I thought of that, Amos, including the fact that these people were usually prospecting for gold, and if they found good color might be vulnerable to a little judiciously applied force. I'd like to read a follow up on them- wonder if most of them eventually left Morningside and perhaps returned to Alaska? Most people, of course, have family- I wonder if they were notified. I'll never know...

(I like 'sheetheads', Lady Jean. And it reminds me of a friend who says, Forget about 'shoulds'; people tend to 'should' all over themselves.)

It wasn't funny, of course, BDiBR, but when I found that news story I had to laugh a bit. It was such a graphic image.