The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 12, 1934, Page 8

YOUNG JUNEAU MAN VICTIM OF AIR ACCIDENT Walter Holmquist Dies in Crack-up at Pinta Bay WedneQda\ Voon (Conunued frem rage One) c-;wmary place at the rear of the plane and the two passengers sat next to one another in front of him, with Meyring alone in the cockpit s Sheldon Simmons and aembers of the search party who could see the particles of the scar- Jet Baranof scattered far and wide other among the tree tops as ihe ap- proached the location of the smudge smoke, felt grave doubt that anyone could have survived | the wreck, though they knew Imm, the smoke that someone must be alive. Nick Bez, President of the' Alas- ka Southern Airways, left Tenakee by gasboat last evening immedi- ately upon recelving word of the accident and arrived here this morning. No Autopsy Yet An autopsy had not been per- formed on the Holmquist body at a late hour this afternoon, however Charles Carter of the Carter Mor- tuary reported that severe head and neck injuries were apparent and, in his opinion, with thorough examination, were sufficient to have caused the fatality. High School Graduate Walter Holmquist, who was 20 years of age, was a member of a well known Juneau family, that has been located here since 1907.| His father was a prominent min- ing man before his death several years ago. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Marie Holmquist and two brothers, Leonard and Ernest, all of whom make their home in Juneau, though Ernest is in Nam- pa, Idaho, at the present time. He was born in Juneau, attended the Juneau schools and was graduated from the Juneau High School on June 3, 1932, During the last sum- mer he was employed at the Libby, McNeill and Libby cannery at Taku. He was Master Councilor for the DeMolay and funeral services will be conducted by the DeMolay from the Scottish Rite Temple on Sun- day afternoon at 2 o'clock. Moyer WellKnown Tom Moyer, who suffered a frac- ture of hoth bones in his left leg, | is 27 years of age, and has lived | in Juneau most of the time since | coming to Alaska about three years] ago. He was engaged in prospect- ing and during last summer was employed as truck’ driver for the United States Bureau of Public Roads. He is well known in the city and has been greatly interested in basketball, playing on both the | B. P. R. team and George Brothers team. Jarman Air Enthusiast Lloyd Jarman, who has acted as mechanic for the Alaska Southern Airways for the last two seasons,: is the son of Mrs. Kate Jarman | and has made his home in Alaska all of his life. He made his first trip to Seattle in one of the Alas- ka Southern Airway planes two years ago and has been intensely interested in aviation since the early days of the Alaska Washing- ton Airways operations in South- east Alaska. Best Known of Fliers One of the best known fliers in Alaska, Gene Meyring' has flown constantly for the past eight years, five of which he has spent in Alas- ka, without a previous crash. He received his flying training in the p. 8. Navy tratning sihcbls and ls a member of the Naval Reserve. With Mrs. Meyring and’thejr-small daughter, he flew north at the be- ginning of this season early last spring and they make their home at the MacKinnon Apartments, He suffered a severe compound fracture of the right leg, and will be laid up for some time. JUNEAU WOMAN’S CLUB| OBSERVES ALASKA DAY Judge James Wickersham will be the featured speaker at the spe- cial Alaskh ‘Day luncheon which will be held Tuesday-afternoon at 1:30 o'clock in Bailey's Cafe, by the Juneau Woman's Club, it was announced today by Hazel James Ferguson,® President of the organi- zation. This is the Club’s regulas month- ly social meeting, but as it falls but two, days befdre; |Alaska Day, the committee in charge has plan- ned a special program commem- orative of this Alaskan holiday, Mrs. Ferguson said. Judge Wicker- sham will discuss the historical background of the purchase of Alaska from Russia and its occu- pation by Americans. Special music appropriate to Alaska Day, will be furnished also, Mrs. Crystal Snow Jenne, and Mrs. Carol Beery Davis contributing that part of the program. Mrs. A. M. Geyer, Chairman of the Depart- ment of Applied Education is in general charge of the arrangements for the luncheon, which is expect- ed to draw/a record’crowd of club members and their invited guests. b Kl Fane BIG GAME HUNTERS BACK WITH TROPHIES At ‘the end of a hunting trip in the Cassiar country, Pred Winters, real estate dealer of Chesapedke, | Ohio, and J. A. Newberry, owner of the cable splicing company of Hunt- ington, West Virginia, arrived at Wrangell recently aboard the Haz- el B, from Telegraph Creek. They had planned for a 40-day hunt but were forced to cut it short with the arrival of snow and cold weather. Both hunters se- cured fine trophies of moose, cari- bou, goat and sheep and are loud in their praises of the trip through the inside passage, the magnificent scenery and successful hunting. They plan to hunt in Alaska next season. S eee— CORDOVA REPORTS SNOW Low visibility that had obscured the view for some time past gave way to bright weather recently at Cordova and revealed the higher peaks of the ranges clothed in a mantle of fresh snow. According to | Cordova weather observers, this is a late date (Oct. 6) for the arrival {of the first snow. MRS, ERWIN'S . " DEATH CAUSED BY OWN HAND | dict After Evidence In- troduced at Inquest (Contmuea irum Page One) | Numerous letters, written-in pen- cil, both miscellaneous and ad- Juneau, but unmailed, ple whom she knew, and in which she constantly referred to the slights and snubs she had encoun- cial outcast, had been found in her room and were introduced as evidence of her unhappy mental | state. Among the letters found by the police in her rooms at the Cliff Apartments, in which suicide was |indicated, was : one addressed to Mrs. Stocker. Directions as to the sale and disposal of her clothes and personal effects in case of her death, were written by Mrs. Er- win to Mrs, Stocker. Another let- ter, written to Frank H. Foster, attorney, asked him as Supreme Dictator of the Moose, to handle both her legal and lay affairs and t6 handle the affairs of her sons, Morris Homer, 15, and Clinton, 13. She wrote that| asa thember bf the ‘Women of the' Moose, she belfeved that the latter was -eligible to en- ter Mooseheart, and requested that he see if it wére possible, as she would like to have the boy in the Moose * home. 8he referred in the letter to Mr. Foster to both a checking and saving account in the B. M. Behrends Bank, and said that she also had an uncashed pay check. Wwill Is Found In a will, written also in pencil, Mrs. Erwin bequeathed both her real and personal property to her husband, H. F. Erwin, of Peters- burg, without probate or court pro- ceedings. It was dated July, 1934. Probably the last of the many pencilled and typewritten notes, letters and documents found in ‘ to her demise. g . | Coroner s Jury lees Ver_ithat she would be at work on Mon- | |day. As she had not appeared ,Mr in which | intended to go to work on Monday, Mrs. Erwin bitterly criticized the|put had taken a heavy sleeping po- selfishness and hypocrisy of Peo-|tion on Saturday night which must have hours.” The remainder of the note [ lowing the telephone ‘convérsation In it, she declared that when she had talked to him on the phone, A she had been dazed and had thought it was still Sun B dressed to various acquaintances in went on to say that she )?:: rf}lx - ———— |Mrs. Erwin’s apartment was| scrawled in pencil on tablet paper | ‘to Hugh J. Wade, Deputy Admin- i istrator of NRA for Alaska, in| whose office she had been em- | ployed for several months previous Was In Dazed Condition She had been absent from work | for a week before the tragedy but | had told Mr. Wade on Saturday | Wade telephoned her Monday ar- ternoon about 5 o'clock, and the | note was apparently writfen fol- “knocked me out for 48 was almost illegible but mentioned her extreme unhappihess, Husband, Sons Expected Mr. Erwin and the two boysl are expected to arrive on the Northland tonight when all of her effects and papers will be turned over to him for disposal. Funeral arrangements are pending his ar- rival, DANCE | SATURDAY NIGHT 1.0.0.F. Hall | Auspices Viking Club NEW MEMBERS DESIRED Meeting at 8 o'Clock Music by Harry Krane Admission 35¢ FREE! 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