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MRS. VILMA ISAACS.
"THE LYNCHING OF
"PUBLIC OPINION."
THE OLYMPIC.
HER WAR SERVICE OVER.
CHARGE WITHDRAWN.
TRAPIDNES --Was £21; Manager E.319: Harbour Engineer 420 Sir Archibald Bodkin, prosecuted, and Mrs. Isaacs was defended by Mr. Works Sapa K 410.
Percival Clarke.
Sydney George Briggs, credit manager to Debenhams Ltd, said he went to Marconi House to see Mr. Godfrey Isaacs. I asked him," he said, "if Mrs. Vilma Isaacs had been divorced from his son, and he said, Yes.'" Mr. Isaacs did not tell him anything of the conditions of the divorce proceedings, so that when he laid the information he believed that she had been divorced and was no longer the wife of Mr. Godfrey Isaacs's son in the sense that she could pledge his rame.
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In reply to Sir A. Bodkin, witness said he had no knowledge of any; the failures de by those same in-of future historians, just as in this
divorce proceedings at all at the time.
DEFENDANT'S EVIDENCE..
Those of us who during the War” The further hearing against Mr. Sosed under the press corsorship. Vilma Ispace of a charge of incurring whom we compare our lot with that may perhaps the heart of genies, a debt of £334-17s by fraud with of the United States, as pictured by The famous White Star steamer Debenham's Limited and also with. G. Rothwell Brown in un article "Olympic" (Captain Bertram F.Hayes, obtaining several articles from the in the June North American Review,C.M.G., D.S.O.) arrived in the Mer. same firm with intent to defraud, which Le plaintively entities Thesey on July 31 from Halifax with was continued at the London Ses Lynching of Public Opicion.". We numerous passengers, including Mr. in this country bad our Prees Clement Shorter. who has been on an Bureau, which was often silly, often extended tour throughout the United obstantive, often uphragmative: States, and entered the Gladstone but the American system of oficial Dock on the morning ide. press agents sects to have been The "Olympic's" war career is DOW even sifier, more obstructive, moreover, and the largest British steamer unimaginative, more damaging to the Cher gross register is 45,350 tons will public moral. Puble opinion was shortly return to Queen's Island, Bel- eliberately lynchal, says Mr. fast, to be reconditioned by the build- Brown, by an onnipotent mibaryers.Mesars, Harland and Wolffa task and political sensordip, designed of considerable magnitudeere once not merely to prevent military again taking her place in the White hammation from reaching the enemy Star Line's mail and passenger ser- bus to prevent information of value vice between Southampton, Cher. When the to the American people from real-bours, and New York.
time arrives for the world war to be ing the American public:-
viewed in true perspective the deeds of the British Mercantile Marice will not fail to receive justice at the hands twentieth century we remember with pride and gratitude the noble part played by her merchant vessels in Armada, perhaps the only national repelling the attack of the great
danger comparable to that from which at great cost this country has triumphantly amerged. And right throughout the grim struggle so happy ended the mighty "Olympic" did not belle her name. The com mercement of the war saw her out- ward bound for New York, into which port she was safely, escorted by a British cruiser, a debt that was amply repaid to the senior a few months later when the "Olympic" rescued the crew of H,M.S. "Audz. clous" under well-known circumstance in so galant a manner as to elicit Ad- miral Jellicoe's warm commendation. prior to that the great White Star Steamer had continued her peaceful role of carrying back to home and safety some 8,000 Americans, but now, after lying at Belfast for a few hoax..
months, she emerged as a commis Mr. Clarke: Mr. Cox, who was And the writer adde, in a climaxsioned transport, and made four co-respondent in the case, had he of indignation
voyages to the Mediterranean, trans- made any proposal to marry you?—
The situation became so bad inporting 26,000 troops to Mudros, Yes, he will marry me as soon as Washington, especially during the during which, period another rescue was placed to her credit, this time war period, that every little minor the crew of a French vessel sunk by official bad a press agent of his out), to serve bis own selfalt ends and service Captain Hayes recived the an Austrian submarine, for which enhance Iris own prestige. In some thanks of the French Government departments responsible officials with a gold medal. After a brief were prohibited from making public overhaul at Belfast early in 1917, the There was no question of your any information, even of a routine
Olympic" was .commissioned under applying for alimony?-My husband and trivial character, except through the White Ensign, and proved of told me he was going to give me the medium of the press agent. inestimable, valus in conveying 30s a week, and I could not do veryThus the distribution of news-the American and Canadian troops and much on that.
property of the people was con-Chinese labour battalions to Europe, Mrs. Isaaca said, following her trolled by the few, and information, and repatriating Canadian wounded arrest, he spent ten daya in a cell at to which the taxpayers were entiuxd, and sick. Her drastic treatment, Holloway Jail before bail was allow because they were paying for the of the Hun sub. aarine calls for no ed her. From first to last she had upkeep of the Government agencies further comment, but a passing never had in her mind any intention which were creating it by their off-reference may be made to to defraud or use false pretence. beiul acts, was coloured and distorted the fact that during her Cross-exam. ned by Sir Archibaldjai its source of origin. Even press war career this historic ship Bodkin (who was assisted in the pro-associations "handled this official steamed nearly 200,000 miles, con- secution by Mr. J. D, Cassels), she staff sod would send out to the sumed 350,000 tons of coal, carried admitted that she left her husband country over their own wines, to their over 200,000 persons, and since the to pay out of spite. I thought it clients, official agents" statements so armistice has taken 40,000 victorious. was about time he did something used as to indicate their own respon Canadians and Americans back to name of for me," she added.
sibility for the "news" contained their homeland. The therein.
Captain Bertram Fox Hayes, the "Olympic's"distinguished commander, will ever be associated with the deeds of the mighty steamer, his awards in- clude the CMG. and D.SO., whilst Captain J. Thompson, the assistant commander, has received the O.B.E., 2 like honour being conferred on Chief be overlooked that Captain Herbert Engineer Ferguson. Nor should it James Haddock, who was in com mand during the early stages of the war, had the signal distinction of being appointed an A.D.C. to HM. the King for his feat in rescuing the crew of the "Audacious." It may be hoped that in the days to come the "Olympic's" career on her peaceful white Star Line's mail service will voyaging of the Atlantic in the equal in honour her deeds in the days. of trial. 'No, fairer future could be desired.
competant officius who eaforced the venscastrip. · which protected them. After legal argument, the chasgering the war period the public was of obtaining goods by false pretences posed, for example, after the arima-
treated as an infant. It was sup was withdrawn.
tice had been signed, und the war was over, that the American people Defendant then went into thecould not stand the truth about our witness-box. She said that after her battle casualties, which were shook marriage with Marcel Godfrey Isaacs ingly uneconomic; and so Washing she at first received no allowance, ton gave out that the total losses then she got.£3 a week, and after would not exceed 100,000, at a tiroe wards £5 a week. The allowance when it was wel known that they came from Mr Godfrey Isaacs would go above 250,000. Within a few months of the marri
This is the system, of which the age her husband joined the Service.
cornerstone is denatured Her mother had dealt with Debenham
new whide bent professional news. for years. Witness said she had been on very bad terms with the Isaacs gatherers, men of a noble and highly family, and she had a feeling of ra- responsible cutting, to the will of sentment towards her husband. "I competent or headstrong officials had done everything for him," shet was this system which led people said, "I had sold and pawned to accept as an historical face the
a marvellous se everything for him. I had no inten-absurd story of tion to defraud Debenham's. If my battle which was never fought and husband bad pot paid I was going to made possible the Liberty Motor pay."
am free.
It is said you did not defend the divorce proceedings. What was the reason? It was the only way. thought it was the only way of getting rid of the Isaacs family.
Sir Archibald: Of course you did! You were just off to America, with Cox-I had been going for months.
"A DECENT TROUSSEAU." You wanted a decent trousseau for the marriage? This was a trous Beau ?-I suppose. so,
Mr. Percival Clarke, for the defence, referred to Mr. Cox as an officer in the Air Force, and asked the jury to You wanted your husband to pay say that while his client had acted for the trousseau for Mr. Cox-that your husband should be made to pay stupidly she had not committed a for the trousseau "when you were crime. He contended that she had married to Mr. Cox? Yes, if you only used the name she was entitled like to put it that way. I wanted to use, and if her husband had not my husband to pay. I did not mind what it was for.
Would you tell me where Messrs. Debenham's came in under that nice little scheme?I have always dealt with them. I thought they would be paid, and if my husband, did not pay I should have done so, I wanted
met the bill she would have done so. After deliberating in private for an hour and ten minutes the jury found the defendant railty of locurring debt by fraud other than by false pretences.
to give my husband a chance to pay. "My God!" exclaimed the defend
Mrs, Isaace further said on the ant, who Mr. Ciake pointed out, was, night before her arrest she arrived Incensed against her husband, and in London from Folkestone, and had already suffered the dreadful after booking à room at Charing
cross Hotel she and Cox, who accompunishment of ten days" imprison. panied her, stayed as the guests of ment
her mother at Rodney Court. When Mr.Lawrie said the jury arrived taken into custody she hadn
SHIF'S OFFICER'S STRANGE BEHAVIOUR.
passport in her own name of at the only possible verdict. She
The Straits Times of August 27 Mrs. Isaacs, but there was was probably actuated by an inten-
reports another passport made our for tion to revenge herself on her hus
The police have received informa« Coz and the band, and she was absolutely careless on that soon after the "Linan," from "Mr. and was some talk of her going to long as she did this. He would Hongkong, had entered port this Americe on a troopship She, how
Iddressing
did not definitely know how tot punish her for being vindictive merning the second officer of the to travel. Some of the artior for being dishonest in the ordinary vessel his name is withheld for the med she save as pre sense, and therefore he would deal present behaved in an extraordinary manner, becoming violent in his con other and to her
with her leniently by binding her duct, and making attacks on the over on probation for two years and Master and one or two of the other pay £50, towards the officers of the ship. On Information Res-order
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