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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-08-20

brother and Lady AshIeigh nave recoy.
cred from the shock Of poor Lena's
death In a marvellous manner, | be-
lieye, but the sight OF the girl might
have brought It back to them. You
have left her with friends, hope. Mr..
Quest?"
She has an aunt in Hampstead. I"
the latter explained. Il should have
liked TO see her safely there my
self, but we should hare been an
hour or two later down here, and |
tell you," he went on, his voice gather
ing a note almost Of ferocity, "T'm
wanting to get my hands on that Eel.
low Craigl wonder where they're
holding him"
AT the local police station, ex-
pect" the professor replied. my
brother is magistrate, Of course. and
he would see that proper arrange
ments were made. There he is at the
hall door"
The carriage drew up before the
great front a moment or two later
Lord Ashleigh came forward with out
stretched hands, the genial smile of
the welcoming host upon his lips. In
MS manner, however, there was dis
tinct note Of anxiety.
Edgar, my dear fellow" he ex-
Claimed, Il am delighted. Welcome
back to your home! Mr.. Quest, / am
very happy to see you here. You have
heard the news, of course?"
We have heard nothing," the pro-
lessor replied.
You didn't go to Scotland Yard ?"
Lord Ashleigh asked.
We haven't been to London at all.n
Quest explained. I'VE got on the boat
train at Plymouth, and your brother
managed to induce one Of the directors
whom he saw on the platform to stop
the train for us at Hamblin road. We
only left the boat two hours ago.
There's nothing wrong with Craig. is
there?"
Lord Ashleigh motioned them to fol.
low him.
Please come this way" he invited.
He led them across the hall-which.
uimly III and with its stained-glass
windows, was almost like the nave of
cathedral-into the library beyond.
lie closed the door and turned around.
I have bad news for you both" he
announced. Craig has escaped"
Neither the professor nor Quest be-
trayed any unusual surprise. So far
as the latter was concerned, his first
glimpse at Lord Ashleigh's face had
warned him of what was coming.
Dear mel" the professor muir
INJURED, sinking into an easy chair.
This is most unexpected"
Wen get him again." Quest de.
clared quickly. Can you let US have
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-08-20

as soon as we could get together one
or two of the keepers and few of
the local constabulary, we started
on again from here. The dogs brought
us without a check to this shed, and
started OF again this way"
They walked another half mile
across a reedy swamp. Every now
and then they had to jump across a
small dyke, and once they had to
make a detour to avoid an osier bed
They came at last to the river.
Now. can show you exactly how
that fellow put US of the scent here"
their guide proceeded. He seems to
have picked up something, Edgar. in
those South American trips OF yours,
for a cleverer thing / never saw.
You see all these bulrushes every
whereabouts of them all along the
river?"
we call them tules," Quest NUT
tered. Well?"
When Craig arrived here" Lord
Ashleigh continued, ''he must have
heard the baying of the dogs in the
distance and he knew that the game
was up unless he could put them or
the scent He cut quantity of these
FURNISHES from place a little farther
behind those trees, then stepped bold.
iy into the middle of the water, wad-
ed down to that spot where. as you
see, the trees hang over. stood stock
still and leaned them all around him.
1t was dusk when the chase reached
the river bank, and have no doubt
the bulrushes presented quite a natur-
al appearance. At any rate, although
the dogs came without a check to the
edge OF the river, where he stepped
on, they never picked the scent M
again either on this side or the other.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-08-20

Ing. The horse SHE'D, The rheel
caught q great stone by the s1de OF
the road, and all four men were
thrown out. The man to whom Craie
was handcuffed was stunned, but CRAIG
himself appears to have been unhurt
he stumbled up, took the key Of the
nandcuffs from the pocket of the Off.
Ger, undid them and slipped of into
the underground before either the
groom or the other Scotland Yard man
had recovered their senses. To cut
long story short, this was last Thurs.
day, and up till now not a single trace
OF the fellow has been discovered
Quest rose abruptly to his feet.
Say. I'd like to take this matter up
right on the spot where Craig disau.
peared," he suggested. Couldn't we
do that?"
BY all means" Lord Ashleigh
agreed, touching bell I'VE have
several hours before we change for
dinner. / will have car round and
take you to the spot"
The professor acquiesced readily.
and very soon they stepped out Of the
automobile on to the side Of a narrow
road, looking very much as it had been
described. Farther on, beyond a
stretch OF open common, they could
see the smoke from the gypsy en-
campment. On their left-hand side
was a stretch Of absolutely wild coun-
try, bounded in the far distance by the
gray stone wall OF the park. Lord
Ashleigh led the way through the
thicket, talking as he went.
Craig came along through here"
he explained. The groom and the
Scotland Yard man who had been
sitting by his side, followed him. They
searched for an hour. but found no
trace OF him at all. Then they re-
turned to the house to make a re-
port and get help. will now show
you how Craig first eluded them"
He led the way along tangled path.
doubled back. plunged into a little
splnney and came suddenly to a small
she'd
This is an ancient gamekeeper's
shelter" he explained; built a long
time ago and almost forgotten now.
What Craig did, without doubt. was to
hide in this. The Scotland Yard man
who took the affair in hand found
distinct traces here Of recent occupa.
ton. That is how he made his first
escape"
Quest nodded.
Sure!" he murmured. well. now.
what about your more extended
search?1
1 am coming to that" Lord Ash
leigh replied. "As Edgar viii re-
member, no doubt, have always kept
few bloodhounds in my kennels, and
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-08-20

the particulars Of his escape, Lord
Ashleigh: The sooner we get the hang
of things the better"
You know, of course" he began,
that Craig was arrested at Liverpool
In consequence of communications
from the New York police. / under.
stand that 1t was with great difficulty
he was discovered, and it is quite clear
that someone on the ship had been
heavily bribed. However. he was ar
rested, brought to London, and then
down here for purposes of identified
ton. would have gone to London
myself. and, in fact, offered to do so.
but on the other hand, as there are
many others on the estate to whom he
was well known. / thought that it
would be better to have more evil
dence than mine alone. Accordingly,
they left London one afternoon, and
sent dogcart to the station to meet
them. They arrived quite safely and
started for here. Craig handcuffed to
one of the Scotland Yard men on the
back seat, and the other in front with
the driver. About half mile from the
south entrance to the park the road
runs across rather desolate strip of
country with lot of low underground
on one side. We have lad a little
trouble with poachers there. as there
is sort of gypsy camp on some COM
mon land little way away. My head
keeper. to whom the very idea OF
poacher is intolerahle, was patrolling
this ground himself that afternoon and
caught sight of one OF these gypsy
fellows setting trap. He chased him,
and more. am sure, to brighten him
than anything else. when he saw that
the fellow was getting away, he fired
his Gun, just as the dogcart was pass
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-08-20
CHAPTER XIX.

The professor rose from his seat in
some excitement as the carriage
passed through the great gates OF
Hamblin park. He acknowledged
with smile the respectful curtsy of
the woman who held 1t open.
you have now an opportunity, my
dear Mr.. Quest" he said, "of appre-
ciating one feature of English life not
entirely reproducible in your own
wonderful country. / mean the home
life and surroundings of our aristoc-
racy. You see these oak trees?" he
went on, with a little wave of his
hand. They were planted by my an
cestors in the days of Henry VIII.
have been a student of tree life in
South America and in the dense for
ests of central Africa. but for real
character, for splendor of growth and
hardness. there is nothing in the
world to touch the Ashleigh oaks"
They're some trees" the criminol-
ogist admitted.
You notice, perhaps, the small
ones. which seem dwarfed. Their
tops were cut OFF by the lord of Ash
leigh on the day that Lady Jane Grey
was beheaded. Queen Elizabeth heard
of it and threatened to confiscate the
estate. Look at the turf, my friend.
Ages have gone to the making of that
messy, velvet carpet"
where's the house?" Quest in
quired.
"A mile farther on yet. The woods
part and make natural avenue past
the bend of the river there" the pro-
fessor pointed out. Full OF trout, that
river, Quest. How | used to whip that
stream when was boy!"
They swept presently round a bend
in the avenue. Before them on the
hillside surrounded by trees and with
a great walled garden behind. was
Hamblin house. Quest gave vent to a
little exclamation of wonder as he
looked at it.
This is where you've got us beat,
sure" he admitted. "Our country
places are like gewgaw palaces COM
pared to this. Makes me kind of
sorry" he went on regretfully, that
didn't bring Lenora along"
The professor shook his head.
you were very wise." he said. my
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-08-20

some entries concerning which | was
interested. 1t contains q history OF
the Hamblin estate since the days oil
cromwell, and here in the back, you
see, is a list of our farmers, bailiffs
and domestic servants. There was a
Craig who was tenant of the first
Lord Ashleigh and fought with him In
the Cromwellian wars as a trooper
and since those days, so far as | can
see, there has never been a time when
tnere hasn't been Craig in the sery.
ice or our family. A fine race they
seem to have been, until"
Until when?" Quest demanded.
The look of trouble had once more
eiouded the professors face. He
shrugged his shoulders slightly.
Until Craig's father" he admitted
Il am afraid I must admit that we
come upon bad piece of family his.
tory here. Silas Craig entered the
service of my father in 1858, as under
gamekeeper. Here we come upon the
nrst black mark against the name.
he appears to have lived reputabIy
LOT some years, and then, after a quar-
rel with neighbor about some trivial
matter, ne deliberately murdered him.
a crime for which he was tried and
executed in 1867. John Craig, his only
son, entered our service in 1880. and.
when left England, accompanied me
as my valet"
mere was a moments silence,
Lenora and | are sailing tomor-
row." Quest said. I'VE are taking
over the necessary warrants and shall
bring Craig back here for trial"
The professor smoked thoughtfuIlv
for some moments. Then he rose de-
liberately to his feet. He had come
TO a decision. He announced it calm
ly, but irrevocably.
i shall come with you" he an.
nounced. Il shall be glad to visit
England, but apart from that 1 feel it
to be my duty. / owe it to Craig to
see that he has a fair chance. and |
owe it to the law to see that he pays
the penalty, If, indeed, he is guilty of
THESE crimes. Is Miss Laura accom-
you. too?"
Quest shook his head.
From what the surgeons tell us"
he said, 1T will be some weeks before
she is able to travel. At the same
time, must tell you that | am glad of
Your decision, professor"
ut is my duty" the latter declared.
i cannot rest in this state Of uncer-
tainty. If Craig is lost to me, the
sooner face the fact the better. At
the same time / will be frank with
you. Notwithstanding all the accumu-
lated pile of evidence / feel in my
heart the urgent necessity of seeing
him face to face. of holding him by
the shoulders and asking him whether
these things are true. We have faced
death together. Craig and l. We have
done more than that-we have court
ed it. There is nothing about him I
IAN accept from hearsay. / shall go
With you to England. Mr.. Quest"
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the x.,'',, Quest, master crIminoloeist of
tice m acdon nads that in bringing to jus
Ashieigh's daughter he has h,,. OF LORD
mvstez,o nfe-and-death struggle with a
h,1t +, nii Bl master criminal. In a hidden
set, IN PROFESSOR Ashleigh's garden he haa
iIvi n an anthropoid ape skeleton and .
half n, inn9nan creature, half monkey
haiia man, destroyed by fire. In his roonss
nav nave appeared from nowhere bIacE b booia,s
lovely thI raat diamonds torn from a
ening ha I1at py pair of armless. threat
b n,ng notes. signed by the inscrutabie
Gales Nils his valet. Ross Brown, and a
roaras, MISS Quigg, are murdered In hia
s soos, Laura and Lenora his asslsta MS
no Tpece rag the professors valet. Ie.
~ tso,a, ABDUCTED by the threatening hand.
Isl, IS rescued. Quest traps Craig. loses hir,S
nora ps w narn aga again in the house where Lee,
again after a thrilling chase The h, ~
e co1es continue to appear in uncannH
ias mon ION with their notes of sarcasm, warn.
ing ing ana suggestions Of clues, ali signed
" the lnnuman, armless hands
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The Cordova daily times., 1915-05-12

one hundred feet of the residential section did the workers succeeded in getting the flames under con trol.
 The steamer Corwin had left the dock on it's way to Nome, but called back by wireless and, together with the steamer Santa Ana, remained in port to take the women and children aboard in case the fire crossed the glacier stream. The most in tense excitement prevailed during this crucial tme and it was only through the efforts of the cooler heads that panic was averted Dense clouds of smoke filled the air and as the fire ragged the heat became unbearable.
 The residents directed their fight to hold t,lo fire north of the glacier stream, where dozen or more small cabins and as many tents, thrown up by recent arrivals, had already burned. The big ma chine shops of the Alaska Northern railroad also caught fire and was soon enveloped in flames The wind then shifted and the fire spread to the water front
The Cordova daily times., 1915-05-12
BRITISH COMMISSION STATES MANY WOMEN AND CHILDREN BELGIUM
 NEREMURDEREDBYC GERMANS

LONDON, May 12-Sr James Bryce, former British am- basador to the United States and chairman of the special commission Investigating outrages committed by Ger troops in Belgium has reported to the the matter The commission finds that in many deliberate systematically organized committed the civil population of Belgium being the sufferers These by isolated murders and the making of war upon innocent women and children.
 The report concludes that many and men were cold blood without vesge of for the acts
 The many violated by the German soldiers before being killed The committee also concludes that the dence they have received positively that the violation wome the murdeng of children the footing of houses and the burning and wanon destruction of private property ordered and counenanced by German officers An elaborate
The Cordova daily times., 1915-05-12
|S AT TER BROWN BEARS FUR A
 MUSEUM

Among the passengers on the Mar iposa last night was Thomas Martin dale, a Philadelphia grocer, enroute to the westward for the purpose of obtaining specimens of the brown bear as it comes from it's annual hiberna- tion. for the Academy of National Science.
 Mir Martindale will proceed from Seldovia, on the east side of Cook in- let, to the west side of the inlet, pen etrating the Aleutian range, in search of the brown bear With him will be J. c. Holman and son, Emil Tol- man, as companions. There is some thing about the hide and fur of a brown bear as 1t awakes from its winter sleep in the snow that scien- lists wish to learn, so Martindale was granted a special government permit to kill five brown bear all told, two more than the legal limit.
 Interesting habits of the animal as it comes out of it's long slumbers, were discussed by Martindale yester- day. He says the first thing the bear does is to run wildly for the nearest patch of skunks cabbage, which plant 1t eats ravenously. finishing up on grass and fish. This proves that skunk's cabbage was put on the face of the globe for a purpose no one else has ever discovered.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-05-12
WILSON'S EMPHATIC NOTE ITO GERMANY
Special to The Times By Associated Press.

Special to The Times By Associated Press.
 WASHINGTON, May 12-President Wilson and his advisers have practically completed a note to Germany that will cover all the complaints of viola tion' $ rights as a neutral Germany will be asked for an accounting and her reasons for the Lustana incident, the Gulflight sinking, the attack on the Cushing and the death of Leon Thrasher Ger many will be expected to make moral and financial amends for these wrongs, and a guarantee will be asked that there will be repetition of such unlaw- ful practices as have been followed by the German submarines.
 The note will be sent to Ambassador Gerard at Berlin late today or early tomorrow. The note has been prepared by the President himsmelf and has received the manimuos approval of the cabi- net. The President realizes the graveness of the meaning of the note and is prepared for any event uahty. The note does not state the exact course that the United States will follow in case of Ger many's refusal would the Presidents assist
The Cordova daily times., 1915-05-12
Threatened Destruction Seward


The entire destruction of Seward by fire, was threatened yesterday, and serious the situa- tion that Deputy Marshal Evans declared the town under martial law, the schools were dismissed all saloons and business houses closed and the entire population turned out to fight the flames, which were gradually but surely licking up everything in their path.
 For the past three days forest fires have been sweeping the timber on the northern outskirts of the townsite. Yesterday strong wind was blowing and the fire extended to the Poland homestead and later to the Laubner addition to the town A large force of volunteers at first endeavored to bat the flames but the fire had gained such headway that their efforts were unavailing Realizing that if the fire reached the town limits there was little chance of saving any of the homes business houses the entire community formed itself into fire fight ing brigade and labored faithfully and heroically Not, however until the flames had reached to within
The Cordova daily times., 1915-05-12
ALASKA COAL CASES
 ARE NOLLE PROssED

The so-called Alaska coal land fraud cases, pending in the United States District court at Detroit since 1911, have been nolled pressed at the request of the attorney general, through his associate, Ernest Knae- bel
 Among the defendants were W. w. McAlpine, Arthur L. Holmes, Albert H. Roehm, George w. Ross, McCurdy c. Lebeau, and Frank D. Andrus, all of Detroit. Indictments returned a. gainst the men by a federal grand jury in that city. charged that $40 claims to land in Alaska had been ob- iained through fraud.
 The action of the prosecution if is understood. was caused by lack of evidence.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-05-12
Much Destruction of Property

cablegram received from Seward this af ternoon states that the fire is completely under control, and is confined to smoldering flames in the adjoining hills, and that the total loss is in the neighborhood of S40,O0O. The fire swept from mile north of the city to within a hundred feet of the best residence district, and the forests around the entire town were a. blaze. Six cabins and a number of tents were destroyed; railroad machine shops and loco tive and eight cars burned, and other minor damage resulted. Fortunately no one was hurt during the fire.
 Another telegraphic report says the round house, machine shop, car shop and half the rolling stock of the Alaska Northern railroad was destroyed also several residences. The fire started in the timber on the Poland home north wind, threatening the whole town. Fire still burning in timber on Brownell homestead, also on government terminal, but all danger is past. Loss S100,000.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-05-12

WASHINGTON, May 12-The Pacific utteran- ces of President Wilson in his speech delivered to the newly naturalized citizens at Philadelphia the night before last, not reflected in the note which the government has prepared to send to Grmany. The note is business like document, and is phrased in firm, unequivocal terms demanding strict ac- countability for the many breaches of American neutrality committed by Germany.
 This strict accountability is only following out the statements made in former notes from this coun- try, wherein the United States said that she would hold Germany to strict accountability for the loss of American lives property. The note asks that Germany terminate her unlawful, unprecedented
The Cordova daily times., 1915-05-12

provision made for systematic ncendarsm at the very break of the by the German authorities the burning and
 frequent destruction of property without of military necessity being of the German theory of general terror
 zaton of conquered people Cases cited where civilians including and children used shields by advanc
 ing bodies of German troops that while used they posed the fire of their countmen and many ded and killed In wounded Begians and prison killed outright by their capors The of the red and white flags also abused by the German soldiers wherever military advantage could be gained.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-05-12
LEGISLATOR RETURNS
 FROM HIS LABORS

Representative Thomas Holland re- turned on last nights steamer from trip to the States after the adjourn ment of the legislature. He will leave for his home in Chitina on to- morrow's train. Mir. Holland has furnished the Times with copies of the compensation act and mining law, the only two bills enacted that have thus far been printed.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-05-12
SEATTLE SUN PROMISES
 GIVE ALASKA SQUARE pEA,

1he seattle Sun has resumed puh il'ation, being now issued by former eni1 aNe1s In a ls,t|er 10 tho Dailv ilmes, the new managing editor says
 We intend to publish a clean snappy newspaper with construct. i've policy. We are going to mako an effort to give Alaska her just dpe in our news columns"
The Cordova daily times., 1915-05-12
STEAMSHIP INSPECTORS
 WILL TOUR WESTWARD

Captain George B. Whitney and Pet CT G. Peltret, steamship inspectors in charge of the Juneau office, will leave for the westward the latter part of the week.
 They will make a tour of the coast towns as far west as Unalaska and re- turn. They will inspect steamers and gasboats and hold examinations for licenses as captains and engineers.
 The tour will take about three months.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-05-12

Ausria The disturbance became great that it became to the troops dspers the immense gather ngs Nothing dsordery attempted but the authorities feared that the gamu of the mob enthusiasm would reach climax and danger result unless they interfered
 Similar demonstrations occurred throughout the country and is certain that the officials of the government be powerfully influenced by the strong public opinion that has expressed by these public demonstrations. The final Austrian proposals expected soon but it is believed they will be satisfactory to the cabinet which will insist that Aus ra cedes all territory that raciay and strategcay Italian Nobody really believes that Austria will grant the full demands of Italy.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-05-12
GERMAN SHOPS IN LONDON WRECKED

LONDON, May 12-Anti- German riots were re- newed in the East End of the city last night, and scenes of extreme violence resulted accompanied with much destruction of property. Every German on the street or seen approaching the quarter was attacked without mercy, and the assaults were par ticulary severe in the neighborhood of the East In
 dia docks Many Germans have been in business in this neighborhood for years and large num- Der of them have become naturalized British cit