The Alaska daily empire., 1919-02-15
Is Claimed That He Carried a Grip in Which Were Pounds Effects of the
 Schmidt Woman.
HIS EFFECTS SEARCHED
Woman in Whitehorse Is Mentioned as Having a Possible Connection
 with Murder.

Skagway on information from the Juneau officers in connection witt the murder of Myra Schmidt. He will be returned here by officers who left on a chartered boat.
 ARRESTS ARE MADE
 Through the efforts of Chief ol Police Thomas H. Dargan and the Federal officials, arrests have quick ly followed the murder of Myra Schmidt, known as Molly Brown and Molly Smith, in her cabin below the sawmill, whose body was found Mon day afternoon late.
 1 Upon information telegraphed from Juneau Jack Gaslow, years ago a stage driver for the Bartlett Bros out of Dawson, and afterward em ployed as a stage driver for the Orr Company out of Fairbanks, was ar rested yesterday at Skagway. Depu | ty U. s. Marshals Harry Morton and George Johnson left yesterday fo, /, Skagway on the gas boat Pacific tc bring the prisoner to Juneau. Incrlminattng EvIdence According to the facts gathered by Chief Dargan and other officers, Gaslow, also known as "Whiskey Jack" took the Estebeth for Skag way last Monday evening. He car ried large yellow grip and while he was getting his ticket from Pur ser Mcdonald the grip dropped tc the deck and sprung open, exposing name to the purser as Gaslow Flor entine. The purser made some re mark about the grips contents anG the man said they did not belong to him and asked the purser to keeI the grip, which he said he did moi want; that it did not belong to him The purser insisted that he take it
 Was To Deliver Grip | Gaslow then told the purser that he was to deliver the grip to wo man in Skagway.
 The woman mentioned by Gaslow as being in Skagway is known to the officers and is now said to be ir 1 Whitehorse. The officers are investi gating her possible connection witt l the case.
 "When you return to Juneau" saif Gaslow to the purser, tell an off cer about this grip and that it does not belong to me-"
 Purser Mcdonald informed Chiet Dargan of the incident, and he ir turn informed the Federal officers who telegraphed to Skagway to have the grip searched.
 Contents of Grip Gaslow then refused to let tho officers search the grip without { search warrant, which was procured and the contents were found to con tain a sealskin coat anda mink cape answering the description of the Ones the murdered woman had worn. A receipt in safe deposit box o1 the Schmidt woman in Juneau showed that the coat she had worn cost $305 in Seattle, and the number or the collar was given which was the same number as found on the coa1 in the grip.
 GasIow Gives Name
 In telling his story to the pursel to account for the grip, Gaslow sait he got the grip from Lulu" Col ored woman in Juneau. This infor nation led to the arrest of Lulu Mathews, Colored woman who ha' small hand laundry on Franklin Streete who was taken into custod. yesterday afternoon, and released lat CT in the evening on $1,000 bail.
 All this information locally and b. telegraph from Skagway was in thu hands of The Empire yesterday, bu was withheld from publication at thu request of the Federal officials.
 Woman Has Many Friends
 The Mathews woman has man, friends in Juneau. some of whom have known her for the past sever years as a hard-working woman, wh' has never been mixed up in any kin' of trouble, and as soon as they hear of her arrest. they quickly got he out on ball.
 The officers made the arrest ol suspicion purely as precautionar. measure in case other things migh develop.
 Gaslow Apparently Broke Gaslow is described as about 5 years old. stout and heavy set, witt a rough look and who has been con sidered booze fighter. He came t Juneau about a month ago from Sc attlet on the Alaska. He secures credit from Tom McMullen of tn Merchants Restaurant for meA ticket and apparently was wtthou money
 On Saturday evening about fiv o'clock he paid McMuhen for tn meal ticket and was wearing ne' hat. which caused a joshing remar aimed at him. and he replied tha 1t was given to him.
 The Schmidt woman was last zee