The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-01-13
Skagwayan off in Search of
 Lost Party of YukOners
HOLE SEEN NEAR MINTJ
Possible Piace of DIspo' nt of
 pression That it is Murder.


 certainty whether he will stop at Bennett or continue through to Minto or some ln- termediste point.
 1t was reported yesterday that strike had been made on Yukon tributary by number of Ind ans. and that ClavsOn and the others had gone off with the Indians to the new fields. However, nothing def mite regarding the rumor was learned.
 Opinions of V rious ones interested are anything But unanimous or alike as regards the fate of the party.
 lt was reported yesterday that the body of Olson had been found. but noth ng cor robcrdtlve could be learned. Word was received from the interior by Mr. Clayson that no bodies had been found.
 The definite report was received of thiev- ing by mysterious camp of men near Minto. and of the sudden disappearance of the men and the finding O their effects by the police, and the fact there Is hole in the river mile this side of Minto. pos- sble place for hi ing ot bIdieS.
 George Russell. formerly oap'sin of tie Seattle Athletic Club ioot-b1ll team. sr- rived here froE D son sEd left lDst night O. ihe City of Seattle for the south. He said, al the O, tidental ,esterjav, lhe zen rral impression all along the lril was that Fred Claysvn and his party had untoLb- edIv been murdered. He at first declined to te interviewed on the ground that he had no autrrilative infuim.tlon. and that in such an important matter no other In. formation was of mUCh constquvnce. But in the course of conversation he said he arrived at Minto N;w Years day. and there they already knew and were talking Ui the disappearance of Clsyson and the others of the party. Capt. Fuss, told t'Iiiifls'tr, ..slIgsgha' S,si slslE E fISii Chn tmas morning, olson stdting that ne had invited the other two men to eat dinner with him al Hootcblkoo. but ihe captain had heard that the man never reached Hootehikno. Olson having made an engagement with P,lic, man Ry"n, and Il seems he would not willingly break a promise 10 dine,
 "Oie mi. this side of Mn,o." says Mr. Russell. "ihere IS Large cache of goods, and but short distance away two men had taken ID their stode in tent. Shortly after Christmas, or about that time, these two men disappeared, and when no ,idIngs were heard of the Claw son party, these men were immediately suspected, as t was firmly believed thev were living upon provisions stolen from the cache. The mounted police went Up to their place and some amount of goocs
 and especially a rife, were found in their
 ten, and Identified as being part of the
 property taken from the cache.
 "Whether the two men arrested are lhe
 two men who were living on goods stolen from this cache, am unable 10 say. All know is that at the Savoy hotel, White Horse, was told by the clerk two men had been arrested, one at Tagish and one on the railroad cutoff between White
 Horse and Caribou. The ore arrested at Taeish had two horses and sI6oo in money. He gave his name as Miller. Ire police ' knew his name to be O'Brien, and the faet OBren should have sI6oo In money and ' two horses they deemed sufficient to hold him on suspicion. As to the other man
 who as arrested on the cutoff. Know
 nothing. The police seem 10 be Keeping
 his Identity dark. But 1t may be these
 two are the cache robbers.
 !. "On my way out heard not a single !. word of any new strike. was surprised n 10 be questioned in Skagway first about a . strike somewhere near Mlnto. and after o wards about strike near the Hootallnqui ,s That was the first had heard of t. and l. am sure that had there been any such e strike should have heard of 1t on th' II lral.
 "One mile this side ot Mlnto there Is
 hole in the ice near the trail that on darl V mon ng man bv himself might val V into. but it would be impossible for |
 narty of three to disappear in the sam' q hole. as on the trail men always walk som Y litle distance apart, and fl one man wen a in the splash would warn those following My attention was particularly drawh |
 the hole. and there was no indication tha
 the ice around it h d been broken. When ever such a breakage occurs, the ice broke q off is frozen in the water and can be see [ p'ainly. feel confident none of the part [ fell into that hole.
 [ "There Is no likelihood the men wf I might commit a crime near Minto woul ' attempt to escape bv way of the Dal'c q trail, for the fact lt would b. slow trave { ing over the trail with supplies. and the [ are not houses at which they could stt ! from day to day, as on the regular DLa z son-Bennett trail"
 ' Fears were felt in Dawson that Cha [ Everett and J. Dumbill, who left Daws' \ Decembtr with 200 pounds of gol 1 were waylaid. and inquiry was telegraph . here. They arrived in Skagwav and ls December z7 on the last Topeka.