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■ WOHfcOND, V*, SATURDAY, JULY 30, 1910.
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Furious Upheaval Momentari
ly Expected in Spain Against
King’s Government
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VATICAN WRANGLE
IS NEARING CRISIS
Don Jaime Threatens to Over
throw Kojal Family, But
ptH Alfonso Appears to be
" [I,' Undisturbed.
ROME. July 30.—Mgr. Vico, the
papal nuncio at Madrid, was recalled
to-day, following the recall by Spate
of Ainha Matter Ojeda. Thle complete*
die severance of diplomatic rrlstloW*
between Spain and the Vatican. Am
baaiador Ojeda left Rome to-day for
Madrid.
MADRID. July SO.—Anarchy, re
publicanism or a Carliat government, j
with Pretender Don Jaime at the
head, le freely predicted in Spain to
day. following the sensational rupture
of diploihatio relatione between the
government and the Vatican.
Torn by internal dlasenetona of al*
moat every sort. with political and
labor dlaputea ever threatening a
erlaia with thouaanda of exllea camped
along the French border, awaiting
an opportune time to march to Bar
celona and proclaim a revolution, and
with a foreign war draining the treas
ury, the country reeking with the
aplrU of anarchy and now plunged
Into a religious strife that may alien
ate the bulk of the population. King
Alfonso's throne la believed to be tot
tering and the monarchy lteelf facing
engulfment in the Impending up
heaval. ,
The complete severance of diplo
matic relation* between the govern
ment and the Vatican is expected the
moment the Vatican receives the
ministerial note that Is now being
prepared, supporting tbe cabinet and
king in their stand against the au
thority of the Vatican In Spanish
church affairs.
A infra i— oor WHMnnrn.
Already the government ha* with
drawn Marquis De C jeda. Its ambas
sador at the Vatican, and the reca!)
of Mgr. Vico, papal nuncio at Madrid,
la momentarily expected.
When this Is done, even the most
optimistic admit that It will take a
higher order of statesmanabip and
diplomacy than has been witnessed In
Spain In years to escape a civil war
and the resulting train of ruin. That
the Vatican expects a civil war and
Is counting on the vast Catholic popu
lation to remain loyal to the church
as against the government is clearly
Indicated In me usages to-day from
Rome.
The firm stand taken by King
Alfonso, heretofore considered one of
the royal weaklings of Europe, Is a
•-> big surprise to the country. A de
vout Catholic himself, he has come to
the support of FTjmler Canalajaa In
the fight for the supremacy of the
government over the church and his
apparent fearlessness In the present
crisis, has done much to *ln support
for the government
It Is conceded that Alfonso merely
acted tn self-defense, for had he sur
rendered to the Vatican, the Canalajas
cabinet would have resigned and a
ministerial crisis precipitated from
which It Is doubtful whether Alfonso
could have emerged still wearing his
crown.
Situation Complicated.
But at that the king's actions are
■till a «urprlse, and have elevated him
■lore In the general esteem than any
thing that he has done since his ma
trimonial alliance* with the royal fam
ily of England.
Two things are greatly complicating
the situation. One Is the activity of
Don Jaime, the pretender, and the
other the unfortunate recurrence of
severe fighting between the Spanish
soldiers and RUT tribesman in Mo
rocco, whom Spain has been trying
to subdue for more than a year.
Don Jaime Is writing to his Span
ish supporters that he experts "the
people to rally against the enemies of
real liberty."'
He says he expects “to take the
place of honor devolving ppon me by
birth."
In Morocco the Riffs are taking ad
vantage of the situation by renewed
activity, and In a fight reported yes
terday thirty Spanish soldiers and
twice this number of natives were
killed.
Preach Holy \\ ar.
The Mullaha are preaching a holy
war against Spain, and It Is feared
that the scope of the fighting will he
greatly enlarged.
The Rift campaign has never met
with enthusiasm, and the opponents
of the government are now making
the most of the failure to put an end
to the hostilities In Spain's African
possessions.
Even the staunchest Catholics say
the cause leading to the present orlais
Is considered of little Importance. Re
cently the premier In response to a
general demand for greater religious
tolerance In Spain issued a decree
permitting non-Cathollc organisations
to display the Insignia of worship.
At the time the government and the
Vatican wars engaged in a revision
of the concordat, and the premier’s
action so Incensed the Vatican that It
served notice that It would abandon
the revision unless the edict were re
voked. Ctnalsjas warned the cabi
net and the king that a compliance
with the Vatioan’s demand would
mark the last step In the decadence
of Spain. The cabinet, backed by
Alfonso, refused the Vatican's demand
- .and recalled the Spanish ambassador
to the Vatican.
As a result the entire nation Is
now In the throes of the greatest ex
citement, with both government and
the radical clericals claiming the sup
port of the vast majority of the pub
lio in the event of a war.
Mr. Vaogban dalle.
Bringing with him many dollars
t collected In taxes, which mads him
thrice Welcome, Treasurer H. Ouy
Vaughan, of Hanover county, called
M tbs auditor's office Saturday.
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About Collecting Dog Taxes
And Killing Canines.
TAYLOR MAKES DENIAL.
Tells Constable Burch That J0F*i
Knows Nothing of Alleged
Statements. j
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On Monday the constables of the
county will start on the war path, j
and It will look bad for all canines
whose owners refuse-to put up the
cash for their taxes when It Is de
; mended of them b ythe officers.
County Treasurer Heckler has had
the bills ready for some ttjne-. and
sent for the constables to come and
yet them, but these officers have not
yet shown up.
The code provides that the consta
: blea shall be given the bills In July,
! and the treasurer thought the officers
might be waiting for July to pass,
] so the treasurer could not give them
the slips in that month ,and thereby
not comply with the code. It is be
lieved that the officers arc not over
anxious to take up the work.
} In their calculations, however, If
they are not misjudged, they did not
j reckon with the cunning of the treas
i urerer. He went before Judge Scott
I Saturday and requested the court to
j get the constables In line for their
I duty. The result was that Judge
! Scott issued an order that all the of
I fleers appear before him at 10 o’clock
j Monday morning and receive their or
j ders with reference to collecting dog
I taxes and killing the canines who have
no friends to pay their taxes.
Taylor Denies Interview.
Following the strong statements
that were published several days ago
by another paper and accredited to
Agent Emmett Taylor, of the Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani
mals, Constable Burch had a talk with
Mr. Taylor.
According to the statements pub
lished, Mr. Taylor was going to have
the first man arrested who was guilty
of killing a dog In the county on ac
count of the non-payment of taxes.
As this duty devolves upon Constable
Burch, and as he Is about to begin
his duty along that line, he sought
out Mr. Taylor and asked him what
he meant by the alleged statements.
The reply was a denial of any such
statement as had been attributed to
him.
DEFENDING MONEY
Spanard Fires Three Shots Into
Body of Man Who Tried to
• Steal 350 From Him*
WHITEE PLAINS. N. Y.. July SO.—
Protecting |S60 of hi* employer'*
money, which he carried, Valentine
Alvanna. a Spaniard, bookkeeper for
Corello * Merwln, orchard grower*
of Mamaroneck, early to-day shot and
killed Frank Valle, who, he *ay*. at
tacked him with the Intention of rob
bing him. Alvanna say* he wa* •top
ped by Valle a* he waa on hi* way
home from New York, where he had
been getting »ome Veneauelean ex
change for hi* employer*. He endea
vored to grapple with hi* assailant,
but finding himself overpowered drew
a revolver and fired three shots, the
last lodging In Valle'* abdomen, kill
ing him.
Hop at Cosintry Club,
The usual weekly hop will take
plaoe Saturday night from 7:30 to
10:30 o’clock at the Country Club of
Virginia,
SANDS USES SCRIPTURE
IN FIGHT WITH BECK
Former Richmonder Itinerant Preacher, One Time Lawyer, And
Retired Real Estate Dealer Bombards Building Inspector
With Religious Quotations.
A vwltebl* fuailade of scriptural
tw, quotations from sermon*,
wow of hrauta. printed on now
•rod and tinted cards has been fired
»t Buiidla* Inspector Beck by John
son H. ftwd* wwwtiiio Rltthmonder.
EggrL&rMiV**m
ton. D. C. The strange battery i» I
Mr. Send s only answer to a letter
from Mr. Beck telling him that three '
house* owned by Mr. Sands In this
city. Nos. *07 and 409 Market space,
and No. 260* Kast Franklin street,
would probably be rased to the ground :
by the local authorities unless some i
good reason for not doing so could be
submitted by the owner.
The communication arrived through
the malts Saturday morning, and all i
daj’ Its contents have been given a
prominent place on a table In the i
building Inspector's office. To them
Mr. Beck reverts ever and anon, fin- 1
gerlng the cards, and musing won- I
derlngly.
The passages quoted are all Innocent ,
enough In themselves, but taken In
conjunction with the fact that that i
an open unpleasantness has existed
between Mr. Sands and the building
Inspector for lo. these many years,
the words have a double, almost a
vicious meaning. Very evidently. In
[the opinion of Mr. Sands it is high
time that Mr. Bee* repent of his evil
way*. Indeed he eerr.s to think that
| unlee* that repentance comes speedily
It will be too lat ' There is also a j
tinge of bitter mm sm and evidence
•t • atrehf bat #»_ effort to forgive
the wrongs which the lawyer- ■
I preacher-real estate man evidently
thinks he has suffered at the hands
I of the local authorities.
Save for the address on the en- :
1 velope, there is not one word of writ- j
; ing to Mr. Sands' communication. Mr.
! Beck Is positive that he has made no j
! mistake as to the identity of the ;
sender, however. He has been com- ■
munlcating with Mr. Sands for nearly 1
five years and while the letters have
rarely been very pleasant on either
: side, Mr. Beck has grown thoroughly
I familiar with Mr. Sands’ chirograph. .
Thiswnost recent unpleasantness be- j
' tween these two began several weeks
ago, when the building Inspector con- '•
demned the three houses already men
tioned. He served a notice on Mr. .
Sandy demanding that the buildings!
be repaired. There was no answer. !
The matter was then taken to*the
police court, and a policeman w as t
dispatched to Washington to serve a
summons on Mr. Sands. The police
(Conttnued on Second Page.)
WHILE DRIVING
WOMAN IS KILLED
.. ..
I Thrown Out And Neck Broken
Near Purcellville, "Was
Sixty Years Old.
(Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
LEESni’RO, VA„ July 30.—Mrs.
! M. M. Forbes, of Purcellvllle, was
1 thrown from a runaway team last
1 night while driving to Lincoln and
j killed.
She was accompanied by a colored
woman, who was also considerably In
jured.
The horse became unmanageable
while going down a steep hill, over
turning the vehicle. Mrs. Forbes'
neck was broken. She was formerly
postmistress at Purcellsvtlle, and Is
survived by two sons. She was 60
years old.
BERNHARDT SUDDENLY
BECOMES GRAND MOTHER
NEW YORK. July *0.—A London
special cable to the Morning Telegraph
declares Sarah Bernhardt, the actress
became a great grandmother yester
day when Mrs. Gross, daughter of Mme.
Bernhardt's son, Maurice, gave birth to
a daughter.
Mme. Bernhardt Is slxty-slx years
old and Is due to appear in America
I soon. Her only child Is a son, Mau
rice. whose daughter married Leo
Gross.
WALKED TOO CLOSE
TO FAST TRAIN
While on His Way Home
Man is Killed in
Roanoke,
(Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
ROANOKE, VA.. July SO.—James
Swltxer, an employee of the Virginia
Bridge and Iron Works, wad killed to
day while walking home along the
Norfolk and Western. Ha was walk
ing too near the track and was struck
by a train, Swltxer waa thirty years
old.
STRIKER KILLED
IN LABOR RIOT
Fight Follows Attempt To!
GREKXSBl'RCt, PA_, July 30.—In
, a fight between striking miners and
| members of the State constabulary
! near Export, early to-day. an unlden
j tilled striker was killed and a trooper
| seriously wounded.
It Is believed other strikers were
! wounded, but that they were carried
away before the troops could over- i
take them.
The fight resulted from an attempt
! made by the strikers to shoot out a !
powerful searchllkht located on a
coal tipple of the Westmoreland Coal |
Company.
SKULL OF OLD MAR
CROSDED DY FILL
Thrown From Buggy By Run
away. Granddaughter
(Special to The Rlohmond Virginian.)
HARRISONBURG. VA., July 30.—
John R. Dutrow, aged eighty-sight,
and totally blind, was thrown from a
buggy near MoGaheysvlUe Thursday
afternoon, receiving a broken skuU
and arm, and died last night. His
granddaughter, Miss Christine Dut
row. escaped with a gashed face. The
harness broke, causing the horse to
run away, upsetting the buggy and
throwing both occupants Into the
road.
The man was a native of Maryland,
coming to Rockingham about twenty
years ago from Frederick City. He
leaves several children.
Invited to Florida.
Governor Mann has received an In
vitation from the governor of Florida
to attend the annual meeting of the
Waterways Convention In Pensicola
In September. Governor Mann has
not made up his mind whether or not
Shoot Out Electric
Searchlight.
Severely Hurt
fee wlU attend.
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PLUMES DESTROY
LARGE FACTORY
Loss From Deed of Alleged In
cediaries Near Portsmouth
Estimated at 17.000,000.
BUTINS OVER 3 ACRES
Plant Turned Out Stoves And
Barrel'heads. Large Supply
Was on Hand.
(Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
NORFOLK, VA., July 30.—The E.
H. Barnes factory No. 2, at Tuxedo,
on the Eastern branch of the Elizabeth
river above Deep creek, was destroyed
by fire last night, the Information re
ceived here to-day being that noth
ing was left of the plant but the office
building. The big mill and sheds were
destroyed.
No Information has yet been re
ceived as to how the fire originated.
It was an Immense and very valuable
plant for the manufacture of boxes,
barrel-headings and staves, and car
ried a large amount of such stock on
hand. There Is an E. H. Barnes fac
tory No. 1 on the Southern branch be
yond Berkley.
Work of Incendiaries.
BALTIMORE. MD.. July 30.—A dis
patch from Portsmouth says: Eire,
believed to have been the work of In
cendiaries, destroyed the Immense
plant of the Barnes Box Company,
Standard OH contractors.
Eor a time it looked as If It would
be Impossible to check the flames, but
after hours of the most heroic fight
ing the firemen succeeded in staying
the progress of the flames, but then
only when the fire had spread over
three acres of ground and burned a
number of buildings.
The loss. It Is believed, will reach
*1,000,000. and It Is stated that this
loss Is completely covered by Insur
ance.
MISER WAS ROBBED
AS WELL AS KILLED
Evidence Found That Money
Hidden in His Room Was
Stolen.
(Special to The Richmond Virginian.)
LYNCHBURG. VA.. July 30.—
Meredith McGann, who wu found
murdered on the porch of his lonely
hut about fourteen mllea from Lov
lngston. the county seat of Nelson,
Va., yesterday morning, was probably
slain for the purpose of robbery. This
fact was made evident to-day when,
after an Investigation of the house
and his simple effects had been made
by county officers and others, It was
ound that money which he was known
<f to have hidden in his single room was
missing and evidence of the box in
which It was kept having been broken
Into.
The theory Is that he refused to give
up hta savings to the thlof, and that
as a result murder was added to the
crime of house-breaking and robbery
on the part of the marauder.. Abso
lutely no clue exists as to the Iden
tity of the slayer and the authorities,
with the exception of the discovery of
the missing money, are as much at
a loss to account for the death of the
recluse aa they ware yesterday. Neigh
bors aa well aa officers are examining
every nook and corner of the little
house and the premises to discover
some slight sign by which a clue may
be found. The whole community Is
completely mystified.
Rice 'Waives Extradition.
NE3W HAVEN. CONN., July SO.—
Burton D. Rice, of Whahlngton, D. C.,
arrested last night at Bridgeport on
an abandonement charge, waived ex
tradition In court to-day, and will be
taken back to the capital city for trial
The government officials said that a
wife and child await his return there.
STENOGRAPHER’S HAT
WAS FULL OF PAPER
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WOULD PROHIBIT
USE OF “SIRENS”
—
Ordinance Forbidding Freak
Homs on Automobiles Recom
mended by Committee.
WANT FOODS SCREENED
Moving Picture Theatres to be Al
lowed to Keep Open Until
11 O’clock.
No more will autolsta be permitted
to make the day* and nights hideous
with the long drawn out. walling,
flendlshly. Unearthly screams of siren I
horns. If Council accepts the recom
mendation of the Committee on Ordi
nance, Charter and Iteform. The lat
ter body, at a meeting Friday night,
gave Its approval to an ordinance for- |
bidding the use of freak hoi ns of any
sort.
The drawing up of this measure was
due largely to complaints of residents
of West Franklin and West Grace
streets. Both these thoroughfares are
frequented by autolsta, and a number
of residents thereon have been com
plaining for several months that a
night’s uninterrupted sleep was prac
tically Impossible. Just when slum
ber would be growing deepest, accord
ing to their statements, there would
come a rising, shrill scream, as If
from a lost soul, beginning on a low .
octave, rising in shrill cresendo to 1
a blood-chllllng pitch, and then grad
ually dying away Into a moan. Pos- :
sessors of such horns seem to like the
noise, too, acoordlng to the Irate de
clarations of the suffering ones.
All this was brought before the at- 1
tentlon of the committee by Council- !
| man Don Leavy, who fathered the !
| preventative measure. Without oppo
| sitlon the ordinance was recommend
t ed. According to Its terms the Board .
I of Police Commissioners shall deter
| mine Just what kind of a horn shall
I be used. a
Must Screen Foods.
Another ordinance which was glve.n |
! unqualified approval was that father
ed by Mr. Morgan Mills, forctng all '
dealers In foodstuffs to keep their i
j wares screened. This Is pre-eminent- j
I ly a measure making for cleanliness. ,
! the screens protecting food from files, i
dirt and front, the stray dogs and j
caw. It applies not only to grocers '
and storekeepers, but to restaurants
and lunch rooms Persons falling to
comply with the regulations may be
fined not lees than $6. nor more than
$25, violations being looked out for
by the Board of Health.
Vaudeville enthusiasts were granted {
what to them no doubt will prove a
great boon when the committee rsc- \
ommended the passage of an ordl- j
nance extending the closing time of j
moving picture theaters one half hour.
Heretofore these places have been
force to close not later than 10:30 j
o'clock P. M. The new measure al
lows them to remain open until IX
o’clock. The ordinance also specifies
that before being allowed to operate j
a moving picture machine the would- J
be operator must pass an examination
given by the City Electrician.
Explains His Remarks.
The wine drinking charges which
were exploded like a veritable bomb
shell several weeks ago were explain- 1
ed by their maker. Chairman Umlauf,
who declared that ha had never in- |
tended to create the Impression that I
j the city's money had been spent for i
i beverages that both cheer and lnebrl- 1
ate. Certainly, he said, he did not
mean to Intimate that wine had been
bought during the river trips of the |
Committee on James River Improve
ments, of which he Is a member. He '
referred. Instead, he declared, mere
ly to conventions that had been en
tertained by the city on the water,
with members of both branches of
Council present as Invited guests, and
with refreshments served. Even on
such occasions, Mr. Umlauf declared,
he knew the refreshments to have
been paid for by the committeemen
Individually, and out of their own
pockets.
Several other matters of minor Im
portance were brought up for discus
sion. but no definite action was taken
on them. 8hortly before adjourning,
however, City Attorney Pollard ap
peared before the committee and se
cured the recommendation of an or
dinance providing for the publication
of a supplementary code.
OKLAHOMA WILL
HIVE ONE MORE
Tremendous Growth in Population
to Add Another Congressman.
Xow “Doubtful” State.
WASHINGTON, D. Cu July 30.—
No matter. how plans for a reappor
tionment of congressional representa
tion work out. Oklahoma is consid
ered here to-day as assured of one
more representative in the sixty-third
Congress by a wide margin.
The official oount of noses in Okla
homa for 1810 showed the tremendous
gain of 237.774 people in three years,
the last census in that State having
been made In 107. Under the appor
tionment made In 1801, the State
•were allowed one representative for
every 192,183 of population. This
1 leaves little question of the additional
delegate from Oklahoma.
Whether the gain will redound to
the advantage of the majority or the
• minority side of the house is a diffi
cult question to’ answer. The delega
tion from Oklahoma now numbers
three republicans and two democrats,
' and It is considered as one of the
l doubtful Staten
i. The present total population of the
, State hi 1.(21*000.
Wireless Message Tells How
Shrewd Captain Detected
Crippen and Miss Leneve
CAUGHT PRESSING
HAND OF DENTIST
Man Carries Heavy Revolver in
His Pocket—Remarkable As*
tutenese of Inspector
Dew.
FAME POINT, CANADA, July 30.—
Government official* have just received
a wirele** meeeage from Captain Ken
dall, commanding tha Montrose, which
say*:
“We have passed Belle Isle. Crip
pen is on deck gazing landward. He
ia extremely nervous and viaibly anx
ious. His worry ttsms to grow in in
tensity as w# near port. Miaa Leneve
it etill in her room and has remained
there all day.”
(Fame Point la the first wireless sta
tion east of Father Point and Is lo
cated almost at the mouth of the St.
Lawrence river.)
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FATHER POINT. QUEBEC, July
30.—Steaming slowly up the broad
reaches of the mighty St. Lawrence,
her wireless silent to all but police
officials, the Canadian Pacific liner
Montrose Is due off Father Point ear
ly Sunday afternoon. Then the world
win know whether the hardy sea-far
ing man. (siptain Kendall, of the Mon
trose, is a better detective than In
spector Walter Dew, of Scotland Yard,
the Impenetrable man of mystery who
took Dr. H. H. Crlppen’s promise that
he would not attempt to escape from
London while he was under suspicion
In connection with his wife’s disap
pearance.
Inspector Dew is secreted In Ma
dame Lavoie's hoarding house—tha
“Pension Lavoie" It Is csdled here.
He landed from the White Star Lau
rentlc late yesterday, rushed aahora
and rented all the rooms in the es
tablishment. so that Intruding report
ers might not bore holes through tha
walls and read his thoughts.
The Inspector to-day ordered tha
pilots to bar newspaper reporters from
the tug Eureka when It lays along
side the Montrose to-morrow. There
upon the army of reporters wired m
complaint to the marine department,
which will probably turn the tug ovef
to them. J
Stations Bottled l’p.
The wireless station* are still •‘bot
tled up" by the Canadian government,
under a law which gives U that right
-Whenever It thinks the "ends of Jus
tice'* require It.
The government officials mm ap
parently in constant communication
with the Montrose's commander and
Inspector Dew has received from Cap
tain Kendall such a thorough de
scription of the suspected pair that
he 1* convinced that "Rev. John Rob
inson and son" are really Dr. H. H.
Crippen and Miss Ethel Clare Leneve,
his typist.
1 Dew has been heard to speak only
once since he landed here yesterday.
To the flfty reporters and camera mss
who surrounded him and bombarded
him with questions he replied:
"Wait until Sunday.”
A heavy fog is hanging over tho
1 St. Lawrence again to-day and tho
‘ Montrose has been compelled to cut
down her speed.
At noon she was reported by wire
less as being off Heath Point, Island
of Anticosti, in the mouth of the St.
! Lawrence.
It will, therefore, be impossible for
he rto reach Father Point before noon
to-morrow, and she will reach Quebec
about 3 or 4 o'clock Monday morn
I lng.
The inspector has talked matter*
over with the Canadian police officials,
and from them it is learned that he
1 is sure that the pair he seeks is
aboard the Montrose. He declares that
private messages he has received from
Captain Kendall removes the last ves
tige of doubt.
Nearly Pooled Them.
Dew sailed upon the Laurentic un
der the name of “Dew Hurst." This
wonderfuly clever pseudonym almost
stumped the passengers of the Lau
ren tic. But when a tall, well set up.
Bquare Jawed person, wearing a green
ulster and a tweed cap, of furtive air
and suspicious mien, boarded the
steamer, he had “detective” stamped
all over him. A shrewd little Amer
ican woman penetrated his disguise
and also learned that Dew was not
sure that the suspects on the Montrose
were Crippen and Mlse Leneve.
This woman waited until Dew was
within hearing and remarked to a
friend: "I wonder who Is that little
pale-faced man wearing blue glasses.*
Dew was literally "agog with #*
citement” He shadowed the nervous
passenger for some time. Then when
a newspaper man on board the Lau
rentic, who wanted to be at Father
Point when the Montrose suspects
were landed, sent a wireless asking
for permission to land here. Dew was
on his trail in an instant. The news
paper man is still laughing. The ar-'
rest of Crippen is a personal matter
with Dew, for when first assigned to
the cass tn London he went to Crippen
and secured a solemn promise that h*;
would make no efTort to escape before
Scotland Yard had solved the mys
tery of his wife's disappearance.
Crippen’* Promise. '
Crippen promised faithfully, ' then
vanished. Three days taler the dis
membered and lime-eaten fragments
.
■ "fl
■—si
of Mrs. Crippen’* body were found la
the cellar of the doctor's home.
Despite the government's embargo
on private or press wireless messages
from the Montrose, further details of
Captain Kendall's msthoda of convinc
ing himself that "Robinson and son'*
were really Crippen and Mias Leneva
are coming to light.
Kendall first suspected the pair SS
they came on board, and he noticed
that the "son" was pressing the "fath
er'*" hand in the fondest manner.
When "Robinson and sen* went I
to lunch Captain Kendall went to -
hat rack and examtnad their
gear. He noted that the name *
son” was stamped In the band 0
"father's" hat, while the band *
"son's" hat was staffed *ith
Th* "son's" clothing fitted '
The “captain-detective" saw that1
trousers were drown together wi
safety pin. latter JfeodsU MO* <