Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-09
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on the scene OF Luc CIlAcs 1S tAehe III
clew there!"
Hopkins looked surprised.
at was the mans own pouch, sir
Els Initials were inside it. And it was
Of svalskin-and he was an old sealer.
"But he had no pipe"
mo, sir, we could find no pipe. In
deed he smoked very little. and yet lie
might have kept some tobacco for his
friends
NO doubt l 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
should be none the worse for hearing
the sequence Of events once more. Just
sentials"
Stanley Hopkins drew Slip of paper
from his pocket.
II have a few dates here which will
give you the career Of the dead man
Captain Peter Carey. He was born in
'45-ffty years of age. He was q
most during and successful seal and
whale fisher III 1853 he commanded
the steam sealer Sea Unicorn OF Dun
dee. He had then had several success
full voyages in succession, and in tile
following year, 1854, he retired. After
that he Travelled for some years, and
finally he bought a small place called
, Woodlands Lee, near Forest Row, in
Sussex. There he has lived for six
years, and there he died just weei
ago today.
"There were some most singular
points about the man. Ip ordinary
life he was, q 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 CHEEKY situation, and
sometimes it became past all bearing
The man vas an intermittent drunk
ard, and when he had the fit on him be
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 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 l have heard that
he bore the Same character when he
commanded his ship. He was known
in the trade a Rl.ck Peter, and the
name was given hin not only on ac-
count OF his swarthy TEXTURES and the
color OF his huge beard, but for the
humors which We're the terror Of all
around him. need not say that be
was loathed and avoided by every one
Of his neighbors and that 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 it. He had built
wooden ou.honse-he always called
1t the 'cabin'-a few hundred yards
from his house, and it was here that
he slept every night. 1t was a little
single roomed hut 10 by 10. He kept
the key in his pocket, made his own
bed, cleaned it himself and allowed
no other foot to cross the threshold.
There are small windows on each side,
which were covered by curtains aud
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 out to each
other and 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 ut the inquest.
"You remember that stonemas0n
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
at the square of light still shining
among tue 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. 1t was that Of bearded
man, but the beard was short and
bristled forward in a way very diff
ferent from that of the captain. So
he says, but he had been two hours in
the public house, and it is some dis
lance from the road to the window.
Besides, this refers to the Monday, and
the crime was done upon the Wednes-
day.
ION the Tuesday Peter Carey was in
one Of his blacklist moods, flushed with
drink and as savage as a dangerous
wild beast. He roamed about the
house, and the women ran for it 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 viii
dow open, heard Il most fearful yen
from that direction, but it was no up-
usual thing for him to bawl and shout
when he was III 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 map caused that it was mid
day before any one would venture
down to see what had become of him.
Peeping into the open door, they saw
sirht which sent them filing with