Best Bread in Town
Harry Nakamoto’s name first appeared in the March 25, 1920 issue of The Wrangell Sentinel in an advertisement for the Wrangell Bakery. He assumed the business from the previous owner, George Kyota.
Petersburg Weekly Report, 1921-11-11, Page 6
Harry Nakamoto was the owner of The Wrangell Bakery and had not been in Wrangell very long. His accused murderer, Charles Lynch, was from a prominent Wrangell family that went back decades.
James Wickersham
Charles Lynch secured one of Alaska’s most famous figures as his lawyer: James Wickersham. Alaska first knew Wickersham as a judge for the territory, then Alaska’s elected delegate to Congress. By 1922, Wickersham was out of politics and into private legal practice.