The weekly Alaska citizen., 1919-06-16

SlIuCIioIiS lTOIl MdTSIldi ETWlH, are making a thoro investigation of the supposed disappearance of the Kings ton brothers in the Christian river country. Reports previously received here indicated that there might be reason for thinking that these men had been killed, and it was also said that two Indian children admitted to having shot two men near the Indian village at Christian river
 Deputy U. S. Marshal Spencer from Circle, is in charge of the investiga. !, tion. He arrived at Fort Yukon on May 25, and left there May 31 in d motor boat to go up the Salmon river In his party are Jimmie Carroll, Jim Thompson and Hobo Bill, native from Circle, who will act as guides.
 The length of Mir. Spencer's stay depends largely upon what he finds and on the investigation which is also being made by the Northwest Mount ed police who, under Sergeant Tedd. from Rampant House, have been ac- lively engaged in the matter for more than a month.
 On May 31 Oscar Scholtz came to Fort Yukon for supply of goods for his trading post on Crow river and said that that the police party 1 hod oh fo hpv twenty miles to the Kingston boys cabin on account of high water from Overfiows. The police could not got around the water and were unable to build raft as no timber was availa- ble
 | As far as the Canadian officials could learn no one, either white men or Indians, has been near the cabin during the entire winter. From this i it is evident that previous reports about the police being at Kingstons prior to May 1 are untrue This fact is further borne out by a statement made by Bill Harbor. arriving in Fort Yukon May 31. who states that he knows that no person has been near the Kingston cabin all winter. In- dians from Salmon river, however. re- ported to the Canadians that neither of the Kingston brothers had been seen all winter. Harbor further said that the present attempt to go to tho cabin, which is located at the head of Thomas creek and known as the Boundary cabin, is the first trip to be made by them to that vicinity this year This flatly contradicts stories reaching here that the grub cached at the cabin had not been touched all winter, and also another story about the Husky Indians finding a note concerning the death of the Kingstons and giving it to the mount ed police.
 Harbor is known by Deputy Mar shal Mcclure, at Fort Yukon, as a friend of the police officials at Ram part House, where he has lived for the past two years Harbor also knows the Kingstons well and was with the mounted police when they started for the cabin.
 DEPUTYS REPORT. When the news of the alleged dis appearance of the Kingstons was first received in Fairbanks, Marshal Er- win ordered Deputy Mcclure to proceed from Fort Yukon and investi gate the matter. That this was car ried out is evidenced by the follow ing abbreviated report rendered by the deputy on his return. This re- port was mailed May 15, but did not reach Fairbanks until the last mail on account of the mail service. The report in part follows: "I have investigated every report and rumor which came into Fort Yu kon by either white man or Indian regarding the disappearance of the Kingston brothers. These men left here last June to go to the head of Firth river. They are said to have found some coarse gold on one of the forks of this tream.
 BUY OUTFIT.
 "They made full preparations for an extended trip. From T. H. Burman. a lccal merchant, they bought two years outfit which cost them $7S0, also buying some additional supplies fl om White, another Fort Yukon mer- chant. including a large quantity of ammunition and three rifles. They did not intend to return until water was running to their main camp, which was at Boundary Line cabin at the head of Thomas creek. This cabin is 600 miles from Fort Yukon and about 50 miles from the head of Crow river, which is navigable for small boats to the cabin.
 GOING TO FIRTH RIVER.
 Prom Boundary Line cabin they were going to take their outfit to where they had found gold on a tri- butary to the Firth river. They also told me that thev intended tO tran at