Show I. I Master ast Sl Strokes of G Great cat Detectives s By GEORGE BARTON SERGEANT ANDERSON AND ArD THE TOE MISSING I MINER Edward Ha Hayward ward and Charles King KinS left lert London to s seek k gold in the depths of or British Columbia Hayard Hayward Hayward Hay- Hay ward ard dropped ou out of sight in ill a a. mysterIous mysterious mys mys- way and Sergeant Anderson was sent from Scotland Yard to find out what had become ome of or him The Thc first inkling he got came c me from an all Indian guide Chief connected connected con con- with the Royal Northwest Mounted police He was going soing along Sucker creek In the region wh when n he saw MW a man pack horses and anda a a. dog dos on OR the northward trail The dog halted repeatedly and looked back The Indian guide Jid knowing the thc ways of these Eskimo dogs made his llis way to the camp which had Just been deserted d by the traveler He found there a pile pUe of or ashes and in them a Do apiece apiece piece of or human bone bonc In the swamp near icar the camp he found a a. kettle fastened fas- fas with v a bit of stovepipe wire So He waded into the muddy waters of or orthe the creek and loc located t d a pair of or boots containing a gold nugget and a 3 piece of wire which corresponded with that attached to the kettle His conclusion was as that the homen two ho men had quarreled and that King had Hayward Between the Indian guide and Sergeant Anderson they finelly arrested King and charged l him m with the murder of ot his pal It was a a. case o of circumstantial e 1 from start to finish but the chain of ot facts was vas conclusive to the minds of the prosecuting officers All AU of or the evidence was carefully compiled and King was confronted with it He Re was plainly agitated but from the outset he denied his guilt and said that it could never be proved pro He admitted admitted admitted ad ad- that ho he had had a a. quarrel with his partner over oyer a dl division ion of or the hc ic gold but Insisted that he had not killed him He said that Hay Hayward ward I after the disagreement had parted I with ith him hint and had taken talen the trail tran to Sturgeon Lake The one tiling hung to confirm this would have been the appearance of Hayward layward In the flesh but although some time had clap elapsed ed Hayward did didot not ot pu put iu iii an appearance King was asked to explain why Hayward had left eft his boots in the muddy waters of the he swamp but he was unable to Give a satisfactory reply He lie was also asked to tell teU the jury the identity of lh the ic human arm in the ashes of the camp amp fire lire but he could not do so o A number umber of witnesses were called to IdentIfy King Testimony was offered of- of to show that when he lac was vas arrested arrested ar- ar rested articles belonging to Hayward had ad been found on his person Finally the Indian guide took ook the stand and told the remarkable remark remark- able ble story of how the Eskimo dog had bad turn turned d back on that eventful c day when hen King had broken camp It IIi is quito quite ulta probable that evidence of this kind Ind would not be accepted d in a court of f justice in this part of the world It t was even contested in that faraway far far- away way country but all the theme same me it made a 3 deep impression upon the jury ury The men In the northwest evi- evi de regarded the mute testimony of f the dog as much more reliable than nan any which might be given by Infallible human beings The rc result of or it was as that the jury was as unanimously for lor conviction and Charles King Kins was hanged at the poUce po- po Uce ilce ce barracks at Saskatchewan To Toie the ie last he maintained l Ills his s innocence S Sergeant Anderson Chief Chic and nd others connected d with the Ro Royal al Northwest Mounted police were highly j commended for their patient and Intelligent work in this remarkable remarkable remark- remark able ble case but curiously curio sly enough nothing lothing was said about the E Eskimo dog that refused used d to follow the accused man lan Can it be possible that ho was unfairly un- un mui i fairly airly convicted and un unjustly justly hanged hamed The Th police who were ere concerned In he the case had no doubt of the guilt of f the prisoner Yet their belief belle was fO upon a chain of circumstances circumstances circum- circum stances rather than UTan direct proof The only Y one that could absolutely prove t anything was w wa the dog d And the dog was but bu mute but in this case actions were held to speak stronger than human words Copyright by Public Ledger |