I
? A Man of Experience I
[Copyright. 19ML by C. J. Hlrt.]
Charles Black was thirty, unmarried,
fairly wealthy ami of good family. Ue
hail a keen desire to experience the
sensatiou of be Ins wrecked in mid
ocean, to l>e ou the teuth floor of a
Babel aud cut off by tire, to be fleeing
from the waters of a bursted reser
voir.
One day he left his rooms, grip lu
hand, aud next day turned up in a city
300 miles away. On the. night of his
arrival he took a walk among the resi
dential streets and finally selected a
house to operate ou. He wanted the
sensatiou of burglary.
Ou a well lighted street, vigilautly
patrolled by the police aud with part
of the family still up. he climbed up
the column of a |>oreh aud entered a
window, lu so doing lie scratched his
haud ou a nail and left blood stains
here and there. He packed up consid
erable spoil and could have safely tak
eu it away, lie did not choose to.
however. He entered another cham
ber and delil>erately awoke a young
uian who was sleeping. An outcry
was raised, and during the midst of It
he made his exit. Three blocks away
he stopjM'd to chill with a i-oliceinau.
Next morning Klack had disapiieared
from his hotel. He told one of the
porters before going that he feared ar
rest. He left a broad trail, but it was
three days l>efore the detectives struck
it. He led them a chase of tiOO miles.
They had his description, and yet he
doubled hack on his trail and rode
with them a part of the time. He
was experimenting as to the acumen
of the average detective. They finally
gave up the chase, and he returned to
the city where it had Ivgnn. The clerk i
looked a bit astonished, but said noth
ing. The porter winked at him. but
did not give him away.
1
10 get 1 1 ! 1 : 1 1 1 arrcMi-u ui- uuu iu
write an anonymous letter to the po
lio? am! t<? the owner <>t' the house he
bad Invaded. IT?? wanted the sensa
tlou of iin arrest ami trial.
The young man who had been arous
ed swore to Black's identity, as did
also thi> i> >!:i euian ? th whom he had
conversed. The hotel porter also came
forward, as did others, lie had given
the name of Williams. The police fail
ed to trace him bark. Not one single
thins could they find out about his
past.
Williams sent for a leading lawyer
to take his case. He had a little ex
periment to work there. He told the
lawyer that he was guilty aud deserved
all punishment that would be meted
out to him. but the lawyer did not
hesitate a moment about taking the
case aud preparing for a stroug de
fense to set the burglar at liberty on
society again.
When the trial came on it was WU- ,
liauis who experimented with the wit
nesses for the prosecution. Staring
thi-in boldly in the face he defied them
to swear tli:.t he was the man. They
knew he was. and yet they wavered
and hesitated and made points in his
favor. Kviii the detectives who had
play.il carils with him on the train
while think : g they were pursuing him
were uot strong in their recognition.
The fa.-t t! it U'ii: uus would not
Identify himself was against him. The
fact that he had returned to the same
city aud the same hotel was iu his fa
vor. His lawyer was feeling certain
that the Jury would at least disagree
when Williams sp. !e.| his case by
tuakiug certain admi-sions. He had
mad? up his uiind to experiment a lit
tle with state pris >ns. lie was called
a fool by his lawyer, but he persisted,
was found guilty and sentenced to two
years in pris ?u.
iie had SJ.'n iu cash aud a credit of
So.i*?? iu bank after he had settled with
his lawyer. That did not represent his
fortune by any means, but lie consider
ed It ample f?.r the experiments he had
iu view. He had a gold watch iu the
hands of the pol.ee. A detective asked
th?? privilege of wearing it f >r the next
two years. lie asked iu such a wajr
that Williams grauted the request with- 1
out deuiur.
At tue prison Uirjt iuun u? uiuuij
away, but it was on call. Some of it
was called for at imw. lit- wanted
extra fare, ami it was so arranged that
he got it. He wanted a better cell
than bad l>een assigned liim. aud he
fouud it an easy thius: to do. He did
not waut to so to work until he had
looked around a bit. aud there was no
trouble about that.
Williams found that there was caste
lu state pr.^'ii as well as out of it. but I
it was cash instead of blood and blrt'n
that unide caste.
The other rich man in the v.vst wing
of the prison and having a cell next to
Williams' was a notorious confidence
mail. He had Iweu sentenced for tive
years, but iie did not uu-au to serve
even one. After he and Williams hail
<#ecome friends an.l were running
things to suit themselves the "cod*
man remarked oue day:
"When you are ready to leave here
Just say the word and we'll go."
"But how can we so?" was asked.
"Buy our way out."
Williams rested and experimented
for three months. He learned a great
deal about human nature on the inside.
He discovered that money had more
value than lie had ever attributed to It
One day be said to the "con" man that
he had l>eeu there Ions; enough.
"It will cost you a thousand and a
half." was the reply.
Williams drew his check for the
amount and it was passed on. A week
later the pair were standing outside
the walls and shaking hands goodby.
Williams went to the Pacific coast as
a laud looker, camped in the woods un
til he ha<l made certain changes in his
looks and then returned to his home
and routine, and he lives undisturbed
by the baying of the bloodhounds of
m? law. M. (fXJAD.
LONESOME
Mrs. Welch Wanted to Be
Taken Back
This is part of a story touching the
escapade of Mrs. Fred Welch who ran
anrav from her husband in Seattle and
came to this city as a stowaway on the
transport Buford, was followed nr.d
taken back by her husband on the Cot
tage City. It is a chapter that conflicts
with the appearance of reluctance
manifested bv the woman as to her re
turn south. The Seattle Times, of a
date prior to the husband's arrival here
savs:
'?Mrs. Anna Nelson, the husband's
mother, has just received a letter, writ
ten by Kvelyn to her husbaud. It tells
of her presence in Sttagway and is from
a woman heartsick and homesick. She
says she is sorry for what she has done;
that she is awfully lonesome. "There
is nobody to talk to,'' she plaintively
adds. It is known that she had no
money when sbe left home, and what
her soldier lover gave her could not
have been enough to maintain her long.
The letter does not give the details of
her escape aboard the Buford.
"Mrs. Xelson has forwarded the letter
to the young woman's parents at Pen
dleton, Ore., for the writer indicates
that she is ashamed of her action and
upon leaving the boat at Seattle she
will leave at once for her parents' home.
"The intention of Mrs. Welch to leave
Skagway on the first boat sbe could
board, would indicate that she probably
left that place before her husband land
ed. Mrs. Nelson says that, ior hei
psrt. '.he young woman can go home so
long as she does not claim the child.
She is doubtful, however, that her son
will give up the erring woman without
a strong effort to win her back."
ARRtST SlJSPfCT
INI GOLD BOX CASE
Fairbanks. Alaska, July 19 ? i'olice
officers today at rested a young man sus
pected of complicity iu the recent gold
box robbery. The suspect came to thi?
city from Dawson about a month ago.
The principal evidence against the sus
pect i> that about a month ago he bought
ninety-five pounds of shot from a local
lirm. The shot is said to be of the same
size and make as the shot found in the
gold box which had been tampered with.
Officials of the Washington-Alaska
bank declare they saw the gold box
tilled at the bank and delivered over to
the care of an expres?mao. This would
indicate that the roboery of the gold
took place after the box left the bank.
Money Found Bai led
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Ordinance No. 73
AN" ORDINANCE to amend Ordinance
No. 42 the same being and Ordinance
forbidding the Construction, Erection
or Maintenance of Nuisances in the
Town of Skagway. providing punish
ment therefor, and for other purposes.
Be i , ordained by the Common Council
of the Town of Skagway:
iec. 1. That Section No. 1 of Ordi
nance No. 42 be and the same is hereby
amended by substituting the words
?rot more than one hundred do'-lars"
for the words "not more than two hun
dred dollars." the same being the max
irrum ol tineas penalty for the viola
ini of the misdemeanor provided io
sa:d Section.
Sec 2 That this Ordinance shall
t<keetYec' arid be in force from and
?if?er the date of its passage and ap
proval.
Passed by the Common Council this
18th day of June, 1900.
E. J. Shaw,
President of Council.
W. S. McKeax, Clerk.
Ordinance No. 74
ORDINANCE No. 74 providing for the
division of the Town of Skagway into
voting precincts, under the Act of
Congress relating to election of Dele
gate to Congress from the Territory
of Alaska, approved Way 7. 1906.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Common
Council of the Town of Skagway;
WHEREAS, by au Act of Congress
entitled, "An Act providing for the
election of a Delegate to the House o'
Representatives Irom the Territory of
Alaska," approved May 7, 1906, it is
provided (Sec. 4,) "that each inoi
Iporated town in the District of Alaska
shall constitute an election district, and
where the population of such town ex
? ceeds 1000 inhabitants, the Common
j Council may, in their discretion, divide
I the districts into two or more voting
J
precincts, and define the boundaries of
eaoh precinct," and;
WHEREAS, it appears that the popu
lation of this Town exceeds 1000 in
habitants, and that this Town should
consist one voting precinct, now there
fore.
IT IS ORDAINED,
That the Town of Skagway be, and it
hereby is constituted one voting pre
cinct, said precinct to be known, de
signated and bounded, as follows.
PRECINCT No. 1, of the Town of
Skagway, bounded and described, as
follows, to-wit:?
All of the Townsite of the Town of
Skagway as described in the official
survey of Frank H. Reid.
PASSED by the Common Council
this 2nd day of July. HHXi.
W. S. McKEAN, Clerk.
APPROVED, this 2nd day of July,
1906.
E. J. ShaW, Mayor.
Ordinance No. 75
OUDINANCE No. 75 appointing judges
and clerks of election for the Town of
Skagway, under Act of Congress ap
proved May 7, HXKi. relating to elec
tion of Delegate to Congress from
Territory of Alaska.
BK IT ORDAINED by the Common
Council of the Town of Skagway.
WHEREAS, by Section 4, of the
Act of Congress entitled, "An Act pro
viding for the election of a Delegate to
the House of Representatives from the
Territory of Alaska," it is provided
that, "The said Common Council shall
appoint * * * three judges of elec
tion and two clerks, for each voting
precinct, ail of whom shall be qualified
voters of the precinct, and no more
than two judges and one clerk shall be
long to the same political party, and;
WHEREAS, said Town of Skagway
has by Ordinance No. 74 been desig
nated as one voting precinct, now there
fore;
IT IS ORDAINED:
That Howard Ashley, Kdwin ltrowne
and P. H. Ganty, each being a qualified
voter of Precinct No. 1, of the Town of
Skagway, not more than two of whom
belong to the same political party, be,
and each of the? is, hereby appointed
a judge of election for the 1906 general
election, in and for Precinct No. 1, of
the Town of Skagwa.v;
That F. A. Callarman and A. B.
Towne, each being a qualified voter of
said Precinct No. 1, of the Town of
Skagway, and each belonging to a dif
ferent political par.y. be, and each of
them hereby is, appointed a clerk of
election for the 1906 general eloction,
in and for Precinct No. 1, of the Town
of Skagwav.
PASSKD by the Common Council,
this 2nd day of July, 11106.
W. S. McKkan, Clerk.
APPROVED, this 2nd day of July,
1906.
E. J. SHAW, Mayor.
Ordinance No. 76
ORDINANCE No. 70, designating poll
ing places in and for the Town of
Skagway, under the Act of Congress,
approved May 7, l!t06, relating to the
election of a Delegate to Congress
from the Territory of Alaska.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Common
Council of the Town of Skagway:
WHEREAS, by Sec. 4, of an Act of
Congress entitled, "An Act providing
for the election of a Delegate to the
House of Representatives from the Ter
ritory of Alaska," approved May 7,
1906', it is provided that, '-The Common
Council shall provide a suitable polling
place for each voting precinct," and,
WHEREAS, the said Town of skag
way, by Ordinance No. 74. has been
designated a single voting precinct.
NOW THEREFORE, it is ordained
that the first floor of the Town Hall
Building, located on Fifth avenue, in
and upon Lot Three, of Block Eight,
fas the same appears upon the otlicial
map of said town), which said uremises
are owned by the Town of Skagway,
and occupied by Town of Skagway,
be, and the same is hereby selected and
designated as the polling place in and
for voting Precinct No, 1, of said Town.
PASSED by the Common Council
this 2nd day of July, 1906.
W. S MCKEAN, Clerk.
APPROVED, this 2nd day of July,
l!"0G.
E. J. Shaw, Mayor.
Ordinance l\lo. 77
ORDINANCE No. TT of the Town of
Skagway, directing the posting and
publish ins: of notices of election, etc.,
as provided by the Act of Congress,
approved May ", 190(5, relating to the
election of Delegate to Congress from
the Territory of Alaska.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Common
Council of the Town of Skagway:
WHEREAS, by Sec. 4 of an Act of
Congress entitled, "An Act providing
for the election of a Delegate to the
House of Bepiesentacives from the Ter
ritory of Alaska," it is provided that
"The Common Council shall at least
thirty days before the date of election
* * * give due notice of the
election by posting a written or printed
notice in three public places * * *
and in case theie are one or more news
papers of general circulation published
in the Town, then a copy of said notice
shall also be published in one of such
newspapeis at least once a week for two
consecutive weeks next prior to the
date of the election," and,
WHEBEAS, said Town of Skagway
by Ordinance No. 74 (has been desig
nated as one voting precinct, a single
'voting precinct):
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS OR
DAINED that the Clerk of this body
be, and he hereby is authorized and
directed to give due notice of the mat
ters and things pertaining to said elec
tion, as provided in Sec, 4 of said Act,
by posting at least two weeks prior to
the date of election, irj at least three
conspicious places in each precinct of
this municipality, a copy of the notice
this day spread upon the records of this
meeting and which is hereby adopted;
and by causing a copy of said notice to
be published in The Daily Alaskan, a
newspaper of general circulation, pub
lishea in the Town ot Skagway, at
least once each week for two consecu
tive weeks next prior to date of elec
tion.
PASSED by the Common Council
this 2nd day of Julv, I90<i.
W. S. McKean, Clerk.
APPROVED, this 2nd day of July,
I90t>.
E. J. Shaw Mayor.
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Water Closets " " " " 50
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Wash Basins " " " " 25
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