The Cordova daily times. [volume] (Cordova, Alaska) 1914-1947, 1919-10-28

given as Baily bay, on Bell island,
not far from Ketchikan, where the
famous hot springs are situated.
While the teacher of the native
school at Ketchikan was in the south
the bank of that place sent a man to
the school house and painted it. The
teacher had had difficulty in securing
funds to have the building painted,
and was agreeably surprised to find
the work done upon her return.
A series of perplexing robberies at
Ketchikan was cleared up recently
when Amos Benno, half-breed, was
apprehended Benno confessed to the
stealing of a war bag from returned
soldier, an express package, a box
of freight and a suit case, at divers
times. Another boy was mixed up in
the robberies, but he has not been
apprehended.
William Haynes, a Skagway pros
pector, was murdered in Vancouver
recently by two women and a man,
whom the police have been unable to
apprehend. His body was taken out
from under a pile of lumber, and was
badly bruised. He had just drawn
$500 from the bank, when he went
auto riding with his unknown compan-
ions. He was formerly cook at the
Golden North hotel, at Skagway.
Captain Telford of the Northwest
mounted police returned to Dawson
recently, having investigated the
death of Mike Sedlemier, the road
house keeper at Sulphur, who was &C
cidentally shot while hunting ducks
near his home The body was found
near a small lake. Mike had been
using an Anticipated shotgun with the
trigger guards gone. When the body
was found one barrel of the gun was
discharged and the other barrel had
the hammer cooked Mike had shot
duck and while reaching after it
with stick discharged the gun, the
whole load going into his body. He
reached the top of the bank before
dying. Deceased was between so and
60 years of age, and was formerly a
Of Kitnbanpr Ont
Another shooting affray occurred at
Douglas recently, Angeles Demos, a
Greek, shooting Billie Johnson, ma
tive fisherman, had just returned to
the village, and was asked by native
woman to go and get her husband
away from Demos, who was filling the
native on hard cider. Johnson went
to the cabin of the Greek and asked
the man to go with him. The Greek
told him to mind his own business,
and when Billie Johnson insisted that
the drunken man accompany him,
grabbed up his rifle and fired. The
natives were wildly excited over the
shooting, and gathered about the jail
in large numbers. The victim was an
inoffensive native, a hard worker and
a general favorite with the other fish
ermen. The Greek recently was re-
leased from the 'handcuff brigade" of
the United States army.
1t is reported that the lower kus-
kokwim is an ideal place for lawless-
ness, owing to the long distance to a
commissioners office. A commits
sioner from the Fourth division re-
Gently wrote Marshal Erwin as fol
lows: This is an ideal place for
those who have no respect for the
law They feel that the penal code
has no kick. AS an illustration OF
what is done with impnity on the lower
Kuskokwim | will mention one detail.
About a week before | reached Apo
kak, Captain Knauflich discharged two
alleged l. w. w. who were employed
in hauling in the nets. The men, an
gered at their discharge, deliberately
cut up 5000 worth of nets before the
eyes of their employer, who was help
less. as there was no commissioner
within seventy miles and no marshal
to execute the laws. He was COM
PEELED to watch the men float away or
take the law into his own hands,
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