Wherley, A.

1898-1899

Second-class passenger on steamer Excelsior, departing Seattle, 2/27/98 for Valdez, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 2/28/98; “Sad News from the Hessian Party,” A. Wherley letter telling how his son Drewie Wherley “had gone to get his gun and in pulling it from the pile one of the weapons (whose is unknown) went off and mortally wounded Murfin. Hessian had given orders that all guns were to be unloaded, but the guns had been used for shooting fish and someone forgot to unload; “According to Mr. Whereley, no one blames Drewie; Murfin exonerated him on his deathbed, Belle Plains MN Herald, 4/13/98; Mentioned in letter about D. Wherley’s accidental shooting of Roy Murfin, Sleepy Eye Dispatch, 4/22/98; Mentioned in letter about D. Wherley’s accidental shooting of Roy Murfin, Sleepy Eye Dispatch, 4/22/98;