The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-10-26
YOUTH Who
SHOT PRIEST
FOUND MAD
Tragic Melodrawa Of Far
North Brought to
a Conclusion


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year-old alleged slayer of Father
Jolsn ussr. priest of Point Hope.
AInnAn. has b~en found insane
~ Nome. concluding another
chapter in one of the northern
terrifory's most vivid tragic
me1o<lrAmaS.
Judge HoIxeimer OF Nome has or
iercd the hoy 10 the Morningside
hospital. Portland. for quiet. rest
and careful treatment In the hope
that hc viii recover.
And II the doctors are able 10 re
tore his reason he will be returned
o Nome for trial for first degree
murder and. ps,ssibiy. the lgs,ilows.
sEATTIE Al.lENIST
TELLS AnOtT HEARING
Returning from Nome on the Vic.
soria. Dr. A. r. Calhoun. seattle
alienist. told today the story Of the
insanity hearing Of young Mcclure.
Tho Victoria left here today for the
voyage hack 10 Nome. on her next
trip south. the last OF the season.
rhe Will bring out the insane youth
ana his devoted mother. Mrs. j. H.
Mcclure. of Los Angeles. en- route 70
The hospital.
m. Calhoun was called into the
ssano ~ "a e&petf for the territortai
11nS&<yIGs&t.s Nr(suire. tsta& Tor
murder was ret fpr s<ptcmber.ie.
IhpFe Wa~ ~ trial sstd IN.
i Callseun. ~Ttsey teok me- 10 see
~ ~ On leek wns enough.
He was undoubtedly crazy"
GIVEN HEARING BEFORE
JuRY or S1x MEN
Calhoun said he conferred with
District Attorney Hugh o'Seai. with
the result that Mcclure was given
hearing before judge Halxeimer and
jury Of six to test his present men.
tai condition.
Tho verdict was speedily reached.
But. In spite of Airs. McGuIre's plea
for her son. the charge vf murder
was not dismissed on account Of his
insanity.
The theory Of territorial aufhori.
ties II that Mcclure shot Father
Hoar 10 shield himself from the
priests denunciafion and possible ex.
pose.
The boy. In his loneliness in the
Far.North trading post at Point
Hope, IA said 10 have taken a native
girl as his companion
The youth had been taken ~
his father from = comfortable
I1o> Angeles somc where he was
= pampercd only son, Into the
wtIdcst district of the North,
where he and his father and
Father Hosr were the only
whites within hundreds of miles.
The elder Mcclure was supcrin.
fcndent Of native schools In the Point
Hope district.
CLAIM HE WAS MANIAC
HE SHOT PRIEST
Mrs. Mcclure and the defense de-
clare her son was suffering from in.
ssne melonchoIia Of the wilderness
and was maniac when he shot the
priest.
The shooting occurred on April 2i. I
1920. McGuire's father was away.
a far distant native village.
Father Hoar. returning from a trip
to a distant post. was approaching
the quarters where Young Mcclure
was living. when the youth threw
open the door and fired two loads OF
buckshot into the priests chest. ma.
tive witnesses said.
Young Mcclure then re.entered
the cabin. brought out a repeating
rifle and is said to have blown off
the top OF Father Hoar's head with
three more shots.
Natives say he backed away from
the body In the snow and opened fire
On young Indian OF whose atten-
tions TO Annie. a native girl. he is
said to have been jealous.
FATHER DELIVERS son
TO TERRITORIAL POLICE
When the Elder Mcclure returned
10 Point Hope he took his son south. !
ward towards Nome and delivered
The boy to territorial police. The lad
has been in Jail In Nome ever since.
His mother went to him on the first |
boat North last spring. 9nd has been
with him constantly.
Annie. the native girl. Is re-
ported 70 have married an In.
dian called Pete. since McGuire
left Point Hope. She was In
Nome last month, with hnIf q
score Of other natives. who had
been summoned M witnesses for
the territory against Mcclure.
At the conclusion OF the insanity
the natives left with their
dog teams on their long journey
home. 900 miles north, thru the |
frozen wilderness.