The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-05-29
EXAMINING OOC7ORSON HADLEY'S TRAIL
BELIEF HELD HE WAS ON THE
VENTURA.
May Have Gone from Here to Seattle
Where 1t is Claimed, He Was Seen
April 10.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 19.-The
Chronicle says: The Chronicles" in
formation that c. b, Hadley was seen
in Seattle on April 18th is authentic. AS
stated in the issue of yesterday, the
man who saw and conversed with him
was well acquainted with him, had
worked with him, would know him
anywhere and in any company and
told the Chronicles informant there
was no possibility of his being mistak-
en- They met on the day the San
Francisco police made public their sus-
picion that Hadley was the murderer
OF Nora Fuller and the news was not
published in Seattle until the evening
of that day
The theory that he left this city on
the steamer Ventura, sailing January
10th at 10 p. m, has by no means been
abandoned. One of the walters, when
shown a photograph of Hadley and
asked if he had ever seen the man,
said: That is the photograph of
man who had a second cabin with us
trip before last and left the steamer at
Honolulu" The waiter having charge
of that particular section in which the
cabin of the stranger was located is
now out on the steamer Alameda. Sew
eral officers of the Ventura say the
photograph Is IlldL u q lace ldHlIildl
t. them, and resembles that of man
that went to Honolulu on the voyage Of
January 18th. The woman who is al
legged to have said that Hadley was
not on the steamer is a Sydney Wo-
man and was not on the steamer on
that voyage. She arrived in this city
on the last voyage of the Ventura, ana
was questioned as to whether she had
heard of or seen Hadley in Sydney.
She is we'll acquainted with him, and 1T
would hardly have been possible for
him to have been in sydney without
her hearing of him. She had not seen
or heard of him in that city, but knows
nothing about his having been on the
steamer to Honolulu on the January
voyage.
The police claim that on the steamer
Ventura they have found the first
trace of the missing man, and they
consider it promising.
The theory is advanced that if Had
ley went to Honolulu he remained in
comparative seclusion, waiting anX-
iCusly for the arrival of every san
Francisco steamer with the daily pa
pers. He was away from Geographic
communication, and his newspaper eN-
perience had taught him that it was
hardly possible for a detective to have
come known without the reporters be-
ing aware of it. From Honolulu he
could go to almost any part of the
world. He may have stayed there
nearly two months, and as each steam
Ell brought the news that the Identity
OF Nora Fullers murderer was as great
a mystery as the day on which her
body was discovered, he grew more
confident.
I Everywhere the police were looking
for q man with a brown muStache,
peculiar affection of the right eye and
hair thin t. badness on top of his
head. Hadley had always been smooth
shaver while in this city, and his halr
was not noticeably thin on top. 1t IS
quite plausible that his confidence led
him to take ship or steamer from no
lnOlulu back to the Coast. He could
have returned by the Royal Mail line
tc Vancouver or Victoria; he might
have taken a steamer direct to Seat
lie. or he may have taken passage on
one of the numerous sailing ships to
Port Townsend. Detectives point out
that in the history of crime there are
but few instances in which criminal
has gone far away from the scene Oh
his crime and remained away perma-
nently; sooner or later he Will return
if not to the spot, to some local!ty ~
the vicinity. What Hadley had in ms
mind when the "Chronicle's' Informant
referred casually to his trouble IN
this city is not known; he simply eX-
pressed the belief that 1T Will DloW
ever" and hurried away as soon as pos
sible. His acquaintance had reference
to his alleged shortage in his cash &C
count; Hadley may have been thinking
of something else.
The police were thirty days behlnu
| the murderer of the girl at the time
her body was discovered, but then they
had not the slightest idea of his iden-
tity They are still thirty days behind
| him, but they claim to know who ne Is
and any hour may bring the news OF
| his arrest. The trail will be taken up
from Seattle and the passenger list OF
every steamer leaving the upper coast
ports after April 18th will be secured
and every male passenger accounted
! for If he went East via the Canadian
Pacific, that fact can be ascertained'
| 1t is thought probable that he may
have taken the first steamer out Tor
! Nome. where the question, "Who are
| you?" is not yet a part OF the soclal
| catechism,
A RAT LOTTERY.