The Wrangell sentinel., 1926-11-11
4. HANNA,
 PROSPECTOR, IS
 REPORTED LOST

What has become of ". A. Han na, Cassiar prospector2 Is he dead or alive?
 ". A. Hanna. World War veter- an, who was among the first to go into the Cassiar after the opening of navigation the past two seasons. failed to come out at the close of navigation this fall. However, no one here gave any serious thought to his name being missing from the passenger lists of those who came down the river at the end of the season. It was known that Martin. Brunn, and a number of others were remaining inside this win ter.
 Two weeks ago the Sentinel re- ceiyed a letter from MT. Hanna s sister, Mrs. Louise D. Johnson. 407 BoylstOn street, Boston, Mass, seek ing information regarding her brother whom she had not heard from since last May.
 The publisher of the Sentinel at once began making inquiries. The week following the receipt of the letter McNab; Bliek, Leeds, and others arrived in Wrangell from the Cassiar, having come down the river in 8 small open boat. They all re- ported having seen Hanna on Dease Lake in May but not having seen him later than May. He was let ting his whiskers grow and had d dog for a companion. Nieknames are common in the Cassiar and the prospectors in the vicinity of Dease Lake called Hanna "Robirson Cru soc" a name which did not dis please him in the least.
 On Monday evening of this week Walter Julian and AL Sahlinger ar. rived in a small open boat from the Cassiar. Julian states that he saw Hanna on Dease Lake in May. sahlinger went up the Slikinc he fore the opening of navigation last spring and spent the greater part of the year in the Gassiar. He says he met Hanna on Dease Lake on May 2 and that they travelled to- gether for several miles and that when they parted Hanna gave him a letter addressed to lady in Bos- ton and requested him to post tho letter upon his arrival in Telegraph Creek Sahlinger says that when Hanna gave him the letter he re- marked that it was to his sister Sahlinger posted the letter in Tele- graph Creek on the 10th or 11th of May He says Hanna talked of go- ing from Dease Lake to Gold Pan Creek by short cut from the Lake which would take him over a hill where the snow would interfere with his travelling. Hanna was advised to give up the idea of talk ing a short cut to Gold Pan, and to come down below the foot of the lake and pick up the regular trail to Gold Pan. Parties who spenl the entire season on Gold Pan say that Hanna was not there at any time the past summer
 One prospector who went into the Casiar in August with Bob Mar tin says he saw a man of Hanna's description on Dease Lake the lat ter part of August but such we'll known men as Blick, McNab and Julian all say that they doubt if anyone actually saw Hanna on the lake in August.
 After talking with the late ar- rivals from the Caseie~ he Sentinel cabled to Mr Hanna's sister in Bos- ton advising her that her brother is reported lost and suggesting that she get in touch with Hon. w. Fl. Dodd, G0ld commissioner, at Tele- graph Creek, B. c.
 William H. Hanna was formerly employed on the Montreal Star as a stereotyper When he read the news dispatches telling of the dis coyery of gold near Dease Lake in September, 1924, he decided to b among the stampeders who would go into the Cassiar the following spring. He was so well pleased with his first season spent in the vi- cinity of Dease Lake that he re- turned to that region this spring He spent last winter in Wrangell, mingling chiefly with other pros pectors who were wintering here.
 If any of the readers of the Sen tinel have any information concern ing MT. Hanna such information would be gratefully received by hi sister whose address is given in the tbird nara pran of thic artic1a