Deseret Evening News | 1897-10-16 | Page 1 | Massacred by Indians

MASS VCIU II HV IM11AVS Suppsoind I st of St lChlidik Immt firsotMostily 11 UOO San Francisco Oct 16 Advices received re-ceived from A C Wright of Seattle lendy < strongly to th belief that Harry T Newman and William J Swarli of San Iranclsco together with four comp nlou where names cannot be leaned hall perished on tile Taku river while on their way to tho lon dike The plainest Inference that can bc deduced from the meager Informs lon at hand Is that the entire party wits mottacred by I Indians This or else they ore drowned In the sw Ift current ot the Alaskan stream NothIng Inte more Is I known here regarding their fate than that they were alive and well September 15th at a point eighty miles up the river from Toku Inlet Harry Newman Is I about 4 years old and his wife and child are mini In Los Angeles Wadsworth was about 37 cars or age He came from Philadelphia originally find has no relatives on the coot Ho followed the trade of carpenter but had some mining experience In Fresno county