who was
standing behind hin, put his arms around
him. Another snatched the purse. The
mrs. man gave the Montana man a shove
and then both ran. His VITO went on to
SkaSway while the man remained heh,nd
70 try and recover the q. 100 he had lost
Up to last Sunday the gambling element
have had things their own way. On that
Gay the last big robbery occurred. as was
told IN yesterdays Post-Intellisencer. r.
r. smith, of Montreal. was robbed OF 8. 100
and the two men who did the job ESCAPED
by stealing a sloop. When the Brixham
left late Monday afternoon Deputy limited
States Marshal Grant was still In pursuit
with large number OF citizens at his
back.
Capt. Durie, OF the Brixhan, said yes-
terday to Post-Intelligencer reporter:
Just before We left wrangel the new
chief OF polics or town marshal came
aboard to point out FIVE of the 'sure-thins.
gang that had taken passage for Seattle
lie told me that meeting had been held
that morning by the vigilance committee
and that they had decided 10 hang the ex-
chief OF police and one OF his deputies. The
hanging was to take place that evening"
The marshal said that he did not believe
that the committee would ever get their
hands on the ex-marshai 70 hang him. He
IL said to be bad man and viii probably
fight II It comes to q showdown. The
Il that they stood in with the robbers and
did not try TO recover stolen property"
II Collector Ivey had his way, wrangel
would be oyerrun with Federal troops.
When he decided last week that discre-
ton was the better part OF vaior and left
the camp he went at once 20 Col. Ander-
son. commanding the troops in the district
OF Lynn canal, and asked that body OF
bluecoats be sent to Wrnngel Col An
derson declined 10 send troops unless or
dered by Gen. Merriam. SO the matter
now stands. Ivey went to wrangel with
the intention OF arresting all Of the saloon
keepers. He made one arrest and got his
man bound over in the sum Of $500. Then
he was forced to change his mind and
leave the town until he could get assist
anee.
The Brixham made very good time on
her maiden trip In Alaskan waters. She
was nine days and four hours out OF port.
She stopped at all four ports. both on tho
up and down trip. She left Skagway on
last Sunday. consequently brings no late
news from Lynn canal The Brixham had
tow A far as Mary island on the I'M .rip.
She will leave Monday for Dutch harbor.
The Brixham had forty-seven passengers
from Dyea, Skasway. Juneau ana wran-
gel, rs follows: John Roe, A. r. Diamond.
q. Farris. g. Williams. J. RI. Davis, II.
Woodwork, F.. Walker. II. A. Berass, r.
H. Duncan. II. Duff H. Harrington DR..
f. Q. Crewe. C. Il. Mosher. John Edison.
4. A. Thorp. W. Thorp, A. r. Norwood.
F. Mcdonald. r. W. Lang, Mrs. 4. w.
Lang, NJ. c. Dickinson. b. Doyle. Geo. f..
Tugssss Miss Rurman. c. II. Graham. Mrs.
Bile. J. Condor, b. F. Morgan. W. T. wer-
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