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ASLEEP FOR 18 YEARS
WOMAN'S SHOCK
NOW AWAKE, BUT WILL TALK TO NOBODY
WHEN LOVER DIED -
A woman who has been asleep for
BLACKMAIL MENACE NATIONAL CRISIS IN
AT HOME
SEASIDE RESORTS
AUSTRALIA
BOMB THROWING
COUPLES SPIED UPON AND THEN STRIKERS ADOPTING TERRORIS-
BULLIED
·GANG METHODS, London. The Brighton murder
ended in
18 years after hearing of the death case which
*ING METHODS
"MOB" OR CONSTITUTION? Adelaide, Yesterday. the "In consequence of further riot- of her lover has now swakened. Home Secretary's eleventh-houring, in which the police dispersed Taylor, Weaver 2,000 unruly strikers, the South She is Mias Anna Swanepoel of reprieve of
Donovan, has drawn at Australian Cabinet has proclaimed Lichtenburg, who is at present in and
tention to the menacing system of a national crisis and all work has the Rietfontein Sanatorium.
Seven years ago she was brought blackmall prevailing at British sea-ceased until October 1-Reuter.
Melbourne, Yesterday." to Rietfontein having then slept for side resorts, and especially at Brigh-
ton..
Bombs were thrown at the resid 11 years.
When, at the age of 20, she heard The three murderers belonged to ences of foremen of stevedores in of the death of her lover, she con- a gang of five men and one woman. South Melbourne and Middle Park. tracted hysterical catalepsy and fell. Their policy was to lurk in lonely The front room of the house at asleep. No means of awakening spots favoured by lovers and, hav-Middle Park was wrecked and also her could be found, but after her ing epled, to demand money under another room in which two chil removal to Rietfontein she had, the threat of personal violence; or dren were sleeping was damaged, periods of activity, though she else to follow the woman in the case but the children were unharmed.
A bomb blew a hole in the roof never actually regained conscious home and threaten to expose her.
Emboldened by the success of these of a house in South Melbourne but ness.
All the while she was fed operations for many men, rather nobody was hurt, a
up-the
Residents in the districts are, every two hours with a bottle and than expose a gini pald tube, but her flesh wasted away scoundrels extended their sphere, very concerned and alarmed, and'a until she appeared to be a mere two of them often taking a boat large body of police has been sent skeleton.
and rowing along the shore near the to investigate.-Reuter. Now the sleeps for periods of beach at dusk, or by moonlight, and
Armed "Specials." three or four weeks at a time, but discovering more victime, who were
Adelaide, Yesterday. The call for special constables to during her wakefulness is so shy blackmailed in co-operation with that she can rarely be induced to confederates ashore.
cope with the National crisis has speak. She will often refuse to
The police, who had been tracking met with a quick response. eat, and when food is brought to
It is officially expected that 2,000 her she pretends to be asleep. When this particular gang for a long time,
no one is looking however, the food were helpless, as the victims refus-armed with rifles will be enrolled will disappear, and the woman will ed to give evidence; but on one oc-by the 29th inst. and will be apparently be asleep again when caston two men, one disguised as a thoroughly organised to provent woman, trapped them and gave disorder and protect the volunteers. her nurse returns...
Premier Butler declares the issue or Constitutional. Dr. D. F Malan, Minister of them a sound thrashing. Health, visited the Rietfontein. All along the coast blackmatters is "Mob rule Sanatorium and was taken to see are at work, but the prince of all Government."--Reuter. the girl. She was awake and smiled, these ganga is undoubtedly George but she could not be persuaded o Thomas Donovan, one of the threa
men sentenced to death. speak.
Strangely enough, although the woman has apparently slept for many years, she recalls events that happened during that period.
Her case is now believed to be one of self-hypnotism.
STRANGE AFFAIR
A MUI TSAI TELLS TWO STORIES
CASE QUASHED
Victims Decoyed And Drugged At least two of the male mem- bers of this gang are of perverted moral character. -
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CHINESE ON TRIAL AT KOWLOON
MURDER STORY
They invariably discovered the so- cial position of the victim be- fore decoying him, usually into a public house, where, after doping
The preliminary trial of a Chi him with drink or drugs, they emptied his pockets, thus discover nese named Lo Tung, who is charg- ed with the murder of Leung Yul- ing his address.
A few days afterwards Donovan chu and Lo Shing while they slept would call "on an unpleasant outside No. 111 Woo-sung-road errand" and demand money., He during the early hours of August: would repeat his visit month after 18, was conducted bafore Mr. W. Schofield at Kowloon Magistracy month.. A tea-house waitress, who was In this way the gang obtained yesterday, afternoon. charged with harbouring a 15 thousands of pounds.
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