The Alaska citizen., 1913-10-06
OF INTEREST
TO ALASKANS
GOLD DUST HOIDUP.

DAWSON, Sept. % Gold to the
value f 100000 was taken from the
sluiceboxes at Lovett gulch las
night by four masked men. who held
up the two men in charge OF the
workings at the tine and shoveled
the gold-ladon gravel and bleak sand
into sacks at their leisure. while
the day crew slept comfortably in
the clubhouse not goo feet distant.
Fred Bowers and Milford HALLIDAY.
the two men in charge o. the hydrau-
lie operations n the night shift.
were taken by surprise by the four
robbers. who appeared suddenly fr nj
The darkness and quietly compelled
them TO throw up Their hands at
the point of several guns The work
men were then bound and gagged
and left 10 the tender mercies of the
darkness until discovered several
hours later by their comrades while
the highN aymen coolly sh veled the
gold laden gravel and black sand
into sacks which they had brought
With them for that purpose.
The holdup was planned evidently
with a full knowledge of the plans
of the company. for the daring
trick was turned on the eve OF one
of the regular cleanups all arrange
ments having been made to take up
the RIFLES today
VIII le only fur men were seen
by Bowers and Halliday. they are
Of the opinion that five were en-
Gagged in the work. OF the four seen
two We're above the average in
height, and the other two were
short
The gold taken comprises a biz
share of the OUTPUT of the mill.
The theft was reported to the
noliee at an early ur this morn
ng and a number Of men have been
detailed 10 run the highwaymrn
down. This s REGARDED as a much
easter task at this season than it
would have been had the robbery
occurred two weeks earlier
l.orett gulch, the creek on which
the robbery occurred, is a tributary
Of Bonanza near the mouth Of that
stream and only few miles from
Dawson
PASSENGERS WERE TOUCHED.
SEATTLE, Sept. 29.-Manv f the
Messengers who arrived from the
North today on the steamship North.
western report having lost money
ard jewelry from their staterooms.
the boat having been Systematically
worked by thieves on the down
II II. l. is estimated that the losses
will aggregate 500. The Northwest
~ had big load of passengers
many of them having boarded the
boat at Skaeway.
THE TAX TOO GREAT.
SEATTLE. Sept %. Weary OF
filing protests against the unjust tax
which the federal government has
imposed upon the railroads of Alas
ka Manager Tom Davies. of thf
Seward Peninsula railway. has cut
short his visit to the national car
al and has decided TO start ON his
return to Alaska.
Speaking At his hotel this after
noon of the burden f the Alaska
railroad tax. Managnr Davies de
500 per mile was doing much more
TO rctard the development of Alas
ka than most of the other things
which have been charged against the
government.
THE railroads of Alaska cannot
afford to pay the ex rbitant tax"
said Mr. Davies. land in consequence
several of the roads have been com.
nelled to close down permanently.
The road in which | am interested
is known as the Seward Peninsula.
1t is narrow gauge and extends
from Nome to shelton. distance
of SO miles There is. in addit on.
n branch line KIN Nn as the Pay
streak branch which is 615 miles
long. We cam afford to pay the
tax demanded by the
and | am now on nv
way North to put the rolling stock
and other equipment in storage"
PEOPLE WE KNOW.
SEATTLE. Sept. 30.-Among the
who arrived yesterday
on the Northwestern We're Mrs. F..
! Foster and two children and
James Hamil. The former left Fair
banks on September ming ont
by way of the upper Yukon. Mr..
Hamil boarded a rver steamer at
Circle and is enroute to Rochester,
Minnesota. where he will undergo
an operation for stomach trouble.
EVIDENCE OF MURDER.
VALDEZ. Oct. 1.-Adyices roceiv-
ed here today tell of the finding of
the body of an unknown man close
to the overland trail in the vicinity
Of the Willow Creek roadhouse. The
appearance of the body when found,
and the manner in which II had