The Wrangell sentinel., 1951-12-14
THROUGH THE SENTINEL PERISCOPE
Will Murder Out
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Murder will out, they say. bur will it?
 On Thanksgiving Day. three weeks ago, the body of Henry Bradley, widely known Wrangell man. was found in the bay with seven stab wounds in the body. The inquest revealed that Bradley had been murdered. The coroner's jury added "by person or persons unknown" as it normally would in view of the evidence presented at the inquest.
 But three long weeks have elaps- ed since that time and at this writ ing the person or persons are still unknown.
 Appeals have been made to the Marshals office in Juneau, to the District Attorneys office and even the Attorney Generals office for assistance in bringing the guilty person or persons to justice, but all to no avail The answer. and mostly right, too, is that it isn't within our jurisdiction"
 What this community would like to know is just who in hecks jur- isdihtion is it? Is there no one with jurisdiction over the cold blooded staying of a human being in Alaska? Who investigated the cookie jar murder" in Juneau and brought the slayer to justice? Who ran down the killers of Jim Ellen in the same town and saw to it that both were hanged for their act?
 Scores of similar cases all over Alaska. Yet, when a man gets kill ed in Wrangel the powers that be shrug their shoulders and aver mot within our jurisdiction" or I've prosecute; we don't investi- gate.
 Deputy U. S. Marshal Jack Krepps, the local representative of the MarshaIs office is doing his best, alone and with not even the help of a person to transcribe his notes, while trying to take care of his process serving and many other routine duties attached to the Marshars office. Of course, he might even solve it, and if he does he's entitled to the Distinguished Service Cross or something, because he certainly hasn't had any help from his own headquarters or any of the other so-called law enforce ment agencies.
 Several months i.go the body of a man was found on the beach in Petersburg He had disappeared off of a boat The body carried wounds which, coroner's jury found, could not have been self-inflicted. It was apparent murder Yet, to date, nothing has been done about it.
 There is something strangely lacking in law enforcement in Al aska which allows such things to happen. For all citizens of Wran- gell know, a crazed killer may be walking our streets - and may strike again. Or maybe it was a personal feud. No one knows, but certainly none of the heads of our law agencies are attempting to find out.
 The Bradley family is one of Wrangells old and respected famil- ies. They have never been any thing but law-abiding citizens. Henry Bradley was a father of sev- en small children. Yet his death is apparently shrugged off and all the time which is passing will make his murder that much more diff cult to solve. No one knows where or when he was murdered.
 It seems unreasonable that a man can be stabbed seven times without leaving a trace of blood. Yet, no one knows, after all these weeks where Henry Bradley died
 misdemeanor for failure to pay school tax (See news story else where) brings $75 fine We won't try that one Murders easier to get away with.