The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-21
Frank Clement Shot and Killed
by Gottlieb Schneider.
NARROWLY ESCAPED lyNCHtNG
The Two Men Were kIondike PART
n~ra and Were Packing Their
Outfits Across t-hflkoot Pnss-Bad
Elood Between Ihem-A onarrei.
"A knife Revolver. Death and
u Mob-Narderer - Now in jail.

Frank Clement. q HlllsboFa. Or. was
shot ard killed Al Sheep camp, on the
Chgkoot pass. last Tuesday morning hy
Csttlieb, Schneider. Of Howard county,
Maryland. The men wefe partners III
trip TO Dawson and were engaged -a'pah-
ing their outfits over the Dyea trail They
did nos ga along Well together And bad
quaEfe.ed several times before the one
which ended fatally foE Clement. sehnes-
der narrowly escaped lynchiag at he
hands of tae Infatuated nl2b Of prospect
iye ki0ndikers. HE Is now N Jail "a Dyea-
The news was brought otais city yesieE-
day on the steamer Ai-kl, which arrived
from I)yea at i9 O'Clock
The men had been packing since carly
in February ami had some OF their stun
as far Sheep Camp and some al the
Scales. They were camping in tent
near this power house at Sheep Camp.
Monday night they renewed an led quar-
rel. and il is said that Clement threatened
sto XIII Schneider Tuesday morning
Schneider commenced 10 get breakfast.
when Clement informed him that they
must break partnership. Clement said
something that Schneider did nol like and
the latter grabbed him. Clement got hold
of big knife ard Schneider drew his re-
-
hsard a pistol shot. Clement ran out
OF the tent. crying thst hs had been shot.
Schneider WAS surrounded by the mob.
and for time il looked as though they
would STING him up, hat the officers got
him away. Clement lived three hours
bur gave no account Of the shooting.
Schneider's story of the murder, as 1t
came down yesterday OIL the Aiki, is as
follows:
er Elder in February, and saw him fire.
quently here and In Dyea afterwari. Sew
eral days after We got here Clement came
TO me and said that his partner mad de-
cded 10 go back. and he wanted me 10 buy
the outnt and so 70 DsVson with him. |
told him that | had nothing with which 10
buy IT, He then told me that le had
enough money 10 buy out his partner and
II ] would go along with him he would sell
me the outfit and let me pay after we got
10 Dawson. | finally agreed 10 DO this,
and We drew up an agreement in German.
ana each took copy. In the FIRST Two
weeks we got some OF the stuff up 20 Sheep
Camp, and some To Scales. BY ,hat time
! found out that Clement would start a
quarrel every chance he had. We were
camping at Sheep Camp. a short distance
below the power house One Jay the
weather was very bad and 1t was showing
50 fast we could not see. Clement wanted
me to button up his coat. but ! could not
10 do II. He became verv mad at that
and cursed me, and again that nght, aft
tf We fNtiitt III kuS tent ne IsISNtu HIS
curses and said that he would cut hell out
of me for il. The rex. morning - | was
getting breakfast he told ma 10 get out. l
told him | would do SO II ne would pay
me for what packing / had done. IeSter-
day we had another quarrel and iE the
evening / was sleeping in the tent when
Clement came IN aud yelled AZ mt. stop
that snoring. ar I'll eat your throat, /
said n3thiug bit got no sleep. beng afraid
that he would carry out his threat. This
morning was cooking thu breakfast when
he came In ard said ne was going df
vide some -four We had bought together
ard then sell the other outfit. | toid him
M had already sold II to me. but he said:
Yes when you have paid for it | told
him i wanted what vas fair for my work.
with your s9sK. /
grabbed him. and he reached around and
get a hig knife and said ne would cur my
heart out | reached for my revolver ana
cooked IT, holding my thumb SO the ham
rner. which would not stay up alone, would
ROT fall! Clement hit my hand aEd
knocked my thumb of. which d.sg narged
had been shot, and went out and gave
myself NJ 20 the officers.
Schneider was surrounded by the mob,
ard threats were made OF hanging him,
but he was gotten away before the threat
was put into execution.
The authorities 1t pyea are working
hard on the murder of Sam Roberts. the
faro dealer who vas killed few days ago
at the entrance OF his cabin, near pyea.
Three gamblers and all-rouud lsugtS were
arrested on Tuesday and jailed. one Of
them slamsa Corbett. had a bullet wound
I'm hts shoulder He is supposed 10 have
been the man shot by Roberts partner.