The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-09-13
THE MURDER OF A
KL0NDIKE PILGRIM
By Jerome H. Taft.

OF all the stories OF cold-blooded afro
cities which have from time TO time
found their way 10 the East the awful
fate which befel this particularly iuckless
fortune hunter possess all the elements
OF mans brutality when confronted by
4 nightmare OF approaching destruction.
According to the story which has been
flashed over the wires from Seattle IL
appears that George Bowman. former
superintendent OF q now oeiunct cycle
Manufacturing Company Of Bridgeport.
Connecticut started for the hlondike
last summer with john Beale. general
superintendent Of the same company, w.
OConnei and man named johnson.
of whom little was known except that
ne was formerly employed 10y a spring
field concern the party starting Tor inc
kl0udike last summer.
THE LOST PILGRIM
: letter was received from bowman
LAST septcmber. but since then nothing
has been heard OF him. OConnell' VINO
returned East last summer said thar
Bowman had been murdered. lie salu
that Bowm8ns strength gave out WEI
nearing Dawson City ana tnat 10 s"'iN
exhausted IN the snow. one OF the t4dF
oilers. which ono he did not say ven
back 10 Bowman. and with the remaIh'
YOU'RE no good" heartlcssly puta re-
volver TO the unfortunate mans head
and sent q bullet crashing through MS
brain. -. vi.
Inoulries have been made I'm New YORK
and letters received say that they nave
heard the story. but have no way %.
verifying 81. one OF the missing man
friends says he o. informed that one OK
the party is wearing Bowman rms
No one knows the present WnereaDu u-1
of Reale and O'C0nnell, johnson mas
not been heard from since he iell bIlos1-
port. and 10 is believed THAT ne mas I,H-
sons of his own for Keeping ieyond lAe
pale OK jurisdiction.
Vhfs ueoqra STRAIGHTFORWARD news
statement has been given a senaatloIiA
local c0Iorine hy the return from Jaw
s0n City of Edward r. Calncon. OF on
Eers. New York who succeeded ln acr"-
trulatfua a tidy collection or golden mug
gets IN the land OF gold and desola,lon.
Calhoon has spent three years I'D the
Klondlke and among his associates n
that country he Is known as leYei-he"u-N
Ned. ....-
lie s. tall OF stature. clear eyed strons
and sinewy and looks capable OF hoia-
lrg his own with the average run OK
mankind.
AN EYE WITNESS.
Whom soen I'm bis cosy little Yonkers
homo last week Calhoon was calmly puff
nome .as M " o,J c,1v Zinc While curly
49,, 80 . piri was uraviug nj his
h.fC q, dozen Golden nuggets.
.I' ,-'' -. 7.rffc,iiarlv anxious
nc D.D -. ,.tor,, which has become 90
-,-+ of ii,.i,, NIGHTMARE. In fact
he tremblcd porceDlbly when asked III"
ot,.. an accoiint OF the manner lu which
hl,o ''I r,..,.,,,,., met his fate in the lone
.-.s s.,.-.'i.,s ~ The Klondiko.
~ (..it,oo,.s story which had a
.o'il tl,,.h ~ ra+hos surrounding
''''' ''-'' ..f.of g, o,naors that he
,"' ,..,--,ootira trim to the
I''N e-,. 80. rr..o, roiias from Daw-
i'i'U' .'...' rr. had hulf "a Utlo
al" ,-'f ,.,, o,i.tl,. WORKING away
''--'. ., ,.,..r ,,han u sudden
WIZ 'i's - GO, ,,n Tn the midst
At'lic o.'.l-.- r f.-,- mon o-r,o STAG
or 'nl' ~. r.. th. ,srrog, footpqth and
s...e a4
80 80 -f.. ,,,,-,,..- was IN n feeble con-
d,ffr, and m times rceled from side 90
.f-, ne fborrh hn were under the inau-
1i.,o~ r,ba new arrivals did
..t., C,froo, as Die stood about
t,. eoo+ belov, chem ON the brink of
i,..r, .f-,,,e+ and as they walked
t.,.. tto,. n,1 lint little ate
,t., -,,,, ,,bo v.,e STRUGGLING Go
,...,. ,, v.ifh his o0muan-
' '''
.1 s,v .hon ston rich. above where
was standing" said Cahoon. and ]
naturally became Interested in "nal they
were up 10. The leader OF me party was
angry about sometliins ana He nef.n
NI.. d o.