The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-08-28

Mrs. Alice Rollins CRANE. authorizes and
miner. arrived Ia the city yesterday from
tho klondikA She has for two years been
gathering material for books. which she Is
soon to publish. and incidentally adding To
her fortune by way Of mine speculation and
development OF the many bright women
whom the fates sent into the Klond.ke.
none has had . more interesting career In
the famous gold camp than Mrs. Crane.
In 1891. equipped with a commission from
the bureau OF ethnology OF the Smlthson-
Ian Institution. she went to Alaska to
make a collection Of folklore and mythos-
ogy Of the Indians Of that interesting land.
Caught UP by the great Klondike rush. sne
soon found herself In the Mecca for fortune
hunters. She has made q study Of the
klond.ke people, and her impressions are
soon to ind dramati1ed expression In the
shape Of play. entitled Official Life in
American consul. as the star character.
Mrs Crane, by the way. biuntiy says
Col McCook Is Disgrace TO the proud
people he has the honor to represent in
the observation-disclosures gold camp In the
world.
She tells several stories illustrative Of
the debauchery she alleges, and does not
ter and the manner in which he Is held by
Canadians and Americans in Dawson
AZ the Triple Hanging.
Mrs. Crane, few days before her de-
parture from Dawson, had the professional
pleasure Of Witnessing the klondike's first
execution, the triple hanging Of Hender-
son and the two Indians. Dawson and jim
She was the only woman present and was
permitted TO see the man hanged by rea-
son of her profession. She received q spe-
cial autograph invitation to attend from
the territorial. sheriff. Frank Harper.
Henderson. Mrs. Crane says, died as IL
he considered death relief. Twice before
he had prepared himself for the terrible or
1aa hfft tivv1A nj h. 10 a
stay Of execution was granted. Jim,
too, met death bravery. but not so his
brother. Dawson. The former, seeing his
brothers fear and horror Of death, said:
Brace up. Dawson; be . man: die like
q man."
Mrs. Crane stood within a few feet of
Jim when he thus cooliy admonished his
brother. She also witnessed the breaking
by Dawson OF the bands with which his
hands were tied TO his body. In his des-
peration the Indian not only liberated HIS
hands. but actually came near slipping the
''Jim," Mrs. Crane remarked. did not
seem to be so much distressed by the pros
pect OF death as by what he termed the
Of four Indians for the one white killed.
Originally four Indians were arrested for
the crime for which Jim and Dawson were
hung, but two Of them died In jail
says Indians VIII Get Eyes.
''And In this connection I want to pre-
ulct tndt the law SOD IndfduS VIII yer XII
three more white men on account OF this
affair. That IL their peculiar idea Of Jus
tice-that II should be life for life. Jim
spoke Of this frequently and once told me
that az but one Indians life should be
taken IL ought to be that OF his brother,
Dawson. Rather cold-biooded. was IL not ?
And he said this N the very presence OF
Dawson. who merely shrugged his
shoulders in dissent. No. Dawson did not
like II. The idea Of death seemed wholly
repulsive to him"
Mrs. Crane has score or more OF min
ing interests In the Klondike. notably
four on EIdorado and two on Dominion be-
tween discoveries. Her mining partner is
Capt w. NJ. Galpin. the K.ondike CORE
spondent Of the London Times. Capt CAL
pin IL also associated with her IN the pub
ication Of her books. One Of the products
OF Mrs. Cranes pen IL 10 be entitled The
Dawson Widow" 1t WI soon come from
the presses OF Rotledge 4 Sons, the Lon
don publishers.
Mrs. Crane Is the wife Of Col. L. p.
Crane a retired army ofYicer. Their home
IL In Los Angeles. She left Dawson August
u and was a passenger on the Tees to VAN
couver and thence from that port to Seat
tie on the Utopfax