Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-11-10

Guy recently enacted IN this room aud
upon the connection OF these people
with each other"
Yes" ! agreed: unless all these
people were mistaken IN their estimate
OF the value of the clippings"
That, Of course Is possible. but ]
don't think II probable. At any rate.
let US disregard that suggestion for
the moment and proceed along the 9th
er line What light is Il possible for
these clippings to shed on the murder
OF Thompsong Obviously ii must be
only by explaining motives The ma.
jority OF them seem TO be concerned
with the adventures Of a Frenchman
who goes under various names. but
who. am sure. is one and the same
person. He must. then. be either Ire
maine or Thompson. But Thomson
was evidently not Frenchman. and
Tremaine pretty evidently is. though
his contact with the world has served
to rub away good many of the
marks. think we're pretty safe.
therefore, In assuming that the
trenehman of these clippings is Ire
maine. A. we 80 on I believe wen
find some internal evidence confirming
this. You agree with me thus farT~
Perfectly" 1 said. admitting vour
first premise that these clippings are
really concerned with the case"
That too. I believe. wen soon be
able 90 prove by Internal evidence. OF
course, n they haven't any connection
with If. they'll soon lead us into chaos.
But there's another thing. We mustn't
expect too much from them. We
mustn't expect q story complete IN all
its parts-it's bound 20 be fragmentarv
The wonder is that Thompson succeed
ell In Keeping this many links i'm the
chain. Maybe I'm bis more prosperous
days he had mania for clippings. At
best we mustn't Dee disappointed n
there are long gaps in the story"
~ s.' / agreed again. That's evil
dent enough"
Very we'll Wen begin with the
clippings. then substituting TremaIne's
name FOR the one uscd The FIRST clip.
ping is merely marriage notice. an.
uouncirg that on the 23d OF AUGUST.
1ss3 Trewai1o married one Teress
Berugny ot Dieppe. Let me see. Tire.
maine was then probably about twenty
years OF age 40 doubt he was born
az pieppc. So that the name given here
Victor Chnrcutc RS his real one. Youu
notice that hes retained Dis FIRST name.
which is a hit OF corroboratIve evi.
dence."
cor a mere coincidence" I supple
mentcJ.
I'm wire our correspondent M
Dicppe 90 look up this Charentc. Per
hops he can get q photograph That
would settle the question"
l nodded Yes. that would settle IL
for Tremaine at forty was probably not
greatly different from Tremaine az
twenty
"The second clipping" proceeded
Godfrey shows Us that our hero soon
wandered from the straight and mar.
row path. and gives MS. too. little
light upon his personal history. I'm tho
spring following his marriage-ApriI
10, 1884. 90 bc eXact-whIlc assistant
manager Of the ship supplies house OF
Briquet Frcrcs. he absconls with 60 900
francs. lie is believed Go have gone IN
America. to have been smugglcd out OF
the harhor by friendly American cap
tain Surely. 30 is not impossible" ne
added. "that this friendly American
captain WAS Thompson"
VERY few things are impossible"
commented began to De impatient
with Godfrey. lie was permitting his
prejudice against Tremune 20 warn
his Judgment
"Wcll won Keep that FOR hypothe-
sis, anyhow" Aud Dee turned 10 the
third clippl-. ~ihis" he continued.
shows us chat De indeed came 90
America. IL is dated July 23. 1885. ami
states that q young Frenchmau aud
tramp skipper named Johnsou-uh. YOU
seeE"
l did, indeed. see. Here was the first
appearance cf Trcma,nc's zombi - OF
has familiar devil. I looked 40 Godfrey
with The liyelest admiration. This
constructive reasoning was something
which ! certainly was quite incapable
OF.
$50 that J on Thompsou's arm was
the initial of his real Name" observed
Godfrey II thought it was: it had
been there long time. and an ef
tort had been made Co erase it. After
man has started on the crooked path
he doesn't want any tattoo marks on
him; they make identification TOO easy.
For Johnson. them Wen hereafter read
Thompson"
l nodded; was beginning 10 be con
cince1
We'll" continued Godfrey. Tire
maine and Thompson. then. were ar
rested ia New York July %. 1885. al
low resort where they were having
n carouse They had beaten and rnh
bed another sailor. II seems that noill-
ing was left Of the GQ.oOO francs. and
naturally Tremaine found il difficult 10
90 honestly 90 work again. The fourth
clipping. undated. but probably some
months later. shows that Tremaine and
Thompson were sentenced to three
years each la Sing Sing But they
didn't stay there so long" he added.
turning 10 the next clipping. at least
Iremaine didn't ON the night Of Jan.
? 1856. m the midst Of tremendous