August 19, 1907.)
arrival at Shanghai is expected. He booked his passage to that port by the s.8. Hongkong Maru, ander what name is at present unknown. But as the wire forwarded by the local authorities should reach the Settlement before the arrival of the steamer, detectives will, no doubt, be aboard before the vessel is moored and effect the arrest.
During the last few days the boatswain of the 8.8. Monteagle, who saw the man when he board- ed that steamer with the bɔx, has been touring the town with detectives on the off-chance of meeting him, but now it is learned he bas left the Colony, such search will be no longer necessary.
12th August. The expectations of the plio as well as the police were damped by the telegram from our Shanghai correspondent which appeared in Saturday's issue, stating that the suspected murderer was not aboard the s.8. Hongkong Maru. The disappointment, however, bas bad the effect of spurring the police to still greater exertion, and with the promptitude which has characterised their inquiries since the murder was first made known to them, they have succeeded in obtaining another clue which it is hoped will be the means of bringing about the anxiously awaited arrest.
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It is a busy time at the Detective Office just now, and the continual ring of the telephone bell is generally to inform the detectives that a man answering the description of the supposed murderer has been seen at such and such a place. Messrs. Weismann & Co. and the Dairy Farm, Ld. had been visited by such a man, but police enquiries went to show that in each instance it was not the man they wanted. Amateur Sherlock Holmeses are plentiful at Hongkong just now.
As soon as they were made aware that the man for whom they sought was not a passenger by the 8.8. Hngk ng Maru the detectives redoubled their efforts to again get on the trail. They learned that a man of haggard appearance and with a stubbly beard did board the steamer mentioned at the last minute. He paid his fare and was passed by the doctor at the American Consulate, but his description did not tally with that of the man who is wanted.
The description of another passenger who booked by the 8.8. Tosa Maru under the name of Jackson did, however. This steamer cleared for Shanghai and Keelung on Tuesday, and the Nippon Yusen Kaisha's passenger clerk stated that there was a passenger on board whose description tallied with that of the wanted man, This person, the clerk stated, called at the N. Y. K. office on Monday and asked the price of a passage to Shanghai. He was told $60 and later paid the money, remarking that his baggage was on board and that he was sailing by the vessel,
Just before the steamer left the doctor from the American Consulate and the shipping clerk, both of whom were aboard, Say the suspected man, Jackson, holding con- versation. with a Miss Smith who was a pass enger to Seattie. She came to Hongkong from Manila by the Kumano Maru.
The real name of the man suspected of being the perpetrator of this sensational crime is Adzetts. The police learned this from a woman Who used to live with him in Manila. From her they also obtained his photograph.
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mouth; one small pearl brooch with turquoise | drop; smal' gold chain bracelet; one chain and lock medallion, head set in diamonds, learned that two diamonds were pawned by From enquiries at the pawn shops, the police
$55. This money was raised, it is believed, a man giving the name of H. Jones for
to pay Adzetts' passage on the Tosa Maru.
On Saturday afternoon shortly before four o'clock Detective Sergeant Watt arrested
Central Station. Mr. Larson, the
man on suspicion, and took him to the swain of
boat-
fied him as the person who took the box the steamer Monteagle, identi. on board. There must have been a great resemblance between the man arrested and the man wanted, for it appears the boatswain was mistaken. The police sent for another person who was acquainted with Adzetts and with. out hesitation she said the man in custody was not he. On her stitement the suspect was released.
'The murdered woman was Gertrude Dayton of Youngstown, Ohio, U.S.A. She was an unfortunate, and aged between 30 and 35. The natural colour of her hair was back, but lately deceased had taken to using dyes and her latest colour was dark auburn, A brush and bottle of dye were found in the room of the hotel at which she was staying.
The police bave since learned that the supposed murderer went on board the s.s. Korea, after having failed to obtain a passage by the Hongkong Maru, and asked one of the officers to endeavour to get him away by that vessel. The seaman approached, however, did not comply with the request.
Yesterday afternoon and last night Chief Detective Inspector Hanson wa anxiously awaiting a wire from Shanghai. On receipt of the news that Adzetts did not proceed by the Hongkong Maru, the subsequent inquiries of the detectives elicited the information, already mentioned, that a man answering his description had booked by the Tosa Maru, This informa- tion, unfortunately, was gained too late to admit of a wire arriving at the northern Settle- ment before the ship. Word has been received that the man wanted got ashore at Woosung and escaped, but the police expect a wire this morning announcing his capture.
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The value of the jewellery stolen is estimated at $1,50 gold. The items which Adzetts appropriated before leaving the hotel at which he was staying were, 30 far as can be learned: one pair of diamond earrings ; one ring, pink pearl, set with diamonds; one solitaire diamond ring; one ring, set with two small diamonds; one ring, set with two pearls; one ring, four diamonds and a pearl; one bull- frog pendant, green enamel and diamonds; one breast pin, set with diamonds; one Chinese nook chain, cash pattern, diamond in centre; gold watch set with diamonds, monogram "M. G. M."; one long chain cable pattern; diamond' and ruby bracelet; one eagle pin with pearl in
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dited for any crime committed elsewhere. On the other hand, it is unlikely that the American authorities will be anxious to shield such a man, stay on board. An easy way out of it would be and as a civilian he cannot claim the right to
waiting for him. Very likely they will not to let him " escape,
into the arms of those
trouble about technicalities, but hand him over to British Justice.
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The telegrams from Hongkong appear to bave excited Shanghai, judging by the papers now arriving.
returned to Shanghai on board the tender Vul- At 10.3 p.m. on August 9th the detectives
an, and disembarked on the P. & O. jetty in a disappointed frame of mind, we are sorry to say, they were not to be blamed, seeing that he had and without their man. For this however,
not come up with the Hongkong M-ru; had never sailed on her in fact, from Hongkong. From enquiries made on board the vessal the officers learned that such a man as the one des- cribed had gone on board the Hongkong Maru just before she left Hongkong, and said be wanted a passage to Shanghai where he know would get him a job. He was "down on his some friends, gambling men and "Sports " who luck" he said having had a row with a French- woman with whom he had been travelling, and he had no mo ey. however, with which he offered to pay for his He had some jewellery,
passage, but this offer being refused he added that he would go on shore again, raise money way. on the gems, and pay for his ticket in the usual would be the best course and the man left the The officers of the shi agreed that this ship, saying he would return later, but this it sema, he never did.
One paper remarks. "If this individual should prove to be the one wanted by the Hong- kong police, it is a matter for surprise that his movements should have been so carelessly fol. lowed,"
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The man suspected of committing the terrible crime of last week is still at liberty. At the
That of course, would be written in ignor- ance of the fact that the Hongkong police were time of writing, the Hongkong police are confident that he succeeded in reaching Shang- after the Hongkong Mar had gone. They not aware of the crime till nearly three full days hai, but whether he is still in the northern port or has made his way into Siberia or else-ship, which proved correct, but no one told them were told that the man had gone on board that where is a matter of conjecture. At any rate the Hongkong police can do little more
that he had left it. Apparently this disappoint- ment made the Shanghai police less ca eful, than wait for information from Shangbai. Up for, when they got the telegram directing till the present the folegram from here has attention to the Tosa Muru, they did not go not been officially answered, and the inference is that the authorities are delaying the reply for its arrival at the Shanghai wharf.
down to Woosung as they did before, but waited he till they are in a position to supply definite man disembarked at Woosung, ani so they had another disappointment. However, these mu- police have not done at all badly, and the Shang- tual recriminations are nseless. The Hongkong hai police are to be congratulated for so smartly recovering a lost sceut
news.
Gossip of course is still busy over the affair. It is now declared that the suspect is well known in Shanghai and Tientsio, and that he had a reputation as a pugilist. He is also known under several names, and it is tolerably certain that Adzetts is not his real name. At one time he called himself W. H. Anderson. He is also believed to have served in the U. 8. Marines.
It was also s'ated in Hongkone yesterday that the suspect travelled from Woosung to Shanghai by tr.in and left the railway station in a riosha.
On Aug. 14 the Hongkong police experienced a feeling of relief when they learned from the Daily Press that Adsetts, the man suspected of committing the "murder of last week, had been captured at Chefoo. later by an official telegram to the Colonial Our news was confirmed Secretary.
It is not known yet whether the Shanghai police will bring him to Hongkong or whether members of the local force will have to go up for him. At any rate he ought to be on his trial here within two or three weeks.
Information reached Hongkong on Aug. 15th that Adzetts had succeeded in breaking from the British Consulate gaol and evaded re-arrest for some hours when he was captured and placed on board the U. S. Galveston,
The lates event in the trunk tragedy is the exhumation of the body of the murdered woman, which took place on Thursday after- noon. The police, Dr. Macfarlane, and Miss Josie Marshall & woman from Manila, were present, and the last named identified the body immediately afterwards interred. as that of Gertrude Dayton. The body was
So far as can be ascertained, no escort; has been sent from Hongkong to Shanghai to bring Adse ts back to the olony, and public interest has been excited as to what course will be pur sued. It cannot be regarded as the duty of to convey the suspect to Hops kong and it may the Shanghai police or even those at Chefoo be inferred from the delay which has taken place that the matter is not altogether free from difficulties.
The first Manila papers to contain anything new about the murder case reached us on Aug, 16.
The Cablenews seems to know all about the suspect, and prints his name as W. H. Atzess. It says he was formerly a member of the Twenty- Eight Regiment of Volunteers in these islands and later a sergeant in the Marine Corps. He was a guard of the American Legation at Pețin, China.
He is known up and down the Chins coast as a would.e sport, a consort of lewd women, Sud searching every ship that arrives from Chins to a gainer by their earnings. The police here are find this man.
Adsetts, being now on an American warship, is technically on American soil. If the Ameri- can law of extradition be the same
as the British, there is bound to be difficulty, for it will not be competent for the American commander to give him up, nor for the Consul or Minister to order his surrender.
As an American citizen he
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sanctuary. woman had arrived on the steamship Eastern The case of Guerin, escaped from Devil's August 3rd, and that she was socompa sied by m Island, elicited the opinion that an English- | man. man
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