The Alaska daily empire., 1915-10-05

fan. do not think lho firgt laol struck anyone. do not know hoy many shots were fired but thore were several Aiter whilo went back and found Che men lying doad. SOW O man coming and went toward him with a club. thinking it was Gagoit coming back, but it was Leslie
 coroners Jury Empaneled.
 A coroner's jury was empaneied, composed of Isaac Taylor. W. c. Slime, D. Mariln. D. A. Dixon. T. C. Richards and Geo. Wilson. The jury was taken to the scene of the crime by wagons and were there met by Inspector Bell who had gone to Carcross in the morn ing and was recalled by telegram. He assumed charge as coroner and the investigation began. Later the train returned and the Investigating court returned to town. bringing the throe bodies. that Of Henry Cook being ta- ken down by Agent Dickinson, Muir head and Dr. Clarke on the handcar' he being stnl alive when they reached him. Flo was taken Co the hospital where examination revealed Che na- ture of the wound. The coroner's jury had not completed its investigations last night at 9 o'clock.
 Where They Were Shot
 Foreman Pat Kinslow was shot In the heart and death was probably in- stantaneous. He was Yukon Pion- eer and was in Dawson iu '9S. He was about 55 years of age. He was either O Canadian or American.
 George Lane was first shot in the leg and had himself tied @ handker- chief tightly around just above the wound. The murderer returned later and almost tore the top of his head off with another shot. Lane was 5l years old. He was an Englishman
 Tom Boconich was an Austrian and was informed here a year ago. but was allowed to work as he showed no disposition to leave the country. He was shot near one eye, the ball pass ing through his brain. He was A.
 Henry Cook the man still living when found was @ German and was probably SO years of age. He had been employed as O section hand on the road for many years. working for Iohn Williams at Carcross for several seasons.
 Murderer Believed To Be lnsane.
 Alex Gagoff. the murdernr. is @ Russian. He came north early last year with the Mischeno party of for ty or more Russians who built a num- ber of boats here in which they left for lower river points for the pur- pose of prospecting. He returned from Dawson last summer. stayed around here all winter and worked under Pat Kinsiow on the section for several weeks in the spring. In May he vol untarily quit his job and went to the outside. Less than @ week ago he re- turned and said he had been in Van. couver and Seattle, He understood very little English and always ap- ! peared to be of a suspicious disposi- tion. While working on the section he always imagined the others were making sport of him. Last spring he was under police surveillance for a few days as his actions were such as to excite doubt as to his sanity. He made no secret Of his dislike to Fighting Mike" Sinnet. but as the lat ter was not here. no attention was paid to Gagofrs threats. He freely admitted yesterday to MacPherson, Hyett and others that he had killed four men on the railroad. He is about 30 years old and is said to have been ! 9 Cossack.
 LATER-Henry Cook died ct the hospital between 2 and 8 o'clock last night fro mthe effects of his wounds,