Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

the QEO R,QrIAMS MAGAZINE PAGE “The Case of Oscar Slater” By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle herlock Holmes in Real Life TODAY’S INSTALLMENT. ■ atkable that both these fe- , hie and Barrowman. swore i they were thrown together rney out to New York, and ared the same cabin, they talked of the object of their . .itnpared notes as to the man about to identify. For girls , ive ages of 15 and 21 this .rnishes a unique example of elf-rest mint. then are the three identlfiea i,, the only people who saw the Had the diamond brooch clew! . .-hentic and these identifications X'e upon the top of it, they would un ited?. have been strongly corrobora l-p But when the brooch has been . wn t b? a complete mistake. I really n ,.- n,let-stand how any one could , 1 half-hearted recognitions as g er igh to establish the identity and uilt of the prisoner. There remains the so-called identifica jor bv twelve witneses who had seen a n an loitering in the street during the reeks before the crime had ben com eit'ted 1 have said a ‘so-called identifi ation. for the proceedings wer farcical as i real test of recognition. The witneses had seen portraits of the ccused They were all aware that he ras a foreigner, and then they were ?kf , d to pick out his swarthy Jewish .brsiognomy from among nine Glasgow' .olicemen and two railway officials. Nat irallv they did It without hesitation, since his man was more like the dark indi- Idual whom they had seen and described han the others could be. Read their own descriptions, however, if the man they had seen, with the details if his clothing, and they will be found in nany respects to differ from each other )n one hand, and in many from Slater in the other Here is a synopsis of heir Impressions: their impresssions. Mrs McHaffie: T’ark mustached, light jvercoat. not waterproof; check trousers, spats, black bowler hat; nose normal.” Miss M. McHaffie: "Seen at same time tnd same description. Was only pre pared at first to say there was some re semblance, but ‘had been thinking It over, and concluded that he was the Miss A M McHaffie: “Same as before. Had heard the man speak and noticed nothing In his accent." (Prisoner has a strong German accent.) Madge McHaffie (belongs to the same family) "Dark, mustached, nose nor mal Check trousers, fawn overcoat and spate Black bowler hat. ‘The prisoner vn fairly like the man.’ ” In connection with the identification ct these four witnesses it is to be ob served that neither check trousers nor spats were found In the prisoner's lug gage As the murderer was described as being dressed in dark trousers, there was no possible reason why these clothes, if Stater owned them, should have been de stroyed. • Constable Brien: "Claimed to know the prisoner by sight. Says he was the man be saw loitering. Bight coat and a hat. It was a week before the crime, and he was loitering I' vards from the scene of it He picket ‘ among five con stables as the no. 1 seen.” Constable Walker: n n the loi- terer across the street. i.<.. nearer, ana after dark In December. Thought at first he was some one else whom he knew. Had heard that the man he had to Identify was of foreign appearance. Picked him out from a number of de tectives The man seen had a mustache.” Euphemla Cunningham: “Very dark, sallow, heavy featured. Clean shaven. Nose normal. Dark tweed coat. Green cap with peak.” M■ Campbell: "Had been with the pre vious witness. Corroborated. ‘There was a general resemblance between the pris oner and the man, but he could not posi tively Identify him.’ ” Alex Gillies.; "Sallow, dark haired and dean shaven. Fawn coat. Cap. 'The Prisoner resembled him, but witness could not say he was the same man.' ” R B Bryson: “Black coat and vest. Black bowler hat. No overcoat. Black mustache, with droop. Sallow; foreign.” . nls witness had seen the man the night t ore the murder. He appeared to be ooklng up a t Miss Gilchrist’s windows.) r,’, Nairr ‘ : Broad shoulders, long neck. .' ari< hair. Motor cap. Light overcoat k ” ecs Never saw the man’s face. mm • Wl " not swear in fact, but I am ~ n is the man I saw—but I will not swear' " Liddell: "Peculiar nose. Clear shw eX ° n ' not sallow - Dark - clean cna'' 1 ".-, Brown tweed cap. -Brown tweed ‘’an- edge. Delicate man, " ra 'vn together.’ She believed th.' J! r snr ' , ‘ r was the man. Saw him in ,j fr . immediately before the niur- Thew a : . ( . ~ . tijf. , p 1 twelve witnesses as to I n Hie mysterious stranger, whatave-'.' l> ' ai ' e ‘ there is no evidence ba,j '' I,lis lounger in the street der ;• '"'tiling to do with the mur . . 1 a s probable that he had for |, jR u a '"' amour, and was waiting ' v Ut , / r '"’ out to hi "’- •ii -jr.i.. "' ' a 013,1 "' ln was planning Merer-,. I ” a * n t>y standing nights th. . ' an<l 100 yards away from Butt'.' 1 . ”' e risrkness? an., .v,. '■ '" K i|,al "e waive this point ( ~ ’he plain question as to loiterer ' " as sa,ne man as the bias, ,illd ourselves faced by a Dr., 0 . t ' 1 ’lies ami contradictions. Njlm nn<'j''u ni " sl P reels C witnesses were Upor. who saw the stranger murder ' ' r ' iay night preceding the **lt«r. !: 'Kht Slater had an un fit! \p, , ' '“ bed, for not only by the Ritir s.-rv'* " i,fl whom he lived, and * # intanr P a!1 l s chmal«, hut by an ac fitli h...’ •' ’”"•’*1 Reid, who had been This ’ 6 ‘0 10:30. - evidence, which was quite r’b'pleteiv P ( ' roHß "Pxamlnation, must -*•• witi„, s r,,y tlie Hur, nises of the atr ’ l ’s-r utj' ! tS to ,h ® identity of the 'vitni-s. . ' , ’' l Then come iht four McHaffie family, who ' ’ - check trouser* and •ireaa which were never Finan. ' lu’isoher . 1 rom the discrepancies '' .vie, • '•‘ he, there Is a mixture " ! green cape, brown cups Aliich leave u most con bite impression In the this kind might be of 1 olenientiirv to some fact, hut to attempt 1,1 itlentllii al ioti alone is to construct the whole case upon shifting sand. The reader has already a grasp of the facts, hut some fresh details came out at the trial which may be enumerated here. 1 hey have to be lightly touched upon within the limits of such an argument as this, but those who desire a fuller sum mary will find It in an account of the trial published by Hodge, of Edinburgh, and ably edited by William Roughead, W. S. HIS ACTIONS. Dn this book and on the verbatim pre cognitions and shorthand account of the American proceedings, I base my own ex amination of the case. First, as to Sla ter's movements upon the day of the crime. He began the day, according to the account of himself and the women, by the receipt of the two letters already re ferred to. which caused him to hasten his journey to America. The whole day seems to nave been occupied by prepara tions for his impending departure. He gave his servant Schmalz notice as from next Saturday. Before live <as was shown by the postmark upon the en velope), he wrote to a postoffice in Lon don. where he had some money on de posit. At 6:12 a telegram was sent in his name and presumably by him from the Central station to Dent. London, for his watch, which was being repaired. Ac cording to the evidence of two witnesses he was seen in a billiard room at 6:20. The murder, it will be remembered, was done at seven. He remained about ten minutes in the. billiard room, and left some time between 6:30 and 6:40. Rathman, one of these witnesses, de posed that he had at the time a mus tache about a quarter of an inch long, which was so noticeable that no one could take him for a clean-shaven man. Antoine, his mistress, and Schmalz, the servant, both deposed that Slater dined at home at 7 o'clock. The evidence of the girl is no doubt questionable, but there was no possible reason why the dismissed servant Schmalz should perjure herself for the sake of her ex-employer. The distance between Slater’s flat and that of Miss Gilchrist is about a quarter of a mile. From the billiard room to Slater's flat is about a mile. He had to go for the hammer and bring it back, unless he had it jutting out of his pocket all day But unless the evidence of the two women Is entirely set aside, enough has been said to show that there was no time for the commission by him of such a crime and the hiding of the traces which it would leave behind it. At 3:45 that night, Slater was engaged in his usual occupation of trying to raise the wind at some small gambling club. The club master saw no discomposure about his dress < which was the same as, according to the crown, he had done this bloody crime in), and swore that he was then wearing a short mustache, "like stubble,’’ thus corroborating Rathman. It W’lll be remembered that Lamble and Bar rowman both sw'ore that the murderer was clean shaven. On December 24, three days after the murder, Slater was down at Cook’s office, bargaining tor a berth in the Lusitania for his so-called wife and himself. He made no secret that he was going by that ship, but gave his real name and address and declared finally that he would take his berth in Liverpool, which he did. Among other confidants as to the ship was a barber, the last person one would think to whom secrets would be con fided. Certainly, if this were a flight, it is hard to say what an open departure would be. In Liverpool he took his passage un der the assumed name of Otto Sando. This he did. according to his own ac count. because he had reason to fear pur suit from his real wife, and wished to cover his traces This may or may not be the truth, but it is undoubtedly the fact that Slater, who was a disreputa ble rolling stone of a man, had already assumed several aliases in the course of his career. It is to be noted that there was nothing at all secret about hfs de parture from Glasgow, and that he car ried off all his luggage with him in x perfectly open manner. The reader is now in possession of the main facts, save those which are either unessential of redundant. It will be ob served that save for the identifications, the value of which can be estimated, there is really no single point of connection be tween the crime and the alleged criminal. It may be argued that the existence of the hammer is such a point; but what household in the land is devoid of a hammer? It is to be remembered that if Slater committed the murder with this hammer, he must have taken it with him in order to commit the crime, since it could be of no use to him in forcing an entrance. But what man in his senses, planning a deliberate murder, would take with him a weapon which was light, frail and so long that it must project from any pocket? The nearest lump of stone upon the road would serve his purpose better than that. Again, it must in its blood-soaked con dition, have been in his pocket when he came away from the crime. The crown never attempted to prove either blood stains in a pocket or the fact that any clothes had been burned. If Slater de stroyed the clothes, he would naturally have destroyed the hammer, too. Even one of the two medical witnesses of the prosecution was driven to say that he should not have expected such a weapon to cause such wounds. FACTS ON ONE SIDE. It may well be remembered in this summary of the evidence I may seem to have stated the case entirely from the point of view of the defense. In reply, 1 would only ask the reader to take the trouble to read the extended evidence if he will do so, he will realize that without a conscious mental effort toward special pleading, there is no other way In which the story can be told. The facts arc on one side. The conjectures, the unsatis factory identifications, the damaging flaws and the very strong prejudices upon the other. Now' for the trial itself. The ease was opened for the crown by the lord advo cate. In a speech which faithfully repre sented the excited feeling of the time. It was vigorous to the point of being pas sionate, and Its effect upon the jury was reflected In their ultimate verdict. The lord-advocate spoke, as I under stand. without notes, a procedure which may well add to eloquence while sub tracting from aecurac' H Is to this fact that one must atti ibuti a most futal misstatement which could : not fall, coming under such circumstances from so high an authority, to make aj deep impression upon the heart rs lot some rea-on. this misstatement 0... n.-t i appear to have beet at Hie ] moment by elthei Hie Judge or Hie tie. i l> tiding <otuisel Continued In Next l»»ua. Personal Charm Born of Imagination, Says Irene Fenwick I I n\ ** // ■ a \\ // \\ t t ’' .1 /A. r/' 1 fk / Wfe ■ \ / ■ X x ■ n Irene Fenwick, in “Hawthorne. U. S. A.,” at the Astor theater. New York. By Margaret Hubbard Ayer. A TODERN life is doing every- [VI thing possible to crush ro mance out of things, but for tunately, so long as people have imag ination, they will be able to invest the every-day events of life with colorful possibilities and interest, and can live in a world of their own making." Thus spoke Her Royal Highness Princess Irene Fenwick, stealing a few minutes from “Hawthorne of the U. S. A.” to tell why it is easy to be a really Zendaesque princess, holding an Imag inary court at the old sundial every night, and a perfectly up-to-date and equally pretty young girl living in New York by daytime. It is just a question of Imagination, and Princess Irerfo has quantities t>f it. When I saw her she was trying to close her practical outer ears to the steady sound of steel riveting, which came from a nearby building, and she ex plained that she could hear anything she wanted to, with the fine inner ears of the imagination. Miss Fenwick is quite as charming as herself as she is in the part of the ro mantic princess, and she is equally ro mantic. i Behind her luminous blue eyes lies a world of vivid imagination, and she Advice to the Lovelorn By Beatrice Fairfax. YES, YOU CAN. Dear M|ss Fairfax: I am seventeen years old, and dearly in love with a young man of tAenty-one. I have known him one year, and we kept company eight months. I had a quarrel with him and we parted four months ago. I told a friend to ask him if he wish ed my company, but have had no answer. I can not live without him L. B. You can live without him. In a very short time that heartache will cease an I you will be happy again. In the meantime, while going through this pe riod of depression, so frequent in youth and love, carry yourself with dignity and don’t exaggerate either the value of his love or the loss you sustain in losing it. Please don't send any more messages to him. You have made advances enough. THAT DEPENDS ON THE GIRL. Dear Miss Fairfax: I am working In the same office : with a girl with whom I have been very friendly. She pays me mucn attention, but I am three years younger than she. If 1 asked her to keep company with me. would it be right to ask her to wait three tears be foie I married her? ANXIOUS. It is not wrong to ask a girl to wait , three years while her lover saves for a . home for her. Why not let her decide? If there is , any selfishness in su*h a plan, a wom an's love is usually such that she over looks it. PUT YOUR MIND ON YOUR WORK. Dear Miss Fairfax: I am deeply in love with a young man. All day at work 1 do nothing but think of him, I send him pos tals (|iiite often, and he asks me if- I send them and I say no. Do you think 1 ought to tell him? I never sluiwed hint that I eared anything for him. I ait) seventeen ami he is twenty-twfc J love him verv much. LOVESICK \ii you n«l risking the substance In pursuit of the shadow'.’ Try to keep your mind on your work, dear, ami don’t -end another eird. Yuli .tic celling, too COUUK Io make the inning of a man who doesti t <ai< lot I con \ oin lift '<■ uuibl< ion. frankly admits that it is peopled with non-existent shadows that to her are as real as you and I. “Having an imagination," said Miss Fenwick, "seems to me one of the greatest gifts in life. I think possibly an imagination could be cultivated, though of course there are certain peo ple who disapprove of imagination ut terly, and who only see life as a series of hard, cold facts. They are the Grad grinds of life, and. oh, how much they miss! "Fortunately, no matter how prosaic our modern life may become, there is always a beautiful realm of dreams and romance where each one of us has a kingdom all her own. "Do I think the modern young girl romantic? Indeed I do, and fortunately for her, too. In ‘Hawthorne,’ when Mr. Fairbanks and I come to the charming love passages of the play, we often hear the gurgling little ‘ohs’ and ‘ahs’ and the gasps of the girls in the audi ence, and it's sweet and encouraging to realize that all those young people are living the story through while we are acting it/'’Every girl is a princess with a Hawthorne for a lover, just as every girl imagines herself in the role of the heroine of each book that she reads, providing, of course; the heroine is to her taste. "The romantic Imagination is a great deal more than being able to see your self playing a particularly attractive role in life. The person with real im agination can invest every incident of life, no matter how trivial or how hum drum, with the glamour of their own fanciful thoughts. And probably the women who go through the dally rou tine of prosaic, uninteresting work cheerfully and with a gallant spirit, have really the great romantic imagina tions. “These are the women who preserve their charm despite misfortune and drudgery, whose minds have a wonder ful flavor and fascination no matter how ordinary their lives may seem to the outward eye. These women have real charms. Everything they do is colored with their personality, and your personality is the sum total of your thoughts and actions, isn’t it? And, of course, there are more thoughts than actions." "The woman with imagination is sel dom If ev<*r very lonesome. Generally she finds some outlet for her mental activity, or if not she retires Into that dream world of her own creation.” “How much power does a romantic imagination possess in counteracting the jarring effects of everyday life?” I inquired of the fanciful Princess. " X good deal more than people would suppose," she returned quickly. "Most of the people who have succeeded after a life of hard and bitter struggle have had imagination. They may have only been able to imagine along one line, but they have built up an ideal, often a| purely visionary one, and then they’ve FOR SALE Roofing Pitch, Coal Tar, IMMEDIATE Creosote, Road Binder, Metal Preservative Paints, DELIVERY Roofing Paint and Shingle Stain. i Atlanta Gas Light Co. •’i»<>ne494s : IC- -i .k.i- jar.-.V; V bth i ■■ » --gaJ worked and worked and materialized that ideal. "The romantic imagination helps tide over the hard places of life by showing the infinite possibility which the future holds in store for one, and in ordinary, everyday’ life, imagination covers up a multitude of those daily disagreeable happenings upon which the matter of fact person dwells with apparent relish, while the imaginative person escapes from them, to hide in her fanciful ro mantic world of dreams. "I am always sorry’ for the girl whose ; MT Ylkv Ji. ' 5 V JR?' ail w* ■ ’ I V>' a : "I ■ ‘td I p -J>« GA. ■ ■ i ■ ■ V’ H If < Xi. ■ . ■ ' t Imagination has been stunted or whose romantic fancies have been so laughed to scorn by’ older people that the door of that fanciful world is closed to her for ever. She has lost a refuge from lone liness. a home of inspiration, and some of that intangible thing called personal charm, which is born of imagination.” Household Sug gestions Bamboo furniture should be scrubbed with water and salt. Don’t make wet ter than is absolutely necessary, and dry in the open air as soon as possible. Before you use a new gas mantel, soak it in vinegar and hang it up to dry. In this way a brilliant light is obtained, and the burners wil last twice as long as usual, even in a drafty room. When tired of sweet jellies and jams, try’ lemon honey for sandwiches and tarts. Beat well together one cupful of sugar, one egg, and butter size of a walnut. Add juice and grated rind of one lemon. Stir well, put into a double boiler, cook slowly till thick, avoid stir ring after it begins to cook. Add tiny pinch of salt. Often when children suffer from headache it is an indication that their sight is weak. If they are constantly frowning, you may be fairly sure that such is the case. In such cases an oculist should be at once consulted. If defective sight is attended to In time, It can often be cured In a few’ years, while if it is neglected it may mean that glasses have to be worn for a life time. DO YOU ITCH? If so use Tetterine. It cures eczema, ground Itch, ringworm Iti-hlng piles, in fant sore head and all other skin trou bles. Head what C. B. Kaus, Indianapolis, says: Enclosed find sl. Send me that value in Tetterine. One box of Tet terine has done more for eczema in my family than SSO worth of other remedies I have tried. Use Tetterine It relieves skin trouble that has baf fled the best medical skill. It will cure you. Get it today -Tetterine. 50c at druggists or by mall. I SHUPTRINE CO., SAVANNAH, GA. (Advt.) Playing With Love By Beatrice Fairfax p OVE," said Napoleon, “is the | occupation of the idle man, the amusement of a busy fltie, and the shipw’reck of a sovereign.” And he might have added that it was the play thing of the thoughtless, A young man, who was thoughtless so long that he has had to begin to think most seriously, writes me that last January he became much interest ed in a young lady, and secured her acquaintance. As time progressed they became very intimate, and she became much at tached to him. He says he has no se rious intentions, as he is barely able to support his widowed mother, but en tertained such a strong friendly feel ing for the girl that he couldn’t keep away. His visits became so frequent that other young men, thinking he had a prior right, stopped going to see her, and it became understood among their friends that they were engagred. He had playbd w ith love all this time, and when the girl’s affections became seriously involved, he decided that he must make his visits less frequent. He told her why; that he didn't love her. and couldn't marry her. To this rather cold-blooded decision after so many months of pleasant intercourse, she re plied that it would break her heart If, he ceased coming, and he continued his calls "four nights a week out of sym pathy and duty." After calling four times a week, “out of sympathy and duty." for several months, he decided to end it. and didn’t go again. Then she wrote to him ‘ that if he didn't come back, she would do herself bodily harm. Because of this foolish declaration on her part he has resumed his visits. “What." he asks, “ is to be the end?” No one asks himself that question in the beginning. Those who have had the years that should stand for wisdom are just as foolish as this young man. They deliberately play with matches, and when a blaze results, turn to their friends and ask. “What is to be the end?" There are many endings to an affair of this kind, and the right end depends on the rationality of those concerned. If this girl is foolish and hysterical, as her declaration to him implies, his pun ishment is all the greater. He will merit all he receives. It is with the girl I am most concerned. It is to her that I make the plea to be sensible and act like a rational being. He doesn’t love her. Can she prove that she has lost much? By forcing his attentions she lowers herself in her own estimation, and feeds the flame of his vanity. She can’t live without him. He may be frightened by such a statement, but he is of the nature that is also flat tered. She can live without him! She must! She will! If instead of looking at the long evenings without him (an appall- Southern California affords rno»e opportunities than aiy I other area in the world. WHY? Because it has proven Aa j possibilities in a thousand ways. The pioneer worst i» | The chances to follow proven lines are unGmMed. The w- m n sentials xfe: Climate, land, water, power, and market*. Southern Cktifonaa hm them aft. You Will Want To Know All About This I Marvelous Country | THE NINTH ANNIVERSARY NUMBER OF THE ill LOS ANGELES “EXAMINER” will b* issued WED NESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1912, and will be the greatest I edition of its kind «ver published, giving you every posci- H ble information about this famous land. It will tell you about its farming possibilities, it* pool- I try. its fruits, its walnuts, its oil production, its beet sugar n industries, its live stock, its cotton, and, in fact, anything and everything you may wish to know about Lo« Angeles I and the marvelous country of which she is the metropolis. 1 The information will be accurately and entertainingly set forth, and appropriately illustrated. Th* prop®*o<l opening Maama Can«l linn all rt»» airaa «»i» ‘ worM on thia ragion. Thia apactal adlMoti will ba mall aS to any a44raaa In th* VaftaS Stataa or Maxloo for Fifteen Cento per copy. Aa the edition ta limited, and eo aa not to dleappotnt anyone, an early request with remittance ta deetrable. Remember that iotn> of your friend* may not aee thl* announcement. V*o the coupon below and aee that they get a copy. Xnigeles Los Angeles, Cal. ? Enclosed please findcents, for which you will S please send the Ninth Anniversary number of your paper to the following names: | J Name Street I t \ < City State I Name Street i I | I City.... State | Los Angeles Examiner 1 LOS ANGELES. CALIFORNIA Ing prospect to one in love), she will regard them as so many greater oppor tunities for study and good reading, she will find such profit and pleasure in them that her only concern for the past will be that it was such a deplorable waste of time. She must forget him. She must not feed his vanity by picturing a desola tion of her life without him. She must learn for her own good that there are better men in the world; men more worthy of such outpouring of affection. She must learn that if she spends the time In waiting for such a man in im proving her head, instead of a hysteri cal waste of emotion, it will mean her greater happiness. As for him: One of the great mys teries of life is that a man so little worth love as he should awaken so much of it. Up-to-Date Jokes Employer—So you want ma to mIM your salary? Can you gtwe tna bat two good reasons, even, why I should do aoT Meek Employee (sadly)—Tas. etr Twins. "Pa, wtiat. does it mean wban H aay« a man has arrived at years of dlaara tfon ?’* “It means, sonny, that he*a too roang to die and too old to have any fun." He—They say that tha fhoa <a an In dex of the mind. doubt that. It doe«n*t follow because a woman 1 * face fa made up that her mind is. Mother (whose daughter to enpaged to a young farmer) —Don't you find Bob rather rough? Daughter (blushingly)— Tea, ma. And yet he says he shaves every day! At a very convivial dinner a man with a preternaturally solemn face arose, wineglass in hand, to propose a toast. "May we never,” he said, in deep, measured tones, "drink any more of this stuff" He paused, and there w;ts a horrified silence for several sec onds. “Than is good for us!" Old Gent —Well, Tommy, did you take your dog to the “vet." next door to your house, as I suggested? Boy—Yes. str. Old Gent—And what did he say? Boy—He said Towser was sufferin’ from nerves, so Sis had better give up playin' the planner. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the X” Signature of