The sun., 1910-09-02
NIGHT SKY MYSIERY CLEARED
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Grsea taasevws pa~t . Waaastns
Nsuer-s asua- ~ Fstss sastsi~s~ts

NvH~r-s ~sp.- - F.s.- : ssa.pl-'~,,
Ysr sss
man rani-ei Champion rarts ~ h-r-
ffrrs ~ Ions and sisid-d N~w Yars
for 800 Eh's 18th no'hinE hus Q st'~
Tho r-d snd sr--n lamps hung - p-gt
and stafr0afd - 'hat 4vins mystery
-hi-h hovsr~d av-r Grsnss~v Pars sni
hsrh.an square "a Wednesday and
thursday NJ sht- -~r~ tspsn.s- rap-r
lanterns ssr'inE ~ ths 'sii q 'hsi siss
. rh@rss fh~ mystery s~lved
oliver Chanpion. -ho Fvss 81 Tsns
Wise avSnus note the nafn@ - that
tvsnu- ~-ll-in ~ LOUIS and Who has
b~-a iloEass Ne- YosA ev@r - . btsl.
uhis ut'h headquarters ~ ne Eas'
rw~nty-ar-' street made q 80 foot sits
FOR his t-v-ar-old son Vaughn On last
SATURDAY. and On tuesday 1iEht hs u~n'
40 pn 'he roof - 'h= fvs story apartment
hou-- where h- b. living and - che site
nr' 20 the md - s0sp f--, - cord
That nizh' The site had 100 green
tsrsne-. iant.-us and on- rsd one with
lighted candle. inside ~ them. strung
along 'hs tail Ons - 'h- green lights
wsn' ou' before 'hs biE s,'s had -osrsd
far and 'her- remained 'hs 'porr and
s'arhnard amps - 'h.- -tlen' heavenly
grcart g. ~tnk down ~ Tho crowd which
clustered open moIthsd before the White
shaft - 'h- Metropolitan tower
The '~p au's-ns went opt before
Champion r--l.d 'h- ktt~ in 30 ne rDof
That accounted fo- Tho -r,Y-t~ripus dis
appearance - rho fying ~undsr Then
on Wrdn~-dsy morning the gentleman
from ~ Louis and another unWittinE
creator % mystery. ttleb Bennett. who
lives IN 'h~ aam- hous" wiih 'hs cham
pions and had slp-d - ~ the Si's ne
night h~for" read m the pap~rs - the
prodigy winch tpi t.en -s~n from Madison
Squar" and -" SIrrounding streets Nr
Champion .aughs.l ~ a vir1"c ~ Lrutssn
manner
S,rAigh'~Av this ~ Ions p~r-ou.
taep b~un-''. and N. child Vaughn
hs'o0k themselves 20 the roof - th" Ear
IS"nty.hrs' street arartm~n, hous~
whom N" darkness had completely dc
sr~nd"d hoy carried with them The
kite 'CrUs-sy~d Nialon-y- - nAmsi
t"Caus~ II 'h" disparity b~,~~~n the
SCI ~ the "y~s which Champion had
painted into IN" fac~ b" shs'ch"d IN the
front ~ the XIV.
Only one red and on~ green JApAnes~
lantern we're aiiach"d 80 the tail this /
time The man who liv~,i On Wise ave
nue. had caught IN" Cu. from ths. morn
ing Daper~ Then when The fresh wind
came tipping over the roof from the !
southeast m. kite WA- l~' 20 II went |
up with rush and h~'or" hfi~~n minutes /
had passed AL uf 'h" , go feet - cord /,
vas out
There was a chan ginR wind on ws-cin~s- |
dAy night Sometimes " blew from J
The southeast. sotUe' Imes from tho south /
west The hit" cut big arcs in the sky |
a. the end ~ lts l"ash. now swinging |
oN~r Third avenue. nov t~eierinR across |
the cloud rack almost To tn. plinth 0f I
the Metropolitan Building
The Kite had Ron" up a fev minutes !
after O'Clock II had b~~n in the AR /
an hour hen a sudden gust Of wind from |
the south snapped the string somewhere
"a IN IN. darkness and the two lights |
sid down a long curve in the sky directly /
to IN" north. s~emingiy over Third or |
Lexington avenue.
Champion had scratched his name and !
address on 'he face OF tho kite against |
just such n contingency He was hoping |
all dav vest tsrdEy hen he was not chuck
ling thai somebody would find the kite |
somew here up around Forty-sACond street |
and bring a. hack to him but n~body |
has done - vet.
IL - easy To- understand how the mnga- ,
zine writer who was quoted la yesterday /
morning SUN in a VIVID and picturesque !
description 81 IN" port and Starboard /
ID ght- - the fyIng wonder A. he saw
strIe y rcd and green light hanging IN a .
vertical line a. the guide lights II marine .
custom invariably fixed parallel In "a /
lateral plane This writer had sad over
the telephone that seeing the two lights
was like watching "a sch poner t1ckinR
toward him az night The lights even
lifted and fell layilv as n the SChoonrr
were "a long summer swell
Although there ~ no definite informa- /
'Ion IN the sub Iect. the theory of prpba-
bilIties dictates that ~ have seen tNp
lights hung one above the other a. the
lateral bow lights even ~ an aerial vessel
THE STN's informant must have pursued "a
like the following line of ac-
IOn.
FIRST he heard the cackle 81 tho coat
room boys while finishing a pleasant
Inner with friends al the Players club
second. ha went - the front window
md. Looking up. saw that there were
nde~d two lights IN the Skv over the tops
Il the hoUs~- across Gramercy Park
Ihird. he hurried out the front door Law
prone on the sidewalk placed one eve.
igain-' the corner 90 the horse block -
~ - exclude vision ia that organ. than
oiled The Other aloft Nv - doing he
md brought the red and green sights
nt0 the lateral zone Fourth. he thought
" that schooner in the long summer swell
md t~lephpned 10 THV SrN
~ for the sound 81 the WhirrinR pro-
beler- and the Capt Memo Of the heavens
vho was seen ~ light a cigarette. these
we're features which were Votc he'd for
nav hear and -" such thinRs N the sky
NV night nv sDending a little money at
'very place With tar in ~ from twenty
'iNth street. say - Forty -s~cond
Father Hughes Ns~ CHAPEL