The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1914-02-10
Late Telegraph News

NEWARK, Feb. "A murder
which took place here this morning
puzzled the police until the sequel
was revealed through the suicide of
the woman who committed the
deed. The murdered woman is
Mrs. Harriet Manning and the
suicide is Miss Hazel Herdman, 20
years old, the daughter of A. j..
herdman, prominent hotel keeper.
Wearing heavy mourning veil
which obscured her identity. Miss
Herdman called at the residence nf
Mrs. Manning's mother and was adj
admitted to the parlor where she
was met by Mrs. Manning. Draw
ing revolver she shot the woman
through the heart and escaped from
the house before an alarm could ne
given.
Officers investigating the case
learned that the Mannings had been
separated and that Manning had
been friendly with Miss Herdma !.
When the young girl was accused
of the murder she broke down and
confessed to the killing, declaring
she had done the deed throu gh
love for the husband whom she
hoped would marry her if the wife
was out of the way. Before the
officers could anticipate her action
she drew a revolver and sent a
bullet through her own brain, dying
instantly.
DENVER, Feb. 7.-Young Mn
Christian Association workers from
half dozen western states attended
the twenty-sixth annual Colorado
convention of that organization held
in this city this week.
SEATTLE, Feb. Z. Charles
Hodges, the Englishman who was
assaulted and robbed in the ST.
James hotel here Thursday night.
died without having regained con
seriousness. The police have been
unable to pick up any clue as to his
murderer.
SEATTLE, Feb. 8. Charles
Munday, the Alaska coal land
claimant who is on trial for allege |
conspiracy to defraud the govern
ment out of $10,000,O00 worth o'
coal land, in his evidence Saturday
declared that Pinchotism was r.
sponsible for the failure of Alaska
to develop. He testified that undot
the Pinchot forest service restric-
tons such unfavorable conditions
had been imposed that it prevented
the construction of $4,000, 0J0
railroad IN Alaska which was pro-
jected by Mckenzie and Mann, the
Canadian railroad builders.
The news that the Canadian rail-
road men ever intended to build in
Alaska has proven surprise 20
many Alaskans. 1t is believed that
the enterprise to which Munday al
luded was the Ryan road to tap the
Boring river coal fields from Comp
troller Bay. When before the House
committee on territories last spring,
when the Alaska railroad situation
was exhaustively gone into, Mr..
Ryan declared that he had had his
enterprise fully financed but that
his hackers dropped the proposition
when the government began its
conservation policy. Mr.. Ryan did
not make the names of the finan-
ciers public as he did not wish
their names to become part of the
records of the investigation without
their consent, but submitted them
to the members of the committee
privately.
SEATTLE, Feb. 9.-Robt. Avann,
grocer. shot and killed masked
bandit who attempted to hold him
up Saturday night. The grocer was
preparing to close his shop aui
was counting his cash when ~
looked up to see masked man
pointing a revolver at him. Avanr
grabbed revolver and the bandit
opened fire, which the grocer re-
turned with deadly aim. Six shots
We're exchanged. The bandit Is
dead and Avann is severely wounded
but will recover.
HOUGHTON, Mich, Feb. 10.
Two car loads of strike-breakers al
rived here last night from Chicago
to take the places of the strtkioe
miners in the Quincy mine. The
men were mostly Germans who have
been brought from the Eastern
states and held in Chicago until Il
was considered safe to send them
to work. There was no demonstra-
ton on the part of the strikers.
WASHINGTON, D. c.. Feb. 8.
Secretary Bryan. accompanied ny
Mrs. Bryan, spent an hour looking
over the Alaska exhibit in the Sen
ate building yesterday. The seer