The Alaska daily empire., 1915-12-08
KRAUSE
 HELD ON
 KIDNAPPING


 Edward krause was bound over by Commissioner Marshall at 3:20 this afternoon. Co await action or the grand jury on O charge of Kidnapping William Christie from the lOo-stamp min at Treadwell on the afternoon or October 30. The charge ot imperson- ating an officer Commissioner Marsh aU took under adyisement and tomor- row morning win announce his decis- ion. and also fix tho amount of the prisoners bail on the charge ot which ho is held About three hundred peo- pie gathered at the courthouse and all but blocked the corridor. when the Nttie courtroom was filled the doors weer shut although the crowd rot look at Krause as he was led to and from Che jail by Deputies Clark and Manning
 Kazis Krauczunas. counsel Tor Krause. demanded at the start or tne hearing that Krauso have hearing on the charge Of murder for which Krause was eNtradited from Washing ton State. He asked t krause were under arrest and was told by 1ne commissioner that the prisoner was under arrest However Nrauczunas told Krause Co leave the courtroom- Deputy Clarke laid O hand on Krause's shoulder and the prisoner grinned at fhe Incident Deputy District Attor- ney Reagan suggested that Mr. kranc- zunas be locked up.
 Krauc7unas then announced he was ready. to proceed with the hearing anu District Attorney Smiser called NICK King. foreman of the I0o-stamp mill at Treadweu Go the stand. He testi- fed that the defendant called there and gave his name as Miller. and ask ed for William Christie. King called Christie. he said. and krause told me latter that he was sent rom the court at Juneau to subpoena him. Christie read a paper which King said was tvpewritten. and then according +o fho witness. signed his name on a line separated from the typeWfi.t,,ns bv a long space. krause then Ioluel up the paper and pocketeu N ana after Christie changed his clothes nc companied Christie from tne mlli- King positively identified hrause as the man who had taken Christie.
 Tom Williamson. wharf assistant at rreadweii identified krause as tne man he saw coming Co Che Iread"el. dock with Christie. between 5;S0 ana 4.00 n. m october 30. He saw Chria- tio got on a launch. followed oy Kr7use. "His mustache might have heen darker. but his features were the same" Che witness said. looking at Krause.
 Tom smith. who was on the dock v-ifh Fred Fisk. his engineer on the cos boat Tnlacum. knew krause ana eaw him there with another man. 'I saw them get on the ooat' anu ' heined Krause get his launch away from the float" he said. krause was on the bow of the boat. using piNe' hole and he was helping at the stern. Smith said he knew Krause since lsOz as "Miner" ,,,
 smith. and Fred Fisk. who followed him testified that they followed K-ausa' siaunch. leaving Treadweh soon afterward. and that the last tune thov noticed Krause's launch it was or line from the Cole dock n Ju' near Co the Finn ranch on tne Dous- las shore. headed apparently TOT sai' mon creek.
 R Adsit. who lives nearly two miles from Juneau. on the salmon --ooi, road. saw the Krause launch at ,-oho~ about 225 feet from his house, between { and 5 o'clock Saturday eve nire. October 90. he testified. ana tnal on the following morning he sa" .re boat across on the Douglas shofe. ae soia The boat was mastless, and oe- -iarea that tho picture he saw or iSr,rse's boat was the picture or tne ,oal he saw on Saturday and sunday October 90 and Sl.
 NIT. Christie was called and told or fhe Inst time she saw her husband. Mrs. c. z. Denney. deputy clerk or tne court testified no subpoena had been fssued for Christie and the governlnen. -astad Krauczunas asked dismissal of the charge and the motion was de- ,iad Krnuse waived making a state ment o..
 ft was stated this morning a1 the office of the District Attorney ana ai- eo in the U. s. Commissioner once fhof it is believed by the officials that there is no ground for the implica- fion that Krause may have had some thing fO do with the death Of George Vaurhan. who was supposed GO nave committed suicide in an old barn on The Salmon Creek road on May zslh or this year
 Records of the matter in the com missioner's court show that the man died as the result of deep cut across his throat. which had appar' entiv been inflicted with knife which was found in his right hip pockea. Pools of blood indicated that the man had walked @ distance of 30 feet be- fore he finally fell where he died. No particularly suspicious circumstances were brought to light at the time or the inquest or the coroner's Jury. Vaughan had been seen not long be- fore death is supposed to have oc- cured. walking along the road In a badly intoxicated condition.
 It was stated this morning at the courthouse that the only thing which could have been looked upon with sus picion in connection with the afair was the fact that a small sailboat was seen to leave the shore from point within @ few feet of the barn where
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