The daily progressive-miner., 1917-03-10
DEPUTY MARSHAL VAWTER RELATES
 HIS EXPERIENCES

Seventeen years as d guardian Of the public peace on the edge of Western civilization has been a period cramm- d full Of adventure and romance and interest for (. L. Tawter. former Uni ted States marshal at Nome, says the Seattle Posr-In5elligencar. During these seventeen years Mir. Tawter has witnessed every big gold rush in Alas ka. he has seen poverty-strieken pros pectors become flushed with wealth in a fortnight. ha has seen others become crazad because ot the priyatioE and hardship. he has seeH tho territory awaken from sleep Of ages 70 stretch irs arms and run its eres in wonder.
 When the discovery Of the Klon- dike flrsy dra7 the attention of the world to Alaska M-. Tavter left Mon -ana ta take the office Of deputy mar shal under John II Shoup. marshal for the whole district Of Alaska Mar shal Shoup's office was at Sitka; Dep uty Marshal Vawter was stationed at s- Michael Between the two Of -heu ghs entire territory Of Alaska was guarded Ta-ter's territory i1- c,u3sd the Tukoa valley rom the Can zd!aa boundary. including that part Of Alaska which drains into Boring sea and -he Arctic Ocean He also had supervision oyer the Aleutian islands. And in all his domain was 4000 miles long from one end to the other
 h 1898 many gold seekers attempt ed 10 reach Dawson by going up the Yukon river from its mouth This led them ,o :, Michael. where Mar shai Ta~ter was stationed. Winter overlook mauy Of them on the trail; they camped wherever they happened to be when the river froze up.
 It was there, in the fall Of 1898. that word came 70 the St Michael office that 2 prospector had murdered his TWO partners Marshal Yagter took Q dog team and started out for Anvik, near where the murder took place 4 man named Homer Bird was held by the citizens Of trading post, fifteen miles away. charged with the crime The citizens were determined 10 hang Bird if the marshal didn't show up within two weeks The appearance Of Deputy Marshal Vawter saved Birds life. temporarily. al least. Bird es- caped from the S. Michael jail the morning he was 10 be taken 10 Sitka TO stand trial With d pocketknife. be carved out piece Of four-inch floor ing and lied toward the mainland.
 Marshal Vawter offered a reward os 55Q0 for his capture, and had the mean ing Of the proclamation translated to rhe natives. The result was that Tirlhia three days the Eskimos brought Bird back 10 St. Michael. He was taken 10 Sitka. tried. convicted. -e-ried. again convicted. and finally hanged in 1901. the second official hanging 10 yake place in Alaska
 h 1901. when Marshal Vawter vas in Washington. when President Me Kinley signed an order appointing him United States marshal at Nome, then in the heyday of opulence. The notorious Judge Noyes gang was ap- pointed at the same time, and their failure 10 influence Marshal Va1tef !n their favor during the days of thiey cry. crookednesz and scandal at Nome, forms one of the most stirring themes 1T. Rez Beach.s novel, The Spoilers" which vas built up around the incl dents Of this period. In the novel, Vawter is Vorhees. T. was the testi- mony Of Marshal Vawter. offered al -he circuit court Of appeals at San Francisco. that convicted Judge Moves the prosecuting attorney and the spec , al representatives Of the department : Of justice, and sent them all to prison. In his trips 10 the Outside during tn ] last seventeen years Marshal yawter nas brought out rhirty-nye insane per sons.
 In the spring Of 1899. when MT. vaw-