The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-07-05

the starting point OF my investigation.
However, my friend, DR.. Watson.
knows nothing Of this matter, and l
should be none the worse for hearing
/ the sequence Of events once more. Just
give us some short sketches Of the es.
scntials."
Stanley Hopkins drew a slip Of paper
from his pocket.
Il have few dntes here which will
give you the career Of the dead man.
Captain Peter Carey. lie was born in
'45-fifty years Of age He was a
most darling aud successful seal and
whale fisher In 1883 be commanded
the steam sealer Sea tulcorn Of Dun
dee. He had then had -everal success
ful voyages in succession, and in the
following year, 1854, be retired. After
that he travelled for some years. and
finally he bought a small place calIed
Woot' Is Lee, near Foreit Row. In
SUISSE rhe-c he has lived for six
years, ana ttsre he died jul,t week
ago today
There were some most singular
points about the man. In ordinary
life he was strict Puritan--a silent,
gloomy fellow. His household consist.
ed Of his wife, his daughter. aged
twenty. and two female servants.
These last were continually changing.
for IL was never a cheery situation. and
sometimes 1t became past all bearing
The man was an intermittent drunk.
ard, and when be had the fit ON him he
n
known to drive his wife and daughter
out Of doers in the middle OF the night
and fog them through the park until
the whole village outside the gates
was aroused by their screams.
He was summoned once for saw
age assault upon the old vicar. who
had called upon him to demonstrate
with him upon his conduct. In short.
Mr.. Holmes, you would go far before
you found more dangerous man than
Peter Carey, and | have heard that
he bore the same character when he
commanded his ship. He was known
In the trade as Black Peter, and the
name was given him not only on ac-
count of his swarthy features and the
color of his huge beard, but for the
humors which were the terror Of all
around him. need not say that he
was loathed and avoided by every one
Of his neighbors and that l have not
heard one single word OF sorrow about
his terrible end.
you must have read in the account
OF the inquest about the mans cabin,
Mr.. Holmes, but perhaps your friend
here has not heard of t. He had built
a wooden outhOuse-he always called
II the 'cabln'-a few hundred yards
from his house, and II was here that
he slept every night. 1t was a little
single roomed hut 16 by 10. He kept
the key in his pocket made his own
bed, cleaned it himself and allowed
no other foot 20 cross the threshold.
There are small windows on each side.
which we're covered by curtains and
never opened. One OF these windows
was turned toward the highroad, and
when the light burned in il at night
the folk used to point 1t out TO each
other aud wonder what Black Peter
was doing in there That's the win
dow, Mr.. Holmes. which gave us one
OF the few bits of positive evidence
that came out at the inquest
you remember that stonemasop
named Slater, walking from Forest
Row about O'clock in the morning
two days before the murder, stopped
as he passed the grounds and looked
ut the square OF light still shining
among the trees. He swears that the
shadow of a mans head turned side
ways was clearly visible on the blind
and that this shadow was certainly
not that of Peter Carey, whom he
knew well II was that of a bearded
man, but the beard was short and
bristled forward in "A way very 5if-
ferent from that Of the captain SO
he says. but he had been Two hours in
the public house. and II is some dis
tance from the road TO the window.
Besides, this refers to the Monday. and
tie crime was done upon the wednes-
day.
ION the Tuesday Peter Carey was in
one of his blackest moods. flushed with
drink and as savage as-S dangerous
wild beast. lie roameG about the
house, ana the women ran for IL when
they heard him coming Late In the
evening he went down to his own hut
About O'Clock the following morning
his daughter, who slept with her win
dow open, heard a most fearful yell
from that direction. but il was no un-
usual thing for him TO bawl and shout
when he was Ia drink. so no notice
was taken. On rising at Z one OF the
maids noticed that the door OF the hut
was open, but so great was the terror
which the man caused that It was mid
day before any one would venture
down 10 see what had become OF him.
Peeping into the open door, they saw
a sight which sent them flying with
white faces into the village. Within
an hour / was on the spot and had
taken over the case.
We'll, have fairly STEADY nerves. as
you know. Nj. Holmes. but give you
my word that / got shake when put
my head into that little house. 1t was
droning like a harmonium with the dles
and bluebottles. and the door and walls
We're like a slaughter house. He had
called II cabin. and a cabin It was,
sure enough. for you would have
thought that you were In a ship. There
was a bunk at one end. a sea chest.
maps and charts, a picture OF the Sea
UniccE.. line Of iogbooks on a shelf.
all exactly as one would expect 70 fnd
II IN a captains room. And there, in
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