Vol. 3.
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Weekly: Rampart, Alaska, Saturday, Oct. 4, 1902.
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s HAS GONE INSANE
chael Izzo A Maniac—Attempts His
Life—Citizens Place Him Under Res*
traint Until Arrival Commissioner
I/ist Saturday .vliehael Izzo, a
banner who has reside l here for
tiie past five years, went insane.
Hi> peculiar actious becoming gen
erally known and as Izzo nad 1 >ug
threatened to kill several business
men of the town, a guard was en
gaged to take care of hi n for the
nigut. The night fallowing two
men were hired to vvatc i him, as he
had been wandering around the
hills back of the ca up and it is
thought fired a pist-d shot about y
9 o’clock ^hat evenffig. About 12
o’clock he broke past the guards
.d made for the river, jumping
in. R. Allen, one of the guards,
launched a boat and rescued him.
A meeting was called Monday
night and a committee cousisting
of J: Stanley J. Ancich, Frank
Williams and Dr. Ehle, were ap
pointed to finance the cost of keep
ing Izzo in custody uutil the ar
rival of a commissioner. Izzo was
taken before J. L. Green, a notary,
and the testimony of Drs. Ehle and
Danforth and others were reduced
to writing and sworn to Isso was
then placed in the old jail building
with permission of Mr. Koonce the
owner. As there is no commis
sioner here, it is impossible for the
marshel to act, but just as soon
as one arrives, Izzo will be turned
over to him for commitment.
While the marshal will no t guar
antee subscribers to the Izzo fund,
reimbursement still is strongly of
the opinion that the money will be
replaced by the government in
time. Izzo is quite violent at times
acd threatens that if he succeeds in
getting out he will lead the entire
town.
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f)n Again—Off Again—Gone Again
The Wiil H. Isom arrived from
Dawson Friday night after having
been on a bar beiow Ft. Yukon for
fiv • days. The pilot of the boat,
after ail other means had failed to
H i it het, suggested sinking the big
ba;ge New York, thus preventing
the boat from siippiug back on the
bar when her powerful machine’
raised her off the bar. This was
do.se aud the big freighter floated
. without fartherVhmculVy. Ti e
L>f.'ge was then pumped out and
the trip down river resumed.
Two Men Missing: For Ten Days
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Luther M. Davis and Henry
Hyde, two up-river miners and but
lately arrived in camp, left Cheese
man, s camp on Upper Hootlanana
ten days ago, and have as yet failed
to appear at Rampart, their destin
ation. The trip is usnally made
in one day. Jerry Ford left two
days after them arriving here last
Saturday. He reports seeing no
signs of the missing men on his
way over. The men had provis
ions for twTo days with them and
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were bnt lightly clad. No move
I has yet been made to search for
the two men, although Hyde has
I a brother in camp.
Jerry Ford will ieave today and
try to locate the missing Hyde and
Davis.
flP^“Keep in touch with the do
ings on the cr eeks. Take Forum!
JUST A STARTER
John Moore Se cures A Rich Claim For A
Song—Adjoining Claim Valued At
5,000—Moore Buys For $0,000
The first sale of raining property
ofany magnitute since ’97, when
ex-Gov. McOraw paid$it,ooo for
8 Little Minook, was made T: u --
day. John ..iuuie, .1 mining oper
ator who arrived from Dawson a
few weeks at o, bo-ught 5a Rhode
Island from joe Kaminski for$6000
spot cash, .siooie also tried to se
cure 6a from Nick Nelson, but the
offei ed~$8.ooo, did not strike
. .L‘inou0h. Neisou values 6
■at $25,000.1. 4
| Mr. \i-Jore *** II open el-jiiut
j this winter a.|d from the richne.-:;
of the pay on 6a last winter he will
take out what he paid for the claim
in a few months.
Cap Mayo has dug all his pota
toes. The crop amounted to 1500
| pounds; taken off a piece of ground
| barely 100 feet-square. Five of the
! potatoes weighed 16 pounds.
The lumber cut for Hall & Stub
blefieid and A. J. Stoel, arrived
from the Mil e Hess sawmill last
j Thursday. The lumber will be
hauled to Hunter creek this winter
Mr. Hall has a fine team of horses
and a wagon, which is the first
ever used in Rampart.
! News came from Deakyme a few
days ago that the opeiator at the
Chena river station telegraphed tc
Deakyme that a strike had beei.
made twenty miles up the rfver
A prospector came down to the trad
ing post at the mouth of the Chen:
reporting the find and showed up ;
pokeful of dust.