1256 EDMONTON DAILY
NOV 27, 1907

COLLINS, Thomas F.
McAULEY, Mary Ann
BARTON, G.I.C.

St. John, Nov 27, the Telegraph cable announced 
tomorrow form what is declares a source that can 
not be questioned, that a few days before his 
execution Thomas f. Collins, hanged at Hopewell 
Cape for the murder of Mary Ann McAuley at New 
Ireland, made a verbal confession that he 
committed the murder. The evidence at the trial 
was circumstantial and doubts of his guilt were 
sometimes expressed. 

Vancouver Nov 26, that the Klondike is not dead, 
as has been continually reported, is the 
statement of Mr. G.I.C. Barton, one of the most 
widely known men in that region. Mr. Barton 
arrived in the city on the Princess May, and is 
a guest at the Hotel Vancouver. He left Dawson 
on November 1 and sleighed all the way out to 
White Horse. Mr. Barton stated that the 
Guggenheims were moving a great deal of freight 
and that . More to article see original. Long 
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