The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-01

ers today and get ready 20 sal for 81. Nj
cnasl again September IL
A.Der, Fox. Frank Atkins and William
Ferndran. n. men who claim 90 have been
robbed. are much aroused over the fact
usae the truth Of their stories was doubted.
and Indignantly and esnphaticaiiy declare
that every word they have uttered concern
ing their misfortune was sne truth and
nothing but the truth They aii say they
left Dawson July 2 On the Alaska Con-
nnerciai conpany's Yukon river steamer
Leah, arrived At ST. Michael August 9. and
wifEis few hours later went aboard the
Roanoke, remaining there until size sailed,
August n
Fox Makes . Statement.
In explaining the transaction with DR..
Adams, who LEI; $50 with him 10 be given
to his wife. Fox said yesterday afternoon:
Il got that uioney sron DR.. Adams about
two days before the Roanoke sailed. The
Waterman called me into the doctors state
room about z:2a o'clock in the morning.
with the announcement that Adams
though. he was going 20 die Capt Brown
was occupying the upper berth In the Same
rooffg Adams had the idea that he Mas go
Ing 20 de and gave NE his wfe's address
at the Great Northern hotel in Seattle.
saying: 1 want YOU 10 take my money
and give IL to her. for don; believe l shalt
ever &c. back TO her told him / did not
want TO take II; but he said i have
known you longer than anybody on the
boat and believe you are honest and al
though ] refused again 10 take IL, he per-
suaded ms SO hard that consented. tell
Ing him that ali could do was to put (, In
my vaiise that had lock On Il. He then
took the money aud dust from his belt I'M
der his head and handed /; 20 me. re-
mained there until little after daylight,
when I left and put the money in die va
lice.
II did not see the doctor after last spring
until We met on the Roanoke We first
met going up from Seattle on the steamer
Australia. that lef, for Skagway and Dyea
March is last The next morning after /
took the money. the doctor wanted a nurse
and on Recommendation OF Capt. Brown.
hired man named Riley for so to attend
TO him On the way down. He told me TO
give him $50 in advance. which did taxi
Ing IL from the doctors money had Ad-
ans never afterward asked for any money
from me"
Fox explains that he had a third inter-
est in claim No. 10 above discovery on b.
nanza creek. and sold i; for $500 to Ar
thur Cook, of Rock Springs Wyo.. his
partner. He and Cook owned two-tf1irds
OF claim q above discovery that they sold
in the spring of 1857 10 Alexander McDon-
aid and others for IS. 100 each taking half
He remained around Dawson from June -
TO July %. He has check for So 225 on the
Bank OF British North America at San
Francisco. issued July q al Dawson He
says Ire put The dust he had left in four
buckskin sacks and then in his vaiise. the
total weight being about seventy pounds
He remained q day and night at ST. Mi
chaei and was then taken aboard the Roa-
noke with hs valise. in a steam launch
French Joe, he says. helped him 10 carry
his dust He refers to Dan McC;ilvra, The
odo:e Anderson George carmack and a
Mr. jenkins who all came down on the
Leah and Roanoke. as knowing he had the
money.
Details Of the Robbery.
Fox went into details aboSt the reported
robbery. He says he left his stateroom a
little after O'clock the morning of August
q. and when he returned shortly before II
saw two men in there that were transferred
from the Cudahy. Charles Johnson was
one and "A sick man the other The val!se
was gone. The waiter told him. he says.
that the men were assigned 10 that room
and that when they were admitted half