The Alaska daily empire., 1915-08-20

The above is the statement sub- scribed and sworn to by I'd (Baldy) Cairns. and relates to the charge brought by him that William O'Con- nor and Julius Miller, both residents of Olness. are responsible for the death of Mrs. w. E. Rowe. The state ment as it appears here was taken as nearly verbatim as possible as Cairns was telling his story to Chief Deputy Joseph Miller and Commissioner Sam uel Weiss at Olness The statement was first sworn to at Olness before Commissioner Weiss with John F. Hicks signed as a witness. and was sworn to here again yesterday by Cairns before Commissioner John K. Brown.
 Accused Questioned
 O'Connor, one of the accused. was brought to town yesterday morning by Deputy Marshal Miller. who ar- rested him Saturday at the workings of Bob Patterson, where he was working in the drift He immediate ly denied all knowledge of the crime and maintained that attitude yester- day when questioned by the local fed eral officials.
 Miller. the alleged accomplice of O'Connor. was arrested several days ago on a minor charge and has since been in jail here. He too was Ques- toned closely by the officials, who state that no light was thrown on the subject by either prisoner.
 The Accused Men.
 As he walked from the train across the bridge at the side of Deputy Mar shal Miller. the prisoner O'Connor appeared to be anything but fright ened. Close behind him came Judge Weiss and Deputy Marshal Frank B. Hall while still further in the rear came Assistant District Attorney liar ry p. Pratt and Cairns.
 A large crowd had gathered on the bridge and at the depot Saturday evening expecting O'Connor to be brought in on the evening train, but very few were abroad in the streets yesterday when the party arrived in town and went direct to the marshars office.
 O'Connor is a man of robust ap- pearance. between 40 and 50 years of age He is about feet 10 inches in height and is of light complexion.
 Miller, the other accused man. is probably the better known Of the| two, both in town and on the creeks. He is a cook by occupation and peo- pie who remember him do SO by rec collecting his exceeding fondness for liquor. He is of dark complexion and is an inch or two over six feet in height. Both Miller and O'Connor have made this district their home for a number of years. although it is stated that O'Connor spent consid- erable time in Iditarod
 The First clew
 The first inkling that the marshaPs office here had that Cairns was ac. cusing O'Connor and Miller of the murder, was at very early hour morning when Deputy Mar shal Miller received a telephone call from William voss at Olness, advising him to so out to the creek town with out delay. Accordingly, he left town on the morning train, and. arriving at Olness. he found that Cairns had related his story to Voss and to Frank Fisher.
 It was then that Commissioner Weiss was called from Chatanilxa to take the statement of Cairns and to swear him to it. Deputy Miller then questioned Cairns more closely and 1 proceeded to make the arrest of o'Connor.
 No Money Found.
 When taken into custody. O'Con- . nor had no money on his person. Re ports received here last night from