Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-07-26

Inspector. wisoee opinion OF the detective BY
ths time hal reached the lowest ebb
The detective smiIed; be was not the nau TO
commit himself He walked 10 the table. and
turned over toe books AID papers TIL be
found sHne sheets Of blostiBg Paper. These
be examined attenfively, holssiDs them up TO
The Light ard turning them in every possible
direction The result seemed 70 be satizfac-
tory, for he pockssed them
Neither the footprints in the garden. the
half dug grave under the Trees nor The i'm
preston Or, the wet leaves seemed % interest
the detecsiys at all
@we're dragging the river" said the iasfec-
tor, pointsa, 10 the two boats which hal now
been working uslsuasssfully for soaae hoars
IN hopes Of finding tho captains nllr'iefesi
BODY
All, yes,- said the detective, a. il be thought
the necessity Of dosag 20 had never struck
him
The man, perfect fool thought the III
spector.
-And nov, about IL IS captain said the De
tsetivs. chaosin. the clearess footprints 10
could find IL. tins soft mud. apd putin: the
boot oct Of his pocket. His name is Rod
rr-uez, you say What is be captain ofs'
-Noti.in., that know Of. but they do say
that he has been q captain in the China
trade"
sChinar repeated the detective, as il the
iiea u that country gave him exquisite de-
light.
Yes, China repeater the inspector siuf1y-
He was lpai,ig al patience; low On earth
did such born IDIOT ever bacotne a Getce.-ys'
-WLat sort u a man Is her
sTaIl, spare built, about ~, gray hair, and
no WHISPERS"
@Desp cut over his right eyebrow added
the detective quietly. as he STOPPED and fitted
the boo. which he had taken from the cap
tain's room into the irnpFess.osi il tie mud
aYea," SD tho inspector, puzzled al tie
detectives knowbdGe
"He never went by that name here, did her
asked the detective, handing the boot to The
inspector, ON the lining OF which was written
"A. Perez"
Mover"
He was getting more and more puzzled
Perez, alias Coya. alias Delga. -. s..l now
alias RODRIGUEZ; II. wanted hun these three
years" saii the detective, cheerfully. 1--WE
got hin now
"Yes," said the inspector, griniy. ''he's
safe enough over there
And he jerkei his hand toward the river.
BLESS YOU said the detective hes nearer
America by this tins. He'll die in his boots
or with a rope round his neck yet. Don't
YOU see the fellow has murdered himself and
bolted with tie swas, That bed room Of LIS
looked somewhat queer. 1t was overdone;
too much blood, and too regular. When |
found that boot / thought how it was, and
this settled it, said the detective pulling the
sheets Of lloJti,g paper out OF his pocket and
holiins them TO the inspector. There, all
over them, were the words Colez, Garcia l.
Co. i'll a neat clerk like hand, with that Pc
culiar fourth at the end, which those who
had dealings with that eminent house knew
50 we'll That letter to the village bauk is a
forgery; it's not the first time he has served
Colez, Garcia g. Co. this trick. He was i'll
their American house for five years, came to
them with forged character, robbed them
to the tu,,e Of s.. go und boItcd He's Leen
smuggling and t.iievins all over tho world
since then. Bot must he of. l wouldn't
miss him for any hing
Tho detective was right. The village bank
found, to it, astouislnent, that Colez, Car
cia & Co. regulated TIE letter which pur
ported t. -,i' tueir Signature. 1t was u tor
gerry .;o..c days lat.r the captain was ar-
rested Just Is lc was il the act OF booking his
passage for New York. Subsequently lie
was tried III the village court in Oposura,
and, under the llaria III Rodriguez, was SEN
fenced to penal servitule Tor the term q: his
natural life. Iii, creators at Aposura were
the only persons who regretted Llnl.