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TOlCOTNA, ALASKA. AUG. 2, 5624
Details of Killing of
Robert Morris, dries
Fairbanks News-Miner;
Rbbert'A. Morris, seotion foreman of
-he Alaska railroad stationed at Oloes.
lied shortly before 1 o'clock this morn*
ng (Uuae 6/of a1 wound inflicted by a
IS-giuge shotgun- "red by John- li.
Whii-e, Olne* merchant.- ■ •
The Bhootibg occurred in a field in
-he Hear of and between the Fraker &
Nelson building and the Chester John*
sob Sabin. It appears, from testimony
adduced at the-coroner's trial, that
'.oos# horses, among them a Shetland
ponyfowned by Morris, had entered the
field.* Witnesses were awakened" by
- several about and loud shouting in the
?oic«“ of White. Morris, who,.‘with
four ’others, bad fast returned from
Chataaika.-was- passing up the main
road) in company with Cb&rfes Free
man,1 Chatanika mine operator, when
:he firing occurred; They stopped when
between tbe two buildings; and Morris
proceeded ■betweenvthe building! intbe
direction’of White to learn what' tbe
trouble was, Freeman declared that
noth'White and Morris were In plain
?lew to him; and that after a brief ex
jhange of words.’ which were too io
audible to be Understood by him, White
raised the-shotgun and; fired. Morris
thsn'was about fifteen or twenty feet
away from his assailant. He was seen
to start toward the Fraker ,4s Nelson
building, bending'forward- as he pro
taaded; and when near the roar shed of
the building, a distance of approxi
mately twenty feetg b« dropped.
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Whit©, iti was declared, ran across tb«
field to the rear of bis store building-.
Several who had been awakened b;
the shouting rushed to Morris, but ht
appeared < unconscious, and ceased
breathing *a few minutes later. The
wound, which was- inflicted by a 12>
gauge shotgun, was approximately om
and one-half inohes in'diameter. H«
was struck in the center ofr the breast,
the shot taking a > slightly upward
course through the rlghB lung.
When the jury . returned to- resume
the bearing White vwnt on tire stand
as a voluntary witness. In a somewhat
dramatic maoner>fae-told- of-the- man
aoing approach ofrMorris, who, he- de
clared, ttweatened*-'him with a-stout
stick,- which he hbebed to the. exhibit.
He shouted repeated--warnings until
Morris had eome soclese as-to be able
to strike his gun with tbe-clubf he said,
and then he fired*' bolding the gun
from the hip. * White said he went
.back to his store had carried the gun
upstairs.*as he feared a “wild raob.d
! He said the gun had been left-with him
for safe keeping* and that -he took it
but thinking that he* could scare- the
horses away so they would not return.
Robert A. Morris hud been employed
by the railroad a*- a section foreman
for several years. He is-survived by a
widow and three<soos, ages 6, 4- and 2
years. The family * had- made their
home in Olnesf where -Mrs. Morris’
parents,- Mr and Mrs. J. L. Shermer,
reside.
Mrs. Robert -Montgomery? wife o*
the editor of the Puyallup Valley Trib
une* extols the virtues of her ances
tress, Mother five,tin the following
lines;
Eve was a woDder?- Well; I just guess'
She never wished for a Paris’dress.
She never used a v&nitv case, *
Nor bobbed her bair,--nor '‘made up"
her face. -
Mah Jongg and bridge- she let oaita
alone;
She never jazzed to a saxophone. >*
She hid no coin in her Silken hose. - -
Nor worried Adam about her elotbes -
She didn’t “try-out” fora movie star,
And she never drove a motor car.
While Ad swapped lies at the-Cronies*
Club
Eve kept the kids and rustled-the grab.
She raked the garden and ho®4 the
spuds;
She planted beano and made all) the
duds;
She carried water and chfoopedu the
wood;
She managed Ad as all good wives
should.
With women voters she’d never mix:
She never meddled witb'politics.
She did not become a suffragette.
Was Eve a wonder?- She was, you bet!
She’s all to the good, you’d better be
lieve!
When there’s betting to do—just bet
on Eve' *
„.t The tall, proud girl turned haughV
ily to th8 white-robed figure.
, ‘-Have you no heart?” 8h#a3ked in a
Ipw tone.
‘/No,” he growled.
VWell,” she said, “"give me 10 cents’
wrorth of liyer/’—Everybody’s Maga
zine.
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Reindeer In Cantwell
District Are Thriving
Anchorage.— George Ashenfelter,
who was appointed special reindeei
agent by the local office of the Bureau
of Education last imonth, [is at Cant
well, where he is in charge of the gov
ernment reindeer herd. The herd con
sists of over a thousand-reindeer at the
present time, according to Mr. Ashen
feker Included in this number are
between 260 and 300 fawns,* which he
states-are the finest specimens he has
©ver seen-.
The grounds wfeere the reindeer are
granng-are about'36 miles from Cant
well. and Mr. Ashenfelter states are
the finest he has seen in hie long ex
perience in different parts of 'Alaska.
It hae got anything beat for reindeer
moss, and- is a natural fawning ground
for either winterer summeri
,A big reindeer’drive from Notae-aud
Council ’district this winter *o Cantwell
is being considered by B. B; Mozee,
superintendent*of the central division
oif the Bureau of Education, and it is
quite possible that Mr. Ashenfelter
will be in charge of the drive. At the
time this contemplated drive is made a
number of private owners have signi
fied their intentions of driving their
herds to*that Section. Mr. Ashenfelter
says that probably > seven thousand
reindeer will be brought into the dis
trict* in-the drive.
It was not the loss of the $2" that
made Wilkins look so sad as he left the
dimly lit portals of the magician's tent.
His anguish-was too bitter tobear.
He had «an coned into a friend before
be began to-realice tfaat the world still
moved around.
“Wilkins,” said^his friend,* “what
ever is the matter?”
“The palmist'told me,” said Wilkins
with1- a heavy sigh, ^tfcat**my 'Wife
would marry twice, and that her sec
ond-husband would be a remarkably
clever and handsome mL.n.”
“Well, don’t worry," said the com
forter. “Whatever she does after you
are dead won’t matter much to vou.” .•
“It’s not that. ” said Wilkina^o^'I'm
hurt- to think* that Kthfcl must have
been-married before I mat ber and
never told me about it.”—Judge.
Every once in a while we are accused
of missing some piece of news, because
it did not appear in tbs Sun.. We knew
about it, butwe passed it up. Usually
the “news” is something which, by its
publication, could do no good, and only
would embarrass someone—and is in
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I teresting only as gossip. Dob’t criti
cise the editor if be doesn’t priDt all
the oews. Come day you may be tre
meodiously glad' be dldnt.—Sunnyside
(Wash.) Sun.
Rete Pete'rsoc, aged resident of Fair
banks, passed away to St. Joseph’s hos
pital in that city, recently, death hav
ing been due to natural causes. Mr.
Peterson, who was commonly known as
Blueberry Petd, had> been rapidly
growing feeble, add had been taken to
the hospital only a oouple> of days be
fore his dearth in a helpless condition.
The* cos® of Richard Negus, charged
with manslaughter for the alleged kill
ing of one Mike* an Eskimo, near
Scaromon Bay, was tried at Nome re
cently, and after deliberating for over
36-hours the jury returned'a verdict of
not guilty.
John Boltnquist, mine formas for the
Alaska Juneau for twelve* years, and
one of the pioneer lode miners of that
district, died in Juneau a'-few-dayB ago
from tuberculosis.
William P. Kelly, a well-known base
ballplayer and pitched was killed In
an automobile accident near Anchor
age, a few days ago.
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