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Entered as secona-cl&s* matter Au
;',»t 29th. 1923, at the postoffice »t
rdkotna, Alaska, under-the Act of
Karen 3, 1879.
Takotnn, Alaska. June 5. 1926.
fiODV OK MURDERED M VJf
FOUND IN' CELLAR, SELKIRK
t Dawson News.)
Evidence taken in the Smith tnur
ler case, which was before Captain E.!
Tcflford, of the Royal i Canadian.!
Mounted Police, in the -court this
morning, took up the best part of
two hours. All available evidence was
brought to bear in this preiiminary
hearing, but, as Harry Davis, the ac
lccused slayer of Smith, had no.de
fending lawyer, and none ljeing pro
curable, no questions, nor arguments
•vere directed front ■ his side of the
lucstion toward the witnesses. C. E.}
McLeod repeated the ,-story afo the
McLeod appeared for the prosecution !
m, behalf of the crotyn.
Constable Thornwaite, of the R. C. l
M. Police, was the first witness to be |
called in the hearing. In presenting
his knowledge of the case before the!
’ourt he told how he had been sum-1
noned from the post at Carmacks to:
issist in a search -for Charles II.
njhh, who nad been reported missing
•' on* the vicinity of Selkirk .since Feb- j
uary !£. Upon arriving at the cabin
if.llarry Davis, which is not far from I
;hat of Charles Smith, Thornwaite
rsked Darts if he had seen the miss
ing man. Davis is said to have re
plied that he had not. seen him for
some days, following a visit which the .
woodchopper had made to Davis’
cabin. After making an inspection of
Smith’s abode, in company with Joe
Mcnzies, of Selkirk, who assisted in
the search, Thornwaite again visited
the Davis cabin, whereupon, making a
search, he found the body of Charles
Smith in a cellar which is directly un
derneath the floor of the building.
Thornwaite. stated that he had his at
tention drawn to the cellar on account
of. the fact that when he began to
search the Davis cabin the owner im
mediately stepped over and stood upon
the hatchway leading below.Upon -
this suspicion Thornwaite demanded
Davis to allow him to go -below, -but
he said that he had Jlotw gone more ,
than half way down the steps leading (
to the floor of the cellar Jbefpre- Davis
threw up his hands and declared that
ne 'gave in, and further admitted that
he’had killed Chorles ,^mjth and had i
placed his body in the cellar&elbw the
house, where he hau Id’t him- pending i
such a time as he (Dsrta) might be
able to thaw out enougn grouno in (
which he might bury ins victim.
Davis was then immediately ar- :
rested and charged with the murder of
Charles Smith on or. about February
12, 1026, in the..cabin of the accused.
Identification of the body in the cellar
having been made. .the. accused .and
the body of body ->f Smith. Were. taken
to Selkirk, when- Thornwaite await
ed instructions bv wire;
In -the meanli; Davis alleged that
Smith had. visited.him and asked him
to put a plaster, on his back.!. Davis
is said to have <1-'elated (that., while
Smith was sitting with !his back to
tbe stove on which hei heated the plas
ter, but upon adminiatering it ; to
Smith's back the1 latter, finding it too
hot, immediately became roiled, and,
picking Davis' rifle off rthei wall, hit
Davis across the temple, with the in
strument. In; the scuffle which 'fed-,
lowed it is alleged thaYiDdvis man
aged to gain F11 'saessioh of thif*
weapon, with which be *is ohaeged
with killing Smith, b..
In the evidence given t>y - Doctors,
rhompson and Byms, who held the
autopsy on the Smith body in the
Dawson morgue on March'20, the
Facts were brought .out thak,^in Vhetr
professional ojiinion, death was causedj
py a bullet wound Whicii mad* its
jntry into the body a little below the \
irmplt and which emerged > dightlj
higher in position under the left arm
pit, death being caused almost instan
taneously wneh the: bullet passed
through the aortas .‘.or-tnaia artery
leading from the heart.
FoUr laceratiemsk-whiCh were' found
pn the skull, and which Were appar
?ntly caused from soma.hlunt. instru
ment, were also lotted -, and one of
these lacerations^ which wa* -on • the
back of the skull and Which had-pene
trated to the bohe, was*, in the' doc
tors’ opinion, sufficiently,; serious to
cause death, although-thiS; they stat
ed, would Aot take place in a short
time, as would the icase with the"bul
let wound. ‘ In-other words, the lacer
ations on the head- of Smith Were
caused before the bullet was-, fired
through the body, as .was -proved by
the fact that a large quantity of blood
tvas found underneath the"skull.
With all the evidence--submitted,
Captain Telford called Upon the'nac
cused asking him if he had any ques
tions to ask or whether he would like
to make any remarks. Davis, having
no counsel, refrained "from doing
cither, and consequently the prelim
inary hearing was concluded, "-.and
Davis was botind Over to thetterrii
rorial court of the Yukon TretEritery -to
iwait trial at the ■sitting'of the erim
nal assizes.
The date for this sitting-is not defi
litely known, as the court now awaits
;he pleasure -of H urtor»bl£- Justice C.
D. Cacaulay, who is now Outside.‘AIso
t is customary,.-ti;at counsel lie* pro
:ured for an ace-.- ed man, and "as
:here is no other lawyer in Dafwaon att
:he present time to handle the ^case, |
iome one will have to -be'-engaged-Ho '
;ome to DaWson.
This being the first-case, of its kind 1
,o come up here since about 1917, a
treat deal of interest was manifested,
is the court room was crowded" to the
loors at this morning's hearing. -
THE YOUTH OP'AGE.
Holding flaming routintb
he follies pf our.» earnfeaejSsip (piHe
;he Tage, but there are those who are
mming to believe that-$6is, aforesaid:
laming youth is but >», iee-bleb flicker
:ompared with foe^'-gorgeeus- - .fire
works staged by !red-hbt «ge." Never
since those days, when MotheV; .Eve,
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Larson: &
FREIGHTERS
I old enough to know better, tempted
Adam in the Garden of Eden has age
disported itself with so much abandon
as it does today. In bygone genera
tions senescent men of 45 were wont
to sing to sweet, elderly women of 40,
“Darling, J Am Growing Old But
no more. No, (indeed! Today the
sheik of 45. kings to the flapper of 10,
“Yes, Sir, That’s My Baby.” When
the silver threads begin to appear
among the gold, the present-day
woman gets her hair bobbed, her face
lifted, and makes her debut as a red
hot mamma.
Flaming youth, indeed! Today it is
fige that sizzles, crackles and burns.
.It isn’t youth that supports our jazz
dances and gin mills- so much as it is
the men and women in the roaring
forties, the fatuous fifties, and the
nnaughty sixties. Grandmas are the
life of the party; grandfathers are
the wickedest thing about the place,
and we don't mean maybe. Who gets
tangled up in the divorce courts and
the heart balm cases? Why, the bald
headed, white haired daddies. Who
wear short skirts, roll their stockings,
and buy the most lipstick and rouge ?
All girls under 80.v'\
Flaming youth,, nothing! It’s flam
ing age we must take to task about
the excesses of our modern; life.—
Seward Gateway. .
It costs so little, yet it means so
much for men to be mem There is a
great demand today, for real men—
the type who put their shoulders to
the communty wheels and help do
things.
• A ny man can-fee a .failue—it takes
a good man to be successful.
There’s somethingf in your commun
ity which you can do. It’s something
that others, oerhaps cannot no. ..Go
out ami search for it and lend a help
ing hand towards doing things you
should do and divorce yourself from
doing things you should not.—Ex.
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SCIENCE AND INVENTION..
It is reported in Germany that dis
.covery has been made of a solder for
welding aluminum.
A special plant of T tiro Imperial
Forest Research Institute at Dehra
Dun, India, bus been built for mak
ing paper, from bamboo. .
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A device for recording applause ac
corded to public performers has been
invented.- It Consists chiefly of a vi
brating drum supporting a pen.
An automatic train stop, acting by
electric induction, has been instalk-d
on a branch line of the'- New- York,
5lew Haven & H triford Railroad, and
is expected to eliminate accidents.
The reconstruct! d attic workshop of
James Watt, with the tools, and para
phernalia used by the-" inventor -. of
steam engine fame, is on exhibition-in
the South Kensington Museum, Lon
don.
An inventor in England claims ho
is able to rejuvenate the! old and put
off the old-age feeling ip the’’middle
aged by the medium of eledtricity. His
method is by forcing an; electrical
current into the brain..
“ Edwa rdH. Harrison, colored, of
'Lorain, O., is reported to have been
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Sheet Metal Work
Stoves Built
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Robt. E. Lowrie
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ocered $.3,000,000 for a method he has
perfected to make pure copper as
hard as tool steel. He has been work
ing as a labor foreman in a steel mill.
Carl II. Knudsen, inventor of a new
type of Diesel engine, recently an
nounced the Baldwin Locomotive
Works had used his engine in a. loco
motive which could pull a passenger
train at 75 miles an hour across the
continent without stopping.
Speaking before the British Asso
ciation for the Advancement of
Science at Southampton, Eng., Sir
Oliver Lodge asked that scientists
talk in plain English. A particular
appeal was. made to botanists, who
were declared to be the most prolifi
coiners of troublesome words.
Victor I). Davignon, 2G-year-old.
metallurgist of Attleboro, Mass., it is
reported, has discovered the process
of making gold light in weight but
greater in volume. The process is
among the achievements of Cellini,
noted Italian goldsmith, but he kept
the secret to himself and it died with
him in the Fuurtcen,'h century.
One of the t' remosf scientific insti
tutions in the United States devoted .
to the study of earthquakes and their
causes will be erected in Pasadena,
Calif. A A two-story concrete struc
ture will be built. The? e will be a
large basement, a first floor contain
ing a photographic room, a.constant
temperature room in which there will
be a tunnel 30 feet in depth,' a ,seis
' Tokotna !
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mological room, a storage and filing
room, a radio room, a battery and’,
charging room, and a utility room.
Takotna
Pool Hall
Buhac i
Pine Tar
Mosquito Ointment
or Lotion
Toilet Articles
Stationery
Fresh Fruits and Tobaecos
On First Boats ..
Jack Mutchier
Proprietor
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