The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-01
QlWY 70 TIE RESCUE.
The First Carriage II the Aagse Ssss
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The people of Skagway VIII De foinns
In luxury next week IL 10 1neIs 'sns !.
they demand g. and Frank fancy. =
weIi-kn0Nn sporting man, aas Soue -
their assi.sanee. lie will sail today On
the steamer city Of Seattle ana WITH MN
viii 60 an up-to-date two-nofse nA
An the drivers In the city have inspsc1ea
Il ana .ar that ..fsss q peach. The sprsnEs
are Of the best material and warranted
"a keen the misiionaires Of the magic cs.J
from being bumped too nard when taes
ride from their club to the shsasef. lno
cushions are OF the finest leather. ana tns $
hair with which they are sfnHed wou.o
do honor 20 United states seHAsS'
couch.
.If The people want luxury. they snaii
have q, said Clancy. al ne pulled our
bis roll OF bills and plAnked down the pu1-
ehas@ ursee Of the wonderful two-nofse
shay "Skagway Is the greatest town on
earth and there 10 nothing too gooo to'
her people" ..k .a
~srt o,,, looking for the proper person 10
ars,,a q Finally hs met Frank stevens,
NC 10 commonly called RED" and VINO
has been driving q hack in Seattle ZOE
.yau are Just the man I'm looking for,
said Clancy. land ii you want to go Win
me. ali right. - 49,,
ha,gssr was sealed then and there.
Thss l. the story in brief Of Skagway's
ersf hack and the first driver. All the old
rar,hsr wagons in which the people OF
Skagway have ridden down the long
wharyes 10 the steamers and back again
viii feel ashamed when the new carriage
arrives and 1t is said that Clancy has al
these who are anxious TO ride in 1t.
Taa hack is swell number but not
,,ora so than the driver. Stevens comes
from one OF the best known families In
the good old state Of Maine. His grand
father. william Kinds. of Calias, built the
first ship that ever slid into the ST. Croix
river. Stevens Is re.icent about his fam
iiy connections but If ne were in Maine
he would be riding In hacks instead Of
driving them
Clancy is not only the pioneer hack
owner OF Skagway. but also OF Seattle.
About sixteen years ago he introduced the
people Of this now flourishing city to the
luxury of soft cushions and fine springs.
There was "a hot time in the old town"
the night that the hack arrived. Bolton
Rogers. formerly chief of police. was the
first driver. and he was a good one. too.
They tell the story OF how he was driv-
ing around a rich logger from Olympia
one day in another hack called the BLACK
Maria" because Il looked like a hearse.
The logger got tired Of being boxed up
and asked for an open carriage. "All
right" said Rogers. II will give you one''
Then he got q saw and sawed of the top
OF the hack. The logger was tickled to
death at the ease with which Rogers met
his demands and promptly paid for the
hack.
Clancy will take about ten head OF buck
ing bronchos to Skagway to use in pack
ing goods over the trail. He says that it
they buck down here az they soon weary
of II on the trail.
When asked about the real condition OF
the trail Clancy said: well. know that
all sorts Of adverse reports nave been
spread, but as a matter OF fact the trail
Is all right.
There arc some things that would
like to talk about. because SkaEway and
her people have been put In a false light
frequently. when there Is no apparent
cause for II. To begin with, stories of
robberies and hold-ups come back TO US
In papers from all parts OF the country.
and yet we never heard OF them in our
own city. Jen Smith, or 'Soapy' Smith,
o. the papers cal. him. is the most mis-
represented man in Alaska. I say cam
did,y. and ann willing TO do II over my
signature. that today Jer Smith stands
letter With the people Of Alaska than
Gov. Brady. You may think this is q
strong statement. but / mean 1t. and
would say the same thing TO Gov. Brady's
face. Smith Is credited with doing every
thing wrong. when an matter OF fact he
has been Instruments. In preventing much
trouble.
1.-THE correct story of the killing OF Mart
Rowan. deputy United States marshal,
H. 4x.Ef h.
wagon road. by Bartender Fay has never
been told. The truth Of the matter Is the
dead man. McGrath was Smiths
friend. as he was also mine. This
being the case. 1t Is wrong TO say that
Smith and his gang rescued murderer
from an indignant crowd OF citizens
Smith stood fer fair play. and he was
right. Any other man In Fay's place
would have done the same as he did. and
that Is the truth OF the matter II was
most unfortunate occurrence. but I must
saw that McGrath brought 1t upon him.
self. He was having good sinss and
made himself obnoxious I'm Jake Rire's
saloon. Rice struck him with a cane Rice
Is q cripple. They settled their trouble
bat Metsrafh said that he was going out
Ia get a gun. then he would return and
Kill ali about the place. He wen, over 10
Smiths place and asked him fer a install.
Smith told him he was foolish and would
not let hsrs have IL. At this time Mart Row
an. the deputy marshal who was not we'll
known in the city, was there. On account
of a new baby I'm the family he was cele-
brafng. Rowan said that he would go
over with McCra.h. and away they went
When they entered the saloon MeGrath
had his hand in his pocket and Rowan had
his revolver In his hand. McGrafh went
un 10 Fay and said that he had come to
make good his promise. Fay knew what
he had threatened and took no chances
He did not know who Rowan was and
also shot him
There was meeting at which perhaps
Lao people were present. Men had ropes
and were talking about .ynching. Smith
said thar he thought II better TO find out
something about the case before ANYTHING