Valdez daily prospector., 1915-02-15
GRAPHIC STORY 0F
 CH|SANA MURDER
Victim Had Evidently Been Enticed Away From His Store To
 Vacant Cabin.

1 were WIlIteu Uy hOUcll oIeWdIl l formerly of Dawson, but who is now in the camp:
 "On the night of December 26
 1914, at Chisana, Alaska, occurred one of the boldest and most cold. blooded murders perpetrated in the north, when Louis Schornborn, gen. eral merchant and outfitter of that place, was shot and killed at the door of vacant cabin a quarter of a mile below the town, and the body dragged into the cabin for conceal ment
 "Mr. Schornborn made purchase that evening about 8:3O o'clock of some articles at a bakery, and re- turned to his store, in the back part of which he lived.
 | During the day he had asked the mail carrier from Mccarthy, who was 1 leaving the next morning on his re- turn trip, to call at his store to re- 1 ceive an order for some goods which Schornborn wanted brought in. About g o'clock or a little after the mail man called at Schornborns place, but found no one there, al- ! though lamp and a couple of can | dies were left burning. Thinking that perhaps MT. Schornborn had stepped into one of the neighboring cabins for few minutes, the carrier re- turned to the hotel with the inten- tion of calling again later in the evening, but finally decided he would get the order in the morning before l he pulled out.
 "On going to the store the next I morning the carrier was surprised to l find the place open and vacant, the lamp still burning, the two candles burned down to the wooden blocks on which they stood and the water in the buckets frozen, all indicating that Schornborn had not returned that night This fact the carrier at once reported
 "The people of the town at first were slow to realize the possibilities of what might have happened, but getting no result from inquiries of neighbors and those more or less ac- quainted, decided to drag the deep | open well from which Schornborn was accustomed to get his water for the house. This was done and dis, proved the theory of accidental drown. ing, so search of the immediate woods was commenced by small parties, and without result. "The news having reached the up- per town of Bonanza, a number of men went to supplement those at Chisana. and the body of Mr. Schorn- born was found on December 28 in the vacant cabin a quarter of mile below the town, with evidence in the snow to show that he had been kill. ed at the door outside and dragged in.
 "On account of the absence of Dr. Montgomery, the inquest was not op- ened until after the first of the year. In the meantime witnesses whom it was thought might possibly throw some light on the affair." and who had left town after the Christmas festivi- ties, for different parts of the sur rounding country, were brought in
 "Dr. Montgomery stated the unfor- tunate man was shot twice. One bull ! let entered the back and remained in the body. The second passed through the region of the heart.
 Two exploded 3O-3O Winchester shells were found, one inside the cab in door and one outside. Three load ed cartridges of the same caliber also were found inside, but no rifle.
 Those intimately acquainted with the deceased are greatly surprised that anyone could entice him so far away from his premises without Schornborn taking the precaution to lock up, as it had always been his habit when leaving the store to leave it locked, with notice on the door stating the hour of his intended re- turn, and he usually was careful in this regard. Many take this as in- dicating that he left the store with someone in whom he had complete confidence.
 His friends say he was accustom- ed to carry a money belt. If such is the case it had been taken off, as none was found on the body, which, however, showed evidence of having been searched by someone prior to its discovery by the searching party. "As far as is known, the contents