The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-16

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poem by Mr.. Richard le Gallienne GA
letter from Mr.. Bernard Shaw NJ
was anything doing in the aristocro.;a
world. Not single duke, maronis co.,,
viscount or baron was appearing as re-
spondent or correspondent in a divoroo
case or as actor in any turf or sociotn
scandal, and there was widespread feel
ing that the aristocracy as a whole yvas
not doing its duty to the country.
AS "a matter of fact, one among manv
-ssults of the sndden cessation. tbyoa
ovnths since, of every sort of anarcbe
isric outrage had been that the daily
papers could not seem other than Aat
reading to public which had preyiors.
ly opened these same prints each morn.
ing with apprehension and anxietv
Though the vigorous action taken bv
the editor of The Daily Record in Lon.
don aud of the Dublin News in Dublin
had not, as had been expected, led 70
the arrest of Captain Shannon OR his
colleagues, it had apparently so alarmed
the conspirators as to cause them to
abandon their plan of campaign. The
general opinion was that Captain Shan
non, finding so much was known and
that, though his own identity had NOT
been fixed, the personality of the lead.
ers of the conspiracy was no longer a
secret, had deemed it advisable to fee
the country lest the offer of so large a
reward as e25. 900 should tempt the
cupidity of some of his colleagues. And
as it always had been believed that be
was the prime source and author of the
whole diabolical conspiracy, the cessa.
| tion of the outrages was regarded as a
natural consequence of his defalcation
was thinking of Captain Shannon
and of the suddenness with which he
had dropped out of public notice while
l walked up Fleet street on this particu.
lar morning. AS l passed The Daily
Chronicle buildings and glanced at the
placards displayed in the window |
could not help contrasting in my mind
the unimportant occurrences which
were there in small type set forth with
the news of the terrible outrage which
had leaped to meet the eye from the
same window three months since. Just
as approached the office of The Daily
Record / heard the sound of the sudden
and hurried flinging open of door,
and the next moment man, wild eyed,
white faced and hatless, rushed out into
the road shouting: "Murderl Murderl
Policel MurderP' at the top of his voice.
In an instant the restless, hurrying
human streams that ebb and flow cease
lessly in the narrow channel of Fleet
street.-The contending rivers running
between lofty banks-had surged up in
huge wave around him. In the next
policeman, pushing back the crowd
with his right hand and his left, had
forced way to the mans side, inquir-
ing grufliy: "Now, then, what's up?
And whereof
"Murderl The editors just been
stabbed in his room by Captain Shan
non or one of bis agents. Don't let any
one out The assassin may not have had
time 10 get away" was the rejoinder,
There arc no police officers more ell
cient and prompt to act than those of
they acquitted themselves admirably.
Other cOnstables had now hurried up,
and at once proceeded to clear a space
in front of The Record Office, forming a
Gordon on each side of the road, and al
lowing no one to pass in or out.
A messenger was dispatched i'll haste
for the nearest doctor. and when guards
had been set at every entrance to, and
possible exit from, The Record office
two policemen passed within the build
ing to pursue inquiries, and the doors
were shut and locked Among the crowd
outside the widest rumors and specula-
tions were rife.
"The editor of The Record had been
murdered by Captain Shannon himself,
who had come ON purpose to wreak
vengeance for the attitude the paper
had taken up in regard to the con-
spiracy."
1.-THE murderer had been caught red
handed and was now in custody OF the
police"
1.-The murderer was concealed some-
where on the premises and had in his
possession an internal machine with
which it would be possible to wreck
half Fleet street."
This last report had the effect OF caus-
ing temporary diversion in favor OF
the side streets.
1.-THE murderers had got clean away,
and the whole staff of The Record had
been arrested on suspicion. These and
many other rumors were passed from
mouth to mouth asd repeated with as.
tonishing variations until the arrival OF
the doctor, who was by various well in
formed persons promptly recognized as
and authoritatively pronounced to be
Captain Shaw, the chief commissioner
OF police, the lord mayor and Sir Au-
gustus Harris.
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