The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-08-31

jail for thirty days for beating ms wife. and while on the stand Mclean told his whole story.
 He said they were living in the house of another man who was only there part of the time and that he 1 (McLean) had charge of the place during this mans absence. He said his wife came down where he was working. crying. He asked her what was the matter and she answered that the Russian priest and his wife had been scolding her for living in this mans house, saying, "It didn't look very we'll"
 After they went back to the house, she had asked him to move to their own home. but he had said, "No, if she wanted to listen to the priest in- stead of her own husband, she could take the children and go home" When she started to leave the house, she begged him to go back with her and he showed her into the bedroom. She hit her head on the bedpost and blacked her eye. Then, when she fol- lowed him downstairs, he slammed the door in her face.
 Misunderstood by French
 When she had him tried for beat ing her, that French told him the best thing he could do was to kiss and make up. He told French that if others had not interfered there would not have been any trouble; that French took 1t to mean that he (French) was inter fering with them, and sentenced him to thirty days in jail. He said that Dr. French had advised him to plead guilty.
 Ray then began to question Mclean about the day of the wedding at Nush- agak. Mclean said he didn't attend the wedding, but was at Mittendorff's store. about half mile from his home that afternoon. His wife went to the wedding but she was home when he returned about four-thirty.
 Oscar Carlson went home with him but only stayed long enough to feed his dogs. Mclean said that he and his wife had no trouble over supper; that his wife had rheumatic fever in her ankle and was sitting on the be0 with her foot in a pan of hot water. He told her he would get supper so she wouldn't have to walk around. He then went out and did his chores, fed his dogs, and while out Carlson had left for Kanulak. His wife and he ate supper and then they decided to go for a sleigh ride, as it was a beau tiful night and by that time her ankle had quit hurting.
 Tells About Sled Ride
 Mclean said he had team of five husllies and an ordinary basket sled. It was very cold night and he was thinly dressed, so when they had gone about three miles, he turned back. The dogs were very unruly. They had to go down a place commonly called the dump" because it was such a steep place, and before they got to l it his wife wanted to get out and walk becuse she was afraid the sled might tip over. He told her to wait till they got up a little closer. When almost to the dump he moved from the box where he had been sitting on the front of the sled, to the platform at the rear. The brake was icy and'hiS foot slipped off, releasing it, making a noise like that of whip-crack, which scared the dogs and they started to run away. The sled was given a vio- lent jerk, which threw him off. The sled ran over the knoll and instead of following the trail it tipped over the edge. The dogs kept on running, dragging Mrs. Mclean under the sled. When he got where he could see the dogs, they were running past scow that was laying up on the beach. The trail at this point was on the beach.
 His Version of Injuries
 When he overlook the dogs the sled was headed up the hill and lodged against boulders. His wife's head was laying near a boulder, one foot was sticking out of the sled. He strengthened up the sled as soon as he could and asked his wife if she was