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Klondike Highway - 1899 Christmas Day Murders (aerial)
Canada

This 183m aerial view adjacent to the nearby hillside shows the Klondike Highway overlooking the distant Yukon River south of Minto, Yukon.  It was along this stretch of the river that one of the most infamous triple homicides in the Yukon occurred on December 25, 1899.  It involved a young man, 26 years old, Frederick Clayson who came to Skagway with his widowed mother and brothers and sisters. They started a general store there which continued until at least 1915. One sister, Ester was married to Dr. Pohl of Skagway.

The murder occurred at Minto and was done by perhaps two men who laid in wait for travelers. George O’Brien shot and beat to death Clayson, Olsen and Lynne Relf. The bodies & murder trail are marked by the red "x" across the river.  His crimes went undiscovered for some weeks despite the Clayson family pushing the NWMP to investigate. One especially brilliant Mountie did a crime scene search once the bodies were discovered. The bodies had been pushed into the river but floated downstream. The NWMP interviewed many people and eventually discovered the murderer who had stolen a dog that belonged to one of the men they killed. The dog was a large yellow dog which the Mounties then used to lead them to the scene of the crime. This investigation led to George O’Brien’s subsequent execution in Dawson and became the source of the saying “They always get their man” when referring to the Mounties. The second murderer was never caught, but it was thought he died soon after anyway.

Fred Clayson had been returning from Dawson on a bicycle – an astonishing feat in itself! His family later moved to Oregon and one of his sisters became a famous physician there.

From: https://www.skagwaystories.org/2009/12/25/christmas-day-murders-1899/

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Copyright: William L
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Taken: 07/11/2023
Uploaded: 07/11/2023
Published: 07/11/2023
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Tags: klondike highway; highway 2; aerial; yukon territory; yukon river; 1899; christmas day murders; solved; homicides; crime scene; mining; george o'brien; murder trail
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