The daily Alaskan., 1915-01-22
ALASKAN MURDERS

Dawson News: NeWS ol the AuI der of Louis schonbon, Yukon plou, CT, at Chisana, comes with shock to his many friends in Daw- son, and it is to be hoped the mur- derer soon will be rHn down and made to pay the penalty. But with the telegraphic report of the out rage cOmes Q statement such as to rouse every lover Of law and or der. Il is to the effect that the deputy marshal had to telegrapA tor permission to use funds to chase tue murderers. Such an egregious state Of affairs in a progressive civilized land in this day would seem scarcely credible, yet 1t is q knowa fact that such Is the case throughout Alaska.
 II is preposterous that a govern men- should have marshals or de putty mashals and that 1t should he necessary for them to hurry of messages to some remote nabob at the seat of government for peTmis- sion lo gather in anyone who may take 1t into his head to take the law Into his own hands to the eN- tent of cold-bloodSd murder. Com yarisous may be called by some odious, but archaic sayings crumple lu many a test, and right here 1t will Co no harm to make a compari- son with the condition found in AL aska and in her neighboring terri tory of Yukon. Comparisons, when they show the one country having much better system or condition, are highly advisable They should beGe a wholesome rivalry and the best re suits. In this Yukon Territory any officer Of the law not only has the authority to go after a murderer or any yiolator Of the law, but is con- stautly supplied with ample means or the credit to chase any outlaw in definitely. Not only that, but once a murderer is eppr ehended in this territory be is given trial without the vacations of long and technical objections. Twelve of Yukon's thir- teen murderers have been hanged. Al aska has had many times as many murderers, and scarcely enough Of them have BSNa hanged to make showing on the score sheet. And it positive that some of the foulest and most dastaIdly outrages ever known have taken place in Alaska
 People of this territory are inter ested in Alaska investments and otherwise. The better laws and facil ires for execution provided there, the more people will be attracted to that country. And more people go- ing there from the states will help bring this country into prominence, and all will prosper together. But if Alaska is to become a land euvlable in tho eyes of all it will have to receive such support and hacking from the SoEarnment aS vii make it possible to apprehend and bring to justice without moments delay every violator of the statutes.
 Tt Is a well known fact that in Alaska neither the marshal nor oth- CT authorities have means to care even for a wounded or destitute per son. The hanis of the authorities are tied. In some instances point has been stretched and those requiring help have been "vagged' y Or otherwise placed under criminal charges in order, after authority ha been especially delegated, they could be thrown into jail for mere refuge purposes.
 "A movement Is on foot in Alas ka to provide that territory with q system of mounted police similar to the Royal Northwest Mounted Pc lice of this territory. Whether that territory or Uncle Sam wants such remains to be seen, but it is certain that the efficiency of the mounted police of Yukon and the Canadian Northwest is so far super io- that there Is no comparison with the system now obtaining in AL aska. The objection is made there that it is a cost. All good ser vice is a cost. The American gov ernmenr is probably as rich as the Canadian, and if 1t wants the ser vice It can get It by paying for It. Otherwise such outrasep as theI