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Show THE MISSING MAM By MARY R. P. HATCH Author of " The Bank Traaedy " 1 "Well, name." 1 do cot think Slu-pan- i he gave the "But you cannot be certain." "I cannot recollect, but my impression is that the name of the cashier was not mentioned." In the court room was the cashier of the Cheshire bank, when the four The Examination. As the day of the examination arrived it became evident that there was to he a large attendance at the courtroom. It was understood it had been called by Hamilton, rather than to await the slower action of the I lointed. Copyright, 1K92, by I.re and CHAPTER XII. Every heart IjOw for an instant. stood still for the answer. "No, sir. To determine that with certainty one must possess the power to hypnotize, which I am thankful to state I do not." Mr. Low looked much relieved, hut the audience correspondingly disap "Has hypnotism ever been proved a factor In crime?" "Yes, sir; more than once." "Does the condition of Mr. Hamll ton's brain imply that he has been hypnotized?" "I cannot say at present. I should want counsel before making any state ment in regard to a matter of so much consequence and involving so many issues. Perhaps Mr. Hamilton can himself give some explanation of tht LIS Win the Public Eye ev EING Commerce Commission Is Into the Consolidation Of the Great Railroads. Interstate LOBBYIST FOR ( Looking K'NG Col. Henry J. Kowalsky, a New York and San lawyer, is said to be the head of the lobby in this country maintained by King Ieopold of Belgium, concerning which amazing revelations Francisco fellow-townsma- g Modern methods of and consolidating mammoth railway systems and extending the principle of community of interest here Friday at were Investigated great length by the interstate commerce commission, which began an in"Harriman quiry into the, lines." The commission goes next Several other citweek to Chicago ies may be visited before all the desired testimony is in the hands of the governmi nt representatives, whose object is to determine whether any of the railroads of the country are consolidated or combined in restraint of trade. At Friday's hearing It was brought out and admitted that the Union Pacific railway company, the Southern Pacific company, the Oregon Short Line and the Oregon Railroad and Navigation company are practically under the same administration, Mr. Karriman appearing as president of each company, with only slight variations in the lists of other officers. New York are being made. 1 1 n n right." If Mr. Hamilton did not recognize his old foreman, a man of most peculiar physiognomy, then, indeed, his memory was not thoroughly rehabil' tated, and this agreed with his own statement that some portions of his past life were still quite vague to his mind. Justice Bailey's examination was lengthy and searching to a certain exHis course became oUous tent. after awhile. It was to ascertain Mr Hamilton's standing as a cashier before his disappearance, his acts while away whether questionable or otherwise, and then to learn whether he had been accountable for his acts at the time. Strange and unusual circumstances seemed to surround the affair, an air of mystery clung to it from the manner of the brain specialist and Tony Osborn; also the hypnotic theory seemed to carry the matter farther beyond the depth of the worthy justice. So, after examining the Seattle The manner of the young man was far less nonchalant than usual. witnesses, who brought no new facts to light differing from those presented gaze. But he answered with compos-us- ' person who should bear the guilt and by Hamilton himself, Justice Bailey its weight of punishment. in a moment: caused each witness to affix his name surto The the bank commissioner, "I went away on business." and ordered him to "Will you tell us what the business prise of many present who had been to his testimony next trial term of the at the appear led of the state to affairs nature?" of what by equivocal was; an indictcourt. Whether Supreme believe that actual proofs of fraud "I must decline to answer that quesment would be found against Hamilto care not I been had to should found stated that exist, not because tion, for forgery and embezzlement rehave it known, but because it is. or with the exception of the two altered ton to be seen. To make the busitrained or notes, everything had been found to was, connected with other parties, ness safe and sure, the worthy jusbe correct. would who object." persons, "Did Mr. Hamilton's books satisfy tice ordered him to recognize with the One of the specialists, Sidney W. same sureties and attendance as hithou on other occasions?" Lamb of Boston, was allowed to quesat the next trial term of court, erto him examine to and Hamilton Mr. Hamiltion Mr. "They did. Invariably. to take place in April, the fourth Tuesdiscovto ton's accounts were always In good professionally with a view day in the month. or had been, order." was. he whether ering (To be continued.) When Tony Oshorn was called, the mentally deranged, as in that case, he could not be held accountable for manner of the young man was far IN THE LITTLE WHITE BOX. any act performed at such a time. less nonchalant than usual. An in shone his This was an important part of the and eyes, glitter of the exhe answered with clenched hand at Fear of Little Understood Terror Too proceedings, and the result Much for Boy. was eagerof the specialists his side and nervous glances from amination One day when the tailor's wife and however, Their report, to Mr. awaited. time time Hamilton. His at ly was postponed, until other witnesses replies were unsatisfactory to a de- her little boy went out for a walk they saw that an undertaker had moved The letter gree. He seemed fretted and suspishould be examined. The boy which had been found under the presi- cious, and in some way his attitude into the shop next door. in the coffin at the looked and was stopped produced. affected people in the court room till dent's door window. asked and fretted became handwriting?" this they suspicious, your "Is "What Is that, mother?" he asked. too, as if some occult influence was the justice. little boy and had He was a "It looks like it, but I don't think it at work. When his examination was never seen a very coffin. His mother tried over he with what seemed brightened is." tell him. His eyes grew big with "What are your reasons for think relief, and he quickly took his seat to wonder and fear. the of watch and resumed his proceedso?" lng "Will they put me in the white box. "I reason thus: If I did not know ings with a degree of interest oddly mother?" he asked. when that letter at variance with his half hearted mandale the at name my I "Not if you are good." said his ner as a witness. seems to have been written, then mother. I not did "Only bad boys go Into the As "Puzzled, or something to conceal have not signed it? white box." little have must the letter both Bruce asked and which?" I think Swan, It, know After that the tailor's boy trien to who were watching him. been written by some other person." he this very good. He did not caper noisily at Justice Bailey at this point questionMr. Low was questioned In regard 10 about: he obeyed every command, and ed somewhat Mr. ami. point. at. night he asked: "Mother, have I "Did the person who presented the hypnotism. been good "These most marvelous phenomena note tell you his name was Hamil One day the tailor's hoy was excep said Mr. exhibited by hypnotism." ton?" He lay In bed almosi I am sure he amh, "have been questioned, but they Morally quiet. "No, sir; I think not. I all day. At night a great fear beset are real, no doubt." did not speak the name at all; but him. "Can every one be hypnotized?" recognized him myself." "Oh. mother." he cried, "I'm afraid one. affirm Some not Hamilton?" "No, Mr. every him call "Did you been good, so good. Don't let I've are I of number a limited but people "I think not. 1 think I said that them put me In the little white box." InI of being nypnotized, but did not know him at first. Still, at capable His mother tried to comfort, him, but belief the to number the that cline swear I not this distance of time could Is generally be the white box was a very palpable terthat the name was not spoken during Is much larger than ror, and he could not get away from It. lieved." the Interview." Three day later a crowd of people Is effect the afterward?" "What Ham"This point introduced by Mr. The to came the tailor's house. nervous the "It tends to disturb ilton that he did not know his name, were dressed In black and came In reIf It and, frequently equilibrium, and therefore could not have signed carriages. The tailor's little hoy was to the letter, would apply to the Inter-Tle- peated, may lead to deterioration of there, but he did not see them. We at the hank In the same way. If bra'n and nervous function." "Could an operator make a subject had gore Into the little white box. Mr. Hamilton did not know his name, New York Press. he could not give It to you If he did think he was another person?" could." he the "Undoubtedly then give his name as Hamilton Engineers. "Can you tell whether a person Is Inference would be that It could not A "Society of Kngi the and of hypnotized?" did being he since capable Mr. DMA Hamilton, have In Rutland formed has Simon neers" toward moved brn glance justice's not know I' from any other" 1 1 e j I I Motor-Omnibu- s Motor-Omnibu- s INVESTIGATED fcv; Kowalsky's mission, which he performed with such startling success, was to prevent any action being taken by the Amer'can government in response to the outcry of missionaries and others against the atrocious cruelties hundred dollar note, altered to four practiced upon the natives of the Congo Free matter." thousand was presented, and he was State hy Leopold's agents and rubber hunter-s- . to state Mr. Hamilton was asked examined at this point. He stated conHenry W. Wack, who wrote "The True Story cisely that a man who closely resem- whether he could throw any light f of the Congo." denies he was a member he that He replied bled Mr. Hamilton, as he appeared upon the matter. and says: lobby Kowalsky's now, gave him the altered note and could not, but that he did not believe "I have not spoken to Kowalsky for a period said that he was the cashier of the he had been hypnotized. There was of 17 months. knew Kowalsky to be angry and dea manner evident in Mr. Lamb's Groveriale bank. of on the Belgians from their service, his dismissal account by disgruntled "I knew the name of the cashier was sign not to go beyond the exigencies 1 have from time to time he was throwing bricks at the king and heard that I of believing the occasion, evidently called him so. probHamilton, and but as I had no desire to be the affair too serious to come within aud his ministers and counsel in this country; ably, during the interview." the identified with revenge upon king and his ministers. I have Kowalsky's the jurisdiction of a justice, as, in"Why do you say probably?" man. the and avoided the subject feel. to "Because I usually speak a man's deed, the justice himself began "The difficulty in the Congo is not due to King Iieopold. but largely to He therefore confined himself to a name after addressing him." such servants as Kowalsky has proved himself to be. Kowalsky has evidentof a of "Can any one present certify tha; questioning his trust and gone over to King lipoid's enemies for a little vully betrayed been had this is Mr. Hull's usual manner?" ask- the cashier, Mr. Seavey, who gar notoriety." believe not did he to that heard say the ed justice. Mr. Hamilton was right in his mind "I can." said President Hart well." "And I, also," said Simon Ixw. "He yet, for he did not appear to know him CIVIL POST FOR ROUGH RIDER usually introduces the name of the when they first met on the street. "Relate the circumstances of your person addressed in every sentence." John A. Mcllhenny, of new Iberia Paris, La., A point like this was most puzzling, meeting." made a member of the civil service comrecently and of considerable consequence. an' I knowed mission, won this distinction by gallantry on the "I see him Taken in connection with the fact him the moment I sot eyes on him. battlefield of San Juan in the presence of Col. that he had stated he was the cashier Thinks I, I'll jest step up an' surprise Roosevelt. Mr. not yet 37 years of Mcllhenny, of Grovedale bank, the whole was him, and so I did an' hil' out my han'. war as a went into the Spanish-Americatantamount to an acknowledgment of I never let on, I never said one single age, in the rough riders, and was mustered out private Now the as Hamilton. queshis name word, but jes' hil' out my han' an' as second lieutenant of troop E. tion arose, could he give the name or kinder smiled. Wall, if you believe it, Mr. Roosevelt has gone out of his way to beacknowledge it unwittingly, in con- sir, he never knowed me." He has stow favors uikhi the young Louisianian. connection with a fraudulent deed to to and White House sure?" him "Are Bay the called Oyster you trary to his usual or moral character, for numerous conferences, and has always made "Yes, sir; he looked beat, an' seemor was he personated by a professional I it known that he intended to tender the warrior a bank robber disguised to resemble ed to be tryin' to think who was him knowed Bill high office. that Seavey him, who had possessed himself of the me, Mr. Mcllhenny is best known to Louisiana as book a like for years." who and bank papers and credentials, a sauce maker. Down an Avery island, pepper "What did he say?" in pursuance of his purposes and dethe plantation home of the Avery and Mcllhenny families, he has a consider wrote the to discashier, an' represent signs "Why, he said sorter polite The people of Iberia Parish worship him in a way. He is the letter to the president? The last tant like, 'You have the advantage. able industry. in sensator their the Ivouisiana state senate. seemed more likely and reasonable; Names an' faces are strange to me Probably the most effective illustration of the close bond existing beand in this case the man before them sometimes.' But jest as soon as I said families was given when Miss Alice had been the dupe, not alone of cir- 'Bill Seavey, your old foreman,' he tween he Roosevelt and Mclhenny two New Orleans winters Roosevelt visited ago to witness the carnival. She cumstances, but of an remembered like a book. First off. was a of the Mclhenny family, and had apartments at Mr. Mcllhenny's guest though, as I say, he didn't know me home. Mr. Roosevelt followed last year on his trip to New Orleans, after from Adam. So I say he ain't jest the fever quarantines had been lifted, and was entertained by Mr. Mcllhenny. Bupreme court, whose next term was yet at some distance. I have no intention of giving a prolix account of the examination, only a general summary of particulars. The Justici . with great dignity, before swearing the witnesses asked Mr. Hamilton if he wished to be examined personally, assuring him that he was not compelled to answer a single question unless he chose. "I am well aware of that," said Mr. shall answer probHamilton, "but ably every question that you put to me that 1 can." "That Is well," said the justice, "but ;he law compels me to caution you, as all questions and answers will be written and presented for use in case of a trial by jury, that you should answer truly, if at all, Mr. Hamilton. Such questions as you choose to answer you can answer; but you can, also, refuse to answer any question, saying simply, 'I decline to reply to that question,' and at any time you decline to be questioned any further your examination can close." Mr. Hamilton related the story ot his leaving home, as he had done to his wife, and Mr. Carter, and to the officers of the bank. There was much excitement manifested at his assertion that he lost all sense of personal identity when or about the time he reached Portland. The justice questioned him regarding his many mysterious absences in the month of May. For the first time the cashier appeared to hesitate, looking about the "oom for a moment with uncertain ARE com-billin- d CANNOT ESCAPE ASSASSINS. Sooner or Later Marked Russian icials Meet Their Doom. Off- A general search St. Petersburg. of the lodgings of persons under police observation was made here during Friday night in the hope of discovering the accomplices of the assassin of Perfect of Police Von der Launitz. Many arrests were made, but so far as known no important terrorists were captured. The assassination of Yon der Launitz has caused a powerful Impression both in the press and among the public. The newspapers all comment on the inability of the perfect of police to protect his own person against the attack of a single resolute, terrorist, who undertook the task with the firm determination not to be taken alive and the papers ask bow long a time will elapse before still more prominent personages are stricken by terrorist bullets. The press unites in demand REM RKABLL WOMAN ing protection against the regime of Mrs. Bellamy Storer, whose interference in assassination which has been inauguras well as by ter diplomatic affairs brought about the heated con- ated by reactonists rorists. and husband President her between troversy Roosevelt, was formerly Miss Maria Longworth GALLOWS LOOM BEFORE HER. of Cincinnati and is an aunt of Representative of of force woman a is great Longworth. She Mrs. Myers Denied Writ of Habeas Countess de character and accomplishments. Corpus by Kansas City Judge. Chamhrun of Paris, who attended the Longworth-Roosevel- t Kansas has She been City. Judge John F. Philwedding, is her daughter. district an intimate friend of Mrs. Roosevelt since the lips, in the United States early 90's, when Mr. Roosevelt was a civil service court on Friday morning, denied the apcommissioner and Mr. Storer a member of con- plication of the attorneys for Mrs. gress. She was greatly instrumental in securing Aggie Myers for a writ of habeas corfor her husband those important diplomatic posts This means that Mrs. Myers, who which he held prior to his recall from Austria pus. now in jail at Liberty under senis about a year ago and she always was listened to tence of death for the murder of her by the leaders of the Republican party in Ohio. That the Storers for years have been close friends of Archbishop Ireland, husband, and Frank Hottman, in Jail His at Kansas City for complicity In the on whom they attempted to bestow a cardinal's hat, is well known. grace has visited their home on Grandin road. To Archbishop Ireland is crime, will be executed on January Folk interferes. given the credit for the conversion of Mrs. Storer and, later, of her husband, 10. unless Governor The arguments on the application for from Protestantism to Catholicism. His teaching of the faith to Mrs. Storer now famous case were caused a sensation in society two years ago when the announcement of her the writ in thisin the week. The atearlier made was in made. the church baptism for Mrs. Myers argued that the torneys Since that time Mrs. Storer lias been conspicuously active In Catholic Clay county court had no jurisdiction circles. In the case when the trial was made basing their contention on a technicality. They sought to have the cast retried. AUTHOR OF SCIENTIFIC CATECHISM ( Sir Oliver Lodge, maker of the scientific catechism submitted to a gathering of clergymen In London, is one of England's leading scientists. His forte is electricity, upon which he has spent many hundreds of hours an I has wri'len a vast number of papers. Many discoveries are due to his scientific insight, and as far back as 1894 he demonstrated a method of wireless telegraphy, which, however, did not attract much notice outside scientific circles. His career has hecn one of continuous hard work. He went to Newort Grammar school and afterwards helped his father in business. He burnt the midnight oil and obtained his B. Sc. at the London university by evening study. He has obtained many degrees He then and has received many honors is perhaps best known as a teacher and he has examined for the science and art department and for the London university. He was until recent'y pro fessor of physics at the University college, Liverpool, and now holds a simllai He is one of a family of six, all of whom are wel office at Birmingham. known in the world of letters. PICTURESQUE ADMIRAL RETIRED The active career of Rear Admiral Joseph II the Co gb I ail, United States navy, terminated other day, when the admiral, by many considered the most picturesque figure In the service, retired t law. Adunder the provisions of the miral Coghlan has been In the navy 46 years, two months. 13 days, and he leaves It with the respect and affection of practically every man In the de-pi t ment. The future admiral was not quite 10 years of age when he received his appointment to the Naval Academy at Annapolis In I860, and was only 20 years of age when, In July, 1863, he was made an acting ensign and assigned to duty on board the United States steamship Sacramento. He served on board this ship during the last soon after the conclusion of hostilities was male and war of civil the years he was made a captain In November, 1896, until time a lieutenant From that he served with credit on numerous vessels of what is now known as the old of the pioneer cruisers navy. In March, 1897, he assumed command of one of the new navy -- the Raleigh- - which vessel was then one of the vessels under command of Commodore Dewey In Asiatic waters. M .Manila, ana nis han Coghlan commanded the Raleigh in the hum first names considered fur dllng of the ship was such that his was among the advancement In rank, as a result of that historical victory. The Raleigh was one of the first of Dewey's ships to return to the United States, the arrival f the cruiser in New York being the occasion of one of a famous series of dinners given In the banquet hall of the Union League club. It was at that dinner that Admiral Coghlan. then a captain, recited his famous poem en an International titled, "Hoch der Kaiser." the publication of which caused state the J betweer, department communications stir and Innumerable Washington and the Oermsn foreign oflice in Berlin age-llml- JAPS STIRRING UP TROUBLE. White Man and Are Placed Behind the Bars. Porte rvllle, Cal A crowd of Japanese laborers working on the tracks of the Southern Pacific company, neat this city, assaulted Roy V. Clark, strik ing him over the head with a shovel and attacking him with sticks and clubs. Clark escaped by running, and came o the city to notify the local officers and swear out warrants for the arrest of the Japanese, forty Id number. An attempt to arrest the Japanese was met with resistance. A message vas sent asking for assist fence, and a large number of speciail officers were rushed to the scene. After considerable difficulty fifteen Japanese wei arrested, taken to Vlsalia and placed In the county Jail. It was not considered Safe to keep them In the I'orterville jail on account of local feeling. Attack a INVESTIGATING BLOCK SIGNAL. Interstate Commerce Commission Making Inquiries Into System. Washington. An Inquiry into the operation of the fclock signal systems of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad and of the Southern railway was instituted Friday hy the interstate conuneiTe commission. In making the InqM'ry the commission Is acting under authority of a resolution of congress adopted at the last session, calling for a report on the working of the railroad block system generally. Convicted Congressman Loses Place on Committees. Washington. Speaker Cannon on Friday announced the appointment of Representative Ktiglebrlght of California for a plnce on the committee on mines and mining, vice Mr. Williamson The speaker of Oregon, removed. based his action on the ground that Mr. Williamson had failed thus far to attend a single session of the Fifty-nintcongress He has been convicted in land frauds In of participation Oiegon. h |
