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But readl

FEW mornings aso Ionsshore-
"A men pulled from The ooze be
4 meath one If the wharves al
New Bedford the tiny body OF
Sc su-year-old. Johunle Soaza. The
condition Of the body showed plainly
thai the child had bssu drowned IL
was generally assumed that the 10y
had fallen from the wharf and AaG
been lost while the docks We're de-
serted. Among the crowd of curious
persons who gathered az Jhe wharf a.
gaze upon the gruesome nud was little
Nelson king. Some Of thu curiosity
seekers with some sense of the fitness
Of things underworld TO push tie DOS
away. feeling that it Was not a sight
that should greet his youthful eyes,
but, wedging ana aquirming. boy
ike. he was soon in the frcut row
gazing interestedIy at the IieIess oody
OF his little playmate. Not q trace OF
alarm. repugnsnce, or compassion was
written upon that hardened little coun-
tersee, only mild euuosJty- Eu, aot
content with merely looking upon the
body OF johnnie. The eisHt-yeaT-0Id
boy began 10 exploit surnrses as 10
how the lad could have come 10 his
death. some OF his suE sesdons ana
conjecturcd explanations fo- the tras
edy were logical others were but IN.
eonjurines Of a dis9rierod mind A
any rate the buys oIeyeruezs was no
OF such a character as 10 attract at
tsntion
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How Mystery Was Solved.

But it fell 10 Dr. F. G.. Graves, "a
medical Inspector Of the school. 20
solve the mystery. When DR. Graves
visited the school the same afternoon
OF the dav thai the body OF Souza
was found several groups Of children
crowded around him as soon as he
made ehls appearance on the school
grounds and began 10 storm him with
questions, and 10 tell him an the sad
details OF the finding of their little
playmate's body
AS soon as DIT. Graves had been told
that Johnnie souza had been found
dead in the mud ne asked the chill
dren If any one had been playing with
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Sensibly indeed, 7 wish everybody
was as fun Of common sense as am.
no. no. I'll sake II with an the sense
in the world. but goodness me-to
think that its him.
She indicated Sir Jctavius with an
outStretched finger as If ne had been a
NaNwork figure SiT Octayius bowed
ana smiled.
And why not me. Mss 'Dr.scoHe''
Ie said. regardless of eEacuude of
language. why not me. my dear
luuy2 There is nothing strange.
ore. in the fact that I was once the
possessor of very nue necklace Of
diamonds which. alas. has passed
through many vicissitudes and is now
equally aias,-not sv valJab IS il
was. think there Is nothing strange
I'm that. my dear Miss DriscoI."
NO.. replied Miss DriscoU. per
haps not. But stjIl-and how DO J
know hat they are yoursg'' she sud
denly exclaimed. II wouldn't doubt
your word. Sir Octavius. for All the
diamonds IN the world, but ] should
like 20 know positively that these
diamonds are yours-it's due TO me Co
Dee assured Of that fact"
Certainly" said Sir Octavius 1T
is precisely what wish. But you may
rest assured. Miss DriscoH that the
person from whom YOU received the
diamond necklace never had the least
title to it and that he probabI- got
fo-scssion Of Ii Icy murder"
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Gallant Sir OctaYius.

1t may all be wrong: IL may Dc
only theory; but this Is what I think
really happened; Helms did murder
Lloyd for the sake OF the diamonds
which they mad found on VassaIi. AMI
he did contrive tc get &C Castleford. 60
TInney. whom he probably knew be-
fore. and who was very likely a fleece
as wen as a money-IendeT And con
Ceive that Fiuney killed him. as he had
killed lloyd. Tor the sake OF the Gia-
mOnds. That was the missing ink /
wanted. What has happened TO the
diamonds since. YOU know as wen as
Z"
Sir OCtavius brought his narrative %
q close abruptly. He rose. drew on his
pearI-gray gloves, and looked at Miss
DriscoII with an air OF solicituds.
Permit re" ne said. ito escort
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Miss O'Leary and yourself back to
Kingston This long story has Wearied
YOU"
Miss DriscoU fe.t that there vas
more behind this than there seemed TO
be on the surface; she and AS
O'Leary rose obediently-
Youth excuse me. Sir OctaviuE,
said Inspector Davidson as the baronet
shook hands with him. ''but what are
you going TO DO with those diamonds7
II they were mine. you know, / should
throw them into the sea"
"Ha-ha-hal'' laughed Sir OcJavIus.
You're a seutimentaIist, my dear sir,
a sentimentaIst. What? Throw away
such a splendid collection OF gems az
the first water2 No. no. can do
better. much better than that with
them"
But shat win you DC with them q
asked the inspector.
Sir Octavius looked round. He and
the Inspector stood at the door OF the
latter roora: Mss DriscCu and Miss
C'I.sary were strcllinE away along the
corridor outside. pensiye and thought
fuI. Sir Octavius stretched a fnEeF
toward Miss DrisCoI's unconscious hR'
Cre
IT shan let my wife have 'em." ne
whispered. DO you see?"
Sir Octavius followed the ladies,
ehucklirz 10 himself The inspector
went back into his room. put his feet
on Its desk. lighted q cigar. and folded
mis- arms. He stared at the ceiling
"I wish I could have hanged old
Kf,ner." he said
THE END
tCopyright. 1905. By Frank A. Munssy Coz
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was Entirely Composed.

When King was taken 10 the Juve-
nile Court for a preliminary hearing
he showed his same remarkable
amount or nerve. He was quite com
posed throughout the entire proceed
ings. ana did not display any emotion
He cried profusely, however. when he
was taken away from his parents and
taken 10 jail.
Additional interest for criminoiogists
centers in Kings case, as this IS not
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tCoatlnued from Fourth Page0
one OF whom az LEAST was too mucl
astonished To respond to bows or
smiles or 10 the polite salute with
which she was greeted
Miss Driscon indeed, felt that ava
earthquake would have been "a mild
thius compared with this; she was
suddenly turned into q statue, i'm
capable OF anything, she saw David
son close the door. come hack 20 his
desk and take his seat; she heard him
invite Sir Octavius Burke 20 take .
chair. she saw the baronet politely
r1otloning her 20 scar herself. but she
saw and heard as a statue might
when her faculties came back 10 her
with a sudden rush, forceful as an Al
pine avalanche. she burst ont with one
word delivered uointoIauk al Sir Oc-
tsvius.
"Eoue"
SIR Octavius bowed again Ia his mos.
polite manner.
Il fear" he said. chat there is no
doubt-slall / say no possible doubt,
whatever. Miss O'Leary that the dia-
murd necklace is mine. Miss priscou.
Suppose you take "a seat and listen TO
the story OF the diamonds It viii in
ieres, you-aud 30 Is rEht Won should
know H."
Eut Miss urizcou was not yeI IN
proper state % listen 90 anything. She
stared al ST. OcJavius. at Miss
OLeary. at Inspector Davids0n-she
STARED az The four walls Of The room.
one after The other. rs if she were
no, quite certain Of her surroundings
Hiss O'Lsary began 60 look alarmed
Teresa, Size said so5thnely. Take
il gently-and sensibly. Teresa"
The word sensibiy recalled The last OF
Miss DriscoIIs scattered faculties. She
glanced at her companion and sank
into the chair which Sir Octavius was
holding for her
Sensibly!" she exclaimed. era
cious goodness. Fanny O'Leary. what
are you talking ahout2 As if I should
ever % anything that wasn't sensible.
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huds clues there when ore least e&-
reefs them. I found nothing until this
morning When ] saw the article n
Tie Irish Times. I came Immediately 10
inspector Davidson and found out that
the necklace was undoubtedly nlire
and where the missing link IN the
chain Of evidence lay.
he tod me. Miss Driscoil, that you
had come from CastIefOrd with the
nockIacc-Castlefcrd the place where
we could not hnd q trace Of Hollius.
but with which We knew he had the
clue ties of birth,-sHd that Il had
been left 20 you by a man named Fin
ney, who carried on various professions.
ana amongst them that Of money
lender. And there I saw through the
whole scent
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QUICK ON TRIGGER 81 Va 1. ..., f. 9,se.

rustlers and. keeping watch OF them
in camp. take one after another into
custody. driving them to the nearest
settlement ahead of him
His nerve was always good in the
face. Of the greatest danger. Ten or
twelve years ago citizens of Chamber
lain, :. D.. his home, had an OppOr-
tunity on the streets to see display
of courage that convinced them EOs-
ter's reputation as a fearless man
was not W. hOut reason.
A drunken ranchman, who was
quarrels0me and considered vicious
fighter, teTroTized the residents one
day by walking about the streets
declaring he would KIN the first man
who attempted 10 stop him. He car
ried a loaded Winchester rifle and
practically kept the street clear while
he was abroad. Foster was marshal
at the time, and as soon as he heard
or the Tanchman conduct he hur-
ried up town. The ranchman heard
that Foster bad been sent FOR and he
loudly announced his intention OF KILL
ms him on sight.
Foster walked around a corner and
ran almost into the rauChman. The
later threw his Winchester to his
shoulder and sighting along the barr
rel shouted.
.Tf you come another step Jack.
III shoot
Foster. smiling good naturedly. never
paused. re STROBE straight uD % The
rife, seized the barrel, turned 10 aside,
and, reaching over, grappied with the
bur when the dust cleared Foster was
sitting astride the bad man and calmly
Handwriting him,
Foster was deputy United states
marshal and for number Of years
deputy sheriff and detective
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investigation at school.

An investigation was made us 70
who was last seen with the Souza BOY
Al the Mary r. White school in New
Bedford, where both boys were pupils.
it was a matter of common know ledge
among the young friends there o. kins
and Souza tina, both were together
after school the afternoon that Souza
disappeared and were ano~n to have
gone to tho wharf
This information finally reached the
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DO in Europe rather than IN Irdla-
You may remember, possibly. some
OF YOU. that the Brahmapootra went 10
pieces on a hidden reef or the north
coast OF Africa. and that assay OF her
passengers and crew were iost / was
one Of the survivors; my life was saved.
aHt my diamond necklace was lost
.FnW or AT what moment IL was stolen
-sIu me [ have not been able 10 make
tal-all that ! know Is that q was
stolen about the time that trouble
slUc TO the Brahm3pOotra.
J never heard anything OF r.y neck
.acr again, a. you very vel conceive.
fHd fer FIVE years gave up all hope OF
ger recovering it. Then a strange
hing happened. The newspapers rang
or several days with startling &C
counts az % series Of sensational mur-
Cers in the southwest Of England
round about Plymouth and Dattnloor.
Il read them out OF mere curiosity
What happened was this. A pawn
broker. Aaron Joseph. well known IN
Plymouth was found sJraugled IN his
hack parioT. A Hindu. known TO some
af the seagoilg fraternity IN Plymouth
ana Davenport as LaI bass, vas found
stabbed through the heart 10 Low
lodging house. 4 seaman named John
Lindsay was found in q hut on Dart
moor, half burnt but recognizable
though his skull had been battered al
most TO pieces. Ee had been stripped.
and rear him lay a heap OF cOnvicts
clothes.
AT the same time an escaped con
wet from Dartmoor, one Stefano Vas
salH wSs shot dead by a pursuing
party OF warders, and ne ", found
To be wearing Lirdssy's clothes. Two
men shot Vsss l-li-warders named
Lloyd and Holhrs. Within a few hours
Of Vassallis death. Lloyd and HoIlins
retraced to the spot. and Hoilins muir
deTed Lloyd by dashing out his brains
with a stone and buried the body IN a
crevioe in the rocks. After that Hol-
Inns disappeared, and from that day 10
this he has never been heard Of.
Nov, I began TO see some casuce Of
tracing my diamonds. 1 had 2 list OF
The names Of every man. woman. OF
child, passenger OF crew. on Re Brah
mapootra. and amongst them we're the
names Of LaI Dass. John Lindsay. anG
Stefano VassalH.
4 came 20 the CONCLUSION LnAA t4iGSe
were the esi-tbesc were the men
WHO had stolen my necklace, and that
the necklace was lhe cause OF this
chain OF murders. And I put il in this
way-that I'm some fashion or other
Vassari. when shot by the warders.
was in possession OF the necklace. that
Lloyd and Hol.ins found it on him.
that Hoiins murdered Lloyd for the
sake OF It.
THE thing was 90 end Holins-but
Rollins could not be found. lie had
vanished as completely as y he had
evapors4ted into thin afr I aid all that
could. and the police did al that hey
could, To trace him. but our Iabors
were without the least result He had
been soldier and hailed originally
from Castleford, IN Yorkshire. and TO
Castleford after some iiIne We went
But Eothing had beer seen or heard of
li"Ilins ln CastleforJ for Years Al
srace % him was lost
"a gave up active measures then. bat
kept bay eyes on the isapCra, for OuC
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have been endeavoring 10 trace Ct,
and how at last I was lucky enough
to supply q missing link IN nv chain
rf evidence by reading the extraordi-
nary narrative in the Irish Times this
morning
-Ah' said Miss DriscoIL so you
read it. old you?"
IT read it. ma'am. over a cup OF tea
in bed AT O'Clock" Veplied Sir Oc-
favius. And by O'Clock 7 was g.
this offce. / had a good two hours
start of you. Miss Driscoll, though IL
really wouldn't have mattered if you'd
had six of me. But now for my
story
Sir Octavius settled himself in his
chair folded his arms across his
tightly buttoned nock-coat, and COM
luenced the following narrative:
= -
The Mystery Is Clearing.
eft is scarcely necessary" he said.
looling round upon Miss Driscou.
Miss OLeary. and Inspector Nicholson
with "a polite bow and smile. 'to tell
you how and why it was that the
Maharsnee OF Dahlcurrie-a most
beautiful and deeply interesting woman
presented me with the diamond
necklace which. Ike Helen OF Troy.
has been the cause Of so much agi-
tatiOn and trouble-though, Of course.
of a very different nature
at is sufficient TO say that I stood
high-very high indeed-in her esteem,
and [ may say. htf favor, and she
wished with all the magnihcence of the
Oriental go reward me in the most
substantial manner Her reward was
The necklace oC diamonds which at
last has come hack 90 mel grieve to
say in q Insulated s-ate-afteT many
years of separation. Let us say no
more Of her-we win pass on 10 the
Nay in which the diamonds We're lost.
When quilted India after long.
and / tbiBk may say distinguished
career sailed from Bombay on Tn
Brahmapootra- j carried the diamond
urctlace with me ~ D matter OF
course for had view of disposing OF
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an isolated case OF his criminal in
stinct. he has been in many uoy aH
escapades. and has fallen into tae
hands Of the police on several eeat-
sions for serious onenses.
The boy, notwithstanding his lender
years. is considered one Of the worst
horse thieves OF she decade. and he
was out on bond Tor his latest theft
al the time he pushed his compar.oa
10 his death.
Is Kings mind an atom Of criHet
What is the quality Of brain that can
make a fiend of one who, If normal
would scarcely be capable Of wicked
thought
These any many similar questions
are puzzling the wise heads OF New
England students OF crime while the
civil authorities are racking their
brains 70 know what disposition shah
be made OF their youngest murderer.
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What old you do when souza wa
in the waterP"
Il saw him come up with one hand
sat Of water, then I saw him 80 down
again. and then didn't see him 10
more"
Did you try TO save him
King shook his head for answer
Did YOU tbink he could save him
SELF" asked the police captain nnaIly.
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Settling the Ownership.

What. Finney2" exclaimed Miss
Driscoll rs tie world coming To am
end2 But there. I don't believe That
Finney would have murdered any
body lie was the softest-heartei.
most sentimental good creature / ever
knew"
''Nevertheless. Mr. Fiuney never had
any legal title 40 the diamonds. Miss
priseoll said sif oetsviHs. -Tue ueck-
lace has passed through many hands
since Il left mime, and Il mas been the
source OF many foul misdeeds. but il
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throughout New England today for they dealing witt
that without parallel in the of the
world
Many boys have been known as meorgibes" and
many boys have been down juvenile records
as vicious" and with predictions for all kinds OF
vice but before has there been such case OF
youthful abandon evil has been unearhed by the d>
covery that the King child is the murderer of sevenyea
old John Everett Souza
The story OF Nelson King crime is one which would
have shocked the sensbities of the Borgas and would
have chilled the heart of the murderer of the ru
in the Tower Of London.
But readl
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AS the town OF New Bedford, Mass, "a
criminal who viii overthrow all the
theories of Lombroso and other famous
criminologists, or will eight-year-old Mel
son Il. King, murderer and arch-horse
thief, prove to be physical embodiment
of concentrated crime This is the ques
ion which is interesting scientists
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tcopyright 1905. By Frank A. Nunsey Co
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-08-28
DOYLE AS suRE.gNoue4 sLeur4.
The Creator Of Sherlock Holmes Made
Good When Called Upon,

From Ccllier's Weekly
When. !n the early 90s, "The Adj
ventures OF Sherlock Holmes were in
the first full swing Of popularity.
great many persons fell into the idea
tnat the nuthor himself possessed the
ramarkab.c analytical powers Of his
detective and innumerable problems
We're sent him for soluticn This ex-
perieace was.repcaied when he went
10 Ssnlh Africa at the time Of the
Beer var There he was the recip-
lent Of envelopes pieces OF writing.
sand osher things with the request that
he would examine them ard deduce
all sorts of facts. OF course Doyle
could do nCtling OF the Kind That
liet possesses gifts that wonld carry
him far in the career OF a consulting
detective, however, he proved Two or
three years ago In connection with
the celebrated Edalii case.
sdalj was young Syrian living in
a small French village. ell was ac.
cused Of The manning of animals by
night, tried. ccnVictea and sent to-
prison. Conan Doyle, reading the ac-
counts OF the case. reached the con
clusion that there had been cruel
miscarriage OF Justice. He personally
hastened to the scene and started
nne oi new investigation. One OF the
strongest charges against Edalii was
thai. upon certain night he had left
his room. gene to a certain, field. ami
there found and mutilated Il particular
horse. Edalji was extremely short
( sighted and yet the evidence upon
watch he had been convicted showed
that the crime had been committed
by man not wearing eye glasses.
! Conan Doyie hogan with this point.
and was able 20 prove tnat. in view
of bis plyopic condition. Lhe Syrian
could never have found the field, let
alone the horse With few swift,
decisive strokes the creator Il Sher-
lock Holmes completely oyertarew the
inadequate evidence demonstrated
triumphantly tae complete innocence
of Edalii and brought abont ,iis pardon
and release by the home secretary.
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HASKELL TO WIN.

Says the l.awton constitution-Demo- |
crat on the attacks made against Gov
onor Hpekell:
"The man who thinks for a moment
that Governor Haskell will get the
worst Of L in the fight that is being
made uoon him by the representatives
Of speclei interests. does not know
Governor Haskell
Governor HASKELL has become ma
t.onal character and he has made his
Impress upon the Democratic party
more than any other man, save and
except he great commoner, William
J. Bryan.
The governors work in the constr
t'itional convention of Oklahoma set
ne pace for putting Mr. Bryan's ideas
into practical operation and the plat
form OF Tie Denver convention is the
landiwork OF Governor Haskell Will
liam j. rryans close personal and
political friend
Word Las been sent down the line
from the head Offices Of the big trusts
and syndicates and from the head
quarters of the national Republican
committee, xiii OFF that man Haskell
of Oklahoma his ideas few years
hence viii be as popular In the ma
tion as they now are in the new state" :"
Governor Haskell. 10 use baseball
parjance Il onto the curves" OF the
Wall street grefters and he knows
right where TO so after them. He Is
ihe sworn enemy of John ID. Rookie
fclier AM the great Standard OH in
ttrests. and the hirelings OF this huge
trust are attempting TO kill him on
by connecting his name with the great
wv - HredaiOrv institutions
But the people win not lose faith
ih Governor Haskell he has been
their friend when the people were in
need of friends and his work In their
behalf will noi only benefit the pres
mt generation. but il viii be of lasting
ienent Ia our children and their chill
dren's children. So
Haskells fight for the people is
written in the fundamental law of the
land
n is no wonder that Flynn & Ames,
he big law firm that represents the
railroads and the trust interest In
Oklahoma. have sci their dogs on Gov.
ornor Haskell; he has done enough
10 HON
BHi iney are only biting at his heels
Now amt then he gives one OF them
kick h the jaw. and as soon as he
{ = llirongh With his work al the ma
tional Democratic headquarters, watch
him put The cans TO their tails
Renublicans are expected TO fight
1laskeli-they w5uld NOT be Repubn
cans II hoy did not. They would not
he true ga their masters II did they not
The Oklahoma City Times. the or
ran that g used 20 spread The lies
about the governor. is controlled by
flynn aad Ames. n Is the mouthpiece
Tor the enemies OF the peoples cause
ii Oklahoma But there are other
wolves mixed up with the Times be
sides the big trust attorneys. and fhs
governor h going 10 show them up.
Governor Haskell's great strength
ifF ~ Ahe fact tliat be Is pretty neal
always right
~ the scrap that he has matched
with the trust attorneys and STANDARD
oil hencemen. he Is absolutely right
The peuple can bank on Governor
haskell Watch him put the bunch e
Fight who are after his scalp