The Nome nugget., 1924-04-12

lphy, J. NJ Tanner and MT. LanderS-- to guard the approach to the dock in lorder that no objectiona ble charac- tiers might be admitted .o disturb ithe deliberations O: the meeting. l. was while this committee of four that Jeff Smith appeared carrying a Winchester rife in his hands. He walked straight up to Reid, and, with Ian oath, asked what he was doing there. at the same time striking at ,hn with the barrel of the gun. Reid lg-abbed the gun in his left hand as t descended. pushing it down toward the ground. and drawing his revolver II;!th his right hand at the same time When the point of the rife was Ic.ose against Reid's right groin, ISmith pulled the trigger. The ball lpessed clear through and came out through the lower part of the right thip. At about the same time Reid fired two or three shots in rapid sue tcession, one of which piersed Smiths
 heart. another striking one of his llegs. Smith also fired a second shot istriking Reid in the leg. Both men If. Il at about the same time, "Soapy" ismith stone dead. and City Engineer
 Reid dangerously, perhaps mortally wounded.
 Needless 10 say the meeting which
 vas in session further down the dock.
 was speedily adjourned. The dead land wounded men were picked up and brought to town, Smiths re
 mains being taken to the undertakers
 and Mir. Reid being carefully carried ,to Dr. Moore's office. where a mum
 her of physicians made careful ex-
 animation of his wounds. At first it
 was thought the wounded man could
 live but few hours. but he has tsnce rallied materially and his chances of recovery are now consid-
 cred very fair, and strong hopes are entertained
 Later in the evening citizens again iconvened in meeting. with the result that a thorough organization was eff
 ected. It appearing to the citizens
 that Deputy Marshal Taylor, by his
 affiliations with the Smith crowd,
 was not the proper man to head an
 .t, I o2,- nf n to ;y
 Tanner was sworn in as Deputy Mar
 shal by |. s. Commissioner Schl-
 brede. About 25 others were depu-
 ti2ed to assist Captain Tanner Cap
 tain Sperry was placed at the head of Ithe Deputies, each of whom carried "a Winchester rife.
 All last night the meas sured tread tcf the guards could be heard as they patrolled the streets, All the haunts lin any way connected with Soapy's gang were liable to be found, were visited. But in most cases the birds had taken warning and fled. How ever quite number were placed un- der arrest, and are now confined in the city jail. which is closely guard eo. l. is feared that the three men 1 who robbed Stewart of his sack of gold have escaped to the hills. as did several others of the gang last night. on learning of the death of their tloader.
 All the avenues of escape from the city have been closely guarded, and unless the bold highwaymen got out by small boats yesterday, their chanc- es for escape are very small. Every wharf is closely guarded. and detach- lnents of deputies have been sent to pyea, as well as to Lake Bennett The entire trail from Skasway to Bennett ! Is closely watched. Business is prac- tically suspended today. Hundreds of nen. the majority of them armed with Winchesters. are congregated or u . streets, but the best of order pre- vails.
 Four Deputy Marshals. Caswell. Joy, Barney and another, were sent over the trail to Lake Bennett this morning in search of the notorious three who stole the bag of gold. Joy ss an ex-detective from New York and smart as a whip. Caswell is equally as brave, and when they return ii is safe to say that they will render good account of themselves.
 The Dead Mans Family Although there is not a single per son in Skagway who appeared to do honor to the man who yesterday was Ia popular hero and is today but dead highwayman. yet there are | Ia