Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-03
By A. CONAN DOYLE.
ILLUSTRATED
 BY P. D. STEELE

deed, he smoked very little, ana yet nc might have kept some tobacco for his friends
 No doubt I only mention it be- cause If had been handling the case should have been inclined to make that the starting point of my investigation. However. my friend. Dr. Watson, knows nothing of this matter, and I should be none the worse for hearing the sequence of events once more. Just give us some short sketches of the es- sentials.'
 Stanley Hopkins drew slip of paper from his pocket.
 T have few dates here which will give you the career of the dead man. Captain Peter Carey. He was born in '45-fifty years of age. He was most daring and successful seal and whale fisher. Ill 1883 he commanded the steam sealer Sea Unicorn of Dun- dee. He had then had several success full voyages in succession, and in the following year. 1884, he retired. After that he travelled for some years, and finally he bought small place called Woodmans Lee, near Forest Row, in Sussex There he has hved for six years, and there he died just 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 it was never cheery situation, and sometimes it became past all bearing The nan was m intermittent drunk ard, and when he had the fit on him he was a perfect fend. He has been known to drive his wife and daughter out of doors 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 a sav- age assault upon the old vicar, who had called upon him to remonstrate with him upon his conduct In short, Mir Holmes, you would go far before you found a more dangerous man than Peter Carey, and I 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. I need not say that he was loathed and avoided by every one of his neighbors and that I 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. Mir. Holmes. but perhaps your friend here has not heard of it. He had built a wooden outhouse-he always called 1t the 'cabin'-a few hundred yards from his house. and it was here that he slept every night. It was little single roomed hut Is by 10. He kept the key in his pocket. made his own bed. cleaned 1t himself and allowed no other foot to cross the threshold. There are small windows on each side. which were covered by curtains and never opened. One of these windows was turned toward the highroad. and when the light burned in it at night the folk used to point it ont 10 each other and wonder what Black Peter was doing in there. That's the win dow. Mir Holmes. which gave us one of the few bits of positive evidence that came out at the inquest
 You remember that stonemason named Slater. walking from Forest Row about o'clock in the morning two days before the murder. stopped as he passed tEe grounds and looked at the square of light still shining among tho trees. He Swears that the shadow of 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 bea rdei man. Hut the beard was short and bristled forward in a way very diff ferent from that of the captain. So he says. but be had been two hours in the public house. and it is some dis tance from the road to inc window. Besides. this refers to the Monday, and the crime was done upon the wednes- day.
 '-On the Tuesday Peter Carey was fin one of his biackest moods. flushed with drink and as savage as a dangerous wild beast He roamod about tbe house. suf the women ran for il when they heard him coming Late in inc evening he went down 10 his own hut. About {. o'clock the following mornin 2 his daughter. who slept with her win dow open. beard a most fearful yell from that dirrrfion. but it was Bo Un- usual thing for him to baNl and shout when he Bas fn drink. so m notice was taken ID rising at : one of the naIds no1irei that the dco- of ihe hut was 0I.-n. but @ great was tbe terror which rhr man caused that ft was mid fsy befn-e suv me would venture down ro sec whst hsd becnnfe of him Peaping inte the open door. they saw 2 sight vhish sent them flying with white faces into the village Within an hour was ou the spot and had taken over the ease
 Well have fairly steady nerves as you know. Mr. Holmes. bSst l give you