The Nome nugget., 1902-05-07
Killed d Medicine Man Who
 Failed to Cure Him.
SHOT THROUGH HEAD
Korok. Who Is Dying of Consump- ton, Went to Port Safety On Mon- day, and Tuesday Morning Killed
 tiie Medicine Man While lie Slept.

In the last stage of consumption. Konok, an E5kin 0, or as white men call him, Mike, is in the federal jail on d charge of murder. Konok's victim was Miilirok, a shaman or medicine man at the native village near Port Safety.
 While the medicine man slept in his igloo about l:30 Tuesday morning. Konol1 entered it. Mlkrok lay on q couch. Placing 3S caliber hammer less revolver to the shaman's head Kuuok fiji ed twice. The medicine nan was dead. KonoG was avenged. Ken ok $ wife vas with him and was wit ness of the tragedy.
 Such in briet IS the story of the murder. Now for the motive. konok is slowly dying of consumption; so is his wife. Another moon or two he will have passed 10 the happy hunting grounds: his wife will soon follow him. KonUk has been sick for two years, his wiie for nearly as long. The medicine man at the Port Safety village had been "durttrlns' Konok for a long time Last: the "medicIne" was no good, anu q, the disease ta,teutd itself more firmly on poor Konpk he. ot course. grew worse. Then he resulNeG tu 6lg MiIikruk; he thUuA ht !t uo harm, for II is Il custom am; ns his people to kI.i the shauau that makes bad medicEe.' KunOk cou,ln, aud his wife 5 cousin, dled of coueunptl, Il: MlllkiLk a.su wa their doctor.
 The pain got so bad here,' said Konok yesterday to Il NUGGET repre- sentative at the federal lail, where poor kOnOk is coughing his life away, that l thought l would kill Milikrok Hun DO glOa and me plenty sick: he kill my cousin: my wife 5 cousin: l kill Ml!lkiOk p.tnJ!; no ao'ry: he bin man.
 kunoll is :3 year, of age, he say. H. was born al Cape None where he Il, ed uutll two years ago. Theu he went to Quarlz creek. n Kou4arua district. Lately he las leen living a. Penny river. Monday he anu hl, wht went tu he native Village where the medicine man lived: he went Tor the purpc-r oi killing Milikruk. He icacEed the medicine mans hut shortly alter 1T, d. night, entered it. and in the pres
 
 man whom he conoiuercd ht, eutiuy and that ot hls reIativts. such ls the uututured Eskimo's idea of letr.buLivu justice.
 After he had accomplished his ob. ect KUnuk aud his wife set out for Nome. They had dog team. News OI the murder had been telephuned to Nome, and it was StaIed that the body of tue medicine man was lying outside his igloo door.
 It had probably been placed there by some relative, Tor natives are not per mitted to die Tn their houses. if it can he helped. Instructions were telc- phoned by United States Marshal Rich ards 10 take care of the corpse, and Il deputy was sent out to look for Kunok. About ? o'clock Chief Jolley met konok ana hls wife just below town and he took kOnok into custody. He achnOwl- edged freely that he had killed Mink noK. Me no sorry,' he said: me dIe son." anu he held up his attenuated hands anu then claspt, his thighs. lie Is q mere skeletons; the hand of Death is already upon him.
 Last night his vile and sister visited him at the jail The meeting was pitt ful. inc women clusped hlm in their arms and sObbed aloud, ultering Es- kimo terms of sorrow and ende;lIInent probably. And the tears, too. courseu down konOk S swartby cheeks upon which slowed q hectic Hush.