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with a delightful, quietly-interesting flavor.
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Gin.—
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Story Of First
Hanging Valdez
—Doc Tanner
According to the old files of the
Valdez Miner, it was 38 years Janu
ary 2, since “Doc” Tanner furnished
the subject for hanging to a cotton
wood tree on the old sled trail a mile
east of town. The story of the events
leading to the hanging has been told
again and again, but it might be ap
ropos to print it, as it was the
camp’s first and only hanging.
A party of Boston men, enroute to
Alaska, fell in with Tanner, a Mon
tana cowboy, a passenger on a train
for Seattle. In the party of Boston
ians were Haines, Pierce Lee, and
Call, a wealthy Minnesotan, with
whom the Boston men had become
acquainted on the train.
Tanner talked so much of his ex
perience in mining strikes, and his
ability to rough it, that the party
thought he might be a good man
along to show them the ropes, and
after some talk, Tanner agreed to
accompany thef men to Alaska if
they would furnish the outfit and
pay his expenses. He also agreed to
help the men in any way he could
be useful.
When they reached Orca, the men
began quarreling among themselves
with the result that by the time the
party arrived in Valdez, only Call,
Haines, Pierce, Lee and Tanner re
mained of the original party. At
Swanport they were joined by a
gambler named “Cockney Jim.”
They pitched camp a mile east of
Valdez where they decided to build
a cabin.
Tanner had done all the heavy and
menial work and was getting hearti
ly tired of it. He finally rebelled
when he found that, the others were
not doing their share in carrying
mud for the roof of the cabin, and
that they would not cook while he
worked.
That evening, after a violent quar
rel over who was to cook supper,
the Boston men agreed to give Tan
ner his share of the outfit and put
him out, as they could not get along
with him, Some say they intended
turning Tanner out without any out
fit, but evidence at the miners’ meet
ing showed this to be untrue.
Tanner, who was outside the tent
cutting wood, overheard the conver
sation, and grabbing his gun and
opening the tent flap, he fired sev
eral shots, killing- Call and Lee in
stantly. He then stepped back from
the tent flap and called for Haines
and Pierce to come out, but they
crawled under the rear of the tent
and fled for tall timber.
In the meantime, “Cockney Jim,”
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hearing the shots where he was at
work in the timber, ran to the “big
camp,” where ten men were playing
cards. -
The men armed themselves and j
proceeded to the scene of the shoot
ing, where Tanner was still waiting.
He gave himself up without resist
ance and while the others held a
conference in a nearby tent, Dan
Greenig stood guard over the alleg
ed murderer.
Tanner showed no regret over his
act, but told Greenig that they had
“given him the worst of it,” and he I
was sorry he did not get the others.
He added that they had made a pack
horse out of him and when they be
came too lazy to build themselves a
shelter and cursed him for not work
ing harder, he resolved to “cook
their bacon.”
Justice was speedy in those days.
That night a miners’ meeting was j
held, in which all the men of the!
camp, 39 of them, were present, i
Judge King, an attorney now resid
ing at Waco, Texas, if he still lives,
presided, and Jim Finch acted as
Tanner’s attorney. Many arguments1
were advanced on both sides, and a
vote was taken as to what to do
with the accused. Some wanted to
deliver him over to the authorities
at Sitka, while others favored shoot
ing, with the majority voting death s
by hanging.
At 3 o’clock in the morning, after
considerable arguing, some drinking
and much verbiage wasted, it was ]
agreed to hang him.
At 7:30 o’clock that morning, a!
cold and windy day, Doc Tanner
w&s led to a cottonwood tree, and
the rope placed about his neck. He|
was defiant to the last, and met his j
death without a quiver.
“How are you going to hang me?”
he asked. Are you going to jerk me
up and down or hang me straight?”
“We’ll do the best job we can with
our limited experience,” his captors
replied.
When asked whether he had any
remarks to' make before he died,
Tanner replied:
“Gents, you’re hanging the best
six-shooter man in Alaska. Let ’er
buck!” He said he had no friends
or relatives and they 'Could do as
they d-pleased withi his few ef
fects.
The noose was then thrown about
his neck and a gunnysack placed
over his head At the word 37 men
I pulled on the rope which jerked
* Tanner into eternity. Two refused
out of principle.
Tanner died within a few minutes
| and his body was buried near the
trail where it probably still re
mains. His two victims \£ere buried
the same morning
The trial and execution were car
ried out deliberately and calmly,
and everyone was bidden to keep
the vote secret. The authorities at
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Washington later exonerated the
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necessities of the case excused them.
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EXTRA HUSBAND
USED TO OBTAIN
MORE RELIEF
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UNDERTAKER’S HELPER SIGNED
VOUCHERS AS MAN WHOSE
JOB PAID $1500
NEW YORK, Feb. 2—How a “sub
stitute husband" was used to obtain
relief funds from the city fraudul
ently was revealed here in a state
ment by William Hodson, commis
sioner of public welfare and chair
man of the city emergency bureau, j
and Irving Ben Cooper, special coun j
sel of the commissioner of accounts j
Hodson and Cooper turned over to
District Attorney Dodge evidence
showing that Robert Forni and An
gelina Forni obtained home-relief
allowances for sveeral months dur-J
ing which Forni had a job and got
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nearly $1500 in wages.
According to the evidence, the
couple conspired with Nicholas Ca
peci, an undertaker’s’ assistant to
impersonate Forni as head of the
household whenever a home-relief
investigator called.
Among the papers turned over to
Dodge were the original relief ap
plication signed by Forni in the
handwriting of Capeci and various
relief vouchers similarly signed.
While Forni was receiving home
relief he was employed as a presser
by the Atlas Cloak and Suit com
pany. The firm was unaware that
Forni was receiving relief until Nich
olas Di Marco, its president, was ex
amined by the office of the commis
sioner of accounts.
Hodson said the case would be
prosecuted and restitution of the re
lief money receive4 by Forni would
be sought.
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