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SHOWING THE RoU-E KIDD TOOK 10 WASHINGTON.

as the famous bred Scott decision
In the end the Guy Fawkes theory. the
supporters OF which held that Went
worth was an anarchist of the most
vicious type. was the one generally
accepted. Opinion was divided as TO
the fairness OF charging MIN with
murder. several newspapers pointing
out the fact that the charred remains
found in the smoking ruins of his cot
tage (Which remains, it will be re-
membered. were at the time supposed
to be those OF wentworth himselD
bore no discernable marks of foul
play. Hence, il was claimed by many
that the mur5er charge was brought
by the police simply to hide their own
laxity and convey the impression that
they were IN possession OF evidence
which at tie proper tirae Nosld SUI
fciently vindioate their reputation for
astuteness ana energy. fSee Haskell-s
FIFTY Years at the National Capital
-foot-note on page 54l
lie this as IL may. Neutaorth, alias
Fox. alias Foley-tl!e- man with a
peucaant tor dissing tunnels in the
t,pi,ei sgoands-v-az never brought e
Tie aar of insfics. Yet there was enc
nan Wa could have cleared up Tie
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mystery. and that man was the late
Dr.. Chapin Hall. brother Of the Cap
tain HaII who has so kindly consented
To furnish the facts for the present
narrative
capt William SIaximiiian Esl is
now past eighty years OF age. Tall.
slender, erect as a young Indian, with
snowy hair and moustaehe and an
aquiline east Of features, he Is the
very embodiment Of ante bellum grace
and cEfvalry. As you sit with him en-
the porch of his summer residence
Just beyond the District line, anu
listen as he tells the dramatic story
Of Barney Wentworth, it is difficult to
realize that the vigorous raconteur is
an octogeEariaB and a veteran Of
Chapu8spee ard Resaca de la Palma.
This history OF my brother Chapin's
acquaintance with Karney Went
Worsp IS s56a told sai2 Captain Han
10 the Times representative. AS
gseil as can gather from my brother $
papers they met but twice. the first
uaie ln washington. in 1886. the second
III ! field hospital near Two Taverns,
Pa. IN 1873. Just after that bloody bush
ness at Gettysburg. Chapin's diary
,eIves a fairly detailed account Of the
last meeting" This was said as lie
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Continued from First Page)

discovered to be on IRE. old Casparis
himself sounding the alarm A blaze
was & serious affair in those days,
however, and neither the tardy ef-
forts Of the nremen or the prompts"
work OF the hotel guests sufhced to
stay the flames. The worst fears OF
Wentworlh's friends were realized
when a charrcd corpse. dishgured be-
yond all hope OF identification. was
discovered in the ruins OF the cellar.
The body was shipped 10 Boston ine
next day and The Massachusetts Cop
gresham forthwith sent home for
another secretary. A local newspaper
Of the time, IN commenting on the
catastrophe, concluded its remarks as
follows:
THAT the late Mr.. Wentworth was
an ardent AbolidOnIst, is evident. from
the following Circumstance. TO all VINO
visited the scene of the condagratIon.
Extending frolu the cellar Of the house
IN a northcrly direction for distance
OF twenty-five feet is an underground
tunnel or passageway. There can be
no doubt that this suoterranean chart-
Der was constructed and used by Mr..
Wentworth as a pace of refuge Con
runaway slaves en- route TO CanaGa."
This explanation prevailed. and Bar
ney Wentworth ard his underground
tunnel were soon forgotten. How
ErievOusly the press, the public. and
the police were mistaken VIII appear
IN the sequel.
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Lis Last Words.

Never mind. never mind, Incl ex-
claimed petulantly, closing his eyes
and turning away mis- head Then he
murmured the word ''Ingre utude' sev-
eTal times over. Finally he reused,
locked at me again and said. Doctor,
that's my knapsack OF yondes' stretch
er. I make you my executor, There's
fifty dollars in It and a bundle Of
papers- send The money TO a Mrs :
Whitney whOs keeps a boarding house
in washington, D. c, near the Capitol
Keep the papers
They were practically the last words
he ever spoke, FOR ne did net survive
The operation 1 am using The KNAPP
sack as writing desk as 1 make this
entry, although / have had no tune
10 examine its contents RIurmurs
against Meads failure to follow up
yesterdays advantage are heard on all
sides A WUful AIR Of decision lsicl
prevails. We have excellent prospects
II a much needed rest tonight, fresh
corps Of surgeons and hospital agten-
dants having Just arrived from Balti-
mere.
July tIhe diary contains 70 entry
for the 9TH Getlysburs-My leisure
INSAEAAa8 ia NNN@A00 ~ -AAA t-AeA-A-4AA--
ton Of the knapsack. The so I for
warded TO Mary with directions to
hunt up Mrs. Whitney and pay over
the money as coming from some
anonymous DELINQUENT who wished his
real name withhold This is the nest
course. I think. for if l gave the name
under which he eniistsd-James A.
PaIks-Mrs. Whitney would say that
James A. Parks. whoever that was,
owed her nothing. On the other hand,
If I told The truth and said that IRe
money came from Barney Wentworth,
I would be guilty of an lndlscretion
IN needlessly resurrecting an old plot
against the Government and stirring
up tn police.
Poor Wentworth! 1 met him before
but once, and then only for a moment,
although it turned cut to be a very
lucky moment for me- he was tlsen
working in The Capitol, and II was
through his intereession that ] Sc
cured the ENDORSEMENT OF Nathaniel p.
Banks. There can be no doubt hut
that It vas Banks Endorsement that
secured me my commission To
thinS that I did not recognize him as
he lay dying. There is some mystery
here. Query: II Wentworth wanted
10 destroy the Government in 1856. why
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was q desperate case. as Ramsey
and / bath agreed. The man prob
ably heard US. for he opened his eyes
and asked. Any chance2'' Before
vs. could reply he spoke again. this
time with the faintest suggestion OF
z. smile as he turned his head toward
me and inquired. How do you Ike
this army business. DR. Han2"
I could see that he ives a private in
a New York regiment beIoT sing 70
PoubIeday's division of the Second
Corps. put I did not know MIN. and 1
told him so
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How a Quiet Government
Clerk Was Changed to a
Veritable Mailman IN a
Hunt for Pirate Gold :.

voiced by a local editor. was as fol-
lows
I'VE have the strongest grounds for
believing that this man was a second
Guy FaWkes, who plotted the destTuc-
uou not only OF the Presidential party.
but Of the whole Congress as well
That he failed is due. not to any COM
meudable vigiience on the part Of the
police, but to tie insurmountable OBJ
stacIes that, fortunately for the coun-
try. surrounded him on all sires.
LSee WirGs Historical AIL'cellanies.
Vol. H. page 0.S.l
The fallacy Of this Obserya ton wiz
appear shortly.
-
At the time OF these events the land
constituting what is now the southeast
corner or the capitol grounds was oc-
Cupied by GuinnanG's wood and coal
yard II was a small place, as wood
yards 90, but what with several Gov
eminent contracts on hand and a rap
idly increasing retail trade, Guinnand's
business nourished until in the fan OF
1855 he decided that q bookkeeper was
needed 70 keep his growing accounts in
order.
An advertisement brought, among
others, a middle-aged .nSn by the
name OF Foley-Raymond Feley, or
sailor Foley. as he vas afJerWard
called. Foley was a stranger and bad
70 references ether than en- honorable
discharge frem the slo0p-of-war Con
steIlation, ia spite Of which fact
Guinnand engaged him OF the spot.
impressed as much. perhaps, bY Ger
tain quiet, buslness-liks air about the
man as by his evident culture and re-
f.Eement
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IN Tmentr.elght SOC B0oks.

In IWenty -eiEnt N9to DVVAS'
The diary of ne late DR.. Chaplin
ItaIt Is contained in twenty-eisht
notebooks Il convenient pocket size
and covers a period Of almost eighteen
wears. II embraces the Whole OF MS
experience as an army surgeon from
1N5s TO 1871. Although the doctor was
too violent a partisan 10 make 5000
historian the most interesting portions
or bis diary have to do with the great
civil war. It Is 20 be hoped that some
dav the whole record vii be pup
Bsbed. NJ present It viii suffice %
r,ssent ONLY such excerpts as Dear
mon the so-called wentworth con-
sniracy. BY permission OF captain
T5aE these fragments are here given
Tor the first time
Julv 9 GS6s)- AfcVeigh's Farm,
between Two Taverns and Gettysburg.
IZilpatricx. who btvouacked last night
AZ Two Taverns, advanced this a. m
toward Gettysburg. Meanwhile We are
SIN swanaped with the seemingly end
less stream of wounded Al night
The ghastly work kept up, giving US
no time for sleep. And today Is
even worse than yesterday Four
hundred arnputations before 3 O'Clock.
with heaps of arms and legs IS hlgh,
as the cider-press IN the oFehsLo'
vhich ser-es as our operating room
Never was there such wholesale sur
gerry. All about us lie the poor devils
awaiting their turn. Frequently We
uft one of them onto the table only
20 and that ne has already passed
away CaIIous TO their groans We
have become mere mechanical butch
ers II IS monstrOus. During the
hottest rart of the afternoon Dr.. Was
san. after twenty hours eeaseless
work. tainted dead away. write
this bv intermittent match flashes at
q n M, in the midst Of terrlnc
Storm of wind and rain which has
extinguished all our lights. what
WAS before a fantastic charnel-house
scene mas become in the darkness a
Veritable he'll.
Jnlv 1. McVeigh's Farm.-Both
armies seem to be resting, although
It is generally believed that Lee has
been beaten and Is already moving
his wagon trains to the rear. TINS
has undoubtedly been the greatest
- dIlegibIe.) our work shows
no aess of abatement, the casual
fies on both sides having been est
mated at 20.Oo0. Early this morning
was greatly startled to hear my
name spoken by a patient on whom
we were Just about to operate. II
vas a esse of disarticulating. the
shoulder .oint. an operation neeessi-
tating BY a frightfuI gunshot wound
AT head of left humerus, with eonss-
quent injury TO seapula and elaNicle
Ia the mans exhausted condition II
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-11-17
TronbIous Times.

On the 4th OF March. 1S5L James
Buchanan was induguTat-d PTesiuent
of the United States. 1t is not neees-
sary here TO deIve again INTO the his
tory of those tr0ublous times, or to de-
scribe in detail the brilliant features
Of the inaugural ceremony ITSELF II
is, however, necessary to explain thaL
in those DAYS there was I2r less re-
striction of personal liberty ia the
Capitol grounds than exists today, ard
ASA result the park on gaia OCCASIONS
swarmed with peddlers ana street
takers of every description. The morn
ing of Buchanan Inauguration was
no execution to the rule, and on al
sides were heard the s.uin cries II
trterprisins hawkers calling tilelt
wares. Sandwiches and coffee. badges
and medals bearing portraits OF the
successful candidates, toy balloons.
lemonade cakes. peanuts, AID sfnaH
beer, all found a ready sale aInohs
the thousands who had assembled 10
hear the inaugural address
Consuicuous among the many booths
erected by these vendors, a large
l,iogkIike structure en- the grass plot
near the corner of East Capitol ana
First street attracted attention by
reason OF its superior size and design
stretched across its front was huge
calico sign bearing the legend, Fox
Lunch Pavilion. Meals at all hours
Charles Fox, the proprietor was
subsequently described in the police
circulars as a man about thirty-IlEe
years OF age. Of average build, wear
inc q fun back beard ana speaking
with the New England accent he dld
a thriving business during Inaugural =
ton week, and no suspicion attached
to him until March 6, when ne sud
denly disappeared. Even then II was
Thought ne had decamped simply 10
avoid the expensc OF 4emolishing ms
pavilion and removing the ruooisil- II
WIS not until the gang Of Caplt"l Ia
.borers who we're assigned TO this work
lad razed the structure that the police
were called In
II was at once apparent that Oh
lurch business was simply a mask 70
hide some Ear more sinister design
for beneath the floor of the building
10 had dug q cCmmOdious pit or cellar
froua vhfcn q narrow tunnel had Deer
driven toward the Capitol for ms
tarce ct something ike siXJy-iive rect
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THE PIRATES TAXING The STINT NAzAIRE.

lid he die FOR it in 1868? Be sides tbs
money, the knapsack contained a rag
or. a Christian Commission Bible.
three old and weH-thumbed letters
signed Annie il was these
that disclosed his idenuty-and a curl
Gus manuscript IA French entitled Las
Vraie Historic d'm Oyage a FAmeri-
que, en- 169s, par Louis Andre Grevilis.
I'M - EsaFr~-oG
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Remarkable Find.

7 have gone over Chapin's diary
several times since his DEATH" ex-
planned Captain Hall, and I think
that's about all you'n md relative TO
Barney Wentworth The import nes
OF the French manuscript referred TO
was not appreciated by my brother,
who was acquainted with no language
but his own. II was only recently that
1 came across It in going through his
effects as administrator OF the estate.
I at once saw that had made 4 ind
of the utmost importance Besides
clearing up the wentworth affair, this
rare old document throws a strong
light on a hitherto obscure page Of
American history, at the same tine
that il puts the Government IN posses
sion OF a secret the exact value Of
which can at the present time only
be eOnjectured-" Here the &C plain
took from drawer IN his desk q small
bundle wrapped in yellow canvas.
Upon removing the canvas there Rp-
peared still another covering. made
Of what seemed to De oiled silk.
1T was no easy task 10 translate
this. said the captain. removing the
silk and spreading upon the table 3
faded manuscript, consisting OF q
score or more pages all pasted over
with patches Of transparent linen 70
h3G them together 4. refer not 50
much to the dilapidated condition OF
the document itself" continued the
captain; "for Notwithstanding its bat
tered appearance, 1t is still perfectly
leEibIe. l refer rather to its many
Obsolete features in matters Of PHRASE
ology and photography. For Instances,
here you have .'aveeque, form thae
at first glance Is rather puZzhngi Tor
'.peaser" you frequently md 'cuidsF.
a verb practically unknown to the
Frenchman of today: for ~boussols''
YOU have ''gnariuette,' and 50 on
through the entire narrative Then.
too. there are numerous abbreviati tons
and interTneations, which further
serve to compIicate matters. The
Historic in IT'S present shape Is evt-
denflv a mere memorandum or incom-
piete first draft of what was intended
eventually 70 be a more polished and
perhaps a more detailed composition
PaI.ssots narrative takes up but
nineteen Of the twenty-one pages. The
last two were written By Wentworth
himself. in French SO execrabie that
it is frequently only by the most
strenuous exercise Of the Imagination
that we are able even approximately
to grasp his meaning. II bis purpose
in using a foreign tongue was con-
ceaIment. he could scarcely have
(Centinued on Fifth Page
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Puts in Our Men.


II is difficult TO conceive now Il was
that Guinnands suspicious were not
aroused at the very outseS Of his deal
ings with the sailor I'Oley's first
move was 10 trump up charges OF
shiftlessness against the carJ drivers,
sUpplanung them in the end with men
OF his own selection. lie next con-
verted a wing of the old stable mao
d rude dwelling. moved IN Lis luggage
and took possession. Gunnand seem
Ell TO look upon these donss simply as
evidence OF The sailors zeal and
fidelity 10 duTy. SATISFIED that -he
conduct OF the business was ia good
hands and content with his constantly
Increasing revenue. the easy-goins
proprietor spent much nos time ia
The bowling alley of tie Casparis
House Watching Abe Llntoll and other
members OF Congress ral Jen-pins
than ne did in the stuny hJtle oHice Of
the wood yard.
Matters ran along smoothly eGough
until about the middle of December,
when the police were asked 30 locate
Joseph Stamp, one of Foley's drivers
vino had been missing from MS home
FOR upward OF a WeeK. AhaOusn the
pearance was OuLwardly IS genuine as
that OF the man own iamlty, II was
afterward shown that hs aust nave
realized taat els career as ntJHaser OF
Cuinnand's wood yard was aoOut al
AN end For Wuea the BLOW 1ell, as
4 did when Stamps cnuBl, Ricnard-
son, was InJeFrosated ty the pollce,
The latter found 10 their eilagrin that
q f4F Faf+
known. tiichardson TESTIFIED that on
the night o. december ., stamp was
accidentally crushed 10 team BY the
caving IN Of q tunnel wHIcl Foley was
secretly digging from the cellar OF his
shsntv IA Jhe wood ya.d ID point
somewhere Qua in ti.e capitol grounds.
The sensation caused by this dlscIo-
sure vas profound. Every effort was
at once made 10 apprehend the
sailor. tIuInnands Olner employees,
10 a man, were taken into custody
ana held vltnout bail. Stamps body,
which had been hastily buried be-
meath a stack OF e0raW0od, was eX-
humed and turned over to his rela-
lives. The mysterious and much
vented 5foley was The talk of the
town. and the widest ana most ex-
rravagant tales were circulated con-
corning him. 1t remained for the
police TO stimulate ppblic interest to
the fever heat by the issuance Of
their official circular, which We here
copy from the original in the posses
sion OF Captain Halls
$1,000 Reward
viii be paid lor information leading 10
the arrest of Barney Wentworth. alas
Charles Fox. alas Raymond. or
sailor Foley, wanted in Washing-
ton. ID. c. for murder and sediuous
pots against t1e Government. He an
swers 10 the following description:
0'olOF-W hite-
Height feet. s inches.
Weighted pounds.
AGES.
CompleXion-darE
CHas been known To dye his hair end
beard.)
Fugitive has regular features, Sitt
small mole on right cheek. Occupa-
Ii0n. clerk. Claims TO have served IL
navy. Speaks with New England ac
According to Captain Han ths
Wentworth conspiracy, as It came &,
be called. was the cause of as muel
local discussion in the spring Of 1SS
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Police at Sea.

The aolice were completely al sea.
In fbefr investigation John = Haney.
of The scvecaut-at-arms' office, tesuiied
that Eos. had offered MIN $1,000 To Sc
~,,re n concession 103 feet nearer 10
IT, CaDitoL FRED TTovey and Albert
I,avis. two ignorant men from the
s.Tsfand who had worked for Fox
and Who were arrested on suspicion
stated under oath that they had hauled
inward oG 58e bsurels Of dirt from the
PAVILION to : pualic dump near James
creek. Mrs. Whitney. boarding
hons. keeper. testified that Fox owed
her so board for three Italian laborers
who had wcrked Tor him az nignt, but
whom she had not seen since the
morning OF the 9th of March. lcap-
tain Hail states parenthetically that
the original building occupied by Mrs.
Whitney may be seen today az the
corner OF. second and D streets south
west. 10 which point it was moved
after the square on which IL first stood
had been m9de part of the Capitol
grounds
The police Investigation ended IN
smoke. witc the mystery of Fox $
identity and dia5oljcsl motives stils
unsolved Thc popular verdict. as
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led the way to his library at the iai
end of the veranda. Here, surrounded
By rare editions Of his beloved Shelley
the eartain usually spends the greater
part of the day.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1907-11-23
Original pIOcatimiento sduGativO.

Alejandro Miquis, en- an aTtfCulo hu-
morfstieo publicAdo en- sl ssmanaTio ma
dEiItno "Nusvo Mundo," ha puesto de
manifesto an oEiginalisimo pEocedimiento
aducAtivo adoptado FsCieDtemente por q
popular diario naoyoIklno This World
uno de Lon mAg impoEtantes que 80 publ
can en- IL gran metr6poli americana.
Be Fefsrs 81 pFocedimiento On question,
Z lograr que lou ameriCanos del Norts,
peEfs0taments diatFAidos, poF 10 viSto, en-
Cuanto 30 Eelaciona con las leyes ds'gslan
tarfa CON las damRS, Cedan 6-taa un
aSiento de los tranvfss, cuando por habsr
llegado tarde DO vsian privRdoH de 81 60
el vshiouIo, , para tai efscto, "The
World", envfa diaEiamsnts, ID h9FR de
mayor aglomsraci6n en- 81 trSfco ferrocs'
rrileFo uTbano, una vaFiaH de ana rsdac'
toEsn Ian lfneaR mas ffscusntadaI, y 81
primer cabsllero que les csde III pueuto
Tscibs & cambio de 80 fneza IA cheque de
dies dollars, psgadeTo Ia Wis q On las
cf 1inRG del psFi6dico.
ClaFo elta que 81 EecurHo instructive
sat6 producisndo maravilloBoa resultadoB,
pussto que "a Hon pocou los viaiaroB que
psFmanecen Bsnt2doE On los tranviRs & la
vista de una Befi9ra en- pie que puade scr
Ia poTtadora del cirque, Rigno fduciario
de los diag machacSnteE.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1907-11-23
La CENTRAL ''PLA-
zueIa" obieto d e.
nueVdS rGfOrnaS.
En- BsrcsIoneta sintieFOn mUChu Ia
musIte De nuestTO GOnpsTeTo.
81 c0Rstrulri lIll unl IglosIa.
(Ds maestro cOrrospOnssE.)

NOviembrs 21.-Gran psSar.. b mos eE-
perimsntAdO Rl Aaber Ia triste noticia de
10 musrts del Compatriets qusriGo don
Rossndo Iuf4nts Saavsdra, puertpr1iqusGo
que comparti6 por muchoB sfios TudaS
taEaRu en- el psriodismo ibFando fuertss
bataliaa On pro do la libsrtsd dsssu pals.
-BarCelonsts pFogreaa de d1a en- dfs
de una msnera asombroBs ipues dursnts 81
hfio 50 han fabricado vagiaai casag nuevas
y prontO dar6 principle Ia construction de
una ig!eEia protsstants, para Ia cual hay,
Efgdn SO NOS ha irfoYmsdo, Cinco mil
dollars.
Han ;contBafdo mAtrimonio civil lR
seforita Emilia vsTgas = 81 j6vsn don
Jose Colon.
Que sean fsIicss.
Don Justo Hernandez ha insEalado
una fonda lbuenR y aiTvs comida1 extra
todas hoFRB
don Ganago March6n Eeoibir6 pronto
un buen auEtido para 50 tisnda ola Msr
Cedes" en- donde % ancusntFan muChos
obiatoH de fantasia.
Son tantas las innoVaciones hechss
en- 10 gran central "PlasuelA" que da
guBto vsr aquellos bonitou edifcioa con
maquinarias nusvaB, apaFAtoa modernos
etc6tarR, etceteFa.