The Nome nugget., 1924-10-18
SKELETONS OF FOUR MEN
 FOUND ON HERALD
 ISLAND BY SCH. HERMAN

ISLAND BY SCH. HERMAN
 Following is an interview ob- tained by the Nugget from Sydney A. Snow of the Snow African Wild Game Moving Picture Company, of Oakland, California, who was a member of the motorship Herman party, which returned this week from a cruise in Arctic waters and Herald Island, which is in the vic inity of Wrangell Island. Capt. Louis Lane reports that this was the worst trip in Arctic waters he has ever experienced. Mir. Snow tells of their trip and finding of the four skeletons of human be- ings on Herald Island and the re- markable capture alive of a man. moth Polar Bear. the largest ever taken alive.
 The remains of the four men found on the island it is presumed were former members of the Stef- ansson-Canadian Arctic Expedition. being members of the ill-fated Kar- lux expedition. The names of the four men who deserted from the main party ofter the wreck of the Karluk and known as the Doctors party, are as follows: Dr. A. For bes Mackay. James Murray, H. Beuchat and s. s. Morris. They addressed letter to Captain Bart let as follows:
 Canadian-Arctic Expedition.
 Sunday Feb. 1st, 1914. Captain Robert Bartlett,
 Sir:
 We the undersigned. in consider atiOn of the present critical situa- ton, desire to make an attempt to reach the land. We ask you to as- sist us by issuing to us from the general stores all necessary sledg- ing and camping provisions and equipment, fer the proposed jour- 'ney as per .1eparate. .reGuisitiok al ready handed to you. On the un- derstanding that you do so and continue as heretofore to supply us with our proportional share of provisions while we remain in camp, and in the event of our find ing it necessary to return to camp, we declare that we undertake the journey on our own initiative and absolve you from any responsibil- ity whatever in the matter.
 Signed by the four above-men-
 tioned men.
 These four men were outftted by Capt. Bartlett and each. man pulling a sled with his outfit by means of rope or harness over his shoulders started for Wran- gel Island but never reached there having met with storms and open leads. It has been presumed all these years that they perished on the ice, but Capt Louis Lane be- heves that the remains found showed that they had reached Her aid Island.
 The Summer the Karluk surviy- ors were rescued from Wrangel Is- land the Motorship King and Wing the Cutter Bear and the Steamer Corwin all unanswered around Herald Island looking for signs of life, but to no avail. due to heavy ice and the lateness of the season the vessels were compelled to sail back to Nome without being able to put landing party ashore.
 D. M. Labordais. formerly sec- retary to Stefansson. made the trip north on the Herman with the ob- ject of procuring first hand infor- nation for book which he ex- poets to publish later.
 Following Is the story obtained from Mir Snow:
 After leaving Nome and bound for the Arctic ocean the Herman ran into head seas and storms from the northeast. This made Captain Lane abandon his hope of salvaging the motorship Lady Kindersley and we left Cape Lis- bourne and headed for Wrangell and Herald Islands. We had couple days good weather and 1t was on the second of these good days that we came upon our first Polar bear. He was a big brute weighing. I should say. about one thousand pounds and all bear. Captain Lane wanted to know what I wanted to do and I took the whale boat but wanted him to act as my gunman and keep me out of the reach of that big brute's black-clawed. shaggy white l foreleg. We had the boat manned by white and Eskimo crew and took after him. I sat up in the hov nf tho hnaf oud .ho< .caron