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The Washington times., 1902-02-16
A WONDERFUL DETECTIVE
THOMAS CREAMER
BV THOMAS CREAMER.

was a big, square edifice. standing on
the top of a hill at the head of the
main street and overlooking the town.
A walk fifty yards long and lined with
trees led from the gate to the door. In
the winter the house was unoccupied,
for the Judge and his family used it only
as summer residence. Green knew that
some fine old silver plate and many other
articles of value were allowed to remain
in the house during the winter.
The robbery had been discovered by
old Mrs Gubbins, lifelong dependent
of the judges family, who went through
the house three or four times week to
see that all was well, but did not live
there. She had reported the case to the
local polce-a day and a night '"atchman
and these functionaries were present,
Green and his companions arrived. The
lawyer introduced Green into this as
semblage as wittily as he was able, and
in way to make the reporter feel as
uncomfortable as possible.
He will solve the case in twenty min
utes," the lawyer concluded, taking out
his watch with a flourish.
Green also consulted his watch, and
then he slowly walked into the hall,
where the old-fashioned safe built into
the wall gaped emptily. He glanced around
with listless eye while everybody watched
him. Then he walked into the parlor and
stood for half minute by the mantel
piece, from which certain little treasures
had been removed. He stopped down and
examined the carpet near the centre of
the room. then glanced up at the quaint,
old swinging cluster of lamps, and even
put his hand upon it.
From this room he passed through all
following him, Sawyer enlivening the way
by many jests, but the majority of the
garded Green with close interest, not un-
mixed with awe. Finally he led them to
the starting point. the broad hall, and
there he sat down upon the stairs and
looked at his watch, which he had CON
suited occasionally in the course Of his
stroll. Nineteen minutes and a half"
said Green. Mr.. Jones. / believe you
are deputy sheriff of the county as well
as constable of the village. will make
my report to you, sir. On points of law
Mr.. Sawyer can advise, or, if he can't, he
can pretend to, which is just as good in
his profession. This robbery was COM
mitted by two men who do not live in
Ashford, and who are not here at present.
Where they are We will consider later
"One of them is about six feet tall and
rather slender. He has red hair, but is
bald on the front part of his Uranium.
He wore a long black overcoat and heavy
rubber overshoes. The little finger of his
right hand has been broken and is bent
almost double. 1t may interest you to
know how l discovered this. The thief is
tall because he bumped his head on the
swinging lamp in the parlor, and that is
The Washington times., 1902-02-16

DID not need any photograph TO tell
| me which was Paul Bragdon. 1 had
no definite picture of him in my
mind but | felt | should recognize
/ him the moment I saw him.
His face had been built W for me
line by line out Of the wonderful essays
that had been my literary bible for three
years. I knew the mouth of the man who
could write "a Prophecy Concerning
Love" and the eyes that had seen The
Dark Side of the Moon'' and the marks
that must bear witness to the journey
Through Dolor and Dread" Cicely had
promised faithfully that l should have IL
talk with him. and l waited in a corner
as inccnspicuously as possible. dreading
, lest she should see me alone and bring
% some one else to fill the interim.
sat where l could stare a, every ar
rival. There was thin, sandy man. very
tall, then a small man sketched glaringly
in black and white, then bearded celeb
rity who created a gentle stir. then an-
other block of women: l leaned back I'M
patiently till they should have finished
the rooms.
Yes. that's Bragdon. What was it he
wrote, anyway" said silly little voice
near me. My heart gave a quick clutch,
and it was half moment before | dared
look
This is Paul Bragdor," l said to nv
self. | had incautiously leaned forward
from my retreat. The next moment it
dawned on me that Cicely had brought A
man up and was introducing him.
l dragged my eyes reluctantly from my
hero and gave resentful glance at the
intruder, who had seated himself beside
me. A moment later | quite forgot him
in the misery of seeing my hero walked
| sighed impatiently.
Il beg your pardon. But, really. | have
never been quite so brutally handled in
my life" he SAID You don't know what
an interesting experience il is"
Il suppose l have been rude" said
unwillingly. People always tell me am
when ! say what is in my mind. do
wish could 20 and live on a planet where
every one was absolutely direct and gem
uine.''
Did you ever know human being that
was?"
The Washington times., 1902-02-16

may have supposed that he had fed or
been killed
He now turned with his back to tree.
and pressing his body close against it, he
stood wholly motionless.
A stir among the cedar boughs told
that the red miscreants were about COM
ing down to scalp the dead and wounded
and pursue the flying
1 think the actions of the dogs had
caused them to fire sooner than they
otherwise would have done; but be this
as it may, the intervening branches prob
ably prevented them from shooting at the
men who were running.
Never had my hair appeared more prec-
ious to me than when | heard the yelling
monsters in the act OF descending the
| trees. And what could Tom Granville be
thinking of that he did not run for his
| life
All at once / saw his rifle CLEAN as he
| clapped the breech up to his face. There
was steady, deadly aim-then bang" it
spoke The report was followed by sort
of "scratchy'' sound on the tree trunk,
| and next a dead. heavy ''clump" on the
ground.
l knew that Tom could fire sixteen
charges from his repeater without re-
I loading; and now / saw his purpose.
There might not be sixteen Indians, but
whether less or more, he would thin them
out terribly before any of them could
get to the ground alive from their height
of forty feet.
Then bang! bang! bang" almost as
| fast as one could count, rang out the
Maine boys rifle; and for every "bang."
there was that wretched "clump," as a
body fell to the earth.
The redskins were nine in number, and
six of them were killed in their attempt
to descend. seventh was shot just as
he reached the ground; while the remain
ing two succeeded in making their escape.
Our four companions had halted upon
hearing Toms rapid firing and seeing
him apparently still unharmed; but the
affair was so quickly over that they had
no opportunity to assist him.
My own wound was now attended to.
after which the poor fellow who had
fallen by the fire of the savages was
buried in shallow grave. which was dug
with knives and stakes and protected by
a pile of stones. l was then placed on a
litter of cedar boughs and SO conveyed to
camp on the shoulders OF the stout
miners.
1t is probable that the Indians who had
fred upon us had seen us at some dis
tance, and supposing that we would keep
a straight course for the little thicket,
had climbed into the trees to await US,
when the fear that the dog had scented
them caused them to hurry matters and
commence the attack too soon.
Ny wound proved a severe one, and it
was long before I recovered.
Our men broke up their mining camp,
which had never been very profitable at
the best, and retired to safer quarters,
taking me along with them
1t is needless to say that the fame OF
Tom Granville spread like a prairie fire.
He was lionized not only by the miners,
but by all others.
His modesty, however, continued un-
changed, and he was the same simple, un-
affected youth as before.
He has since, as / learn. become veal
thy: but whatever his success in life,
feel sure that it has been justly earned
The Washington times., 1902-02-16
A BALLADE OF NEW THEMES.

I must find fault with you, my muse
Too long the olden notes YOU ring;
/ ask not fame-I yearn for shoes
And garb small currency may bring.
You bid me chant of love and Spring
Of dark despair and human woe.
Restrng the Tyre, and LET me sing
The locomotive and the hoe
OF old it was the gay scribe's use
To soar on high poetic wing;
JOve's lightning could our fancy loose
With much celestial laundering.
Now one must harp upon the string
That treats of rivets. screws and So
And one must sing a pastoral thing
The locomotive and the hoe.
The Washington times., 1902-02-16

Y ACK GREEN was a reporter on {
London paper, and in that ca
~ pacity he solved the riddle of tn,
celebrated Sykes robbery case
The story was printed from one end OF
the country to the other, and it made {
hero of Green, especially as he received
a slight wound from a stray bullet i'll
the fracas that took place when Sykes
and his confederates were arrested.
Green was u modest and self-restraned
young man. He knew in his own heart
that pure chance and the instructions OF
the editor were responsible for all that
he had accomplished. In fact, the ex-
perience had convinced him that he had
neither aptitude nor appetite for detective
investigation. The reputation that he
had gained alarmed him, for he felt that
he must inevitably sink to the depths OF
dark disgrace.
His injury won him months vacation,
which he resolved to spend at his home
in Kent. Ashford was not a very lively
place in the winter, but Green was not
looking for recreation. What he wanted
was a place where crime was unknown,
and Ashford very nearly answered that
description. Also, he wanted to see
Ethel Watson, who lived in that village,
and was, in Jacks opinion, the sweetest
and smartest girl in the world.
Ashford gave him a joyous welcome.
His fame had preceded him. All his
old friends shook him by the hand and
talked about crime. Even his mother
took occasion TO remember when Uncle
Williams house was broken into.
AS for Ethel, he told her point blank
that he was a wild, preposterous acci-
dent and lions skin stuffed with straw;
but, of course she didn't believe him.
But that was what Joe Sawyer, who also
was in love with Ethel, believed in mis-
heart, though he didn't dare to say so
openly. Joe was lawyer, and the only
one in Ashford who had any practice.
On the afternoon of his seventh day in
Ashford. Green drove up TO the Watson
house to take Ethel for drive. There
had been fine fall of snow the night be-
fore. Ethel was standing by the gate
talking with Joe Sawyer
Hello, Sherlock Holmes!" said the law
yer. Have you heard the news?'
NO" answered Green, sourly.
I'm really surprised said Sawyer
''You should have deducted it from the
state of the atmosphere and the price Of
potatoes"
Il haven't" responded Green.
Justice Hawking's house has been
robbed" said Ethel. "And 1 think it's
positively providential that you're here"
Green took off his hat and famed
himself, though it was as cold as Chill
coot Pass. He looked at Ethel and he
raw that she expected him to perform
great miracles. He looked at Sawyer
and saw something quite different.
Get in here, both of you," said Green,
'and we'll see what We can do"
They drove to the Justices house. 1t
The Washington times., 1902-02-16
THE 7::45 EXPRESS.
BY FRANCIS CHURCHILL WILLIAMS.

1.-TWO men were sitting in the smoking
room of a London club. One, a
i tall athletic-looking fellow, with
black hair and clean-cut features,
was slowly blowing rings of smoke in the
air as he lay back in the big armchair.
The other man, slight and clean shaven,
with a singularly mobile face and twink
ling grey eyes, was looking over daily
paper. Between them was a small table,
furnished with a couple of stands of club
soda and a decanter of brandy, which
gave signs OF having been well used.
Gerald" said the small II an all at
once, dropping the paper into his lap,
what do you think of train robners?"
The tall man looked up in lazy surprise
'Toppy Russell" he drawled, now, what
in the name OF all that's wonderful ever
put such a question as that into your
head?''
The paper explained the other; land
seriously l ask you, what do you think
OF train robbers?''
And Just as seriously | reply" re-
turned the tall man, that / think the
fellows who strip you of your watch and
valuables and depart with your Gladstone
or portmanteau are clumsy rogues at the
best. And the people they rob-weII, they
are shade less admirable: for in every
case have heard of they appear to have
acted h. towards or fools, and a rogue S
always preferable to either of these, to
my mind. And now that you have nv
candid and. doubtless, authoritative opin-
ion on train robbers, please finish that
and S and try one of these cigars: they
are worth trying, if l say it myself"
Only one more question" said Russell,
as he took the proffered weed You
laugh at the way railway travellers act
in these little affairs. Now. how would
you act? Suppose a fellow were sud-
denly to put a pistol to your cheek and
insinuate desire for your watch, No
one is near. You are alone in the car
riage. What would you do?''
I'D knock the pistol out of his hand,
while pretending to comply with his de-
n!and. and throw him out the window
after it."
Caruthers said this quietly and deter
minedly, and Russell knew him too we'll
to suspect braggadocio, so he only
laughed lightly at his compaion's en-
phatic reply and proceeded to envelop
The Washington times., 1902-02-16

Could | but rhyme a tailor's goose
Or give cable car full swing
OF speech that would enchant, amuse,
LO, gold were for my handling,
And fame should crown me as a king.
All, luckless wight. did not know
What fortune to them both did cling
The locomotive and the hoe,
L'ENN0I.
kipling and Markham. |. who fling
To air The songs of long ago,
Tune to my Tyres loud tinkling
The locomotive and the h0e
-Munsey's Magazine
The Washington times., 1902-02-16

IURRAH for the biggest old grizzly
. in the mountains-here we go for
i him!'' l cried, as we started out
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-09-10
CHINESE MURDERER
GIVEN TWENTY
YEARS
CHARGED WITH MURDER IN
FIRST DEGREE, BUT WAS AL
LOWED TO PLEAD GUILTY TO A,
LESSER CRIME-OTHER CASES.

The September term of the Kauai
circuit court is establishing a record
for rapid business. Advices received
this morning were to the effect that
the term, which began on September g.,
would be finished nthe 18th. Thirteen
criminal cases were disposed of up to
September 8, among them being that
of Chong Kwong Wal, who was charg-
ed with murder in the first degree. NJ
F. Prosser was appointed by the court
to defend him, and after investigating
the case advised the defendant to offer
plea of guilty of murder in the Sec
ond degree. Judge Hardy sentenced
Chong to 20 years hard labor.
The case of Yoshiaya Dengiro, also
charged with murder in the first degree,
was on trial on the 9th. c. Creighton
and S. K. Kane appeared for the de-
fense and Deputy Attorney General
Douthitt for the prosecution. The evi-
dence was closed and the arguments be-
gun when the steamer left Kauai.
In the case of Paul Thon, found
guilty of robbery in the second degree,
a motion for a new trial was granted
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-09-10
DUTY FROM
PHILIPPINE
GOODS
FIVE MONTHS REVENUE ON I'M
PORTS FROM ISLANDS ONLY Sill
OOO-MATTER WILL BE BROUGHT
BEFORE CONGRESS.

WASHINGTON, September Sur
prising results have followed the com
pllation of tariff returns on goods i'm
ported from the philippines during the
hrst five months of the operations of
the Philippine tariff act, approved
March Sth last. Under that act rs per
cent of the Dingley rates were to be
collected on Philippine imports into the
United States, and this was to be held
as trust fund in the Treasury of the
United States.
Although when the act was publish
ed, it was realized that the imposition
OF any duties of this kind would be re-
strlctiYe of trade, it was argued that
the total would be somewhere in the
neighborhood of $5OO,OOO per annum.
that consideration outweighing the
drawbacks of maintaining a tariff sys-
TEN against the Philippines. The re-
turns just published in the Treasury
show that the total receipts for the
nrst five months of March, April, May,
June and July We're but $11,19 a sum
so small in the opinion of the officials
as TO scarcely meet the cost of collec-
ton. Moreover, the returns by months
do not show any increase, but rather
decrease, in the collections. These
facts will be brought to the attention
OF Congress at its next session.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-09-10
ROSEHILL RETURNS
FROM MARCUS
ISLAND
SCHOONER FOUND MARINES ON
ISLAND-NO CONTEST FOR pos
SESSION WAS MADE-REMAINED
ON ISLAND FOR A WEEK.

The schooner Julia f. Whalen, Cap
tain A. A. Rosehill, arrived this after
/ neon from the famous trip to Marcus
island. The vessel made a very good
round trip and returned without losing
any of her crew. No conflict with the
Japanese on the guano island occurred
but the conditions on the island were
found to be such as to discourage tne
promoters considerably.
Captain Rosehill and his party were
permitted to land on the island, but
had the Japanese inhabiting the place
refused to permit the landing, the party
would have been helpless. To quote
Captain Rosehill, there were enough
Japs there to have eaten us up" Re-
ports as to whether the expedition was
permitted to secure samples of guano
and phosphates differ.
Some of those aboard the Whalen say
that samples were taken while others
state that no such cargo was secured.
1t is likely however that samples were
brought back, however, for the Japan
ese permitted the members of the
Whalen's crew to go ashore and remain
there. The Whalen remained at Mar
Gus Island for one week and during
that time no trouble occurred.
The Whalen left Honolulu July 10
bound for Marcus Island. She made a
fast voyage down arriving off the ISL
and in 10 days. The vessel arrived at
Marcus island a few days after the
Japanese cruiser had left the island
after landing the party of officers and
marines. Rosehill and his party were
met by the two Japanese officers and
sixteen marines. In addition to this
crowd, there We're between 80 and 40
japanese coolies living on the island.
Bryant of the Bishop Museum and
SedgWick, the chemist, who was sent
along to make analysis of the guano on
the island We're cautioned imme-
diately that the arrival of the vessel
not to talk about the occurrence. w. C.
Peacock one of the hackers of the expe-
ditiOn issued these orders.
In fact all of the members of the
crew are quite reucent as to the
details of what occurred on the island
Several important facts they admit
however. There was no fight with the
japanese and no attempt made to fight
them, the party being permitted to
land on the island. The Japanese are
killing birds by the thousands and are
working the guano beds
The vessel returned in "a days stop
ping one day at Midway Island. No
Japanese were at that place.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-09-10
VOLCANO Is OITIEr

The volcano appears to be continuing
to quiet down. This morning Presi-
dent Wight of the Wilder's Steamship
Company received another message
from Manager Waldron of the Volca-
no Hotel telling Of a further reduction
in the amount of fire. The message
said: "The lake has fallen forty feet.
Fire Is still visible, but retreating from
the cracks"
MI Wight states that the present
outbreak of the volcano was heralded
by stray cat which made it's appear
ance in the steamerofiice. Since then
puss has stayed away, but this morn
ing she once more happened in as Mr.
Wight says There may be some psy-
Geological communication if you news
paper people care to work it out"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-09-10

CASTRIES, Usland of St. Lucia,
British West Indies), September l.
The British steamer Korona arrived
here yesterday evening from Fort de
France, Island of Martinique. She re-
ports that terrible eruption of Mont
Pelee occurred at 8 o'clock Saturday
night, and people who arrived at Fort
de France from the northern part of the
island report that the village of Morne
Rogue near the district previously de-
Vastated, had been entirely destroyed,
and that La Carbet, a village on the
coast, which was destroyed at the time
of the great eruption had been swept by
tidal wave. About 200 persons lost
their lives.
PARIS Sept. 2.-The Havas agency
has received an undated dispatch from
Fort de France, Island of Martinique,
announcing that about 1000 persons
were killed and several hundred were
injured as result of a violent erup-
tion of Mont Pelee on Saturday, Aug
ust 80, which destroyed Morne Rouge
and AJoupa Bouillon, two villages near
Mont Pelee.
The dispatch confirms the report that
the village of lie Carbet was damaged
by tidal wave, which was also felt
at Fort de France, where the people
were panic stricken.
AlC II CllCl ClulStE SuCHeL ana IakG
are embarking people in the northern
part of Martinique.
The Minister of Marine, NJ. Pellatin,
in view of the further eruptions of
Mont Pelee, has ordered the command
er of the French Antilles squadron to
send warships Immediately to Basse
Terre, Island of Guadeloupe, there to
await further orders.
The Ministry of the Colonies received
today a dispatch from the Governor of
Martinique reporting that a slight
earthquake shock moved from north to
south of the island August 25, and add
ing that the same night and next morn
ing violent eruptions of Mont Pelee oc-
CURED, accompanied by electrical dis
charges, burst of flame and incandes-
cent matter and covered a radius OF
about 22O yards in the direction of
Morne Rouge. This activity continued
until August 2S when the volcano
seemed to have Gained down. The
dispatch does not mention any loss of
life.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-09-10
CAPTAIN WAS PROMPT.

SAN FRANCISCO, September B.
Armed with warrant and accom-
panied by a deputy sheriff, three eX-
cited Chinese boarded the steamer Gae-
lie lust as she was about to sail today
and demanded of the captain to hold
the vessel until they had made search
Tor Chinese woman whom they ac-
cused of having defrauded them out of
$1,000. Captain Finch refused to hold
the ship moment, and promptly at l
O'Clock the Gaelic backed into the
stream leaving three enraged Asiatics
on the wharf.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-09-10
CASE OF B, /, WRIGHT

The investigation into the accounts
of Chief Clerk b. II. Wright of the De-
partment of Public Works was continu-
ed today. Treasurer Wright refused to
give out any information as to what
had been found out and it is not known
yet, except to those who are making
the Investigations, whether the clerk
was short in his cash or not. b. H.
Wright is still in custody, and there
does not appear to have been much ef-
fort made to get him out. Deputy Au-
ditor Meyers is doing his work.