The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-01-28
AIaska's Notorious Bed Man Shot
by a U. s. Deputy Marshal.
YfaieA with Fire water, Members Of
tie Ask Indfan Village Wear ia
neau Disregard the Law-Rssfss
Arrest, Beat . Deputy Marshall
ana Oae Of Then Receives . 1si-
let-A Day of Great Excitement.

JUNEAU, Alaska Jan. fs.--'F-asrs wac
chance 10 fss gun and e. cut ard MOTT
Indians IN real pISsrFF style tn Juneau ke'
day For several hosrx about bali me
population Of the town stood on 1ne bs1n
overlooking the Aux fndiag village sras
trsasnisssiy awaited a battle between te~
bucks ard braves and n deputy United
States nsrshal's poess Of white nlen sYaissl
with repeating Wholesalers. Some OF tsse
more tsnsld pals faces. especially the We
mem. locked themselves IL their houses
When Day dasned. Jack Villa ms. ons
Of the Indian poisc@raesi, found cabin
full OF drunken qaayEsLng and hghnng
natives They had been st Il ali nigEt puI
no serious trouble bad occurred uns 81
the NATIVES named Jake became particular
IN threatening ard when he pulled =
butcher knife cur Of bs pocket Indian
Policeman Williams sought 10 arrest and
I'D arrest him and brought him 70 jail. bat
not without some Interference Oh fhe part
Of the crowd. lie returned - the village
70 arrest two others. accompanied Dy II }.
Mcclure guard a. the bah by f1ts
time the Indians bad probably ~sltenea
from whisky TO hoocnsne.s. VIE native l9-
;oxscant distilled from moiasses. oat meal,
tomatoes and any old thing COMPARED with
which GhInsse gin ss . nectar. When No.
CURE and Williams attempted 10 arrest
the two others the whole intoxicated gang
ieaped upon them with war wnoogs-
Like = Pack of Wolves.
Williams escaped and made for the Office
Of Deputy United States Marshal STACEY al
full speed, but MCGUIRE stood h1s ground
and tried 10 lick the whole tribe They
we're On him ike a pack Of Wolves. lie had
a narrow escape he shot Indian Jake in
the abdomen. and Jake will in al prob
ability be good Indian" before the Cot
fage CITY bears the news 10 Seattle. When
assistance arrived they had Mcclure down
IN The water ON the beach and were beat
ting him with elisos and shouting Ailah!
or some other waf waaop whlea sounded
like that.
In the meantime Indian Policeman WI
Hams had appeared GREATNESS and dis
hayeled before United States Deputy Mar
zDai stsisy ard Ike ana announcing the
crack Of Doom stated that lhs whole ranch
WAS drunk and on ths Verge ~ an cut
break. sta!ey jumped ~ out ~ a sick bed.
And ran down TO AnderxoH.s and Yonng's
hardware stores. gathering up deputies
the street as he went. Ia the meantime
somebody with All exaggerated idea Of the
danger had rung the FIRE bell and the
news spread over town like tongues OF
fame through prairie grass. The hardware
stores handed gati Winchester and cart
ridges right and left. IL WASN'T isn minnsr~
before posse % over afty armed men
was running toward the ranch. Then Il
was the turn of the Indians 10 become
alarmed. when they saw the men with
faces pale with excitement appear on the
brow of the bIufY. They ran together In
EfenIs and talked and gesilcii.asei excited
~. Down the narrow. snowy and slippery
tran went the pose. and Into tae village
without inch.snt 0. opposition I'D Cal
iaghars prize Fighter. Eugan irI Seaftse
got there In time 10 help Mefsuirr and vas
IN the thick of II. He lost some cutsc;e
sfrom bis face
Posse Armed With Rides
The duarreisama Indians had got aa.f az
the house by the time the posse arrfvsss
and when they saw the posse aai rifles
they scattered. Then came a seaseh for
the gang through ali the h8nses. in tire yil-
lEe. which lasted all afternoon one man
Was found away over an the OTHER side ~
town in the village OF their aiies the
jakus. Several escaped in canvas boats
headed for Taku inlet and wliI probably
take fhat trail into Atlsn aaa British Ca
lunsbla ;sftitery 70 avoid arrest Aeou,
ten Indians in all we're s"@essea ami ih. list
+ not rafnpsste Indian Jake Is notorious
~ mischief maker IN the sribe He fAd
just returned from serving a six months
term in the sstkA iasi for the prominent
part be took In the row iagst winter A, 40
time today vas there any serious danger
OF Az tnfias outbreak. nor IL there at suY
other time
The crowds of people on she hlgh places
dams IN their bright blankets The posse
rushing hefe ana there ana unraeissssl
through the village fnaste ST. exciting and
animated scene and marked noteworthy
day la Juneau history
The irossfale toiay - another iisastra sssn
Of the fniaaty ~ Alaska naaor laws The
Fact is that any trfsiaa I'm AiAka can xes
aH the whisky he can drihk II ne has The
money 10 pay for H. Prohibition does tai
prohibit the Indian from getting dfeak
enough to kil people. II IL NOT a question
or sgsasr 80 htTns II IA d asleefsua 81
money II Il believed here thar less i4uuor
wouM h- SOLD % Alaska natives ghsrr a
high license law. Snsuggsef. wnala ana
their occupation gone, fewer fseaf.lr ssss,is
handle 'tstuor ana There would b.. a better
eppon for nsing the responsibility