The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-18


'Rut again. supposfng s. were Laker.
Might he not have given his name ana
displayed ms wallet and 50 on vhiie b0S-
ing ticket for France. IN order 20 Draw
pursuit after himself IN mat direction
while he made of tn another. IL anota-
er name and disguised Zach supposl-
ton was plausible. And In either case
fl might happen that whoever was lay
ing this tran would probably lay II
nttIs further. Charing Cross was the
next point, ard there / went 1 already
had 4 from Plummsr that Laker had not
been recognized there. Perhaps the tran
had been laid in some other manner
somthing left behind with Iakers name
on II. perhaps. I ~ once thought or the
umbrella with his monogram, and. max
ing long shot. asked for IL a. the lost
property Office. as you know. The guess
was lucky. In the umbrella, a. you know.
] found that scrap Of paper. That !
Judged. had fallen in from the mana OF
the man carrying the umbrella. lie nad
torn the paper In half In order TO fling
~ away, and one piece had fallen into
the loosely Tapping umbrella. IL is a
thing that Will often happen with an ON
nlbus ticket. "a you may have noticed
Also II was proved that the umbrella was
unroIled when found, and rolled immedi-
ateiy when Il was found. So here was
piece OF paper dropped by the person who
had brought the umbrella 10 Charing
Cross and left .. got the whole adver-
flgement as you remember. and stud
bed H. 'Yob' is back slang for hoy, and
Il is often used in nicknafnes TO denote
q young smooth-faced thief 1upter the
man I suspect as matter OF fact Is
known as the 'Hoxton Yob' The mes
sage then was addressed TO some one
known by snch a nickname Next, II.
r. shop roast Now. in thieves slang.
to roast thing or person Is to watch
IL or MIN They call airy place a shop
notably thieves den. So that this
meant that some resort-perhaps the
Tfoxton Row shop'-was watched. You
LIT there tonight would be clearer. per
hans when the rest was understood
thought little over fhe rest. and Il
struck mo that IT must be direction 10
some other house. since one was warned
OF as watched. Besides, there was the
number ia7 and red BIZ which would
be extremely likely 10 mean red blinds
by way OF clearly distinguishing the
house And then the plan OF the thing
was plain. You have noticed. probably.
that the map Of London which accom-
pan'es the postoffice directory Is divided
for convenience of reference into num-
bercd squares7"
yes. The squares are denoted by let
ters along the top margin and figures
down the side. So that II you consult
the directory and find place marked as
being In d. for instance, you find verii-
cal division u and run your finger down
Il TIL II intersects horizontal division 8,
and there you are"
Precisely. / got my postofflce drec-
tory and looked for o.. 1t was In North
London. and took IN parts OF Abney Park
cemetery and Ci.ssold Park Second
top was the next sign. Very we'll. |
counted the second street interesting
the top OF the square. counting in the
h. l.fe Ffat
Lordship road Then '3rd L. From the
point where Lordship road crossed the
top OF the square I ran my finger down
the road until u came Ia Srd L. or. IN
other words the third turning on the
left. Hackworth road So there we we're
unless my guesses were altogether
wrong Straight mon probably meant
straight monikeT'-that is 70 say. the
proper name. thiefs real name. in con-
tradlsiinctcu 10 :hat he may assume. I
turned over the directory till I found
Hackworth road. AMI found that No l97
was Inhabited by a Mr.. Mcrston. From
the whole thing I judged this. There
was 20 have been meeting Al the II.
r. shop but that SC WAS found 1T the last
moment 10 be watched by the police for
some purpose. so that another appoint
meni was made for this house In the
suburbs 'You list Then tonlEht'-the
person addressed was 20 come first. and
the others in he evening. They were to
ask Tor the housekeeper's straight mon
iker'-Mr. Nerston. And they were 10
come one At a time
Vow. then. what was thisT What the
CRY would 40 80 suppose this were a
robbery directed from afar ny the adyer-
,iser suppose on the day OF the robbery
n was found that the place fixed for tho
division OF spoils was watched Suppose
that the principal thereupon advertised
"a had already been agreed IN case Of
emergency in these terms2 The prlnci-
pal IN the actual robbery, the 'Yob' ad-
dressed. was 20 90 first with the booty
The others were 10 come after. one at a
time Anyway. I determined to Try No.
TqT Hackworth road. I have told you
what found there. and how Il opened
my eyes. | went. OF course merely on
chance. 20 see what I might chance TO
see. But luck favored and l happened