The daily morning Alaskan., 1899-12-19
MOTLEY 5AND
Notable Alaskan Aggrega-
 tiOn Visits the Port
ALL BOUND FOR SITKA
Host Of Court and District OfficI- ais, SIX Prisioners, Including
 the condemned nan, on Hoard.

The steamship Cottage City, which ar rived Saturday morning from Juneau and left In the evening for Sitka, carried one of the most notable and diverse aggregation of individuals. all peculiarly Alaskan. that have ever called at the port or travelled to- gether. They embraced the greater num- Der of the high officials of the district, bound home from court; six prisoners, h. eluding Homer Bird. the notorious mur- deer, sentenced during the week for exc cut m at Sitka In February; three chubby, roun faced women, who have been wit nesSe in Juneau in murder cases; George Sehwolka. tie famous Indian guide who did gre seiN ice 10 the United States in leading, 1lorrrS to the interior of !, ,kI, now bound for Siika on a tour In quest of signatures pray. "e 5e given 4 medal t' the great father Of l,e ns;iJn in Iek' Jt his services; and band of other natives of all sizes and ages, bound for the eapl- tol. The prisoners and the eskimos and the Indians occupied the steerdge, and there presented a motley and picturesque scene.
 The officials on the ship included Judge and Mrs. Johnson, Collector of Customs J. w. lvev, District Clerk and Mrs. Elliot, Prosecuting Attorney Freiierlehs, Mrs. Yule, stenographer to the prosecuting at- tomev; Superintendent Kelly Of Alaskan schools, Chief Deputy United States Mar shal McNair, ard Deputy Marshal SnOOks, in charge of the prisoners; Mrs. Shoup, wife of the United States Marshal, and little daughter also on board, bound for their home in Sltka.
 The prisoners were: E. C. Barheight, formerly of Skagwav, sentenced for veal at Sitka for assauIting negro here; Chas. Johnson, alias "No'Aeeount Kid," one year for theft in a Sksgwav resort; Harry Williams, one year for assault in Skag- way; Harold Bailey, three months for as sault in Juneau; Robert Wright, eight months for ass ut with dangerous weapon at Dvea. A number of other criminals, all those sentenced 10 prison for more than a year. were sent to the govern ment penitentiary on MtNeill's island, Puget Sound.
 The prisoners were kept in the cell con- strUeted in the steerage department eSpeel- ally for the accommodation of conveyance of such passengers in Alaska. The mar shal. under instructions from the attorneys of Bird, refused anyone permission to speak with the condemned man. Bird was chained and sat on the upper bunk of d series. He looked anything but like a man guilty Of the atrocious and premedi- tated murder of two fellow men. He was neatly attired and wore a studded white shirt. Leaning easily back against his pillow he crossed hi, feet over high foot rail, and pufed lelsurely and aristoeratIe- ally at a cigar while he chatted with the other prisoners without an evideTt trace of care. He h d not the deep brutal lines In hls features, but seems bright and lntelll- gent, and looks more like a shrewd man. ipulator who has gone through a restless lite on the stock exchange or has been a man of fearless adventure in other walks. A man of middle age, and keen rather than bunt features, he appeere more like one full of schemes of hopeful lie than man under order to die within less than two months. He is smooth of face save for mustaehe of light brown. Mrs. Bird ha: returned to New Orleans.
 The Eskimo women on the ship wer' taken from the north as witnesses in mur der case. and are being taken to Sitk ther' to be held for return to their native lanC next spring by the revenue cutter Bear The interpreter that served for them in tn court has gone south, and they are in tn
 hands of the authorities without a sou
 that can translate their words. The mar
 shal says they are just like so many eatil and have to be watched whenever they g
 about ship, especially when the vesse
 puts in at port. They wear their nativ garb, from otterskln boots to big elotl , parkas, and appear true to the pictures c , their people as seen in books of trave z showing them benesth the spreadin
 aurora. While on the ship they nevs
 leaned back to sleep, but slept with theI
 heads bowed on their knees, and tha
 while in the mattrasSed hunks.