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Show BELIEVE STOWAWAT PETER THE PAINTER MANILA. Jnna 8. Tha Philippine authorities ars holding a stowaway foand oa the British steamer Potesilaus, which arrived here today. Ths man embarked em-barked oa tha vessel at Singapore while eoal was being taken on, and it ia suspected sus-pected that he is "Peter the Painter," the Russiaa anarchist, for whom the British police have been sesrebiag in connection with the murder of three policemen po-licemen in Houndaditch, of which "the battle of Sydney street" was a sequel. The offieiols of the British consulate here, while skepticsl that the maa will prove ta ba Peter the Painter, are holding hold-ing him pending an investigation. The Protein la u, left Liverpool April 30 and is bound for Seattle. For a time it waa thought by the police that Peter was ons of the outlaws killed in the fighting fight-ing between London police and anarchists anar-chists January 30 last, but later the maa was reported as having been soon at various places ia Europe. |