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A STUDY IN SCARLET By Mr A. Oomui Itoyl* -+r CHAPTER VL The paper* next day were full of the "Brtxton Myetery,- as they term ed it. Each had a Ion* account of the affair, and some had leaders up on It In addition. There was some information In them which was new to me. I still retain in my scrap book numerous clippings and extracts bearing upon the case. Here is a condensation of a few of them: The Standard commented upon the fact that lawless outrages of the sort usually occurred unde*- a Liberal ad ministration. They arose from the unsettling of the minds of the masses, and the consequent weaken ing of all authority. The deceased was an American gentleman who had been residing for some weeks In the metropolis. He had stayed at the boarding house of Mme. Charpentler, In Torquay Terrace, Camberwell. He waa accompanied in his travels by his private secretary, Mr. Joseph Stan- gerson. The two bid adieu to their landlady upon Tuesday, the 4th Inst., and departed to Euston Station with the avowed Intention of catching the Liverpool express. They were after ward seen together on the platform Nothing more is known of them until Mr. Drebber’s body was, as recorded, discovered In an empty house In the Brixton Road, many miles from Eus ton How he came there, or how he met his fate, are questions which are still Involved In mystery Nothing I* known of the whereabouts of Stan gerson We are glad to learn that Mr Lestrade and Mr Cregson. of Scotland Yard, are both engaged up on the raae. and It Is confidently sn- tlrlpated that these well known ofTi cars will speedily throw light upon the matter The Dally Newt o^rred that there was no doub* as to the crime being a political one The deapot- Ism and hatred of Liberalism which animated the Continental govern ments. had had the effect of driving to our shores a number of men who might have made eirellent rtMiena were they not aoured by the recoller tton of all that they had undergone Among tbeee men there was a atrln gent code of honor say Infrlnfement of which waa punished by dee'h Every effort should be made to And the secretary fltangerwon and to as ewrtaln some particular* of (he habl*« of the decaaeed A great step had been galaed by the dlacorery of 'he addrees of (he h >u*r at *M< h he hal boarded a result which was en'lre ly due to the scuteneae and energy of Mr r,region of Scotland Yard ftherlock Holme* and I real the** nothlce* over together at breakfas' and they appeared to afford h'm con alderahle amusement I told you that whatever happen ed. I>astre4# and Cregson would be aura to arora " That depends on how U turns out " Oh hies# vou It doean t matter In tha least If the man is caught. It will be on account of their exertions If ha aacai*ea I*, will be In spite of their aiartlons It's heads 1 win and tails you lose Whatever th*v do they will have followrr* To a<>t trouve toujoura un plus sot qul 1 admire ’’ What on earth Is this*" I crl*d for at thta moment there came the pattering of many ateps In the hall and on the atalra. accompanied bv • udlble expresalons of disgust upon the part of our landlady "It'a the Baker Street division of the detective police force,” said mv companion, gravely, and as be spoke there rushed Into the room half a dozen of the dirtiest and mosf ragged street arabs that ever I clapped eyes on. ‘‘Tentlon'” cried Holmes, In a sharp tone, and the six dirty little scoundrels stood In a line like so many disreputable statuettes. “In future you shall send up Wiggins alone to report, and the rest of you must wait in the street. Have you found it, Wiggins?” “No, sir; we hain’t,” said one of the youths. “I hardly expeebed you would. You must keep on until you do. Here are your wages." He handed each of them a shilling. “Now, off you go, and come back with a better report next time.” He waved his hand, and they scam pered away downstairs like so many rats, and we heard their shrill voices next moment in the street. “There’s more work to be got out of one of those little beggars than out of a dozen of the force,” Holmes remarked. “The mere sight of an official-looking person seals men’s lips. These youngsters, however, go everywhere and hear everything. They are as sharp as needles, too; all they want is organization.” “Is It on this Brixton case that you are employing them?” I asked. “Tea; there is a point which I wish to ascertain. It la merely a matter of time. Halloo! we are going to hear some news now with a ven geance! Here Is Gregaon coming 4owa the road, with beantltade writ ten epos every feature of his face. Been I for m, 1 know. Tea. he !e at Che •• «p tb* •<. ie. sod burs: Soiree deterxtve f three step* at s tl ur sitting room ”My desr fsllow." be crlod. wri >* .ng Holme*' unreepoosiv* It* H. "congratulate me' I have mad<< i.ir whole thing as clear as day"’ A shade of anxiety seemed to uie to cross my companion's expressive face "Do you mean that you are on he right track?" he asked. “The right track! Why, sir. wr have the man under lock and k«y"’ “And his name Is?" "Arthur Charpentler, sub-lleuten- nnt In Her Majesty's navy,” cried Cregson, pompously rubbing his fat hands and Inflating his chest. Sherlock Holmes gave a sigh of re lief and relaxed into a smile. “Take a seat and try one of these cigars,” he said. “We are anxious to know how you managed it. Will you have some whiskey and water?” “I don’t mind if I do,” the detec tive answered. “The tremendous ex ertions which I have gone through during the last day or two have worn me out. Not so much bodily exer tion, you understand, as the strain upon the mind. You will appreciate that ,Mr. Sherlock Holmes, for we are both brain-workers.” “You do me too much honor,” said Holmes, gravely. “Let us hear how arrived at this most gratifying re sult." The detective seated himself in the armchair and puffed complacently at his cigar. Then suddenly he slapped his thigh In a paroxysm of amuse ment. "The fun of It Is." he cried, "that that fool Lestrade, who thinks him self so smart, has gone off upon the wrong track altogether He is after the secre'ary. Stangerson. who had no more to do with th** crime that) the hnbe unborn 1 have no doubt that tie tins cangbt tilm by this time The Idea tickled Cregaon so much tha' he laughed until he choked " Vnd ho*» did you get your clew’ " Yh. I II 1<I1 you all about It Of course t*r Watson, this Is atrlcMy be twe^n ouraelve* The first d'Tcultv • htrh we had to contend wfh was the finding of this American s ante reden t S Some people woul! have waited until their ad ver’lsemen's were answered or until part'es came forwarl anl V'->!untee’ed In f'>rm*'l'>n That Is not T >*das Cregs 'n s way o' go'ng to work You remem‘-er the hat beside the de*d man* Y'e* tal l Holmes by John T'n derw'xid A Son 2 2) vamberwr . b» f o' my son art*** from sny fe*r o lest he should ha** had a haad la ’hi* ter-lM* affair If* la ot'erly Inntv ‘ler.t of It My dread ia. however, that ; In rour eye* and in tha eye* of other* he may appear to be compromised That, however, la aurely Impossible His high character, hla proffeaalon. hla antemdenta would forbid It ’ " ’Your beat way la to make a clean breast of It. If your son la Innocent he will be none the worae.’ “’Perhaps, Alice, you had better leave ua together,’ she said, and her daughter withdrew. ‘Now, sir,’ she continued, ’I had no Intention of tell ing you nil this, hut since my poor daughter has disclosed It I have no alternative. Having once decided to speak. I will tell you all, without omitting any particular.’ “ ‘It Is your wisest course,’ said I. “ ‘Mr. Drebber has been with us nearly three weeks. He and his sec retary, Mr. Stangerson, had been traveling on the Continent. I notic ed a Copenhagen label upon each of their trunks, showing that that had been their last stopping place. Stan gerson was a quiet, reserved man, but his employer, I am sorry to say, was far otherwise. He was coarse In his habits and brutish in hla ways. The very night of his arrival he be came very much the worse for drink, and, indeed, after twelve o'clock in the day he could hardly ever be said to be sober. His manners toward the maid-servants were disgustingly free and familiar. Worst of all, he speed ily assumed the same attitude toward my daughter, Alice, and spoke to her more than once in a way which, for tunately, she is too innocent to un derstand. On one occasion he ac'ual- ly seized her In hfs arms and embrac ed her an outrage which caused hl« own secretary to reproach him for bis unman tv rnnducv ' " ‘But why did you stand all thI«' I ask*'! 'I suppose that vou can get rid of your tmarders when you wish ' Mr-* Charpentler blushed at m> pert rierr queMion Would to Hod that I had given him no’Ice on the %,-rv dav tie name •he s.vM It j' It » a* a sore tern ,, -< NEGRO KILLS WOMAN HOT UKATHKR AND VWIlskLY < At HK DEATH. Man Hhoot* Down Woman llcrauae Hhe Did Not Tell Him Where His Wife Waa. Hot weather and mean whiskey seem to be the predominating causes of murders and misdemeanors In Georgetown of fate. Thursday night at nine o’clock Joe Williams, a negro, while under the Influence of liquor, and because.Julia Eaddy could not or would not tell him where his wife was, drew a pistol and shot her twice, once In the side and the other bullet broke her leg. The woman died Fri day. The shooting occurred within 150 yards of where Carrie Richard son, another colored woman, was shot and killed Monday afternoon by her husband, Robert Richardson. It seems that Joe Williams and his wife, Belle, have been separated sev eral months, and Belle has gone away, her family not knowing whereio she Is. He evidently believed .4ht?y" ci did know and were keeping her whereabouts a secret. As soon as Williams fired the last shot he made a wild dash for the woods, falling heavily several times from the effects of the liquor. Sheriff Ward and Magistrate J. M. Butluer hastenel to the scene of the crime, and with sev eral others engaged In a hot pursuit Friday, with a crowd of negroes a' his back, the sheriff Is said to have the negro cornered in a spur of Cap- way Bav. near Crav- s Station. ®knd the news of h i * up* are I- 1 v e■ * * , I TL*- * >.: ■ r. h ti ■ i ) \* nrk•• 1 'Ip ;i ti ! arm of the law and fh*' - ■nterv* t • ,t 1 - « i t 11..it • '.* [ h N own r a' >* , ■ o M * i'h J..*- V. .!! an.H ;. .i.-. ■ . >m.* n'.iri I" P •!•>’• *n t I .' • T ' - *7 ti" 1 • . r HE mis 100 MUCH AHimiDOR VILSON IS IN HOME SERIOUS TROUBLE HE IS SEYERLY Bryan Cables Ambassador at London to Disclaim All Responsibility foi the Interview—Administration Dis cussed Probability of Inynediate Dismissal of the Ambassador. Henry Lane Wilson, furloughed ambassador to Mexico, Issued a state ment at Washington Wednesday at tacking the recent s .aWmen; accred ited to the British foreig i office, de claring that Great Br'.uv'u h m tec £- nized the Huerta government at a provisional government only: that recognition was prumpte t by a d» sire to contribute to th: restoration f order and aho because of Wilson s congratulatory speed on tl:! occa sion of the reception of ihe Mexico City diplomatic corps by Moerta. Mr. Wilson said: "If this siaie- ment really emanated from the BLt- ish foreign office, it is at variant *■ with its traditions £n<l v.Uh the cr ar- aeter which it has nimiifaini 1 hefo-e the world for two cent ui s. 1 doubt WHIPS HIS ASSAILANT AFTER BEING HHi »T H\MITON MAN GIVES FIGHT. thp g '■nuinencss of .h*‘ -'.ttt'm**!!', i to i n it Is a l arc subter ' l *' UUW 1! til V (if t 11* m ] M:*‘ I! riti sh foreign irh -.-* As tlif : •> * Mr i-t*..l at th** titn. i ' M s r*-. nit: * i th* ? >11 1 V a prnv >iol: >. gov. rr >4.. n* -i th* M. x;< ii t I.* k'.V.r.V; • t. ' if < i r* .it i'r.t- V. • ♦ •r .i i ’. i . "il 1 .it ; • k ’ r • n t Drunken Man Shoot* t'p the Town, Firing *t Several Before He I* Rendered 11 ax micas by Beating. Chas. S. Blocker, a prominent young white man of Hampton, vv is shot and probably fatally wounded Tuesday night about 10 o’cloca oy Jesse Smith. The shooting occurred on Lee avenue, the main thorough fare of the town, in front of the stole of W. Fred Lightsey, in which Mr. Blocker works as manager for Mr. Lightsey. The wound was inflicted in the lower intestines, and the exact nature and effects of it can not be as certained without an exploratory in cision. It seems that Smith, who prior to this time has been repeatedly incar cerated in the local jail on charges ranging from drunk and disorderly to murder, and who was tried for murder and acquitted several years ago, proceeded to get drunk Tuesday and to shoot up the town. Mr. W. M. Bishop and several other young men were, It is said, threatened by Smith, and the drunken man shot at Mr. Bishop twice before the altercation with Mr. Blocker, but his aim proved untrue. 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I felt more than ever that these people knew something of the matter. “ 'At what o'clock did Mr Drebber leave your house for the train?’ 1 asked. “ 'At eight o'clock,’ she said, gulp ing in her throat to keep down her agitation. ‘His secretary, Mr. Stan gerson, said that there were two trains—one at 9:15 and one at 11. He was to catch the first.' “ ‘And was that the last you saw of him?’ “A terrible change came over the woman’s face as I asked the ques tion. Her features turned perfectly livid. It was some seconds before she could get out the single word, ‘Yes,’ and when it did come It was in a husky, unnatural tone. “There was silence tor a moment, and then the daughter spoke In a calm, clear voice. " ‘No good can ever come of false hood, mother,’ she said. ' Let us be frank with this gentleman. We did see Mr. Drebber again’. " ‘God forgive you! cried Madame Charpentler, throwing up her hands and sinking back In the chair. " ‘You have murdered your broth er!’ “ ‘Arthur would rather that we spoke the truth,’ the fflrl answered, firmly. “ ‘You had best tell me *11 about It now,' I said. ‘Half confidence* are worse than none. 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I made shorthand notes of all she said, however, so that there should be no possibility of a mis take.” “It’s quite exciting,” said Sherlock Holmes, with a yawn. “What hap pened next?” “When Mrs. Charpentler paused,” the detective continued, “I saw that the whole case hung upon one point. Fixing her with my eye in a way which I always found effective with women, I asked her at what hour her son returned. “ ‘I do not know,’ she answered. “ No; he has a latch-key, and let himself in.’ “ ‘After you went to bed?’ “ ’Yes.’ ” ‘When did you go to bed?’ “ ‘About eleven.’ “ ‘So your son was gone at least two hours?' “ ‘Yes.’ ” ‘Possibly four or five?’ ” ‘Yes.’ ” ‘What wafe he doing during that time?’ " ’I do not know,’ *he answered, turning white to her very lip*. “Of course, after that there waa nothing more to be done. I found •at where Lieeteaent Charpentler waa, teek twe edie*r* with me and arrested him. 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Mr. Lestrade!” cried Gregsnn, triumphantly. “I thought you would come to that con clusion. Have you managed to find the secretary, Mr. Joseph Stanger son “The secretary, Mr. Joseph Stan gerson,” said Lestrade, gravely, “was murdered at Halliday’s Private Hotel about six o’clock this morning.” (To be continued.) To Develop Inland Waterway. A report was made to Congress Wednesday by the Secretary of War transmitting the recommendation of the board of engineer* that an expen diture of 1430.000 be made to pro vide an Improved Inland waterway betweeh Columbia, Camden and Charleston, 8. C. Heftry Lane Wilson has shot off kle ftouth once too ofton. He will now fn. have been guilty of such an In : in prlety.” The action of the admir.lst ratmr: resulted from the receipt of a cp v >le- gram from Ambassador Page in I.on- don, officially confirming the Asso* 1- ated Press dispatch which had quot ed a statement from the British gov ernment that it had recognized the Huerta regime In Mexico along with France and Germany after a “con gratulatory speech” to President Huerta by Ambassador Wilson on be half of the diplomatic corps in Mexi co City. The official interpretation o! the statement was that Great Britain at the time believed from Ambassador Wilson’s act that the United States intended to recognize the Huerta gov ernment. Secretary Bryan, after a conference with the president sen* the following cablegram (.0 Ambas sador Page: “The interview given to the press yesterday by Mr. Henry Lane Wilson, whose resignation as ambassador to Mexico has been accepted to take ef fect at the end of his vacation, Oc tober 14, having been brought to the president’s attention, he direct* me to ask you to call at the British for eign office and say to Sir Edward Grey that he disclaims *11 refffionst- blllty for Mr. Wilson s actions in the matter and for the language employ ed by him In his Interview and that he regrets exceedingly that a diplo matic official in the employ of this government aboold have been gnllty •f *nch an impropriety " g r * e • ’ r 1 ► * r-toltotf Tf • » 1 \ l I »* » ‘ ' a X » r * ' h * r t A • A eA*’ X \ * * « f f • , . ' . 4 t 1 > • 4 - * . ' ' ■ ; * ^ t 4 V ... ....... I 1 ' . . T) .'A '. I k- A !. • B.i' '.* •. IB : ■ 1" Bv.' i ’ Mini I: i" • r >b\ • ► l'ir-t New Bale. The fir-’ b.il*' of the I'.'].", crop w .is -ol I at Barnwell Tuesday by K H. Lutz to .1 A Borter for IT* cents u pound. It was immediately shipped by express to F. W. Wagener & Co.’, of Charleston. Mr. Lutz, a progres sive planter, who lives a few miles from Barnwell, has carried off first bale honors a number of times. Ammunition Near Fire. Within a few feet of two large boxes, In which more than 9,000 rounds or ammunition w»ere stored, a slow fire burned a large hole in the roof of the auditorium armory at At lanta, Wednesday. Secretary Bryan not only gave the foregoing to the press but Issued the following statement: “A copy of the cablegram to the American embassy was sent to Am bassador Wilson. The president does not go further at this time because he take* It for granted thrat the action which he is obliged to take In this matter will be to him (Ambassador Wilson) a sufficient reminder of his official duties.” In this connection it was admitted that the administration had consid ered a Nummary acceptance of Am bassador Wilson’s resignation to take effect Immedlatfly, but It was said by official* who characterized th# ac tion as a xufflejent reprimand that on ly In the event of any other utterance or action distastefoJ to the adminis tration by the Ambassador would ench n eonrne he followed.