The Alaska daily empire., 1922-08-08
WILLIE JACKSON
ACCUSED;F FORMAL
CHARGE is MADE.
Details Of Killing Of Thane
Rancher Given by Com
panion Of Jackson,
INDIAN KILLS BECAUSE
HOMEBREW WAS REFUSED
Willie Hanson Makes Com
plete Statement Clearing
Up Murder Mystery.

Willie Jackson, an Indian, who
has been held in the local Federal
Jail on a liquor charge since August
/, was re-arrested this morning
charged with murder for the al
legged killing of Capt. Harry c. Lott,
on July %. The arrest was based,
said L. S. Attorney A. G. Shoup
who filed the charge, on statement
made last night to L. S. Marshal
George d. Beaumont and other Fed
eral officials by Willie Hanson who
admitted being Jackson's companion
on the night of the murder.
"Hanson's statement clears UP the
mystery surrounding the Staying of
Capt Lott which for time seemed
impenetrable, said Marshal Beau
mcnt today. 1T checks with every
detail that we know and in the
three times it was made there were
no contradictions. There is no ques-
ton but. that we have the right
.snan. ss~saass -4fFs r A1A
Killed for Homebrew.
Capt Lott was killed by Jackson,
according to Hanson's statement.
because he refused to give him
some brew beer While no definite
time was fixed in the statement,
the killing was done, apparently,
early Tuesday morning. July 25, as
Hanson said that daylight was just
- IN mi a
when he and Jackson returned to
Juneau from the scene of the crime
near Thane on the later's boat,
Taku.
In statement last night made
first to Marshal Beaumont, Deputy
Garster and Assistant U. S. Attorney
H. d. Stabler, Hanson said IN
effect:
I met Willie Jackson in town on
Monday evening late. He asked me
to go with him to the odd mans
near Thane to get some beer we
went down there on Jackson's boat,
the Taku We beached the boat
about 100 yards above the trail that
leads from the old mans cabin down
to the beach I stayed on the Taku
while Jackson went up to the cabin
After about 80 minutes Jackson
called to me to come up to the
cabin. On my way up from the
beach I stumbled over the old mans
body which was bloody.
Jackson told me he had hit the
old man with a club and that he
had thrown the club into the
bushes. He tried to get me to hell
him throw the body into the water
but wouldn't do it. | was afraid
Cabin Is Robbed.
Willie Jackson told me to come
on into the cabin and take anything
wanted but to be quick about it,
I took some beer and four phono-
graph records. Jackson also took
some beer and a box of other things
I didn't know. While we were there
in the cabin Jackson wiped his
bloody hands on newspaper and
some socks He also opened some
beer and poured it into three glasses
on the table Later as we went to
the boat, Jackson washed the dried
blood from his hands and arms in
salt water.
We then left the place and came
to juneau. Daylight was just com
ing over the mountains as we go'
back to town. / remained on the
Taku until morning when l went
aboard the Kingfisher my fathers
boat and returned to Taku Inlet
Jackson. it is known, with james
Miller and his wife Bessie, Albert
James and Sam Yarquan. was aisf
at Capt. Lofts cabin earlier Monday
evening and had some beer They
had previously been at Nevada
Creek on the Douglas Island side
of the Channel. went from there tt
AUX Village below Duponts and OF
their way up the Channel stopped
at Capt. Lofts place and got beer