The Chitina leader., 1915-04-27
OF GENERAL INFORMATION

/ party. The steamer was in port
until after A. o'clock, discharging
freight The following were her
passengers for this section:
For Cordova-Geo. c. Hazele..
Mrs E. Barnett, E. l. Clarke, H. F.
Berry, Mrs. H. Hickey and baby,
Miss Hickey, Mrs. J. ellis and 4
second class. From Juneau-W. E.
Cathcart, R. Mcclure, T. H. Scheis.
ter, H. Roden.
For valdez-Rev. T. ]. Dunstan,
Mrs. Dunstan, J. Miller, NJ. Hopkins,
Mrs. Hopkins, A. V. Daniels, Mrs.
Daniels and baby, w. S. Dow, Mrs.
Dow, Neal Dow, Opal Dow and 3
second-class.
/ For Latouche-L. w. Virtue and
1 second class.
The corner room in the Currier
and Nicholson building has been
vacated by the Terminal Cigar
Store and the large room is now in
the hands of w. NJ. Wolff, who is
repainting and repapering it. 1t
will be made attractive and be ready
for the Cordova COOPERATIVE Trad
ing Company next week, when the
o. NJ. Kinney stock will be moved
over and the new goods placed in
position when they arrive on the
steamer Alameda, sailing from
Seattle tonight and due to arrive
next Friday.
Thos. c.. Davies, well known
figure in the transportation and
lighterage business in the early days
of Dawson and Nome, is a passen-
ger on the steamer Mariposa max
ing the round trip to Knik, with
view to business possibilities in
Southwestern Alaska.
/ Among the passengers to arrive
en- the steamer Mariposa today was
Geo. C. Hazelet. He has been OUT
Eside since the middle of December
and spent most of the time at Wash
ington, D. c..
That Bert Haahein came to his
death on Friday morning, April %,
by reason of an injury sustained
from fall after he had been
struck by a sugar bowl thrown by
Ed Lee Thinaus in self defense, YVES
the verdict rendered by a coroners
jury at Cordova last Friday night.
The verdict was signed by E. w.
Exum, foreman, Gus Reuter-, James
Norton, Dean Searles, Harry Rolfe
and Clark Byers.
/ The witnesses examined were c.
A. Leonard, foreman of the cannery
| at Mile SIS, Chas. Edwards, 7. Bivig,
E. L. Tunnel, Christ Olson, 7.
Nicolvich, DR.. w. w. Council and
Ed Lee, who gave his full name as
Ed L. Thinaus. With the exception
of DR.. Council all the witnesses were
present when the trouble occurred
in the mess house of the new can
merry at Mile So. Their evidence was
practically all to the same effect.
1t appears that while the men
were having breakfast about 6:45
Yesterday morning there was row
about passing hot cakes from one
table to another. Haahein became
abusive in his remarks, which were
directed largely toward Lee who
} resented them. Lee then arose from
the table and was passing toward
!. the other table at which Haahein
!. was sitting when the latter reach ed
for q brick Lee held up a hand 10
shield himself and caught the brick
in that hand. He then picked up a
sugar bowl and threw it, strikia@
sHaahein on the left cheek, which
caused him to lose his balance and
both his head and chin on the
, bench. He did not appear to be
!; badly injured and after picking him
| self up went to the store and got
, bandages with which he dressed his
: wounds. He then went to the bunk
| house, where. Lee went about 8
o'clock and was accompanied back
to the cannery by the injured man.
He, however, soon returned to the
bunk house and lay down. When
| r. L. Tunnel went there at 1870
o'clock he found the man dead.
The BODY was brought to Cordova
| on the afternoon train and taken to
!, the Lambert parlors. Dr. Council
, made an examination and found a
, clot of blood inside the skull caused
! by a rupture. There was an incision
about two and half inches above
the ear and cut on the chin.
: Haahain was Norwegian who
came from Minnesota to Seattle,
u where he had bank account, and a