Seward daily gateway., 1924-03-26

operator, who was formerly stationed in Valdez, Juneau and Cordova, tells his Seward friends of the "Battle of Wounded Knee" in which he was recent participant. Ike strenuously de- nies that he was engaged in rum run hing, or that the boat on which he was riding at the time the heavy guns opened bombardm had any booze on board His story follows:
 The morning of March 18th, 1 met Frank Cunningham on the street. He said, Hello Captain, this looks like it is going to be fine day, how would you like to take a little boat ride. This will be your last chance as l am going to Hinckinbrook with the mail as soon as 1 get the old engine tuned up." It being a nice, calm day and the sun shining, I naturally accepted the invi- tation. We took ride down the bay several miles making a few stops and as the engine was working cranky, we anchored in a little cove put on the old coffee pot, and cooked some ham and eggs. Later we started for Cordo- va. The old engine was working pret- ty, and l thought we were making good speed, when Frank said, "pll go down and oil her up and show you some real speed" When we were about mile and a half from the ocean dock, I was at the wheel and Frank was working on the engine, when l noticed small white boat coming in our direction. 1 began to steer to the right in order to be on the right hand side when we passed them. Then l noticed that they were pulling over to their left
 said to Frank, T guess those boobS don't know it's against the law to pass boat on the left hand side" He stuck out his head and said, T guess they are going across the bay" He then went back to the engine. When thls other boat was about five hundred yards from us they took course so as to put them broadside of our boat, with distance of about three hunrded and fifty or four hundred yards be- tween us. I looked out the front win dow of the pilot house and saw some one wave at me from the other boat.
 Naturally stuck my hand out of the window and waved back. About two minutes later heard the report of rifle. and a bullet whizzed by in front of the pilot house window. l said Frank, did you hear that bullet? They are pretty damn careless, could hear it whiz by the window"
 Frank said, whats the matter, Cap tain is someone shooting at you? It is probably someone shooting at sea gulls." A few seconds later a bullet came through the pilot house, glanced and hit the bill of my cap, raising a little bump over my right eye. Then another bullet came through the pilot house, and I said, Frank, do you want the wheel, had just as soon be behind the engine" Frank then came up and took the wheel, and I went into the en- zine room, and had just got there when I heard a glass crash and heard Frank say, "They've hit me-"
 When I looked out of the engine room door Frank was squatting down and holding his hand, where bullet hit it. He said, "I'm going out on deck and wave at them. l said,, "you had better get behind the engine with me-" He then went out on deck and from the engineroom door l could see him wave both hands. Then there were two bullets in quick succession. could hear them whistle by.
 Frank came back in the pilot house and said, T guess they want us to stop," and he pulled out the clutch and turned the steering wheel so that our boat would turn and go towards them.
 They were in the rear and about three hundred yards to our right. When our boat came to standstill and they came up near enough so that I could make out who it was, l said, ''That looks like Cloes and Flannlgan. When they were about ten feet from our boat I said, "What the - you fellows think you're doing. You might hit someone shooting around like that"
 Beilgard, the prohibition officer who was doing the shooting answered me and said, You're damn right might, what do you think I have got these peep-sights on this gun for You are mighty lucky you didn't get hit"
 Then Flannigan came aboard the Cameo, pulled out his gold shield and said, "You're both under arrest" asked him what I was under arrest for. Flannigan said, "Never mind, you will find out later; get on that other boat