The Daily Alaska empire., 1940-07-11

Hellan was Deputy Marshal they complied.
 Being Towed Here e The prisoners were taken aboard the plane and brought to Juneau. Hellan ordered the canrlery tender Fairweather to tow the Surf to Juneau It is due here tomorrow.
 Two traps on Chatham Strait were robbed of salmon by the four youths yesterday, according to the accusations placed against them by trap watchmen and the crews of cannery boats. s,f
 Yesterday morning four youths, identified as HuIlt, simmons, Ly- onsl and Mills, locked Watchmen Aage Westerso and Floyd Person in the trap house of P. E. Harris trap No. l2 at Point Augusta, After lnailing the door of the house shut and covering the windows with boards and burlap, the alleged fish pirates brailed 3,0o0 salmon from the trap, Westerso and Persson told rIellan. aVs gf's l''Rt" 't@ri o,s Surprised at Trap teg .
 Near midnight last night the cannery tenders Doris E, Fairweath- CT and Moha came by the Hawk Inlet trap of the Alaska Pacific Salmon Company as the Surf vas alongside. According to the crews of. the cannery ships the youths on the Surf were. surprised as they were brailing from the trap. Trap Watchmen oscar Elduen and Sand- yik were locked and nailed in the trap house. gs. sse ss'E gtEl
 Warned they were surrounded and had better surrender, the brail- CTS instead appeared on deck armed with .30-. 30 carbine and another rifle. The tender crews said one of them shouted. Don't come on board or well shoot. a.lg s
 Then the Surf cast off ts lines and started across the upper end of Chatham Strait, headed for Rocky Island at the junction, with Icy Strait.
 Threatened with Axe
 The cannery boats pursued. The Doris E at one time was only 10 feet. behind the stern of the Surf When it turned it's spotlight on the seiner, the crew told Hellan, one of the youths on the Buff came out on the stern with an axe in hand and, held it upraised in l menacing fashion. t.,at'
 Meanwhile the Surf had turned down Chatham Strait. Several hum. dred salmon were thrown overheard while the chase went on. the pur- suers testified. Ss a os
 The Fairweather, equipped with radiophone, notified Foe of the situation and kept him informed of the position of the Surf.
 Deputy. Summoned n,,
 Floe sent telegram to the Mar shals office here at 4:45 o'clock this morning. Hellan received the message shortly after 5 o'clock and made arrangements to go out with Simmons.
 Taking off from Juneau at 6:55, the plane landed at Hawk Inlet at 7:15 and learned the, position of the Surf. At 7:20, with F'loe. and another company official aboard. the flight was resumed. At 7:50 the seiner was overhauled and halt ed.
 Hellan searched the boat and took off two rifles and 8 search light before flying back to Juneau with his. prisoners. They arrived here at l0;10 o'clock this morning.
 From Ketchikan
 The Surf, a 39-foot gas screw, is owned by Afford J. Hullt of Ketchikan. Papers aboard showed it had cleared Ketchikan June IS to proceed coastwise.
 The Fairweather, a 70-foot can- nery tender, is owned by the P. E. Harris Company. Howard Tel lifson is Captain; Bert Jensen, En- gineer; Andrew Oksund, Deckhand, and Sigurd Lund. Cook
 The Doris E, a 69-foot cannery tender belonging to the Alaska Pa cific Salmon Company, had 2 crew consisting of M. w. HodGsori, Gap tain: Bert Roaming, Mate: Claude Graham, Engineer; Roy Hull, Sec ond Engineer; Pete Mosier, Deck hand. w The Moha is . 4o-foot canlery tender belonging to the F F. far ris1 Company.
 Maximum penalty for the grand larceny with which the youths are charged is 10 years in prison. | q f.1