Police obtain confes
sion IN CHILD SLAYING
URIAH, June 1.—Tom Lehew, a 1
’Woodchopper, confessed that he at-i
tacked and strangled to death 6-year- j
old Theresa ohnson, near Mendocino |
City, on May 23.
His confession followed four days’
(rilling. I just went haywire, be
cause there must be something wrong
with my head," Lehew tid. After
his arrest he offered three aibis.
In the first he said he had been cut-!
ting brush at the time of the attack,
*nd then said he was lost in the
Woods. He finally declared he had
been home asleep.
Lehew Jived near the girl’s home
and often watched her going to and
coming from schooL The day of the
crime he saw her coming home with
another girl, and when her companion
left he followed the Johnson girl and
attacked and strangled her, eaving
the body at the scene. He then start
ed cutting wood again.
The accused man was placed under
heavy guard to prevent possible vio
lence. Residents have been aroused
by the brutality of the crime..
Frank Lanye, well known Mc
Cirathite, was a Wednesday arrival,
again returning down river yesterday,
Soing down with Joseph Oates.
freighter Del Thompson left today
If or a trip to No. 6 Ganes,
John Geske was a today visitor,
coming from the Flume Dredge camp
•camp at Yankee.
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FATHER, SON AND DAUGH
TER ARE FOUND MURDERED
WASECA, Minn., May 29.—A hii:.
mer covered with blood furnished the
only clue to a crime which took the
lives of Julius Schuck, his son Ernest
and daughter Ida.
The crime was apparently commit
ted for the sole purpose of obtaining
a worthless safe, containing little of
value. ,
1 he authorities believe the murders
were done by two men who came to
th efarm house last Saturday.
Footprints across the field appear
to have been made by two men carry
ing the safe.
Two other- daughters of Julius
Schuck discovered the murdered
members of the family when they re
turned home last night.
THRILLING CHAPTERS IN -KID
NAPING’ OF ALASKA TRAPPER
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I made one spar to get away from
the beach with and expect to make
the other tomorrow. Kid working on
boat all by his lonely.
May 30. Warm and foggy S. wind.
Kid completes overhauling engine.
Starts to put floor in and canvas it.
IVTiL'ti ell AXfol 5 n nr on/\ur T nm
birds and making canvas belt for
knife and sawed off gun. Sighted
seals again today.
June 5. S. winds raining all d^y
long. Ice pack solid all around S. side
island. Give Kid another calling
down today about taking dry wood
that was to be used while we were at
sea. He was very sorry and I was
pretty mad. Has burned about half
of pile already. Everything as well
as could be expecte dunder conditions
here. We are living on birds straight
and fish ducks at that.
Ju^e 11. Laying skids and slip
ping schooner into the water. Fine
today. Everything working just fine.
(Kid very good dog.) Mike flying
around and peddling his line of
sauerkraut bull as usual.
June 14. Worked from 9 a. m. un
til 10 p. m. before she was launched,
it was a close call of not going on
beach again. Pulled down in Cape
Upright and anchored 10 a. na. Every
one all in.
June 18. Sighted Cape Vancouver,
Nelson Island 7 a. m. Everyone
thinking of what might have hap
pened.
GOV. PARKS GOES AIRPLANE
FROM JUNEAU TO OAKLAND
OAKLAND.—Governor George A.
Parks of Alaska arrived at the Oak
land airport at 9:15 o’clock tonight
from Juneau by air.
The Governor arrived here 21 hours
and 45 minutes after leaving Juneau,
F. C. H. SPENCER j
Soocessors to Northern Commercial Co. At j
Takotna, Alaska I
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stopping at Seattle, Portland, and
Montague county, California, where
i the plane was refueled.
The pane was five minutes overdue
when it came into sight. A large
crowd, including city officials, met
j Governor Parks. He said the trip
I was uneventful and praised Pilots
Eckman and Gleason, who were at the
controls of the two planes. ^
William Behan was a yesterday de
parture, en route to Flat.
NOTICE OF HEARING OF FINAL
ACCOUNT.
i Notice is hereby given’ that the un~
| dersigned has filed his final report. ,
and account as administrator in the •
j estate of Sam Hounam, deceased, arid
' that such report will die heand arid
considered by the Probate Judge of
Innoko Precinct, Fourth Judicial.Di
vision of .Alaska, at his office ;at
i Ophir, in said .precinct, on Saturday,
: July .20, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon
of said day.
i All persons having objections tto
| such report may be heard .at said
; time and place.
Dated at Ophir, Alaska,.May.20th,
1929.
P. W. CARLSON,
Administrator of the Estate of
Sam Hounam, deceased.
| First jiub. June 1, last June .29.
In the Probate Court for Mount, Mc
Kinley .Precinct, Fourth Division,
Territory of Alaska, before Hon
orable W. T. Vanderpool, C\tw
anissio ner and .ex-officio Probate
Judge.
] In the matter of the Estate .f Rob- I
; ert Jt. Jones, deceased.
Notice of Final Hearing,
j Notice is hereby given that .the
hearing of objections to rhe final re-!
port and account of Clint M. Winan,
as administrator of the estate of
Robert R. Jones, deceased, will be
held in the Probate 'Court .room .at
McGrath, Alaska, at 10 a. ni. on Mon- i •
clay, June 10, 1920. ,
W. T. VANDERPOOL,
Dated, .McGrath. Alaska, April 39, i
1929. ?
Commissioner and ex-officio ,
Prohatp Juricrtv
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE. B*
To Peter Davey, his heirs --and . as~
and assigns:
You, and each of you, are hereby
. notified that J, .the undersigned, your
! co-owner, have expended in labor and
; improvements the sum of not less
than one hundred dollars for the
years 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925,
1928, 1927, 1928 and 1929 upon, placer
j mining claim No. 3 Above Discovery
on Esperanto creek, -a tributary of
Madison creek, in the Innoko Mining
| and Recording Precinct, Fourth divi
| sion, Territory of Alaska, in order to
hold said claim under the provisions
' of Section 12324 of the Revised Stat
utes of the United Staes and the
■ amendments thereto concerning an
I nual labor upon mining claims, being
the amount required to hold said min
ing claim for the period June 30,
19130.
And if, within ninety days after the
: publication of this notice, you fail or
1 refuse to contribute your proportion
of said expenditure, as well as the
cost of recording the same, and the
costs of this advertisement, your in
terest in said claim will become the
' property of the undersigned, your co
owner, _ who has made the required
expenditures under the terms of said
-Section 2324 of the Revised Statutes
of the United States.
JOHN KRIEGER,
Co-Owner.
1 First publication May 4, 1929; last
Aug. 2, 1929.
Frank J. Guskey j
Notary Public
McGrath, Alaska j
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I)ESAU, JGarmany, May. 27.—Pilot
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w th a Junkers; plane. A break in the
oxygim tabu caused him to lose con
sciousness.. au»l .the machine dropped
nearly .22,000 feet before he regain
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