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Communication
Inasmuch as the people of Kodiak have been subjected
to the most scathing criticism in connection with the
events centering about the recent apprehension and arrest
of one Dr. “McKibben,” alias Webb, I feel that it is only
just that these circumstances be explained thru the col
umns of the various newspapers which have published
these articles.
I have been a resident of Kodiak during the last two
years and of Alaska and Yukon Territory for upward
of twenty-eight years and I have to say that the people of
Kodiak are neither criminals nor fools, but a community
of steady, warm-hearted, law-abiding people who more
nearly exemplify the old-time spirit of interior of Alaska
than any community I have found along the coast. The
stupidity of the management in the marshal’s office at
Valdez and the criminal obedience of the deputy mar
shal here have placed them in a false light. To be sure,
Kodiak has had a slap from the crest of the crime wave
which is sweeping the country. It is but an unfortunate
co-incidence that several cases of law-breaking occur
ed at about this time that this notorious case came up to
center the attention of the entire community upon us.
Dr. McKibben came here last fall shortly after the
withdrawal of Dr. Hawk at a time when there was con
siderable illness and two or three critical cases requiring
the attention of a skilled physician. He came recommend
ed by two members of the Alaska Medical Board. There
was no reason why the people of the community should
question the authenticity of his credentials. That he took
charge of the situation and handled even the critical cases
with considerable efficiency speaks for itself. I, who was
one of his patients and feel that I owe my approximate
recovery if not my actual life to his ministrations do not
for a minute doubt that he is a physician. Where he got
his medical knowledge, whether he was ever licensed to
practice, how many sealed chapters there may be in his
past, it is not the present purpose to inquire. He was in
charge of the situation with several very ill patients when
orders came from the marshal’s office in Valdez to place
him under arrest. No charges were preferred and or
ders were explicit that he be sent to Valdez on the steamer
Watson due in Kodiak about that time. Why the deputy
in Kodiak did not wire authorities in Valdez explaining
the situation and emphasizing the seriousness of remov
ing him at this time, and why he did nobody knows. It was
that charges were held against him nobody knows. It was
at this juncture that Webb, if such be his name, took the
situation in his own hand and after sending a note to the
marshal notifying him of his intention gave his guards
the slip and disappeared until the Watson had pulled out
when he reappeared and again took up his practice, I feel
that this act was fully justified in the interests of his pa
tients in his care and that had the Kodiak deputy fully
explained matters to the Valdez office Webb would not at
this time have been in irons and have been entirely de
nied to his patient.
How fully this drastic order was carried out one in
stance out of many will illustrate. An infant a few months
of age was taken violently ill at night. The father fear
ing for its life hurried to the marshal’s office for relief.
The doctor was neither allowed to attend the child nor
was the father allowed to bring the child to the jail or
even to interview the physician.
The brutality of this refusal stands out when we
learn that in another case and only one the deputy mar
shal did break his rule. This was when the husband of a
patient threatened him with court proceedings but agreed
to release him of said embarassment if he would allow
him to bring the patient to the doctor.
It was at this crisis that leading citizens wired an ap
peal to the office of the Attorney General at Washington,
D. C. Immediately the Kodiak deputy was instructed to
release Webb on bail and ollow him to attend to his pa
tients. These instructions were entirely ignored.
That the deputy marshal at Kodiak at this time be
lieved Webb to be a physician is proven by the fact that
he employed him on an autopsy during the time that he
had him in irons and on Webb’s statement that death oc
cured as a result of a certain blow of the fist continued to
hold a certain other prisoner on a charge of murder. It
is also significant that when said prisoner became tem
porarily insane under the stress of the situation that the
deputy was only too glad to have Webb administer drugs.
Undoubtedly he too believes that circumstances alter
cases. When Deputy Marshal A. Dowling arrived from
the office in Valdez he expressed surprise at conditions
which he found here and stated that had the marshal’s
office in Valdez been fully informed of the situation such
orders would never have been issued. Undoubtedly, Mr.
Dowling also regarded Webb as a physician for he per
mitted patients to be brought to the jail and practice to
continue under supervision.
I could multiply illustrations of this criminal and stu
pid procedure but refrain from doing so lest I be accused
of the too popular pastime of muck-raking.
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NOTICE OF MUNICIPAL ELECTION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that
on Tuesday, April 6th, 1926, the annu
al election of City Officers and mem
ber of the School Board, for the City
of Seward, Alaska will be held. The
polls for said election will be situated
in the City Hall of said City. The
polls will be open from 8 o’clock a. m.
on the morning of Tuesday, April 6th,
1926, until 7 o’clock p. m. on the even
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Qualification of voters: Every per
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citizen of the United States and who
has resided in the Territory of Alas
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months preceding the election shall
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of Joseph Robert Lee, Deceased.
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