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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1901-8-29, Page 3"doh•tedntehalt+th..1"deh d•CnIedidtthdetohthdninisdehehdidlthd•d•d•hehheitt—hdoh • • HIs 4:* ---""'""""111111k The Untimely ILL=GOTTEN ••• End of "e Joseph Dove% 114: .VVEALTH • eie h .hieei nat. gene eta. ee ee et het he +hen etis et et nen ea tenth. ne nate in eat eat hog. sten nisie ente SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING. "Now, see here, Sir Richard, listen CHAPTERS.-Seetwities vanish from till I tell you all about the anew. the strong -room of ilandelent, Dandy and Waldo, bankers. Mr. Ittaelte of Scotland Yard is called in tosolve the mystery. There are two keys to the strong -room -ono held by Mr. Waldo, partner. the other by M. aurtees chief cashier. This latter has two ehildren, Bob end Jose- phine. Ile reproaches Bob, who is mi extravagant subaltern 'With ate- piratione to the band of Helene, Waldo, for having consumed ifis sis- ter's dowry to pay ids gambling debts. Surtees is suepected . of the theft. Mr. FaSite was a little at fault. That worthy police officer found himself foiled in his endeavors to Ascertain anything to Mr. SurWs' 'detriment or discredit. Down Ham- mersmith way the Surtees enjoyed the highest reputation. There was nothing suspicious -not a shadow of mystery about them; no lavish expenditure, no pressing debts, ma eeeret entanglements to hint at a reason for the theft of the bonds. A couple of weeks had thus slipped by in profitless in- quiries, and 31r. Faske was still as far as ever from ihdrig the ern upon the cashier. Yet that Mr. Surtees was guilty Mr. realm had not the smallest doubt. It Was his Method to come to rapid. sometimes they proved hasty. Conclusions. He had done so in the ease of the robbery at Wal - do's bank. The culprit was clearly Ur. Surtees. How was this to be proved ? Only by facts : by evidence which would certainly be forthcom- ing if only he could lay held of it. Sir Richard Daunt might be of some asaistauee to birth 44nd to Sir Iticherd he came. "Well. Itoete." said Sir Richard, pleosantly, pointing to an arm- timair. "I have not seen you for an age. away ?" "No, Sir Rivhard I have Leen thel up toe chwely at Loma" "Nothing partieul am' sti rang. is there ?" asked the hamlet. "I have not Mtn a caee mentioned in the papere that eeemed worthy f you." "There it more happens than in mentioned in the payers." said the detective. nursing his leg, and lo ginning, as usual, to examine his shoestring intently, Ile sat there ebsorbed and pre- occupied, and for so long that Sir Richard at last cried : "Why, Puke t what's on your mind ? Out with it. I know you're bursting with some mysterious af- fair." Mr. Teske started, aud put down his leg. "It's a bank business:" he con - leased, but somewhat reluctantly ; "a. big robbery -of bonds." "Any clue ?" "None ; although I know the thief," said the detective, with con- viction. "But can't bring it home to him ; I see. Very interesting indeed." "I've not the slightest doubt in my mind," he said at length, "but I am bothered about preofs." ••British juries have an awkward way of Insisting upon proofs," re- marked the baronet. Mr. Faske looked as though he bated all juries, and would gladly have seen that palladium of British liberty abolished. Another pause, which the detective broke abruptly. "Do you often go to Chiswick, Sir Richard 9" "Now mad again. Why do you ask ?" Sir Richard began to be on the defensive. •rit charming place, retired, yet handy for the river." -I thought you must, be fond of it, Teske ; I've seen you there fre- quently of late." "You have ?" Mr. realm some- times forgot, in his keenness to watch others, that his own move- - meats might be observed, "Certainly ; in the neighborhood of Chiswick Mall. Might I, without indiscretion, inquire what takes you so often that way ?" "I go there to -to fish," replied the detective, with some hesitation. "Or sketch from nature, or pick flowers, or play the accordion. What nonsense it is," went on Sir Richard suddenly changing his tone, "all this beating about the bush I Out with it, Teske ; I will help you if I can." "You can, Sir Richard -that is, if you choose. Will you answer me one emestion "? Yes ? How long have you known Mr. Seethes I There I" "Mr. Surtees I What haveyouto do with Mr. Surtees ?" Mr. Faske's eyes were again on his shoestring, and he did not imme- diately .: "Mr. :Surtees is cashier in -a -- bank," he said slowly ana raising his eyes to, look keenly into Sir Rich- ard' S. "Why, man alive, Teske, can you mean—" a light was breaking in -upon Sir Richard Daunt. "Oh, it in impossible ; you Must be wrong- - utterly and entirely wrong." • "lama here, Sir Richard, I'll tell _ you ail in half -a -dozen. Words," said Mr. Teske; speaking now quite fast, but Very distinctly. "Waldo's is the bank that's robbed, and Ma Surtees is the thief.: But I can't run him in." "So you coma to mei a friend of the 'family; to give you a helping hand ? Thank you, Mr. Faske ; but you've made a slight mistake." "I: thought as how. you , might Imo* -something-a-peen get savege Sir Richard you knew you've often helped us .before." • This compliment to his 'powers . as a detective did not pacify Sir Rich- ard Daunt,who got -an an though to show Mr. Musk° the. door.. You shall judge for yourself." ' With that Mr. Faske proceehed to lay the whole case from his own point " of view before the baronet, As Mr. lee,:eite claimed, the grounds for .suspicion were certainly strong. "I tall you, Sir Richard, it's as clear as noondayeen 'put-up job,' done in the house by the cashier himself, .or my mime's not Jesse Faske : and I'm not alone in my opinion; the firm think the _same, take my word for that." , "Then that's what Meggitt meant,' said Daunt, incautiously, aloud, as he recalled the assistant-eashier's brutal innuendo at Kew, "Meggitt 9" inquired Ur. Fa.sies. "I know him ; the assistant -cashier.. What did he say, and when ?" But Sir Richard would not b drawn out further. "You'd better ask him. I'll have nothing more to say to this affair ; I positively decline to -believe any- thing evil of Mr. Surtees. It's monstrous. That man it thief ! Never 1 You should see him at • home in his Own house ; so dignia Led, so well-bred. And then his daughter—" "Oh I there's a young lady in the case ; a Miss Surtees, eh ?" said the • cunning detective, gently. The bar- onet, no doubt, was sweet on the girl. Mr. .Faske saw that he could do no more good in the Albany. lie • was in the enemy's camp, so to speak : and he got up to go. "Well, Sir Richard, you always ; was bard to persuade. Wait till !next Central Criminal Court, or the t one after, you'll admit then that I was not far wrong." With that Mr. Isaske, poising his hat, as usuel, lip,htlh on his head, went his way. detexmined. before he ' was much older, to see whether Mr. Mhagmtt could throw any light on the affoir. 111•4#1.1mellf CHAPTER. v.r. Mr. Waldo had laid strict injunc- tions on the detective that no in- quiries tending to locriminate Me. ' S unto should be anode ut the bank. Mr. Pushe hail resented this restriction, feeling that It narrowed , his field of investigation in the very • direction it prondaed to be most fruitful. • lu . bc . had followed luo in- structions. After satisfying himself that time place had not been broken Into. nor the strong -room tampered with, he had not returned to the 'bank. So far, too, he had refrained from cross-questioning any of the employees. Now he learnt quite by aecident ' that one of them, this Meggitt, was -behind the scenes ; that not only had lie heard of the rubbery. which 1 wits suppoeed to be still a profound Isecret, but that lie had an opinion of his own on the affair, and bud . sinted at it to Sir Richurd Daunt. There was obviously more in this than met the eye. Waldo or no Waldo, orders or no orders, Mr. Meggitt. must be got at, and made to tell all he knew,' One of Mr. Itaske's young men, a promising tyro of Scotland Yard, 1 . who within forty -Fight hours had I a se ticy tegitt from the bank ! to his chambers in the fulelphi, • thence to the Junior Belgrave Club, I and. later on in the evening, to the I Royal Rosclus, where the assistant -- cashier was lost at the stage -door. ! lie was the intimate friend it up- . peered of Mr. Bonastre. Now Mr. Faske happened to know i Bengy lionastre very well ; the • actor, in fact, was under obligations to him. And by a little adroit man- oeuvring he secured an invitation to ' a theatrical supper, given by the new manager of the Royal 'lentils, at which he hoped to meet the as- • sistant-cathiee. At that supper he get a seat by Meggitt's side, and soon they were the best friends in the world. "I suppose you know everybody here ?" said Mr. Teske, in an in- sinuating way, as he looked around the table. "All that are worth knowing," re- plied Mr. Meggitt. "The company is rather mixed, you understand, Can't help it, you see, in such af- fairs as these." "Who is that grey-haired old gen- tleman -I mean the man with the grey -hair dyed black, who must be seventy at least, and tries to look twenty-five 9" "Oh, that's Lord Wingspur, a great patron ' of the drama ; very old friend of Mrs. Bonastre'•s, I have -heard." . . - •I'Ali ? Do you know him ?" ' tell how he does it, except that he comes clown on the eld man." "A rich father, eh ?" 'Veil, I can't say, but I should think not. _Anyway, this last busi- ness must have bit him hard, and that I happen to know. For old Surtees came to rime," Went on Meg- gitt, growing quite confidential, "and said he'd have to sell out sto4le to pay his son's debts." "And did be? Do you remember the name of the stock 2" Faske never showed excitement, but he spoke eagerly. "No, I don't. The money was paid on the nail, that's all I can tell you. What makes you so anxious to know ?" tAnxious'i I'm not anxious." re- plied Teske, promptly ; "only if I am to play baccarat with a. man I like to be certain be can Pay Up ii he loses, But the father can't be very flush if he has to sell out stock every time his son lime a few bun- dieds at play." Then, after a pause he went ; "SO he came to you to get the money ?" "I didn't say that ; he told me he'd have to part with capital, and asked me to get rid of it for him, or to recommend him a, broker who would dispose of bonds." "Bonds, were they 9 In what stock -Portuguese, did you any 9" remarked Faske, carelessly, looking at Meggitt out of the corner of his eye. "No, I did not say Portuguese." "g" zsteYgoitut.h.ever do say anything, Mr. "How do you know my•uarae asked the other with some effron- tery. "Just as I know they were Por- tuguese bonds, and why Mr. Surtees wanted to sell themm on the sly." "This is really most extraordinary "Faske, of Scotland Yard ; there's my card. I tell you why he want- bulges towards the east, the western ed to sell them ; because he stole side being slightly fiat. It is the them front the bank in which you same with the branehes. This mark - are a clerk, young man. The matter oil tendency to an inereased built to' has been placed in may heads, so wards the east must be logically its - you'd better tell u.s all you know, or erffied to the rotation of the earth. we'll charge you as an accessory be- It is generally known that every fore and after the fact, and run you: revolving body develelis what is call - both in together." • ed centrifugal force. The earth de- velops a tremendous amount of this _ fore, which tends to drive all bodies ' aim its surface from west to east, and ""Yrt—^^-,:e.o..eitaor- did"A:ote.,n,,iatter of feet then, you "Then what did you Mean when you said your creclit-youre, e jun- tor's-was better at Waldo'e than his -that in fact the cashier was under a cloud ?" "About a fortnight ago, to Sir ,,peanle.did I say that 1" Richard Daunt, at Kew." Meggitt started and turned ra- ther"Yon ca,n't humbug me," went on the detective, steraly, nursing his leg ; knotit most things, and I can draw my own conclusioxie. Again what did you mean by your remark at the supper -table, not an hoer flagr:,Tt'hat all the fat was in the Meggitt was silent. "Isn't there an obvious interpre- tation to both these remarlcs ? To me it's all as clear as noon -day. You know more than we do. Now, what is it you know 9 Will you tell us of your own accord, or must we make you ?" "Make me !" cried Meggitt, sulk- ily, and evidently driven into a, cor- ner. (To Be Continued.) =Ng IN BED. The Position Our Bedsteads Should Occupy. In what direction should the bed be placed? Is there any advantage in arranging it In any one direction? It would seem so. to judge by the observations of M. Charles Musset on the action of the rotation of the earth on -trees and plants. An examination of hundreds of trees Juts led to the diaeovery that the trunk is not exactly round, but Meggitt's manner changed instant- ly. "A detective I" he gasped "Then all the fat's in the fire I" "Yes, and unless you make a clean breast of it you'll be acore'ed I. in the blaze. How long have you known of the robbery ?" "I never knew of it for .eertain--I ' only suspected it Iver since that ' day at the bank when Mr. Dandy , was there. and youe-you--carae." '. "I came 1" ' "I think so ; I am not quite sure. • I have only just recognized you It's aa dreadful affair." Meggitt seemed quite agitated. "Poor dear Mr. Surteen I Such a nice, good man, r Mr, France." , ' Faske thought he detected just a ,. faint tango of irony in the tone. , "Look here, Mr. Meggitt. seal- " ment's a 'fine .thing, but it don't wash with me. You must put your line feelings in your pocket and stick ' to business, or we shall fall out. , Do you mean to tell me what you know 2" I "I should be sorry, very sorry, to Injure Mr. Surtees ; indeed, I am quite incapable of ft," I' "Stuff ! You must be with us or , against us. Which Is it to be 9 Look :sharp, or I'll go across to Lord an'ingspur-he's a Middlesex magis- trate ; I know him, if you don't- . and get him to sign a warrant for !Your arrest this very night. Now 1* would you like to leave the stage Itvith"-Faske lightly shook ids coat - tells, and there was a rattle of steel -"the derbies on ? They're there waiting till they're wanted. Come which is It to be ?" "Well, not exactly, but I do know the Captain, Mee. Waldo's son, who will be Lord Wingspur by-and-by. We have had many a merry night together. Only few weeks ago he dined with me at my 010 -he and young Surtees." • "Surtees interrupted the detec- tive. "I seem to know the name, What Surtees is that ?" "You May know the man himself • if you like, He is sitting over there -the tall, soldier -like chap. He is in the army, in some foot regiment. I will introduce you, if you like, after supper. Do you ever play 'bac- carat If you do, he is your man." "Is that his line ? A gambler, eh ?" said Faske softly, trying, from long habit, to pushback his chair, and examine his Shoe -string. This was an important piece of news: • The fact that the son played high exPlained. the ,father's need for money at all costae • • "I' saw him lose seven hundred potinds at ecarta not three weehs ago without turning a hair," went ,on lefeggitt, seemingly proud of, 'his acquaintance •with such a sportsirian: "He . meets be rich to risk such sums ?" "Hasn't anal) of his own. I can't nt shall be very happy to tell you all I know, Mr. Teske," said Meg- gitt, eagerly but very humbly, "only it can't be here. My chambers are not far off -in the Adelphi. Why not conic over there ?" They were small rooms, but well furnished in a florid, showy style. Mr. Teske threw himself into one of the arm -chairs and said- " • *- n • • e e • - sk you a few questions. You're in Waldo's bank ?" began the detective. "I can. I have been for eleven years. I now hold the post of as- sistant -cashier. "Immediately under Mr. Sortees ? Are you good friends ?" "The best. I. like him, and I think he likes me. a speaks Len. entia - ly to me, and often consults me about his private affairs. ' "As when he asked you to help lam "He only asked 1.110 if I knew of a, broker who could sell them for him quietly, Ile seemed anxious no one should know he was parting with these bonds." "Did it ever occur to you why ? Had you any idea that they were -stolen ?" "Mr. Faske I" cried Meggitt, in- dignant at the imputation the re- mark conveyed. "Don't look injured ; I'm not ac- cusing you -at least, not for the present -of tiny guilty knowledge. Besides in no case need you crimin- ate yourself. All I want to get at is what you thought were Mr. Sur - tees' reasons foe wishing to keep the whole affair 'dark." "I had an idea certainly. I fan- nied he did not .Wish the :Ural to know that he was realizing his capi- tal, and for the purpose of meeting his son's gambling-nebte." "You inenticined nothing ,about all this to your, employers . "No. Why should I ? Besides I felt bound to respect, Mr. F.Suetees' expressed desire for. secrecy," "And you did net connect the cashier's request With the loss of the borids from the strong -room?". '1 tell you I had' not heard of the robbery.'.' • • . -"You guessed something had gone Wrong ; it is Your own achniSsion." ,"Yes, hitt I:knew nothing of the. details. I knew note of the naaticta lees of the theft until I heaid them from 'you to -night." "Didn't you ?" remarked Mr. Faske, spftly," as he stared at his shoestring. "And why,, then, 'did, you suspect .11X1., Surtees. ?" "How :could I, suspect him ?" although such bodies may be too heavy to be Moved. the force exists none the lass, and affects them in : some way. It is explained that the reason , why some 'waterfalls incline towards a particular side is because the cen- trifugal force of the earth acts upon , them. In the same way the sap of trees Is gradually driven towards the east, causing the trees to de- velop more on that side. There is, • no doubt whatever about the effect of the earth's rotation on oil bodies hich e capable of being affected. Now wint has this to do with the position of our bedsteads? A great deal. Every individual who remains °in a. fixed position for several hours falls under the influence of the cen- trifugal force, which will tend to • drive the liquids in his body from west to east. If, therefore, this individual's bed Is arranged so that his head is to- wards the east, there is a tendency on the part of the blood to Row to- wards the brain ; he sleeps uneasily, and is less fresh when he awakes. If his feet are towards time east, his sleep is peaceful. Should his bedstead be placed north to south, he should die with his head to the north, as the cen- trifugal fierce acts from north to south in our hemisphere. When n. person is peevish, we say that he "got out of bed the wrong way," but more probably be got in- to bed the wrong way. We may find it better in this matter to fol- low science rather rather than the mere look of our rooms. WOMEN SAILORS. Among Danes, Norwegians, and Finns, women are employed as sail- ors, and they prove themselves to be expert mariners. In the smaller sailing ships, where there is a wo- man on board, whether she be the wife of the skipper or the stewardess, she is expected to take her turn at the ordinary work of the sailor, not even excluding the duties of the roan at the wheel or of the night watch. Denmark employs several women as State officials at sea, and particu- larly in the pilot service. They go far out to sea to meet the coming ships; they clamber up nimbly out of their boats; they show their offi- cial diploma; and they steer the newcomer safely into the harbor. It is the same with Finland. Experi- enced captains assert 'that the wo- men make excellent 'sailors, and are equal to most seamen in dexterity and power of endurance. IN THE COUNTRY. "mis' "What is it, Jimmie') "Is that mean ol' bee 'at stung me las' summer here yit?" • A PAPER BICYCLE. A paper bicyele has no* invaded the field. Paper fibre, similar to that sometimes used in the manu- facture of railway carriage wheels, is employed for tubing, and is as strong as any in use. A factory is said to be contemplated for the pro- duction of bicycles of this sort; ENTERPRISING 131111GLA.RS1 AMAZINGE -HEN= FOE Itog- Q BANKS, 17.1.xelnp°engsetotegG"e4tt• at7t1.17bQleold,a'd. When men of enterprise, possessors Of Capital, _make up their ;Mods to. rob a bank it is pretty safe to ex- pect a. departure front the obsolete ways of Bill Sikes, but. few people would reckon foe bank robbers, how- ever vast their enterprise and means, to buy a plot of land, build a hoose, furnish it luxuriously, arsi live in it simply for the purpose of getting at the gold in the strong reera Of the bank next door. If the manager of a well-known. bank, in Mexico had hinted that the owner of the newly erected reside= adjoining his own had designs On the bank's store he would have been howled down_ as an imaginative jug - gins. But none the Jess -he would have been right. Four enterprising rogues made up their minds they would one day raid the hank strong room, with no bung- ling and only the least possible risk. To that end they sought to rent a house attached to the bank, but were unsuccessful. As an alternative they bought the plot of land on the other side of the bank, and upon it they built themselves a nice.- compact tie residence, and furnished it. Pay- ing their way in the most honest manner possible. , There they lived attended by two • servants, for four months, whentheir brilliant schemes were utterly spoiled by an inquisitive dog. The dog belonged to the manager of the bank, and invariably accom- panied his muster whenever it was. necessary to visit the bank -cellars. On the eventful night while in the cellar the dog evinced mach uneasi- ness* miming about the place and barking without ainhapparent Muse. :taking partieular interest in a dark corner of the cellar, Upon examin- ing this corner the manager found some broken cement upon the floor and became as suspicious as the dog. Assistance was obtained and a thor- ough search of the cellar made, when it was discovered that,, the gentry next door had for some weeks been at work on the foundations of the bank, and had cut a narrow passage through five feet of strong masonry, with the object of getting into the bank cellar. At the time the discovery was made by the deg time men must, have been in the passage waiting far time man- ager to leave the cellar to cut their way through the last few inches of the 11 But hearing the commo- tion in the cellar they wisely decamp- ed, leaving a nicely furnished house lulenitzanted. So far, We believe, no one has turned up to claim the pro - No less enterprising, but far more successful, were the thieves who some years ago robbed one of the Chinese branches of the Bank of Western In - of a matter of more than $72;10,- 000, which must have paid them well for their trouble, especially as -they were all natives, and a Man is pas- sing' rich on $250 a year in that part of the world. It says some- thing for the cleverness and patience of the heathen Chime that these rogues were successful with their ex- traordinary scheme, in which skilled mechanics might excusably have The men (it is not knowo exactly how many were in the business) took possession of a house almost oppo- site the bank, and, bidden from cur- ious eyes, they set to work to reach the bank vaults. First they dug out a. shaft 12 feet below the foundation of their house. Then they excavated a small properly supported tunnel 60 feet long, which carried them un- der the roadway to beneath the bank premises. An upward shaft of 8 feet brought their heads a few inches be- low the vaults, through the floor of which they hacked their way one night when the bank's store was lax - get' than usual and they had quite completed their preparations for flight. Rarely had thieves such a haul. Nearly $250,000 in gold alone fell into their hands, and, more won- derful, they actually got. away with it without leaving 0 trace behind. Some idea of the amount of labor these rogues went through may be gathered from the fact that the tura eel was lined for support entieply by bamboo sticks, and all the earth dis- placed had to be carried away in pocket -fulls to avoid creating suspi- cion. It was estimated that nearly three months must have been occu- pied in building the tunnel owing to the niany difficulties in the schemers' way; all of which difficulties, by the bye, were so cleverly and quietly overcome that even the wide-awake bank officials had not the remotest idea that anything unusual Was °O- pining in the house opposite. Perhaps the most amazing scheme for robbing a. bank Was that devised by a party who broke into a Kimber- leybank some few years ago. .This bank was unusually well protected from robbers; in fact it was claimed that .the building Would withstand a long siege. Besides the massive ma- sonry above ground,- the. -Vaults had . been specially built. to render impos- sible any attack that might be Made ..upon them. The.e.xterior wall of the vault, which was also the foundation of the: bank premises,.. was built- .of solid blocks Of peculiarly heed stone, 4 feet 'square, each. weighing . two tons, Within .this wallwas another, 2 ieet 6. inches thick, and within that 4.3 foot thick .well of dovetailed. ma- sonry, Which .formed the actual vault in a eafe, in which allthe bank's treasures Were stored. • • • The men who dared to pit their skill and patience against such ob- stacles as these must have been fully awake to the enormous difficulties of their scheme or they never could have succeeded;' and the wonder is that, knowing the -strength of the baffles defenses, they ever bad the courage to attack such a fortress, especially hampered as they were by the necessity of absolute secrecy. Besides working a way through these great walls the thieves had to excavate a tunnel 20 feet long and spend a great part of their time crampen in a drain from which, at the point opposite the bank they started cutting their tunnel. But so cleverly and accurately were all their plans laid and executed, that after many weeks' hard work, cutting through 20 feet of heavy eel' and 13 feet of solid masonry, they issued at the exact place they had Axed upon in their calculatioee-the back of the safe, to cut through which was a tri- fle to them after what they had al- ready accomplished, They succeeded in laying hands upon more than $175,000 worth of money and dia- monds, and got oft without leaving the slightest clue as to their identity or destination, One of the most elaborate and dam" lug plots ever conceived by bank -rob - leers was one arranged by a band of nine dissolute Australian Miners. The object was to seize the bank in a small raining-carim not far frone Cnoigardie, at a. time when the safes would contain a very large .4n:tout:it of gold awaiting conveyance and an escort. The camp consisted of some 400 miners and twenty police; it was in telegraphic CoMeninicatiori with Coolgardie. The odds were, conse- quently, heavily against the scheme being suCdessful, but so carefully was every detail planned and every Cont. tingeney anticipated that it probably would have succeeded had not one of the thieves betrayed the whole plot to the police. The day before the robbery Was to be made SO per cent. of the miners were drawn away from the town by cleverly circulated rumors that a big gold find had been made in a, gully thirty miles distant. This Was part and parcel of the plot, for the gully had been well prepared by the rob - CAMERA TELLS BERET& ONE MAN SAVED 711,0* A MITUDEREIt'S , -noorr,o, aeontgen Raye ro,t End tO Thieving of 'Buenas Ayres. Smugglers, • Probably no human invention has sided the course .of justice te' a • greater extent, than enap,eilet camera. It hes been iestruMentalin. condemning criminals, and has Mao • 11.31beenry:0 ne, naena beforesckig214ouw wahos4viwnug. " CeallSte IiirSPoint is that of Alfred • living feW years ago . at .do Janeiro. lie was accused of the Minder of no Draxilian named loofneXeft clerk in the same office with him- self, The two were known to have quarrelled some day's. previous to the Sunday on Which Linitres met his had made difference, thfoey n. they went out sailing that day on ,a, yacht which Grayson had In the evening OraYson brought the dead body of LitiareS hOme. • /US story was that the tatter had fallen from the mast . and fractured • his skull. But medical evidence was of the opinion that the wimp& on e head had been made with a stick othreoary.waAtn.soarcownsuseyrisa7intage mast - climbing story, too, sounded improbw able, for. the rigging was all worked front the deck. Taking the recent quarrel into ennsideration, and (Pray- bers before they circulated the rumor son's well-known violent temper, the which took about 350 men off then' bands. The police. were 'to be tackled. carefully: the station was to be raid- ed by lout' of the robbers while only two policemen were ,on the spat and the others were to be taken in hand as they returned to the Station, Im- mediately before the station was raided the telegraph wire was to be tapped so that. should Coolgardle have any suspicious that something wrong was in the wind, one of the robbers could satisfy that town by replying en behalf of the thenira- prisened polite. By this time a. eab- bineejnustflorleddsltdoe tireavvamMilve.wye as t:IrledZrn i had been snapped just as Linares. , miraculous eoincidence the eaer^ those persons who bad not beer.tell. Time mIs» phetegraidt turned, the • led by the gold rush, and then. the scale in oroxsores favor. bank was to be "held -up." the gold Almost equally curious is the way boring pa"' °allied away to a neigh- in. which a photograph aided justice lace, where thus° of 11''s baud in tile Cooper =order case. Cooper net already employed would have was assistant to a young blacksmith baggage horses waiting. named AleKenna, in a Tain,arkshire When the police heard all this they 1,4,1110ge. 130th moo wen, known to promptly swooped down, 471° time ',be fond of the same girt. One day would -he raiders' cabin; the DM ban Cooper was found dead on the Boer murdered their betrayer and decamp- led, leaving rebind thirty new paws of hand -cuffs and large Lumbers of . rude gaga, together with the written Case Was black, indeed, agnirmst the FAglishinan. The coroner's jury. lox! already !Mind him GUILTY OF XURIMR, when a. passenger on Afar.seilles steamer, which bad arrived in Rio on the Sunday afternoon, -came fer" ward with it new piece of evidence. This was a. snap -shot photograph taken as the vessel entered the har- bor, Par away under the cliffs, a tiny vessel was sailing, and against the white sail was a dark mark, which a. powerful magnifier proved to be falling man. By an almost of the smatity. Ile laid been poisoned with carbolic acid. McKenna' wad suspeated, but there was no proof whatever of his having bought. or 1 which the pollee learnt that a tunnel owned any carbolic acid, while Coop - between the cabin and time station h. _toothache remedy, the phial found had been commenced and only aban- beside his dead body. "Death from edbolmimveridi jetel ga u iste boyf tthiete btnipmoessiibt 1 iwi ttyv obit misadventure" was the verdict. be wanted; and a tunnel to the bank Shortly afterwards McKenna was arrested. It appears that an Eng - had. also been begun and abandoned for a like reason. None of the awn were ever caught. lish tourist provided with a. kodak had passed through the village, on the very morning of the murder. Attracted by the quaintness of the PalalvIOUS WEDDING- CAKES, old forge, he bad taken several snap- - shots of it. The photographer I i is usually laid out upon Royal wed - Some of the htost Expensive Ever , went on to stay In. an out-of-the- Xd.way part of the Highlands, and did A vast amountaofetIme and money dnao3,t.sl.mearnolefneloieopbears'stedneeadthtofodreNs.eolmope cakes, -winch ho-ve to mature for his plates. Plain in m flpie- ding six months before time sugar can be tures were three bottles on a, shelf. put on anti designed. one of the late Two were beer bottles ', time third was Queen Victoria's cakes stood 3.3 feet unmistakably one of those fluted front the ground and weighed a guar- blue glass bottles In which ter of n. ton. Although it bore no POISONS ARE SOLD. great amount of decoration its cost I It also had . a label on it, and iertaoysa$11c,a6 jOile(is,. this evidence the policmada thor- a comparatively small though the wording on this could e e sum compared to the usual value Of not be read, yet on the strength of The Duke of York's cake was one ough search of McKenna's premises, of the most elaborate ever umuunte.. They found the remains of the bottle tur ed. in question in an old 'well, and prey - kitchen atWindsor,adsonri,aein and three Royal eeV- ed that it had contained embolic acid. Then McKenna confessed his guilt. The more recent developments of scientific photography must make the criminal feel less secure than lie used to. One of those thieves who make a living by van -robbing got an unpleasant shock one day in March last. Be had safely got off with a. tub of butter, which he had stolen from the tail of a. wagon as it 'WEIS crossing a bridge in Roches- ter, New York. The deadly witness against him was a photograph taken by telephotography from the top of - a neighboring high building. Hindu criminals succeed by long practice in forming a little bag in their throats into which they can guide jewels when they steal them. Last September a. native was arrest- ed for etealing a diamond worth 10,- 000 rupees from a jeweler's window in Calcutta. But as the evidence was only circumstantial, and posses- sion unproved, he would have been liberated had it not oteurred to the police to have an "IC" ray photo- graph taken of his throat. That showed the little gem safely hidden in the little sac. The thief was sen- tenced to two years' imprisonment, but he still refuses to give up the diamond. The Itontgen rays photography has also been instrumental in adding $20,000 to the Customs revenue of Buenos Ayres within the hist year. Valuable jewelry on whieli no duty . Was being paid was known to' be . coming into the country in letters. ' It is, however, illegal to open let- ters or stamped packages, 'so ,the law -breakers worked unchecked. At last, in June 1900, several registered letters and 'packages were examined under i"N" rays in the presence of the Argentine Poetanaster-Cener al. Sixty-six suspected packages con- tained $20,000 worth of jewelry, and were, of course, all confiscated. parts were engaged in the work for five weeks. Modelled in the sugar were pictures representing various scenes in the Duke's nautical career, and the cake stood nearly 7 feet in height and scaled 3 cwt. The Duke of Albany's cake was likewise a triumph of art, for upon it were carved twenty -live Cupids reading scrolls, emblematical of the bride- groom's literary abilities. A more picturesque specimen of the confectioner's handiwork than the cake made for Admiral Markham, the great Arctic explorer, it would be impossible to conceive. The sugar was carved to illustrate an incident in which the great sailor had parti- cipated, his ship, the Alert, being seen hemmed between two enormous icebergs, while a number of smaller bergs were scattered around. The cake weighed 821b., and the design- ing occupied a, fortnight. A very clever piece of work was the cake made for a bridegroom who had amassed a, fortune in the South Afri- can diamond fields. At the summit was a sugar grotto lined with gold, and when all the guests had assem- bled it became suddenly illuminated with several minute electric lamps. The effect was enhanced by the rays from a number of diamonds set in the gold walls. The cost of this extra- vagance was $10,000, though the gems were afterwards sold for the benefit of a local hospital. Perhaps the most remarkable wed- ding cake ever deirised Was made by a St. Petersburg firm for a Russian Princess. . It weighed more than a quarter of a ton, amid was erected in twenty-two tiers -one for every year of the, bride's life. Around each tier were engraved representations of in- cidents in the careers of both parties and little silver belle tinkled when- ever' the cake was moved. At the summit the arms of the two houses were set in diamonde and rubies, the gems alone being valued at many thousand roubles. OH, RAPTURE. She (pouting) -1 don't love you any more. He (radiantly) -How could you Love me any more when you already love me all you can? The Czar of Russia, with ninety million acres, is the biggest landown- er in the world, -+ ATTRACTION TO QUEENSLAND, In order to attract marriageable wo men to Queensland it is officially in- timated that in the north division of the Colony there are sixty-four males to every thirty -lite females in the central, fifty-nine males to forty females. Out of a population of less than half a million there were last year 3,449 marriages.