I WHITE PISS 8
=M ROUTE =
The
Route of
Comfort,
Speed,
Service
Safety.
Through Tickets to and from Dawson. Fairbanks and all
Interior Alaska and Yukon River points.
YUKON RIVER SERVICE
During the season of navigation our fleet of modern, up-to
date steamers will operate regularly the entire length of the
Yukon River and tributaries, giving a service never before
equalled.
Our daily train service between Skaguay and Whits Horse
has been improved bv the addition of modern
PARLiOR OBSERVATION CARS
which are splendidly equipped with comfortable leather
chairs, writing desks, card tables dressing rooms, etc., afford
ing travelers an opportunity to view the famous White Pass
scenery in ease and comfort.
For full information apply to
J. E. DEMPSEY, Traffic Manager
Skaguay, Alaska
ThaWhitePass &Yukon Routa
TIME TABLE No. 31.
Tuesday and Friday.
Xc. 1, N. Bound
1st class
8:30 a. in. Leaves
11:00 p. ni. "
J 1:40 p. lu.
12:3; p. m. "
-:Oo p. m.
1:1" p. m.
skaguay
WHITE PASS
LOO CABIN
BENNETT
CARIBOU
WHITEHOBSE
Passengers must b« at depot* la time ta bare Baggage Inspected
^ud checked. Inspectloa li stopped 30 minute* before leaving time or
ral-ia -*i
150 pounda of baggage will be checked free with each full tare
ticket a»d T5 pouada with each halt tare ticket.
Arrives
No. 2, S. Bound
1st class
Arrives 3;20 p. ni.
Leaves 1:45 p. m.
" 12:47 p. m.
" 12; 15 p. m.
,v 10:25 a. in.
" 8:15 a. ui.
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QUART*'
Has Had no Peers for Fifty Years
^ SOLD BY ALL DEALERS
OLDEST BANK IN ALASKA
THE B. M. BEHRENDS BANK
Juneau, Alaska
Capital, $30,000.00. Surplus, $20,000.00
-ND3. R. WILLIS GUY McNAUCHTON.
--jident Vie* Pre#. C*»hier
I HORRIBLE MEANS TAKEN
BV A VALDEZ SUICIDE
Wiadti Heldt, a rosideut of Vai
dez, committed, suicide last week iy
chopping Jila head literally to places
with an axe, says the Times of
that city.
Heldt had been in the employ of
[ the road commission during the
past summer, and passed through
Cordova enrout® to Vaidez a short
time ago, and was registered at the
Rainier Grand.
Shortly after arriving in Vaidez,
Heldt hunted up everybody in town
to whom he was indebted and paid
up, saying that ho wanted to be
square with the world. That even
ing after ho retired, he got out of
bed and went out the back door of
the cabin he occupied with two oth
er men. Just outsldo the door was
a block of wood in which was stick
ing a double bitted axe. Tlrs
Heldt withdrew from the block,
and seating himself upon the last®**
proceeded to chop his head with tht>
axe, inflicting no less than seventy
five wounds, before his companions
were attracted to the scene. He'cU
was overpowered end taken in o
the cabin. Notwithstanding his
awful deed, he appeared perfectly
sane. He told his companions that
ho knew they could not give him a
gun to completo the job, but begged
them to put one cartridge in a rifle j
! and then go after a bucket of water
Ileldt's head was literally hacko
to pieces, and though removed to
tho hospital and given every car?
he died the following morning..
Ho was buried at Vaidez by the
Eaglo lodge of which organiza
tion he was a member. He is sur
viveed by one child, who resides
somowhere in the states.
Heldt gave no reason for hia
rash act, and his friends can assign
none, as he was apparently in ^<hx1
health, and had not been drinking
to excess.
[smashing run is
MADE BV YUKON DREDGE
A worm record smashing run
was made by tlio Canadian Klondyk
company's large gold dredge No.
3, working in the Bonanza basin,
half a mile from Dawson, for the
week ending October 27, says the
Dawson News of Nov. 9th. The
yardago was tho largest ever han
dled by any dredge tho company
has operating here. Material han
died totalled for tha week 110,045
cubic yards. The dredge is one of th
largest In tho world, and therefore
claims tho world's record. It has
two sister dredges hero belonging to
the same company of the same tyye
and size, and there arc ono or two
dredges of similar size in the west
ern states.
Number three had exceptionally
favorable conditions under which to
make tho splendid record. The
ground being dug is in the bend on
the north side of tho Klondike, near
where the old dog pound etood,
and under the hills below the Hill
fide cemetery. The depth dug
was 30 to 35 feet, w-ith seven feet
of faco exposed, the ground and
gravel thawed and bedrock soft.
The statement for the record run
of the weok ending October 27, cov
ering the full 16S hours, as made
uu by the engineering department of
the company at Bear creek, and
authorized for publication by Gen
eral Manager J. W. Boyle, follows:
Summary of Run
I Operation time, 1C3 houre 51
| miuutes, 97.5 per cent; lost time,
14 hours 9 minutes, 25 per cent.;
, total, 100 per cent.
Division of Lust Tiiac
Operation, 4 hours 3 minutes, 2.4
j per cent.; repairs, 6 minutes, .1 per
cent.; power, none.
Yardage, 110,042 yards.
Yardage per operation hour, 674
cubic yards.
K W. hours used, 106,000.
I K. W. hours per cubic yard, 96.
Average width cut, 280 feet.
Average depth cut, 30.6 feet.
The crew of dredge number three
comprises Arthur Gibson, dredge
master; Stanley Gibson, Joe McKin-l
non and George Munroe, winchmen;
J. C. Campbell, Sam McLellan an 1
James Forbes, oiler3.
Dredge number three was put in
to commission in tho year 1913.
A new bucket line recently was
put on No. 3 dredge by which the
bucket lips were built up an extra
two inches, thus giving the buckets
a capacity of 17 cubic feet instead
of 16 cubic feet as originally de
signed.
FIVE GOOD •\ES TO DRAW TO.
Pebbleford and Gibson Rye. Butt
weiser, Bluo Ribbon and Pale Rain
ier Beer at the Board of Trade.
Bonded Wills Keys—Gibson, Moua
Vtmon and Belmont. The beet of
Peer—-Bluo Ribbon, Budwelser aad
pale Rinlor, at the Mascot, Tele
phone 67.
| A Turkish
; Sleeve Button
: Experience of a Detective.
By ESTHER VANDEVEER
"Mr. Hawkins," said the chief of the
—— detective bureau, "a robbery and
murder have been committed during
the night, and I have been called upon
to seud n man to make an examination
of the premises with a view to picking
tip h clew. The murdered man is Mr.
Charles I'orsythe. a wealthy gentle
man. whose address you will find on
this card. 1 am assured that nothing
In the room where the mnrder was
committed has been touched. Go at
once and see what you can make out
of it."
Hawkins went to the address given,
where he found a dwelling indicating
that the inmate* were people of con
siderable means. He was received at
the door by the butler and shown Into
a room where lay the corpse of Mr.
("orsytlie on the floor. There had evi
dently been a struggle, during which he
had been stabbed to the heart. A bu
reau drawer stood open which had evi
dently been rifled. Several small pieces
of jewelry v. ere scattered on the floor.
Hawkins was informed that the vic
tim had been fond of Jewelry, though
he wore very little of It on his own
person, lie had kept what he owned,
consisting of studs, sleeve buttons,
stickpins, rings, etc.. In the drawer.
The robber had taken all there was ex
cept the few articles dropped on the
floor, either during the scuffle or In his
baste of departure. Hawkins gathered
up what he found and put It In his vest
pocket. He was a silent man, as de
tectives should lie. biking In what he
heard and saw and giving out nothing.
Indeed, after his examination of the
room the only information he gave any
one was a list of the articles of jewelry
that he had picked up on the floor.
This he handed in to a Mr. Withers, a
relative of the family who had been
given the care of the house. This list
was given Itecause the articles were
retained by the detective. He kept
some other articles, but since they were
of no especial value be did not include
mem in me mm
Having finished his examination of
the room in which the murder had
been committed. Hawkins requested
that every one !n the house. Including
the servant*, lie nssembled in the draw
ing room. Mrs. Forsythe and her chil
dren were excused until after the oth
ers h;id been inspected, and then the
detective excused them altogether.
Those assembled consisted of the fol
lowing persons: Miss Ashworth. a gov
erness: a cook, a housemaid and the
butler. Of rlie four MUs Ashworth
showed the most agitation. They seem
ed to realize that they were brought be
fore the stranger for a preliminary ex
amlnation as to their possible com
plicity In the murder. The cook and
housemaid were very 111 at ease. The
only person who seemed to be suffi
ciently conscious of Innocence to be
perfectly safe was the butler, an Eng
lishman. whose name was Mosely.
TImt he was of the lower class was
evident not only from his position as a
servant, but that he had the manner
of speech of a low bred Englishman
getting his h's in the wrong place.
Nevertheless, he was a good looking
man.
Hawkins soon set tIk.tu all at ease
by asking questions which pertained
to possibilities of entrance and exit to
and from the house, whether a door
or a window h.-td been left unfastened,
what time Mr Forsythe had gone to
bed. whether any one of them had
heard a sound in the night. While
making these inquiries the detective
indicated b.v his features and toue of
voice thai they were of vital impor
tance to the rase. They did not ap
pear. however, to deceive .Miss Ash
worth. who continued to look at him
as it he Innl his eye on her and was
simply asking the questions to throw
Iter eft her guard while his steel gray
eye was seim-hing her for guilt.
While this examination was being
made the door opened and Mr. Withers
entered and said to the detective:
Mr. Hawkins, it has Just been dls
••overed that some of Mrs. Forsythe's
jewels have disappeared."
Hawkins turned those merciless eyes
of his upon Miss Ashworth. She bore
the glance for a few moments, then
swayed and fell from the chair in
which she sat. The housemaid picked
her up. and witli the assistance of the
"thers she was laid on the sofa.
"l'lease all leave the room," said
Hawkins in that well nmdnhited voice
of his.
Every one departed, and all those
who had been under examination seem
ed well pleased at being dismissed
Mr. Hawkins closed the door after
them, and they all returned to the
servants' quarters, where they discuss
ed what had occurred, all talking at
once. Hawkins remained in the room
with Miss Ashworth only a few min
utes. when he came out, saying that
the lady had recovered, and he direct
ed the heusemald to get a vinaigrette
and take It In to her. Then he de
parted.
Those who had witnessed the gover
ness collapse, when It was announced
that Mrs. Forsythe's Jewels had also
been taken, expected her arrest at any
time. The theory most popular with
them was that she had been In coliu
(ton with some man: liwt It had been
arranged between them, on her infor
mation, for him to enter the house and
take Mr. Forsytbe's jewels, while she
stole those of Mrs. Forsytbe. Her
confederate had awakened the man he
robbed and had been obliged to kill
him in order to effect his escape.
The day passed without Miss Ash
worth being arrested. She kept her
room that and the next day. Then it
was whispered among the servants that
she was tinder arrest, that bail had
been given and she was awaiting the
action of the grand jury. The butler
ventured to ask Mr. Withers if this
were so, but Mr. •Withers declined to
talk about the case. The absence of a
denial was considered a confirmation
of the suspicion.
A week passed and there were no de
velopments in the Forsytbe murder
case. The public accused the police of
negligence, and the police gave out
that they were hot on the murderer's
heels and were gathering evidence that
would Insure bis conviction. The truth
was that they had not a scrap of evi
dence against any one.
Meanwhile Miss Asbworth returned
to her duties. Mrs. Forsytbe gave out
that she needed occupation and the
children needed to lie returned to their
studies. At any rate, the home school
work began again, and Miss Asbworth
seemed much Improved at having some
thing to do. There were various opin
ions as to the position in which she
stood, but no one knew anything about
It Gradually It came to be doubted if.
after all. she were guilty, though her
collapse had indicated- that she was.
The servants, except the butler, sym
pathized with her. He differed from
them concerning hor, and when they
called him bard hearted lie became in
dignant and gave up his situation.
The Forsytbe murder case gradually
dropped from public m-tice and came
to be consideeed one of the murder
mysteries that would never be solved.
If the widow had not been rich the
loss of her jewels would have made
a great difference to her. for. while
her husband's had been of little val
ue. hers were worth a fortune in
themselves. But she made 110 coin
plaint ugalnst lite police for not hunt
ing down her husband's murderer.
But perhaps this was because she was
assured that the detective bureau that
had been given the case was still hope
ful.
One morning a man passeu om ui
the lobby of a London hotel and stood
without the entrance as if not know
ing what to do with himself. He was
fine looking, well dressed, and the only
Indication that lie was not to the man
ner born was that he was chewing a
toothpick. Presently he strolled down
the street. As he passed a window of
the lobby a man arose from his seat,
went ont and followed him.
The first of these two persons turned
into a stockbroker's office, walked to
the tape, looked at the quotations and
asked how "Americaus" were selling.
Beiug informed that they were higher,
he gave an order to sell. While wait
ing for a report of the sale he took a
seat, rested his elbows on the arms of
his chair with his hauds touching be
fore him so as to display a handsome
pair of sleeve buttons. They had been
made In the east and were unique.
The man who had followed this spec
ulator turned into the broker's office
behind him and now took a position
before him.
"You sport a handsome pair of
sleeve buttons, sir."
The speculator looked up. started and
turned pale.
"One of those buttons." continued
the speaker, "was made in Persia, the*
other in London. Hut it is an imper
fect match. This one is better."
FTe took from tils vest pocket a
sleeve button which to an eye unskill
ed in jewelry would have matched the
other two and held it up before the
other's face. But not for long. Re
turning it to his pocket, he pulled out
a pair of handcuffs, and before the
speculator could decide what to do
they were on his wrists.
"These bracelets are of sleel, but they
will serve a useful purpose even it' not
ornamental."
Ten days after this episode the for
mer butler of the Forsytbes was lodged
in jari in America. One of the sleeve
buttons he bad worn when arrested
was proved to have belonged to the
murdered man. the one produced by
Hawkins, who bad arrested him. was
shown to be its mate, while the third
was pronounced by experts an imper
fect copy. Mosely had pawned Mrs.
Forsvtbe's jewels and with the money
had speculated, making a profit. Con
sequently there were sufficient funds
with which to redeem the jewelry.
Hawkins' plan was this: As soon as
he confronted the group of servants at
the Forsythes the morning after the
murder his experienced eye fixed upon
the butler as the murderer. In order
to deceive Mosely as to his suspicion he
pretended to Miss Ashworth that he
had fixed upon her and bad arranged
with Mr. Withers for his opportune an
nouncement of the loss of Mrs. For
syte's jewels, which resulted in the
governess1 collapse. As soon as she re
vived he relieved her of ail suspicion,
pledging her not to let it be known that
she had been exonerated. He had
tracked Mosely to London and learned
before arresting him as to his circum
stances and where the property was he
had stolen.^
Mrs. Forsythe had suffered so much
from the tragedy that she would have
preferred that Mosely go free, but 'n
this the state differed from her, and
he met his Just deserts.
There Is another story that grew out
of this one which should be told sep
arately. Mr. Hawkins never forgave
himself for the strain he had put upon
Miss Ashworth and did everything in
his power to atone for it. Indeed, he
decided to spend his life doing so.
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