Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-10-30
Part One
; SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE

official uniform. recognized him at
once as Stanley Hopkins, young police
inspector, for whose future Holmes had
high hopes, while he in turn professed
the admiration and respect of a pupil
for the scientific methods of the famous
amateur. Hopkins brow was clouded,
and he sat down with an air Of deep de-
lection.
"No, thank you, sir. / breakfasted
before | came round. / spent the night
in town, for ! came up yesterday to
report" ~
And what had you to report?"
Failure, sir, absolute failure"
"You have made no progress
| "None."
'Dear me! / must have look at the
matter"
Il wish to Heavens that you would,
Mr.. Holmes. It's my first big chance,
and am at my wits end. For goodness
sake, come down and lend me hand"
"Wel, well, it just happens that
l have already read all the available evil
dence, including the report of the
inquest, with some care. BY the way,
what do you make Of that tobacco
pouch, found on the scene of the crime?
Is there no clue there?"
Hopkins looked surprised.
1T was the mans own pouch, sir
His initials were inside it. And it
was of sealskin-and he was an old
sealer"
But he had no pipe"
! mo. sir, we could find no pipe
indeed he smoked very little, and yet he
might have kept some tobacco for his
friends"
mo doubt. only mention it because,
if had been handling the case, should
have been inclined to make that starting
point OF my investigation. However, my
friend, DR.. Watson, knows nothing of
this matter, and | should be none the
worse for hearing the sequence of events
4 once more. Just give us some short
sketches of the essentials"
Stanley Hopkins drew a slip of paper
from his pocket
Il have a few dates here which will
give YOU the career Of the dead man.
Captain Peter Carey. lie was born in As
fifty years of age. He was a most
daring and successful seal and whale
fisher. In 1888 he commanded the
steam Sealer Sea Unicorn of Dundee. He
had then had several successful voy-
ages in succession. and in the following
year, lS49, he retired After that he
travelled for some Years, and finally
he bought n small place called Wood
mans Lee. near Forest Row, in Sussex
There he has lived for six years, anC
there he died Just a week ago today.
There were some most singular
points about the man. In ordinary life
he was strict Puritan-a silent, gloomy
fellow His household consisted of hi:
wife, his daughter, aged twenty, and two
female servants. These last wert
continually changing,f for it was never 6
very cheery situation, and sometime:
it became past all bearing. The mar
was an intermittent drunkard,, anC
when he had the fit on him he was per.
feet fiend. He has been known to drive
his wife and daughter out of doors in
middle of the night, and fog them
through the park until the whole village
outside the gates was aroused by thell
screams.
He was summoned once for &
savage assault upon the old vicar
who had called upon him to demonstrate
with him upon his conduct. In short
Mr.. Holmes, you would 60 far befor,
you foundI more dangerous man thar
Peter Carey, and have heard that h,
bore the same character when he co
manded his ship He was known in th
| trade as Black Peter, and the name wa.
given him, not only on account of hi
. swarthy features and the color of hi
: huge beard, but for the humors whicl
were the terror of ak round him. Inee,
, not say that he was loathed and avoide,
! by every one of his neighbors, and that
have not heard one single word of sorroy
about his terrible end"
t Tomorrow-The Adventure of Blacl
} Peter, continued.