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English: Charles Severance in the Yukon Dock Company office, Dawson, Yukon Territory, 1900.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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English: Meed, William E.
Title
English: Charles Severance in the Yukon Dock Company office, Dawson, Yukon Territory, 1900.
Description
English: PH Coll 246.226

[Meed journal: "In the Klondike he operated at Gold Hill with a partner on a profit-sharing arrangement. At the end of the summer season, while on the way to the "outside" with his wife, he was arrested at White Horse on a charge made

up by his partner that he was absconding with more than his due share of the profits. He was escorted back to Dawson and put in jail. His wife meanwhile reached Seattle, and contacted my associate Captain James Ritchie who wrote to me asking my help for Severance. Under the circumstances it was not within my power to do very much then. ... The case dragged along into midwinter. At that time with the North West Mounted Police in control, it was almost impossible for anyone to escape from the Yukon Territory. Severance was released from the jail on my personal recognisance and put in my custody, pending the outcome of his trial. In order to conform to this arrangement, I provided accommodation for him in

my office at the Yukon Dock, where I also slept as usual. See photo of him no. 226 taken by me writing to his wife. ... The case was eventually settled, the plaintiff was satisfied and Severance was free."

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Offices--Yukon--Dawson
  • Subjects (LCSH): Severance, Charles; Yukon Dock Company (Dawson, Yukon)
Depicted place Dawson City
Date 1900
date QS:P571,+1900-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
University of Washington: Special Collections
Accession number
236
Source
English: William E. Meed Collection
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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.
Order Number
InfoField
MEE015

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