The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-12-05
H0WGATE NAY GO FREE.
PAPERS IN THE CASE AGAINST HIM
ARE MISSING.
Naval Scandal-Sacking u Town-Floods
I'm England-Thames Over
Its Banks.
HowGATE's EVIDENCE.

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WASHINGTON. Nov 25.-Governmen
officials in charge of the prosecution o.
Captain Henry W. Howgate, the EN-.
bezzler, who was recently arrested in
New York after twelve years disappear.
ance, are considerably annoyed by the
discovery that certain important
papers relating to his case are now
missing.
These papers were on file in the office
of the Third Auditor of the Treasury
I and it was discovered today that they
had been distracted. There is nothing
on the files to show when they were
taken, though it is SAID that they were
there at the time OF Howgate's arrest.
1t is inferred that somebody has alb
stracted them in the interest of the pris.
oner, since they were supposed to have
an important bearing on the case and
were intended to strengthen the prose
cution. The authorities hope to find
them hidden somewhere in the files OF
the office, but the chances of their dis
covery now seems very meager. The
fact that they are missing is not very
pleasant to the officials and employees
responsible for their keeping.
sACKING TOWN.
HALLETsvILLE, Tex, November 28.-
The details Of an attempted burning and
sacking of the town of Sinners are at
hand. Just before daylight the citizens
were awakened by terrific explosion.
Hundreds of people were on their feet
instantly, but when they reached a
point one block from the business CEN
they found themselves looking into the
muzzles of six-shooters and Winches-
ters. Just two hours later the business
portion of the town was in ashes. Nine
buildings were burned. The loss is
800 900.
The work was done by daring gang.
The mercantile house of A. G. Wange-
mann was known to contain large sum
of money. The robbers, placed a charge
of dynamite under the big steel vault
and ignited it. The vault was torn to
atoms and the fire began to devour the
buildings. The gang detailed guard to
keep back the people while a man sacked
the Doodle. The exact loss cannot be
ascertained, although it is not less than
$25, 900. About ST., 200 in books and
accounts were also burned.
THAMES OVER ITS BANK.
LONDON, Nov. 17.-The floods become
more serious every day. The Thames
rose four inches at Windsor during the
night. Eton College is closed and all
the boys have been sent home. Not
since 1881 has the river been SO high.
At Oxford the Christ Church meadows
are under four feet of water. The Mag
dalen Gardens are in like condition. In
every direction the water is rising rap
idly.
Many of the undergraduates today
have been punting over private gardens
and hedges. st. AIMS Church, below
Foley bridge, has two feet of water
over its floor and there are three feet of
water in the rail- Dad station. On all
sides the floods are undermining and
weakening bridges and culverts The
embankment at Maiden Head is in
equally bad state, the waves beating
against the drawing room windows and
many beautiful houses have suffered
severely.
The damage, though not apparent,
will reach into hundreds of thousands OF
pounds. Bridges, ETC., have been washed
away and crops and hay stacks have
been destroyed in all the flooded dis
tricts.
At O'Clock this evening the Thames
| is reported six feet two inches above the
summer level. At Cherts it is still ris-
ing, and the only communication with
town is by beat. The London & South
western railway has been swept away ct
Egham. The damage was caused by the
bursting of an embankment.
A relief fund for the sufferers has
been started. The subscription list is
headed by the Queen, who has given
$50. The storm is the worst that has
occurred since 1882. At st. Neols the
streets are three feet under water. At
Bedford and Cambridge the branches OF
the Northwestern railway are impassa-
BILE. The trouble grows worse every