The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1904-06-03
Is Said to Contain the BODY
of Murderer Tasc0tt.
A PROSPECTOR'S STORY.
He Says the Dying Man Con-
fessed His Identity.
A HUT IN THE WILDERNESS
Within Il was Found . Man Who ooj1
He was Tascott, the AiIeee6 mur.
derer Of Smell. the Chicago Million.
alre, Who was Killed 10 N0osU Aoo

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Chicago. June IA special 70 Shs
News from Victoria, B. c., says:.
IL the voluntary declaration Of 3
dying man Is to be believed. anI9 has
been written to the historic 0neu
tragedy Of Is years ago in ChicaGo
and Tascott. the long sought uuS-
derer. seif-identined, has pG14 -
penalty Of his crime with sponouooce
and now fllls an unmarked gnuo N
the heart Of the Alasknn Wilderness,
whittier he had ned. 80 e-zs1 ssri1 u
Philip Robertson. . strictly reliable
prospector and miner. received sthe
dying mans confession. and tells the
story. Robertson left the Hon11ke
capital late last fall In Q small boo&
bound for the new placer srounhs ct
Fairbanks. He reached point neas
Dahl river, In . desolate rogtoa, uhon
the wailing Of dog SURPRISED h1s
ears. He found the dog D hAlf seofv-
ed shepherd. seemingly In mach o1D-
tress. Following this animal, Rob
ertson was brought to q soou1ingiy
deserted cabin some 40o yafds z6bovo
the river, concealed inz . roluoDsoe
spruce. s--'r 81 srur sss-r-~.s4
81 ventured to the door Of the shack
and Knocked" says Robertson, "and
there was Q feeble come h.' Al was
darkness inside and there was no stg1
Of q fire. I caught sight of . BIT of
candle, which lighted and tAeu 3D.
vanced to where man lay. CA So
with . feeble efIost he stared q
me for . minute. Then he said: Are
you an o6dcer? -5-is,j4 ss--0,---... "a
The question amazed me . bit.
No. said. finally. I'm Q miner ond =
there is anything can DO tor you ]
want to do it. ~, - s,.-.- -.
II soon had . lre going ana agnan
| approached the bed. The mauD ha11
was white as snow. his faoo hoo Q
color in It that looked Ike death and
he had the most terrified and hope
less expression Inhave evo1 6oou q
. human being. T-a-r rro-1 -osasr-
Partner he said, finally, Tn
lexving q world that did not appro-
ciste. I'm going to whore ] b.
long - -
He lapsed into silence agaan anA
what thought was Q sleep came over
him. Two hours p1ssed end he sud
denly wakened with q cGhrlOn and
then sank back In bed. Soe . 1acs.
In few minutes he gave anothsf
wild scream and straightsned up -
bed. Then In Q voice you Wou1d think
came from q good. strong mAa. -
said: = s-s4 -SA4--
See here, boys, my name % Tas.
cott- I'm Tascott. Do you under
stand! Pm Tascott that they've bssn
hunting likes won for years n en-
4 -<x< ~
for what I did. I know I'm dying. and
know where Ill 90. Tell the boys
when they come back that an Tas-
colt, and you can ten the world, too.
for the world has hunted me 3 long
time
About 3 in the morning I heard
noise like q man sexpelllne al ths
air from his lungssST rushedsossr e
the bed and felt the MANY pulso and
[ heart. He was dead ~, - .s.--
THE next day his partners got bach
. and told them what happened. Thsy
were the strangest fellows I've ever
met in the north. They did noe ~
who they were. They did not evou
thank me for staying with their dead
I'll They did not ask me TO JOIN them q
> their meal. but they buried ~ man
, and rolling up their thiAeB N {
t blanket. they started. across scountTy
, In the direction Of Koyukuk- -
IL Before going one OF them came h
s me abruptly. See here he said
you've seen and heard what you'vl
r heard. You can't make anything b
8 talking about It. He's dead ana that'i
all there Is to it, -AA 41as0 5Ig
Before I could ask him anythinl
he had struck the trail and -thaa va
: the last saw Of him."