Show TRAGEDY OF THE YUKON Exhausted Miner Brutally Murdered By H Companion Seattle Wash Sept 21George Bowman Bow-man of Bridgeport Conn was murdered lat winter during a terrible snowstorm by a companion named Johnson of Springfield Mass He was almost in sieht of the golden Mecca when his strength failed him and he sank down In the soft snow Johnson who was the ieader of the party went back to him and with an oath blew out the unfortunate I unfortun-ate mans brains with a revolver This is the terrible story that is told for the frt time by J C Smiths who has just returned from AlasKa His par nor Edward T Calhoun of Yonkers N Y witnessed the terrible deed which was committed near their cabin short distance from Dawson Calhoun too nearly lost his life from a bulet from Johnsons revolver Nothing w ever heard of Johnson I is presume he perished per-ished in the snowstorm while trying to escape I |