Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-24


whoever It is-saw the erime?-
Il think 1t very probable indeed"
We'll, ] won't ask you any more. shall
get hold Of Goujon: that's simple and direct
heart Of the case-the murder itself-when
there's such clear evidence as have"
81 shall look little into that. too. per-
haps. Hewitt said AND. II you iike' In
What's that?'
II shall have a good look at map OF
the West Indies. and advise you to do
the same. Good morning.
Meetings. stared down the corridor after
Hewitt, and continued staring for nearly
two minutes after he had disappeared
Then he said to the clerk, who had d, re-
manned: What was he talking about?
Don't know replied the. clerk
Couldn't make head nor tail OF IT.
II don't believe there is head to 1t,
declared Meetings.; NOR tall either He's
kidding u.s.
MEETINGS was better than his word. for
within two hours of his conversation with
Hewitt, Goujon was captured and sa1e IN
a cab bounS for Bow street He had been
stopped at Newhaven in the morning On his
way to Dleppe and was brought back to
London. But now Meetings. met check
Late tina. afternoon he called on Hewitt
he said. glooni,y "but there's a difficulty.
He's got Two friends who can swear an
aiibi. Rameau was seen alive ut ualf last
l on Saturday, and the girl found him dead
i.
seems. were with him from l O'Clock Till 4
In the afternoon, with the exception of five
minutes when The girl saw him, and inen he
left them to take key or something to
the housekeeper before finally leaving.
They were waiting on the landing below
when Goujon spoke to the houseHald. heard
him speaking, and had seen him go eli Inc
way up 20 the housekeeper'5 room and
back as they looked up the wide well of
the staircase. They are men employed near
the place, and seem to have good char
acters. But perhaps we shall ma some
thing unfavorable about them. They We're
drinking with Goujon, II seems, by way OF
seeing him Off.
well" Hewitt said, IT scarcely think you
need trouble 20 damage these mems char
acters. Tiiey are probably telling the truth
Come, now, be plain. You've como here to
get a hint as TO whether my theory of the
case helps YOU haven't your
"Wen, il yeu can give me d friendly hiat,
although, OF course, l may ee rtghs. aftcf
all Still, wish you'd explain a bit is TO
what you meant by looking ut mao and
all that mystery. Nice thing for me 10 be
taking a lessol; In my own busi.'ess after all
these years, But perhaps l deserve 1t.
See. now, ~quoth Hewitt, you re,ner1-
Der what map I told you to look att"
1.-THE Yves. indies"
Right! We'll, here you ara" Hewitt
reached an alas from his book shelf.
the lot on this map. barring Cuba. is Haiti.
You know as well as 1 do that the western
part of thai island is peopled by the black
republic of Haiti, and that the country Is
in degenerate state of almost un-
exampled savagery, with r!dicu-
lous show of civilization. There aye
revolutions all the time; the South Amerl-
republics are peaceful and prosperous
compared to Haiti. The state of the coun-
try is simply awfulread Sir Spenser st.
Johns book on 1t. President after pres
ident of the vilest sort forces his way to
power and commits the most horrible and
bloodthfrsty excuses. numbering his OPP
ponents by the hundred and Selling their
property for himself and his satellites. who
are usually as bad, If not worse. than the
president himself. Whole faniles-men,
women and children-are murdered at the
instance of these ruffians. and, as a conse-
quence the most deadly feuds spring up,
and the presidents and their followers are
always themselves in danger of reprisals
from others. Perhaps the very worst OF
these presidents In recent times has been
the notorious Dominique who was over
thrown by instruction. as they all are
sooner later, and compelled to ny the
country. Dominique and his nephews, one
Of whom was chief minister. while in power
committed the cruelest bleodshed, and
many members of the opposite party sought
refuge In small island lying Just to the
north of Haiti. but were sought out there
and almost exterminated. Now. will
show you that island on the map. What
Is its name?"
''Tortuga-"
1t 49, 1OrtuSa. however, Is OnIy Inc
old Spanish name: the Haitians speak
French-Creole French. Here is a French
atlas: now see the name of that island
La Tortue!'
La Tortue 1t is-the tortoise. Tortuga
means the same thing in Spanish. But
that island is always spoken of In Haiti
as La Tortue Now. do you see the drift
of that paper pinned to Rameau's breast?"
the tortoise or La Tortue-cIear enough. 1t
would seem that the dead man had some
thing to do with the massacre there, and
somebody from the island is avenging 1t.
The things most extraordinary
And now listen. The name of Domin
CUES nephew, who was chief minister, was
Septimus Rameau.
.And this was Cesar Rameau-his brother.
probably. l see. Well, this Is case
II think the relationship probable. Now
you understand why l was inclined to
doubt that Goujon was the man you
wanted"
..Of course of Counsel And now I sup
pose I must try to get a nigger-the chap
who wrote that paper. l wish he hadn't
been such an ignorant Niger II he'd only
have put the apitals to the words La Tor
more about them. instead of taking 1t for
granted that they meant that wretched tor
toise in the basement of the house: Well.
Ige made fool of a start. but III be after
that niger now.
"And /. as l said before" said Hewitt,
shall be after the person that carried on
Rameau's body. have had something else
to do this afternoon, or / should have begun
already"
You said you thought he saw the crime.
How did you judge that?
Hewitt smiled. Il think I'll keep that lit
tie secret to myself for the present" he
said. "You shall knew SOON.
Very WELL" MEETINGS replied. with resig-
nation. II suppose l mustn't grumble II you
don't tell me everything feel too great a
fool altogether over this case to see any
farther than you show me-" And Inspector
Meetings. left on his search, while Martin
Hewitt. as soon he was alone, laughed
joyously and slapped his thigh.
There was a cab-rank and shelter at the
end of the street where Mr.. Styles building
stood. and early that evening man APP
preached 1t and hailed the cabmen and the
waterman. Any one would have known the
newcomer at once for a cabman taking a
holiday. The brim of the hat. the birds
eye neckerchief, the immense coat buttons
and, more than all. the rolling walk and the
wrinkled trousers, marked him out dis
tinctly.
"Watcheerr he exclaimed, affably, with
the self-possessed nod only possible to cab
bies and 'busmen. I'm a-lookin' for a bilker
I'm told one O the blokes of this rank car
rfed i'm last Saturday. and want to know
where he went. I amt 'ad chance O. get
tin is address yet. Took cab just as 1t
got dark I'm told. TaIlish chap, muffied up
lot, In a long black overcoat. Amy Of ye