The Wrangell sentinel., 1924-10-02

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 On entering the U. s. Marshal's office a guard pressed button which lighted the room. They were plainly frightened at this sudden flash of light, and stood gazing at it while waiting to be taken into the jail proper where other mysteries awaited them in the form of bath tub and running water.
 The prisoners are children men tally. They frequently laugh when talking to each other. and appa- rently have no consciousness of guilt or apprehension as to what will happen to them when they are brought before the big white chief at Vancouver.
 Captain Sandys-Wunsch and the two constables will remain in Wran- gell until October when they will leave with the prisoners for vancou- yer on the Princess Alice.
 No police have been in the .iard since 1892. British Columbia has its own private police force, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police were only asked to investigate this year. The murderers will be delivered to the court officers in Vancouver with in five months after the Commis sioner of the Mounted Police gave the orders to investigate this report ed case of witchcraft murder. After their arrival in the Cassiar the po- lice patrol travelled nearly thous- and miles on foot and by canoe and fetched their prisoners from three hundred miles north of Telegraph Creek.
 The last stretch of the journey be- fore taking the Stikine River boat was from Dease Lake to Telegraph Creek on foot The prospectors trav- cling into the region of the new gold strike follow the same trail. At pres ent it is in very bad state owing to heavy rains. It is noteworthy that while the average gold miner is taking five or six days for the trip Inspector Sandys-W cam" out in a day and a half The Mounted Police demand the highest service from their men-and they get it. The two constables and the prison CTS took five days.
 Prospectors arriving here tell of other outrages which have been committed by this band of Nomads in connection with witchcraft. A girl named Madeline was hung up by one foot and one arm for three or four days. When the evil spirit was supposed to be driven away the girl was cut down, and on account of the summer weather she survived. The girl now moves about like crab as she walks on one foot and one hand using the injured arm and leg for balancing herself.
 Another case is that of seven year boy named Sea Gull who had his ear cut off because his brother was sick.
 Hanging and torturing members of the tribe having failed to drive away the evil spirits that were causing sickness and disease, one h. dian resorted to hanging his dogs at the rate of one each week. He was restored to health only after he had hung his entire dog team. ..
 While on this witchcraft expedi- tion Inspector Sandys-Wunsch found time to convict white man, Am prose Jones, of selling liquor to In dians.
 Captain Sandys-Wunsch, although still a young man. has already had enough adventure for a dozen life times. Coming from England to Canada he enlisted in the Royal Ca nadian Mounted Police before he had reached his majority. At the very outbreak of the World War he enlisted in the Belgian Army. In l1915 he transferred to the British Army He was wounded three times