The herald., 1898-03-21

him he would sell the outfit and let me
pay for it after we got to Dawson. finally
agreed OF this and we drew up an agree
ment in German and each took copy. 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 quarrel every chance he had
We were camped at Sheep camp, a short
distance below the power house. One day
the weather was very bad, and 1t was
showing so fast we could not see Clement
wanted me to button up his coat, but
could not see to do 1t. He became very
mad and cursed me. and again that night.
after we retired in the tent, he again
cursed me and said he would cut hell out
of me for it. The next morning as 1 was
getting breakfast, he told me to get out.
1 told him would do so If he would pay
me for what packing I had done. Yester-
day we had another quarrel, and in the
evening I was sleeping In the tent when
Clement came in and yelled as me: Stop
that snoring or I'll cut your throat I
said nothing. but got no sleep, being afraid
he would carry out his threat. This morn
ing I was cooking breakfast when he came
in and said he was going to divide some of
tlt lIOul we Hdu Dou5ht tO6CthSi eihN eiiSii
sell the other outfit. I told him he had
already sold it to me. but he said: Yes
when you have paid for it. I told him 1
wanted what was fair for my work. He
said: TO hell with your work. grabbed
him and he reached around and got knife
and said he would cut my heart out. 1
reached for my revolver and cooked it. and
holding my thumb so that the hammer
which would not stay up alone, would not
drop. Clement hit my hand and knocked
my thumb off. which discharged the gun
He ran outside, crying that he had been
shot and I went out and gave myself up to
the officers"
Schneider was surrounded by the mob
and threats were made of hanging him,
but he was gotten away before the threat
was put into execution.
Three gamblers and all-around toughs
were arrested and jailed today on suspicion
of being murderers of Sam Roberts. who
was murdered yesterday. One of them,
named Corbett, had bullet wound in his
shoulder, supposed to have been inflicted
in the melee.
A saloon and lodging house belonging to
Henry Douglass burned week ago, and
| two men perished. The wife of one of
the dead men says her husband had con-
siderable money, which is now missing. 1t
| is supposed the house was set on fire.
ANOTHER MURDER
| SEATTLE, WASH, March 2O.-Skaguay
has had another murder, according to the
officers of the steamers Al XII and Huen-
eme, which arrived here direct from
Lynn canal today. On last Monday night
laboring man was shot by colored wo-
man of the lower class at the entrance to
her cabin in the saloon district of Skaguay.
He died shortly before the steamers sailed
Tuesday morning. The murder was the
result of trouble which began early Mon
day evening over the disappearance of the
mans watch The Al Ki left Skaguay on
Tuesday noon. The captain saw no
steamers ashore on the way down, nor did
he see anything Of tho little gasoline
schooner Bessie K, which is week over
due from Skaguay.
| The damage sustained by the Hueneme' s
cargo which caught fire on her upward
trip, is estimated at $4,000.
The steamers City of Seattle and Utopia
sailed tonight for Dyea and Skaguay
Alaska, with $3.50 passengers from this port.
The ship Yosemite also sailed for the same
ports with Ct passengers and 1000 tons of
cargo. She carried so head of burros.
The steamer Excelsior sailed for Copper
river with 157 passengers.
ROUGH WEATHER
PORT TOWNSEND, Wash, March 2.-
The steam schooner Scotia, en- route from
Seattle to Dyea with forty passengers, is
still here, having made two Intellectual at
tempts to cross the straits of Fuca. Both
times the schooner was forced to put back
on account of the high wind and heavy
sea- AS the wind is going down tonight,
she will probably get away in the morning.