Iditarod pioneer., 1912-09-28
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swered that if he were guilty he would take to the woods, and if innocent he would go and see the commissioner right away. Accused said that was what he would do. Defendant had i spoken about the Nelsons and had pointed out that it was impossible for him to have been connected with the crime as they were POD miles apart, and he was going upstream and they down.
 ". H. Holmes testified to arresling Campbell at Ruoy, when the accused said that he was just thinking of get ting shave and giving himself up. Accused frequently spoke of his Kus- kokwim experiences. He talked of the murders and wanted to know how and 1 where the bodies were found. He also said that the first he heard of the mur- ders was when he arrived at Ruby. He l further said that he was in an awful | shape, without friends and without money, Accused had insisted upon speaking of the case on every possible occasion.
 This being the governments case, lIr Hill asked for verdict for the de- fendant, arguing that there was not sufficient testimony to connect accused with the crime. The motion was de- nied. The motion to strike the greater part of the testimony of Al. Lowe, T. H. Long, Frank Smith, w. H. Holmes, Oscar Olson and r. Wilkinson was al lowed.
 For the defense q map was intro duced which had been exhibited ao tny Adams house, where it was claimed Little Waska had given different ac- count of the crime from what he had recited on the stand. Counsel for de- fendant endeavored to prove that Little WdSka had stated that he had wit messed the crime and heard one of the murdered men say "Oh, my God. don't shoot" Mrs. Luella Dunn was in tro- duced as witness in this connection, but the defense failed to prove their point. Little Waska cannot speak Eng fish, ana Russian, Eli, did the talk ing on that occasion.
 Joe Campbell said that he was on the kuskokwm in June, 1911. He was camped on a bar 10 miles up the Hc- litna when the Nel5ons came down. He did not remember what they said. but they were talking about the Ho- holitna and stalking ground. They said they were going down to Goodnews. Witness remembered puliing out with them and drifting all night until they came to bar, where the Nelsons de- cided to sleep, but witness pulled on down river, to get a drink or some thing. The next time he saw the the NelSons was about six miles below Georgetown, at Pete Anderson's. They travelled down river, sometimes to- gether and sometimes apart. He traded some whiskey and debt of $l2 which they owed him to the Nelsons for q watch and some skins. Their boat was pretty well loaded, but his own boat did not have much in it. His boat was q shovel-nose, about g feet long Thought that the last time he saw the Nelsons was near Jacobs camp some miles above the island where the bodies | E o'clock in the evening. Witness stayed at Jacobs about half an hour or so, and traded some flour and sugar for musk rat skins. After that they went on down river-he could not swear to it, but he thinks the Nelsons were ahead. He never saw them after that. He got an Indian village, the natives of which gabbled to him and made him under stand that he was in a slough. So he turned back. He arrived at Bethel l before anybody was stirring. Went up to the store and bought some stuff. | Witness disposed of few skins at the store, and tried to get rid of the beaver skins which he had got from the Ne- sons, but the traders would have noth- ing to do with them. When the launch came along from down river witness learned that those returning from Goodnews did not think much of it so he changed his plans. He stayed at Bethel about a week, sold his boat and then started for Ruby over the portage. While crossing the port age witness met some men who had just come from Ruby, and as they did not think much Of It witness told his