Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-11-12

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ls-cently. when the oErien murder
case wa6 on hand. the question turned
~. so!n" brohaa icn:b in TIA" dead In:U'y
mouth. The corpse had been dncov-
c,.d under IA. ic. soIu, distance from
the mining camp OF O'8ricn. Tn. pp-
lice supposed tina; the man had been
shot IN III" mouth and his teeth ,,u-
bioEei some 90 the teeth "crc lost.
The police yanuci the .,rav.l Df
Hsien's camp and found tho teeth
This convicted O'E'icu. Tna, invcs:t-
cation coSi tens OF thousands 81 dol
'ara. but Canada ~ ready 10 spend ausr
nmcun: 70 get Justice"
went with Marshal Erwin through
tn: Jail In Fairbanks Th. criminals
are kep; In cages Of iron. so arranged
.hht they can he seen on All sides
There were nine IN the coils ~ ,b.
time o! me- visit.
asked tho marshal as u the crime
OF thus part of Alaska. lie replied
me territory ~ supposed 10 be full
or bad men. but that Is mistake
Fhe order here il much better than
III the southern states. where ! was
reared fpu cannot pick up Il Georgia
newspaper. even now. without tnding
~ II a r"por; of one or more shooting
ARRAYS. have lived in this district
oh!s' one man has been Killed with a
pistol There ar. but few people in
the country viii" carry weapons. either
openly .: concealed The rnurdcrcrs
'hai have been committed have beef,
wlt. guns. clubs or knives During
nv term "f three y"ars as marshal
;her" have been onl, two murders in
~! whole district
liar. you the typical bad man who
non ana then comes In and shoots IN
the town"
No have been IN Alaska eighteen
years a"d haze never heard Of such
a case" our people are Law abiding
ana III mat respect they stand as hieh
AS an: people cf The world burglary
Is almost unknown lived In Fair
banks eight years before locked my
door The people viii not stand for
robncries. VIC have our strikes. bu,
there is no bioodshed and no destruc-
zion Of property.
The people are charitable They
often spend 500 or more 10 send a
sick may away TO Seattle and thew
a!"aya give - litt!r money To keen
me man until h" sets on h!s feet. As
All instance Of tn. generosity Of Fair
hanks. take the san Trancisco earth
quake. The news OF IL was telegram
ed here one Saturday There was q
meeting that night at Eagle Hall and
hy noon the next da: 500 900 had bcen
collected and started on i,s way I.
INC sufferers \ month later there
Was FIR" in Fairbanks and almos.
til" whole town was burned TIN. non.
III" outside remembered who, y. had
lone for san Francisco. and offers OF
NIP poured in. They were all -.
FUSED. the Mayor sending this meg.
sage: We thank you all but we can
carr! our own skillet and don't need
any help
COMPARATIVELY LITTLE
CRIME IN FAIRBANKS
i surprising that there is not
'no!" crime in Fairbanks The cit, ie
~ the heart OF the wilds. and /, 10
surrounded hy mining camps that have
produced about $4,000 900 worth ~ ro,d
aust aud nuggets. Al time. the bnnks
nave been loaded with gold. ana every
ca'Ap mas its tahs OF gold which arc
washed out at every cleanup cold
u" Kept n cans and other common 70
c"ptac.os in the log cabins and have
not %"i seen a house that could mo-.
hc easily broken into and robbed MIL
Mons OF dollars worth Of gold is an
'i"hly carried out OH the steamers
,hi,' 20 down the Tanana and M the.
Yukon 10 White Horse. The present
method OF transporting this tr.asur.
IS in Al old shlonrd iron safe which
ans handles an each side Tho sof.
Is lest out in the open under the deck.
tho handles being chained to tho mast
In the past the gold was kept i'm a
"'rohT room and now and then thcfts
we're attempted One day a sailor uu-
screwed tho bars OF the room and pot
uut box of dust and nuggets worth
$4,000 He had "A partner in .hc crime
me TWO men tied rope to the box
and fastened "a life preserver to the
"'her END OF the rope. They then threw
me box overheard thinking tho u<e
7reaerver would act as a float and en-
able them TO find tho box when tho,
came hack later on. They also mark
ed with their eye the place where II
fell. AZ the mex; stopping of the steam
er one OF the men dropped into the
water and swan to the bank lie Went
hack up the river and looked for thc
gold. but could not find IT, A little
later the officers OF the steamer found
that the strongroom had been tanner
ed with. and that one OF tho boxes
was missing. They caught the GRIM
mails and took them to Fairbanks. They
were tried and sent to tho pen!tentiary
The life preserrer was afterward found
by an Indian. The box Of gold is still
in the Yukon
PLANNED TO non
STEAMER OF GOLD SHIPMENTS
At another time. about ten years ago.
man planned TO rob a steamer Of one
of the big gold shipments and came
from TIE OUTSIDE TO 10 IL. tie cot IL
job as night watchman on the steam
ei' and learned just how the gold was
handled. One might he broke into the
strongroom and took out two boxes
each OF which contained $4,000 in gold
dust. lie pried open one of the boxes
and removed $4,000 worth of the gold.
ana in its place put about the same
amount of buckShot. which he had pro-
cured ut the stores of Fairbanks for
the purpose. He did not buy the sho,
himself. hut sent some men from tho
steamer fcr IL. pretending that he
wanted il for hunting. After closing
and fastening the box lie carried it
back and laid II down on the deck be.
side the other box which he had taken
out II was lighter than the box which
had nothing but gold, but he expected
to pu; the two boxes back into the
strongroom. BEFORE he was able to do
go. however. two drunken men came
aboard. They stumbled over the gold
chests and realized what they were.
They concluded to steal one, and pick
ed up the highest, In which was the
shot and dropped il over the side of
The vessel. later on they got II out
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