, 1915-04-08

OF heaven, appointed to make ghastry
saerlnces at certain signals from on
. The signals ! am moi sure of:
ne turned taciturn after his capture
anu would not talk. I am inclined TO
LINK mat a shooting star, perhaps in
d quarter of the heavens.
was his signal. This is distinctly NOS
sibie and is made probable by the
stars which he had painted with tar
on his sacrffcial robe.
The story of the early morning of
aug. IL Will never be fully known;
OUT much OF 1t, in view OF our knowl-
euge' we were able to reconstruct.
InnsCJones ate his supper that night,
a milo and well disposed individual.
Durlng the afternoon before he had
read prayers for the soul of Schwartz.
In whose departure he may or may not
nave had a part-I am inclined to
tnink not. tones constituting his mission
as being n to remove the wicked and
the oppressor. and Schwartz hardly
coming under either classification.
He was at the wheel from midnight
unit 4 In h morning on the night
AT CeTLdlu nOQIS~ We
believe that he went forward to the
forecastle head and performed, clad In
MS pr1estly robe. such devotions as his
dlsordered mind dictated. 1t Is my
fdea that he looked, at these times, for
q heavenly signal, either a meteor or
some strange appearance of the heay-
ems. II was known that he was n
poor sleeper and spent much time at
night wandering around.
On the night of the crimes 1t is prob
able that he performed his devotions
early. and then got the signal. This
Is evidenced by SingIeton's finding the
ak against the captains door before
midnight. He had evidently been dis
turbed. We believe that he intended
to kill b captain and Mr.. Turner, but
made a mistake in the rooms. he
clearly intended to kill the Danish girl.
Several passages In his Bible, marked
with a red cross, showed his infiamed
hatred of loose women, Ind he be-
heved Karen Hansen to be OF that
type.
He locked me in. slipping down from
the wheel to do so, and pocketfng the
key. The night was fairly quiet. He
could lash the wheel safely. and he
had in his favor the fact that Oieson.
the lookout. was a slow thinking
Swede who VIGOROUSLY slept on his
watch. He found the ak. not where
he had left 1t, but back In the case.
But the ease was only closed, not
Iocked-Singleton's error.
Armed with the ak, Jones slipped
back to the wheel and waited. He had
plenty of time. He had taken his robe
from Its hiding place in the boat, and
had 1t concealed near him with the
AK. He was ready, but he was wait
ing for another signal. He got 1t at
2:30. He admitted the signal and the
time, but concealed Its nature-I think
it was a shooting star. He killed Vail
first believing him to be Turner, and
making with his ak the four signs
of the cross. Then he went to the
Hansen girls door. He did not know
about the bell. and probably rang it
by accident as he leaned over to listen
If Vail still breathed.
The captain, in the mean time, had
been watching Singleton. He had for
hidden his entering the after house; II
he caught him disobeying he meant to
put him in irons. He was without
shoes or coat, and he sat waiting on
the. after companion steps for develop
ments. 1t was the captain, probably,
whom Karen Hansen mistook for
Turner. Later he went back to the
forward companionway, either on his
way pack to his cabin, or still with
an eye to Singleton's movements.
To the captain there must nave ap-
peared this grisly figure In flowing
white, smeared with blood and armed
with an ak. The sheet was worn over
Jones' head-a long. narrow slit serv-
ing him to see through, and two other
Sits freeing his arms. The captain
was a brave man, but the apparition.
cleaning in the almost complete dark
ness, had beer on him before he could
do more than throw up his hands.
Jones had not finished. He wen
back to the chart room and possibly
even went on deck and took a loo at
the wheel. Then he went down again
and killed the Hansen m
He was exceedingly cunning. he
flung the ak into the room and was
up and at the wheel again, all within
q few seconds. To tea of and fold up
the sheet, to hide 1t under nearby cord
age, to strike the ships bell and light
bis pipe-all this was a matter Of two
or three minutes. I had only time to
look at Vail When l got up to the
wheel Jones was smoking quietly.
I believed he tried to get Singleton
later and failed. But he continued his
devotions on the forward deck, visible
when clad In his robe, invisible when
he took it OF. 1t was Jones, Of course,
who attacked Burns N secured the
key to the captains cabin; Jones who
threw the ak overheard after hearing