VOLUME XXI, NUMBER 183. SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 14,1926.
PRICE TEN CENTS
AUTO MECHANIC TESTIFIES SAW GAINES
CAR WITHIN FIFTY YARDS OF WHERE
GIRLS BODY FOUND-KNEW CAR WELL
REFRAINED FROM REPORTING TO AUTHORITIES
OWING TO PUBLICITY—WIFE FINALLY PER
SUADED HIM—HAD REPAIRED CAR OFTEN
AND IDENTIFIED IT PRIOR ARRIVAL POLICE
HEADQUARTERS
KNOCK IT D00H STARTLES MINES IN STEIN'S HOME
Finger Print Expert Mays, Testifies He Has Found Hu
man Blood Stains on Game’s Clothing — Housekeeper
Sees Couple in Bed—Mrs. Gaine’s Left Soon After
Registered.
SEATTLE, Aug. 14. (/P)—Wurster testified yester
day and said “I arn a mechanic and just naturally notice
details of machines I handle. A fortnight after repairing
the Gaines’ car in April I noticed it along Greenwood ave
nue, I would recognize that car if a half dozen of the same
make was around it. A few days later I saw it on West
lake avenue near John street on my way downtown. I
next saw it on east Green lake way about 9 o’clock on the
night of June 16. It was just getting dark and I had just
turned on my lights. No lights were burning on the other
car and I didn’t see anyone in it.”
Wurster pointed opt on the map a spot about 50 yards
from where Sylvia’s body was found, when told to indi
cate where he saw the car, which was a badly battered
Buick, 1918 model roadster. Wurster said he kept his
knowledge a secret until Wednesday fearing publicity but
his wife persuaded him to report to the authorities. When
shown Gaines car he immediately declared it was the one
he repaired and saw so often. As it arrived at the gar
age door and before seeing the car Wurster told a detec
tive he would find a Read crank on the car and a rough
spot on the crank where Wurster had cut a finger when
repairing the car. Gaines’ car has a Read crank and
Wurster pointed out the roughness that cut him.
MAYOR. ALDERMEN
JAILED IN MEXICO
INSURGENT ALDERMAN ENDEAV
OR TO OUST MAYOR GAMBOA
BATTLE FOLLOWS
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 14 (£>)—Mayor
Gamboa and 14 aldermen in the town
of Tacuba were jailed after a battle
following an attempt by the insurgent
aldermen to declare Gamboa deposed.
He resisted the insurgents and visited
their residences in an attempt, to ar
rest them. A pitched battle followed
in which citizens joined according to
their political affiliations. The insur
gent aldermanic leader* was kfilled
and a policeman wounded.
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PACIFIC STEAMSHIP CO.
ADDS NEW SHIP TO LINE
Heavy coastwise and Alaska de
mands for freight space has resulted
in.,, the chartering of the steamship
Brookdale from W. W. Mitchell and
Company by the Pacific Steamship
Company, and that vessel is now em
ployed in the service between Seattle
and Southeastern Alaska points.
I SEATTLE, Aug. 14 (^)—About the
time Sylvia was murdered Gaines’
automobile was parked within 100
feet of the death scene, Harry R.
Wurster, automobile mechanic testi
fied. Stern swore Gaines came to his
home on the night of the killing and
told him, “Remember what I’ve al
ways told you that if I couldn’t go and
come like I wanted to and take a
drink or as many as I wanted to, I’d
kill ’em. That’s just what has hap
pened.” Stern declared someone then
knocked at the door and Gaines ex
claimed, “My God, what’s that!”
May, a fingerprint expert testified
that he had found human blood stains
on Gaines’ clothing.
SEATTLE, Aug. 14 (£>)—Mrs. Mary
E. Rothwell testified she saw a mar
and a woman in bed in a room in the
hotel where she was a housekeeper
on November 25, where Mr. and Mrs,
Gaines and Sylvia registered for a
room. Mrs. Gaines didn’t stay there
SEATTLE, Aug. 14. (£*)—Defease
for the counsel said “We were un
prepared for the Wurster testimony.’
They sought from the cour;; a post
pcnment till Tuesday “to determine
whether the courts have a right tc
examine the witness. The judge
postponed the case till Monday
Wurster told newspapermen “I die
not connect the' car I worked cr
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LORD KITCHENER’S BODY?
LONDON, Aug. 14 (#*)_Frank
Power, a British newspaperman, said
the Union Jack covered a case lying
in a private mortuary which contained
the coffin in which reposed the
body of Lord Kitchener’s body.
S T MATO, DIRECTOR
OF NATIONAL PARKS
£N ROUTE ALASKA
SEATTLE, Aug. 14 (/P)—Stephen T.
Mather, director of the National Parks
service, sailed on the S. S. Northwest
ern on a visit to Mount McKinley
National Park and Fairbanks. He will
reach Seattle on his return, Septem
ber 13 and will then make a study of
Mount Rainier National Park.
DECURES SHE SAW
MRS. HALL. TOO MEN
AT SCENE OF MURDER;
IDENTIFIES THE TWO
IN OPEN COURT MRS. JANE GIB
SON POINTS TO STEVENS AND
CARPENTER AS TWO MEN
SEEN WITH MRS. HALL NEAR
TIME OF MURDER
DAUGHTER TRIED KILL MOTHER
Mrs. Gibson Was Searching for Corn
Thieves When Encountered Trio in
Field; Heard Three Shots Later
-SOMERVILLE, N. J., Aug. 14. (JP)
—Mrs. Jane Gibson, in open court
pointed to Stevens and. Carpenter, as
being the two men she saw with
Mrs. Hall at the time of the Hall
Mills slaying. Another witness who
was to have produced evidence is
reported missing. Mrs. Mills’ daugh
ter, it is related, is alleged to have
made an attempt to poison her
mother (before the murder. William
Stauib, who it is said, had been with
in 75 feet of the spot where the
bodies were found is held on lack of
$3,000 bail as a material witness.
Mrs. Gibson said she was search
ing for corn thieves when she ecnount
ered two women quarreling about
letters and that they were using a
. flashlight which was turned on a
man. She pointed at Carpenter and
said she saw something shiny in
Carpenter”s hand. Then she heard
a loud report and ran, losing a moc
casin which was found near the
scene and identified as hers. She
heard three shots. Recovering froir
1 her fright she .returned and saw Mrs,
Hall kneeling and crying. Mrs. Gib
son identified Stevens • as the man
she saw standing in the glare of ar
• automobile headlight.
BETTER SHIP PLANE UP'
’ Merrill and Davis, aviators whc
have toeen attempting to come to
Seward all summer from the south,
met with another accident to theii
' plane last week, according to recent
arrivals in Seward. None of these ac
cidents have occurred whiie in the
air but all seem to have originated
1 to various portions of the plane
while on the ground.
Lavoy on Cutter Bear Wires
Gateway Important Items;
Will Arrive Seward Sept
FOX FILM PHOTOGRAPHER IN ARCTIC FILMING
LIFE OF ESKIMO AND SCENES FOR FEATURE
FILM—REMNANTS OF WILKINS POLAR EXPED
ITION ON CUTTER EN ROUTE TO CIVILIZATION
Correspondents State Wonderful Chance for Somebody
Else to Cover Future Arctic Stories But for Somebody
Else—Not Them! Three Months Sojourn Among
Snow, Ice, Moss, Walrus, Elements.
ON BOARD THE U. S. C. G. BEAR VIA ST PAUL
Island, (Special to The Gateway), Aug. 13. —The cutter
Bear, Captain Cochrane, arrived at Barrow on August
9 after bucking ice for nine days of the Arctic coast be
tween Wainwright and Point Barrow, a distance of less
than 100 miles. The Bear returns to Nome on August 12,
bringing the tag-end of the Wilkin's Detroit polar expedi
tion and survivors from the various angles of the great
polar race of 1926.
The party is leaving Barrow aifterl
a three months sojourn among snow,
ice, moss, walrus and other obpec
tionaible Arctic elements and con
j sists of William Lyon, correspon
dent; Leo Bundy, radio operator,
I New York Times; Robert Waskey,
‘ radio operator for the North Ameri
I can newspaper alliance; Earl Ross
j man, cameraman with the Pathe
News; Herbert Anderson and Axel
Ed man, dogmushers with Wilkins ex
pedition who drove dog teams from
jNenana to Point Barrow and Edna
j Wallace, magazine writer.
There is considerable talk of the
renewal of a Wilkins expedition next
spring. Recently a freighter ar
riving at Barrow, left 1500 gallons
of aviation gasoline for the Wil
kins expedition, however Waskey,
the operator, packed his radio equip
ment for shipment south. It is ex
pected the power plant will 'be left
to rust on the Island off Amuktovik
river, which means communication
from other expeditions will be
brought from the outside.
The concensus of local opinions
is that Point Barrow has seen the
last of the Wilkin’s expedition. Ly
on of the New York Times, was
asked tonight regarding the future
plans of his paper covering the pos
sible continuance of the expedition
and he saicl “Well, there’s lots ol
area yet to be discovered and the
correspondents covering the story
will have plenty to do, but in the
words of the late lamented Bert Wil.
liams will say to you it’s going to
be a wonderful chance for some
body (but that somebody else will
not be me.”
Merl Lavoy went to Barrow on
the Bear and returned to Point Hope
to make further scenes in connec
tion with filming the frozen north
He is continuing on to Nome in
September. Mr. Lavoy sent his re
gardsi to his many Seward friends.
NORTHWESTERN OFF
FOR THE NORTH; 104
SMALL NUMBER EMBARK ON A.
S. S. CO. LINER FOR SOUTH
WEST ALASKA
—
| SEATTLE, Aug. 14 (JP)—The S. S.
Northwestern of the A. S. S. Co sailed
at 9 o’clock this morning for Alaska.
I
The vessel carried 104 reservations.
Those for Seward included:
Jack Hanson, Leo A. Koslosky, Paul
G. Theene and brother, Mr. and Mrs.
L. Palmer, H. E. Bullock, Mrs. M. A.
Collins, G. E. Berghard, Rose A. Nos
ki, Mrs. J. E. McDowell, Gertrude
Stern* S. T. Mather, Junior Pike, J.
A. Lavery, C. H. Nor-wood, Mrs. M.
Edwards, Wm. Midgley, Mrs. Rose
Hugh, D. E. Roberts, A. S. Wantin
and daughter, Miss A. Kellenberger,
Mrs. Lola Theene and son, Miss L. M.
Bourg, W. B. Allen, Joseph Jason, Mr.
and Mrs. D. W. Roper, Capt. and Mrs.
Annis, A. D. Norcross, Mr. and Mrs.
F. M. Potter, and two steerage.
WESTWARD ROAD WOHK IS
PROGRESSING GOOD SHAPE
Fred Spach, associate engineer
with the Alaska Road Commission,
during his brief visit in Seward last
week from Seldovia, stated that road
work to the Westward is progressing
quite satisfactorily. Over at Kodiak
about two and one-quarter miles have
been built thus far but will be five
miles in length when completed.
Seven miles has been completed at
Homer to date. This work is being
earned on from year to year and is
gradually connecting all the farms
and homesteads up. Mr. Spach works
out of the Anchorage office.