The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-03-11
ONBOARD THEWARREN HIS GOOD CHARACTER.
PRESENT CLUES ALL LEAD row
ARDS TRANSPORT.
Important Link Established This
Morning i'm Bundle of Laundry-Chat-
terton May Throw Light on Mystery.

terton May Throw Light on Mystery.
A definite link joining the actions of
! the man found dead and presumably
| murdered i'm the waters of the harbor
| with that of a man now alive and i'm
! Honolulu has been discovered a link
/ that LeCOQ would build a theory on i'm
| am hour and Sherlock Holmes unravel
/ the mystery with i'm fifteen minutes. ar-
| ''rCing TO Gaboriau and Conan Doyle.
| J. At outside of the supenaturaIIy glrt-
/ ed heroes Of detective yarns the link
/ merely serves as q guide for "a few
| steps and then stops. A bundle of
laundry sent to the steam laundry from
| the Warren gathered up by the second
steward of the transport whose duty it
| is To- attend To such matters and still in
the hands of the laundry ready to be
sent back to the transport today when
the whole bundle of clothes are deliver
ed, furnishes the clue and the man who
claims the clean clothes on their return
to the vessel is more than likely to
know the identity of the deceased, what
came to have i'm his water soaked
pockets a handkerchief bearing the
same mark as his own washing.
The bundle in question contained
shirts, collars, 4 pairs of cuffs, 5 hand
kerchiefs, pair of white trousers On
written the name John ChattertOn, q.
NJ. ID. standing for Quarter Masters
Department. Across the bosom OF a
shirt was scraWled John Charleston or
ChallertOu, probably the same as on
the outer covering but written so nur-
riedly that the rs were left uncrOssed.
The clothes were marked with the let
ter and figures H. 2OOS the same as
those found on the handkerchief in the
dead mans pocket. The same handker-
chief was embroidered with a fancy ini-
tial described as a q but which with the
fantastic letter employed i'm embroidery
of this description might readily have
been a G thus answering to the first let
ter of ChattertOn's name.
The second steward of the transport
promptly denied all knowledge of the
man ChattertOn or his laundry. There
remains no doubt that the laundry
came from the Warren and will return
there and there is also positive infOr-
nation in the hands of the police that
Chatterton, or the man who sent his
laundry to be washed under that name
is at the present on board the Warren
and Joined the transport while she has
been lying in this city.
Searching along the water front and
resorts of water front frequeuters has
failed to find Chatterton among the ac-
quaintanCeShip of hotel men, shipping
masters or those who have to deal with
those who go down to the sea in ships
He is thought by some to have been
deserter from the ship Iredale which
made this port some time ago and lost
one or more Of her crew by desertiOn.
There is also d theory held by the pO-
lice that the dead man was a deserter
from that vessel who had gone up to
Hawaii and returned on the Kinau as
suggested by @. II. Berry. The story
of this witness is taken as reliable and
likely to point to the identity of the
man. There is a possibility that both
men, the deceased and ChattertOn came
from the Iredale a theory that would
account for the dead mans handker-
chief bearing the same laundry mark
and possibly the same initial as Chat
tertOns. They may have been bunllies
and borrowed each others minor APP
parel indiscriminately. ChattertOn
could most probably throw some light
upon this latter point.
Clues working in accord with the Ire
dale theory will come to a closer head
this afternoon at police headquarters
when certain information which has
been promised is brought into the sher-
itt s office.
The discovery Of Chatterton aboard
the Warren and his testimony might
retard the departure of that vessel a
state of affairs not desired by the Off
GERS Of the vessel and the steward may
have denied knowledge of the man
from such reasons. That bundle will
be delivered ON board the transport be-
fore she sails and there will undoubt-
edly be a man to claim it even if he
waits until the Warren has put to sea
before the laundry is distributed.
Marker Newman at the laundry
states that it is impossible with their
system that any two men can have the
same number and, either the man
ChattertOn is wearing the entire under
wear and linen of the deceased, or the
dead man was in possession Of one of
Chatterton's handkerchiefs, with or
without his own or ChattertOn's know
ledge, at the time of his death. The
departure of the Warren tomorrow
with the question unsettled win bear
the link established this morning be-
yOnd the reach of probable utility so
that the establishing of another step
in the chain is necessary with all
speed,
Al present an late clues point tow
ards the Warren as the place where the
key so the mystery can be most likely
discovered but there is little time for
the find to be made.
The clothing worn by the dead man
whose end is so often compared to that
of Lubbock shows every indication that
he was a sailor, Under the seat Of the
A.NfAAN@ viz 9thlll1 are iIbSS- tNtNt NlItl D
the manner of sailors. The man who
straddles yardarms, and performs the
other duties of a sailor that are hard
upon clothes, frequently gets the habit
of adding to the strength of his clothes
in this way
Another indication that the man was
a sailor Is a knot i'm the suspenders. |
The suspenders had been broken on one |
side, and they had been mended with |
a Well-made sailors knot. There are |
Few men but followers of the sea who |
could have made such a knot.
The suit worn by the deceased is a |
cheap one, with not a mark of a manu- |
.acturer or dealer anywhere on il. IL |
had not been used long, which leads .
some TO think that it was bought i'm |
Honolulu There is dirt on IL but il is |
little worn The pattern is a cheap, |
dark check.
Many visitors have come to the NOR |
que to look at the clothes, and one or |
.Wo of them asked for samples of the |
cloth. This morning two men called |