Show MIXEDUP MURDER CASE Sensational Killing and Death from Starvation Seattle Wash April 21Nome newspapers I I news-papers of January 13th which reached here today contain a mixedup story of a sensational murder and death from starvation in the Norton Bay country D A Kcyser and William W Wright with two partners named O W Scott and Ilaynes left Seattle May 21 1SJS on the bark HIghland Light went to Sl Michael and In August started for Norton bay The men quarreled from time to time tme According to the testimony of Esqui maux natives their boat entered the mouth of Egalotullll river he men went up the river about two days travel Wright and Scott fought and Scott killed Wright Scott Is then cald to have disappeared over a divide presumably pre-sumably making for the Yukon river Wrights body was sewed up by Key ser In n sleepingbag and burled April 1C 1SOD Keyser who seems to have found himself alone was attacked by I scurvy and died Haynes later showed up at Nome and Is said to have told the story that Scott killed Wright and then skipped out and Keyser died while lie Haynes was taking him to St Michael I Deputy United Stafes Marshal Crowdy has returned to Nome from Norton bay yheiv he Investigated the entire case and succeeded in finding the bodies of Wright and Keyset The natives nlsqlold him that In the fight between Wright and Scott Haynes had also been shot and killed The fat of Jlnynesfe death Is denied by Nome people who say positively that ho worked on the beach last summer and latter Is bellcjvcd to I have returned to tho United States Tub Nome newspapers go so far as to advance the theory that Hayncs had n hand In the murder of Wright and say that Scott having disappeared Haynes may also have 1 < lcd him Wright and Keyser came from Coln ton Vu as the representative of the Virginia Alaska Alas-ka Mining company Scott came from San Francisco |