Show RELATES OF MURDER I Of U. U S. S ARCTIC EXPLORERS Ki woot Eskimos Set Upon i imeri Americans meri ans Who Hit One i t With Whip Jw i NE Y ORIC RK July 22 Capt WilliamB WilliamJ William J B E. Lockhart a bluff and rugged lugged Nova No Sc tian seafaring man stand standing ng 6 feet 10 inches in his stocking feet gives a vivid account of his adventures ad with the Canadian Northwest mounted po police police police po- po lice searching for the Eskimos who murdered the American explorers Henry Henry Hen lIen ry W. W Radford Hadford and George Street sevEral several several sev sev- eral years ears ago For eighteen months Lockhart pi piloted piloted piloted pi- pi the police far up into Hudson bay and other Arctic regions Ions finally leaving them to penetrate Into the country of the savage Eskimos Eski Eski- T Eskimos mos who are accused of ot the murders The captain was seen on board the barge of N N. S S. S lying at the King plaster mill dock Staten island As the guest of ot hi his friend Capt James Elwood he is resting resting rest rest- ing from the strain of ot his adventures I The Canadian government detailed Inspector William Bates Dates Sergt N N. N S. S Cocken Constable John Elwood Constable Constable Constable Con Con- stable John Kennedy and Constable George to pursue the murder murder- ers They left Halifax on the auxiliary auxiliary iary lary schooner Village Bell with Capt Lockhart in charge Dogs sledges pledges Eskimos and supplies for two years ear were taken talen Gale Galo Damages Ship 1 The o voyage age was fine Cine said Capt Lockhart until we reached Cape Chit- Chit field There we ran into a northwest gale which carried away our topmast but hut we rode safely through it into Burwell harbor on the extreme end of ot Labrador where we made repairs hen When we started again we ran through a field of icebergs and had hart many narrow escapes from shipwreck teaching Reaching Spearl harbor Hudson bay in September 1914 too late to proceed to Chesterfield Inlet the party l landed its supplies built houses for foi the mounted police Eskimos and dogs and went into winter quarters At the Spear Spearl harbor trading post l Lockhart met an Eskimo who had been the guide of the murdered explorers and from him obtained th the stor story of ot the double tragedy He lie told tol me me the captain continued continued con con- linued that Radford and Street were anxious to continue the Journey further further fur tur- ther north but the Eskimo Eskimo guide did not want to go on He lIe said his wife was sick Radford Hadford grew greet impatient impatient im im- patient and after coaxing had failed struck him with a dog whip Other Eskimos attacked Radford him with spears and knives and killed Street ran Ian toward the sledge where where his bis rifle was lashed lashed Then the Eskimos Eskimos Eski Eski- mos attacked him The rhe women helped ed to kill Street Then the they divided t the dogs and the outfit among the t tribe e escaped death by marrying marring into the tribe Police to Return in Fall Fearing the Eskimos would kill him refused to accompany Inspector of the tho Bates Bates' party into the tho country I The party left winter quarters quarters quarters In the spring of at 1915 and proceeded proceeded pro pro- AccordIng According Accord Accord- to Chesterfield Inlet ing lug to Lockhart the Village Belle Delle was the first sailing vessel to navigate g the Inlet We Ye discharged our cargo h he e went en enon t helped erect the houses uses for foron and on helped I the Eskimos Inspector Injector Bates Dates party there were to stay They and dogs and Ice the snow when until October i would enable them to travel into the country September 25 25 wo we 0 said goodbye On and his men ThEY Bates They to Inspector have not been heen heard hearel from since They expected back this fall if they thy are arc arc are n not nn murdered by bv the Est Eskimos ih Thor I came back to Spearl Spear harbor with ih the Village Belle Dell and left her t ti ere |