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JACK STUROUS FATALLY
SHOT AT ANCHORAGE
(Anchorage Weekly Times)
Between the hours of 9,15 &
9.J0 Sunday night, February 20.
C’hiel of Police Jack Sturgii'*
was shot through the breast
wh'le at the reirof the Anchor
ed Drug si ore and the Liberty
cafe and expired on t*e operat
ing table at the Anchorage hos
pital at 10.50.
An X Ray of the wounl show
ed that the bullet passed almost
through the body, lodging tin
der the skin near the spine, and
examination by Drs. Romigj
S[)alding and Cannon, after Slug
ess ex pi ted. showed that the
fatal bullet entered the left
bi east at the nipple and passing
between the seventh and eighth
ribs coursed downward to the
fifth lumbar vertebrae to the
right of the spine’ fracturing no
bo es in its course, out appar
ently passing within an inch of
the heart.
He wr is unco iscio is when
found, and it is estimated the
shooting had then been done
lifteen minutes as several people
had heard the shot. He did
not regain consciousness at d
ever,\ effort to secure some (due
as to the perpetrator of the deed
failed
At' the coroner’s inquest, the
verdict returned by the jury was
‘ Thai the death ol John J. Stin g
us was due to a gunshot wound
injuring the heart and other
organs, and that the shot that
caused his death was fired from
a gun in the hands of parties
unknown with intent to kill.”
Some lean to the belief that ow
ing to the capline ol a dozen illie
itstillsin and around Anchorage
mmk
recently, s^me one having inter
est or friends in the traffic
sought revenge.
At a meeting of the Anchor
age City Council, the matter of
the f»eat.h of the chief of police
John J. Sturgis, was thoroughly
discussed,and it was unanimous
ly voted that the city of Anchor
ige of era reward of $1,000 for
information that would lead to
the arrest and conviction of the
party or parties responsible for
the Killing of said JotmJ.Sturgis
In addition to said sum the
mayor pledged $250. anu each
member of the council, together
with the clerk, pledged $100.
each, making a total reward ot
$1,050.
N. Kitzmiller has been ap
pointed the new chief of police
at Anchorage
BO UN IN OhIO
Jack Sturgus war born Oec
24. 1NS1, in Iviansheld, Ohio He
came west and lived for many
years m the stale of .Montana
vvhei e he acted as a peace officer
and later in Everett, Washington
filled a si mil ir office.
Sturgus came to Alaska in
1012, when he joined the stain*
pede to the Chisana placer
strike. He cime to Anchorage in
1010 and was employed ns spec
ial United States deputy until
his i eeent appointment as chief
of police of Anchorage
June 10, 10 2 he was married
tnd bis wile, Anna, Sturgus, of
Anchoragt, and relatives in Ohio.
3survive him. He was a member
ot the Grand Lodge of Protect
ion of the Loyal Order of Moose,
member of tin* Engle I edge No.
1 J, of Everett, and ti e Anchor*
sge lodge of Elks.
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