Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-11-04
The story thus far:

Inspector Stanley Hopkins goes to
Sherlock Holmes for help on his first
big case. Captain Peter Carey, nifty
years old, almost daring and successful
seal and whale fisher, has retired and
settled down on small place called
Woodman's Lee. He lives with his wife,
his daughter, and two women servants.
lie is q gloomy sort of man, a hcnd when
be is drunk. He was known on shipboard
ms Black Peter.
He sleeps in a hut near his house,
stonemason passing the place few
nights before had seen a shadow on the
window which was not Peters. Several
days later Peter was found killed, pinned
to the floor of the hut by a harpoon which
had been torn down from a rack on the
wall There was an untouched de
canter of brandy and whisky on the
chest. and n bottle of whisky with
two soiled glasses, also half-full
ealskin tobacco pouch with the let
! ,rs 7. c. on it. Carey seldom smoked
There was likewise notebook contain
ing many letters and figures, among
them c. =. r., which Holmes pointed
out obviously meant Canadian Pacific
Railway and J. II. y.
They all went 10 look at the hut
and found that the lock had been
tempered with. Holmes carefully
looked on the floor for any clues.
After nightfall he and Watson returned
TO wait outside the hut for the possible
return of the person or persons who had
tempered with the lock.
About half past two they were
startled 10y a low click from the direction
oithc gate, indicating that somebody had
entered the drive. Then there came a
stcalthy Scraping. Someone was trying
10 force the lock They heard the door
creak open ON its hinges, and then a
candle lighted the inside of the hut. The
watchers saw young and frightened
man look about, take down one of the
log books from the shelf, look through
II. and then, with an angry gesture,
replace 1t. Hopkins seized HIM as he
came from the hut and asked an OK
PLANTATION. He said he was John Hoplcy
Nchcan. son OF Ncligan of Dawson and
Michigan, banking firm that had failed
some time ago running many. HIS father
had disappeared. The Young man
SAID he had gone off in Yacht with lot
OF securities. telling the boy and his wife
lilIN lt MONitl ltAA-ih WIN ~ AAN.aNa
cleared, and that nobody would suffer
from him. lie had never been heard
from. hut finally some OF the securities
had appeared in London, and had been
traced 10 Captain Carey. The young
man then found ont that Carey was re-
turning from the Arctic seas IN whaleI
az the time his father disappeared, and
thought possibly his fathers boat had
been blown into Captain CarcY'S course
lie had come TO question the Captain, he
sand. lust when he heard OF the murder
and had then tired To get information
from tho log books, but the entry fol
that date was torn out. lie protested
that he knew nothing more. Hopkins
then showed him the little notebook
containing his initials and asked hin
what that meant. The wretched mar
collapsed, and Hopkins placed him unde
arrest
Holmes and Watson went back e
London. Holmes was not satisfied
and when he found some letters await
ing his return, told Watson he had beer
following an alternative possibility. III
cent for Hopkins. lie also sent for mel
from "A shipping agency To come 10 HI
rooms. He explained 10 Hopkins tina
he had tried TO harpoon pig, and as III
could not. felt sure the anaemic youni
man could not have thrust a harpoo'
through Captain Carey. The men iron
the shipping agency came, and the third
huge, hairy man, took the job Holme
offered to 60 on an exploring trip, ssyln
he WAS harpooner. named PatncI
Cairns. Holmes snapped handouts o.
him. and they bound him.