FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE
TERRIBLE TRAMT1ITEHORSE
The story of yesterday's quad
ruple tragedy at Whitehorse waa
being talked of la hushed voice and
loues of horror by almost everyone
in Skagway last evening when the
details of the horrible oocurrence
were published in the t)aily Alas^
kau and circulated among its read
ers, although long before its ap
pearance a general idea of what had
taken place was public property.
Up to 9 o'clock this morning Ar
thur Wilkins, the only survivor of
the section crew of five men, was
in such a nervous condition from
h's awful experience of the day be
fore that he was unable to give a
coaerent statement, but along to
ward noon he had recovered suffi
ciently to tell the following story:
In conversation with Editor White
the Star last night he said, "We
of the Star last night he said, "We
of us were sitting and others stand
ing around the hand car where we
had eaten. I heard someone say,
'Here comes Alex.' I looked around
and Gagoff was coming down the
hil! from the opposite side of the
track. He -walked toward us and
just as be stepped on the track
he fired. Realizing that he -was
shooting to kill, we all started to
run aud he continued shooting. I
concealed myself in the brush be
low the track as quickly as
possible and did not see the others
fall. I do not think the first shot
struck anyone. I do not know how
many shots were fired, but there
were several. After a while I
went back and found the men ly
ing dead. I saw a man coming and
went toward him with a club, think
ing It was Gagoff coming back, but
it w.i« Leslies
LATER DETAILS
Prom laier accounts of the
tragedy just furnished us through
the kindness of the officials of the
W. P. & Y. R., we are enabled to
sapply the following, which would
seem to clearly prove that the en
tire affair was a cold blooded r.nd
deliberately planned murder, prob
ably for Bome fancied grievance
wnilc the murderer was employed
on the section.:
The men had stopped for lunch
on the curved fill north of Ear
lake, where the desceflt is a little
deeper to the lake on. the west
than It is on the opposite, or river
side, of the track toward the east,
aad close to a cut for a sidetrack
which Joins the mala line there.
They had built a small fire and
| from Wilkin's acount had just fiti
I ishod tbeir lunch, when the mur
d'rroua assault was made. It is
probable that Cook was the first
man shot as the bodies of all the
i others were found at some distance
' from the camp, as though they had
made a desperate effort to save
their lives by flight.
The body of Kinslow was about
200 feet south from where the
men had eaten their lunch and 100
, feet to tha east of the railroad
track on an old AI. J. Heney con
struction road. There were several
bullet holes in the body, one of
which was in his head and was
doubtless the cause of his dea.th.
He had a handkerchief tied a-round
one o' hij legs where he had been
wounded near the knee, and it is evi
dent from all the circumstances
that Gogaff had followed him up af
t?r finishing his companions and
finding him hiding behind a clump
of biosh had deliberately completed
his work.
Cook was found close to the fire
with his head lying on a railroad
tie, and when he heard the handcar
coming held up his hand, as a
signal that he was alive.
Bokonich, the Austrian, had got
ten about fifty feet from the camp
and part way up the west bank of
the :ut of the sidetrack, when he
was brought down.
George Lane was fifty feet away
on the Tiver side of the track, and
in addition to having the top of his
head blown off had a wound in
one of his legs.
! After killing the men Go gaff f
must have examined each body, for
in his statement at tho W. P. &
Y. R. offices yesterday he told his
hearers where he had hit each of
his victims with his rifle.
Gogaff, when he started for
Whitehorse took the handcar be
| longing to the section gang. When
he reached the home of Frank R
j Leslie, hostler for the railroad,
! about a half mile south of town, he !
stopped and asked for a glass of
I water and told what he had done. I
1 Gogaff looked so wild, and talked !
so rapidly and disconnectedly that j
j Leslie did not give much credence j
to what he said. Before leaving he
told Leslie there was one moreman
he wanted to get, Mike Senlt, or
• Fighting Mike," as he is known
around Whitehorse, and asked I
where he could find him. Leslie
told Gogaff that Senit was working
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BRITISH TRANSPORT HON
SUNK Elf GERMAN SUBMARINE
Athens, Sept. 30—The govern
ment has ordered the release of the
Sikhs and Gourkas, survivors of
th.'- British transport ^ Ramazan,
which was sunk by a German sub
marine.
The House of Deputies today
authorized a $30,000,000 loan for
th* purpose of mobilization.
Martial law has boau proclaimed
throughout Macedonia,
London, Sept. 30—The first an
nouncement that the British trana
port Ramazan had boon sunk was
received here from Athens.
The Germans are said to be de
nuding Belgium of trcx«pa and also
brlrjlng them from the Eastern
front la order to stem the Western
front tide. The British fcharge up
on Looc is unchecked and the bay
onet is being used freely, the Ger
mans vainly trying to hasten for
ward re-infcrcements.
Berlin, Sept. 30—It is claimed
here that only a few ot the mem
bers of the crew of the British
transport Ramazan escaped death.
PRESIDENT WILSON REVIEWS
Mm THOUSAND VETERANS
Washington, D. C., Sept. 30—
Twenty thousand Grand Army men
were reviewed today by President
Wilson, a few of whom were over
come by exhaustion and had to
leave the ranks before the ceremony
was over. Alaska's representative
received the prize for coming the
farthest distance to attend the
encampment
Wireless telegraph co-mmunica
tion from Arlington, Virginia, to
Mare Island, California, -was ac
complished last night.
A report has just been re
ceived that the American sailing
ship Vincent, had struck a mine
of Cape Orloff, In the White S^a.
and been destroyed. The crew
was saved. This means a claim
for indemnity by the vessel's own
ers upon Russia.
ALASKA S. 5. CO.
MAKES BIG DEAL
Seattle, Sept. 30—For the "past
year;news items have aopeared fron:
time to time about an increase to
the fie* of the Alaska Steamship
company operating vessels to Al
aska.
TLe company last Saturday closed
a deal in New York involving $400,
000 for the freighters Burlington
and Bennington, now ore carrying
vessels of the larger type on the
Great Lakes.
They will be brought .through
the Panama canal to ply between
Puget Sound and. Alaskan oorta
The Bennlng.ju is 2,285 gross,
244 foet long, over 43 feet beam
and carries a crew of 17. She
was built in 1908 at Ercose, Mich.,
and has an indicated horsepower of
1,350.
The Burlington is a Bister ship
of the same size and was built at
♦he same time.
It is claimed that the plans of
the Alaska Steamship company con
template the purchase of additional
boats for the passenger service.
As already reported, a staff of
Bteamer officials has loft for the
east to bring the vessels home,
and will load tham with supplies,
Including a lot of railway equip
ment ior the Copper River & North
western railway at Cordova.
FIND FISHING
'GREAT SPORT
Mrs. W. T. Myrick and Mrs. R. H.
Pratt went fishing along the Skag
wuy river yesterday afternoon, go
ia<r only as far as Schafer's park,
le»s than two mileB from the
center of town, and in the evening
came back with a big catch.
Mrs. Myrick caught sixty-eight
brook trout, while Mrs. "Pratt
caught fifty-eight brook trout be
sides a Dolly Varden trout "which
was 20% Inches long and weighed
2% pounds, and the two ladies
landed a steel-head salmon 29%
inches long.
They were delighted with their
I afternoon's outing and say that if
I the Arctic Brotherhood doesn't es
tablish a degree for women lovers
of outdoor life they are going to
I start a lodge of their own.
They had their pictures taken
with their catch to send down to
the states to show their friends
what Alaska has to offer to de
votees of the Tod and reel.
Joshua Lawrence was a south
bound passenger on the Princess
Alice last night earoute to Lon
don, England. He is going from
here to Montreal and from there
will sail across the Atlantic on
the steamship Corinthian, which
leaves on October 10 th.
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our patrons with only fresh goods of the
very highest grade.
P. H. GANTY
HOME SCHOONER F. J ABLER
IS BURNED TO WATER'S EDGE
Juneau, Sept. 30—The schooner
F. J. Abler, owned by Edward Bora
of Nome and commanded by Captain
E. B. Hofman, which arrived la this
port on Tuesday In a badly battered
condition from an encounter with
a storm, was burned to the water's
edge yesterday. The Teasel and
cargo, the latter valued at $36,
000, are a total loss. The cause of
the fire is unknown.
She carried a year's supplies for
tho native schools at Bethel and
Good NewB Bay, besides a lot of
supplies consigned to the Kuskok
wlm section.
4he left Seattle Sept. 13th. When,
the fire was discovered the vessel
wnc beached on Douglas Isbmd,
opposite Juneau, and the lighthouse
t^ndeT Kulrui and a lot of gas
bouts fought the flames in con
junction with the city fire depart
ment.
The crew will be shipped south
by the first steamer of the customs:
service.
NEVER OUTSIDE
Juueau Empire: For the first
time In his life a 36-year-old sou
of Juneau will sea the United States,
Dan Kennedy, -who waa born here
just 36 years ago, and "who has
traveled all oyer the territory of
Alaska, decided a few weeks ago
to tate a trip to the San Francisco
exposition. He left today on the
Dolphin.
Mr. Kennedy is a son of Dan
Kennedy, Sr., -who for thirty years
before his death waa night watch
man hero. Mr. Kennedy's mother
resides at Sitka and Is there at
present. His three trothere, James,
George and John are at present in
Alaska. Mr. Kennedy wcpects to be
south a couple of months.
(Dan Kennedy Is a brother of
James Kennedy, manager of the
Will Claypon mercantile establish
ment at Skagway, and well fcnown
here, where he has been a frequent
visitor.) ,
REPORT OF SALE
Seattle, Sept. 30—There are per
sistent rumors afloat here and in
San Francisco that the New York
Cuba Mail Steamship company is ne
gotiating for the owchase of the Se
attle-San Francisco fleet of the
Pacific Coast Steamship Co., namely
the Congress, the President, the
Governor, the 05ty of Puebla, and
the Umatilla.
TheBe boats are at present en
gaged to passenger traffic between
Seattle and San Francisco and Sau
Diego, the Umatilla and the City of
Puebla being among the pioneers in
the Pacific Coast p.assenger service.
Officials of the Pacific Coast Co.
are silent on the rumor and this
has led to the belief that the ne
gotiations are under -way.
I Agent P. F_ W. Lowle of the C.
J P. K. fnforms us that there have
j been booked out of Vancouver, B.
C., on the sailing from there of the
Princess Alice on her next voyage
norfi, seven round trip tourists to
Skagway. . ^
Rev. Father Bumoz, prefect
apostolic for the diocese of Yukon,
and Rev. Father Belle, assistant
general of the order of the Oblatee
of Mary Immaculate, arrived in
I Skagway from the interior yCsler
, day. They have been making a Vls
1* to Dawson, (where Father JBuiioz
I was stationed for a long time pre
vious to his transfer to Prince Ru
pert) and other Yuion territory
points. Father Belle never visited
Dawson before, but enjoyed himself
immensely -while atendihg to an im
portant mission in connection with
bis general Inspection. His head
quarters are in Rome, and when
he reaches Prince Rupert he will
Journey eastward, and eventually
back to Europe. The order of
which he is the second highest to
rank was founded in 1815, and
has a great many members on this
continent. Th« priests in the ser
vice In the Yukon diocese are mem
bers cf the order. Father Bunos U»
returning on the Princess Alice to
his headquarters at Prince Rupert.
Father Allard, until recently to
charge at Dawson has also gone tQ
Prince Rupert to be assistant to
Father Bunoi. j
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