This article was sent to us by Blaine Ghormley from Metlakatla, Alaska:

Hi Jim. I would like to relate to a couple of articles that Mr. Stepp had written. My father Ferdinand Ghormley, was at both of these places when these events took place. I guess you could call it the shootout,
between Oz Wright, and Harley Baldwin. My dad was playing poker with these two men, and another man at the time. Harley Baldwin accused Oz Wright of cheating. Oz Wright pulled his gun from a shoulder holster and shot Harley Baldwin. Then Oz Wright ran. Immediately Harley Baldwin pulled his gun, and resting the pistol across his left arm, shot and killed Oz Wright. In the meantime my father dove behind a tree, hoping a wild bullet would not hit him. Fortunately it did not.
This is the story my father had told me, fifty to sixty years ago. There were also some stories of bootlegging that had taken place there. Now I’m trying to find some information, about my Great Grandmother, Mary A. Ghormley. She died in Burnington, in 1935. She was married to Rev. Michael Ghormley. She raised my father in Old Aquone, up into the early twenties. I would certainly appreciate any information. Blaine Ghormley