New-York tribune., 1899-09-03
PTSH OF GOLD SEEKERS TO 'ArH
ALLEGED MURDER BY INDIANS UNDERGONE IN
VEsTIGATIoN

ALLEGED MURDER BY INDIANS UNpEF'olN" ~
VEsTIGATIoN.
{, Michael Alaska. Aug. "A. via Seattle sep'
n,,ah,a staupede has set from TINS place "
60 Noroe not less than fifty employees oI wv
NaeLo Commercial Company and N0rth Aiei ,i
RECOMMENDATION and Trading Company GUNS
tho last few days to the new digglhSs' i"e' ,ts -
many NJ whom have been WORKING ioi a
ZINC from so to s75 a month have peen cIdNe
bv the reports recently brought over li0i', " :,
Ci,v bv returning miners. every one oi "~nV' ~
-, dowr with beach gold Added 10 'il's l.
,ha demand upon the trading companies Tot qu'oN
u,,or conner plate cyanide and other articles uSe
in rocking ~, ,bese
Money is no object in the purchase Ioo
materials and 1t is not an uncommon 49, 80
10 see men offer S A pound lol qu''h
much for copper plate .A
n,eoe, weighing sixteen ounces was louhu
,os, waek on the beach. and when the news was
circulated there was wilder rusn 'hdh eve
secure rockers Miners who staKed OH ,I .'ie
o,airoe throw down their shovels ana asKeo loi "i'
tima that they might share in the good luck Oh 'ie W
five hundred more men on the pedO"'
was a general advance in wages.
The investigation of the reported muruer Vi 'e
rnenbers of the Jessie expedition by Indians al
the mouth of the Kuskowim River iast suiiii"
has begun. The revenue cutter Ool"Ih' N"f
Herring started to-day for NunivaK lsiahu' wiz.
r C. Marsten trader. VINO says Tue "'e'h'O'
tho exDedition were massacred will be taken
aboard The Corwin will then go to the mouth Vi
the Kuskowim and land an investigating pai -
which besides members of the crew. VIII incIudc
United States Marshal Shoup, who arrived mere
several days ago III company with Ohted S'a'eS
District Judge Johnson It is expected the lnvestl-
cation will last seveia, days. II any evidence o'
murder is found the suspected natives VIII De ar
rested and taken TO SltEa on the 'e'o'uo ~
McCuoch for trial.
An incident occurred several days ago ''a'
STRENGTHENS the murder theory. The schooner BOW
hear CAPTAIN Ccoh reports that on July 10 she
put into KuskOwim Bay, with supplies FOR 'he
Moravan Mission at Bethel small boat was
launched and put ashore in charge OF the hrst
matt and two men secure nelp TO hShter lhe
supplies ashore Captain Cook waited TWO days
for the men return. On the tnlrd day d SaIc
tWo days afterward and waited for his men with
out success He then sailed for ST Mchdel anu
laid the matter before the revenue officers 49,,
The small military jail at this fort is almost neu
with prisoners. They have all been remanded tor
Homer Bidd, of New-Orleans, who shot and Killed
two companions Iviak last winter. and an Indian
named AzzIsak who killed Clarence Boyd. pros
pector, at village on the Dlomede lsiah0 III !o9.
an indian named Nubarloo VINO kliIed pros
fan; sabock alias Captain Jack, an Indian OF
the Diomede Island. who attempted TO XIII w. r.
Clarence. and Harry Temple Of olympia Wash.
who attempted to Kill a shipmate on the whaler
prisoners and Temple gathered together by
captain Jarvis OF the Bear. in the course of re-
cent trip 10 Port Clarence.
Another murder is reported to have taken place
early in June Hamilton. on the Yukon River
Martin Enghbrechsten, prospector. while sailing
companion named Tokelson. was shot and Killed
apprehended The murder vas probably to avenge
A fancied wrong inflicted in the past by white
lie was possessed of about $500. which is in the
custody Of United States Commissioner Shepard