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PREFERS DEATH
MAN OF 55 CHARGED WITH MURDER
"GUILTY" PLEA ACCEPTED
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RECKLESS DRIVING | CAPTAIN'S ESCAPE ON WAY TO LONDON NEGLIGENT DRIVER IN OPTIONAL CLAUSE-
MAGISTRATE'S CAUTION TO
"CHANCE-TAKERS"
"TERRIBLY DANGEROUS"
Before Mr. E. W. Hamilton "tenthic tinte" at the Central Magis-) racy, this morning, Mr. C. Bodiker,! owner-driver of a "Hanomag" çar (No. [
FROM BANDITS
BOTNIA OUTRAGE
at LONELY JOURNEY TO PANPU
UNDERTAKEN
Sessions Prisoner Who Refused Judge's Advice 1165), was summered by Traffic Ser- FATE OF OTHERS UNKNOWN-
..
"ONE FOR THE MONEY & TWO FOR THE INJURIES"
One for the money and two for the injuries," a man of 55 years is alleged to have said-presumably as a threat-before he did certain acts which resulted in his being indicted for murder, in answer to which he persistently pleaded that he is guilty, and that he preferred death to life!
geant Baker for negligent driving in Leighton Ell-read on the afternoon of Saturday last. Defendant admitted the offence.
The Sergeant said that the offence #curred near the No. 1 Police Station,
at the junction of Percival-street. De- fendant passed a Hong Kong Hotel
hus right at the corner of the street.
It was particularly dangerous because there was a large crowd going to Caro-
fine Hill to see the "big football match."
Traffic Inspector Nicals produced the defendant's record which had been clear
Shanghai, To-day. Captain Haaland of the Nor- vegion steamer Boinia", has es- caped alone from the bandits and renched the Panpu por of Kaichow.
There are no details available at present concerning his experi- ences or the fate of the other officers.-Reuter.
Norwegian Sailors' Demand
Oslo, To-day. The Norwegian Sallors' Associa-
In the first of three murder trials before the Chief Justice (Sir sure he started driving in March last. Henry Gollan, C.B.E) this week, the prisoner had at first pleaded; a view of this. his Worship decided to tion has asked the Government to "guilty" but had varied that plea, and was subsequently sentenced
impose fine of only $10.
pay the ransom demanded by pir Addressing defendant, his Worshipates who carried off the F&- lo ten years hard labour for manslaughter. No so with Yim Yat-id: "You must not pass other vehicles ter and chief officer of the "Botala", hong.
have to sit here and hold a number tiations with the Chinese Govern
ke that, it is terribly dangerous. I and not to await the result of nego-
inquests arising out of motor Bement. A big meeting of officers of udents which resulted through people the merchant fleet at Bergen pass- ed a similar resolution, and aid Not Fit To Drive
that a conference ought to be held Another defendant was a Chinese by Interested nations to consider the youth named Li Sun-chan who was problem of Chinese pirates.--Real- charged with failing to report an acci-ter dent on September 13.
He declared that he understood the consequences perfectly, that he deserved to die, and even interrupted, when his Lordship was pronouncing sentence of death, by saying that he did not mind. Į taking a chance.
"NO GOOD WASTING TIME"
was:
The indictment was for murder. Prisoner's answer to this last month of Lo Kau, in Second- "Yes, I am prepared to die. I know street, in the West Point district. ( that."
40
Defendant said that he did not know i was necessary to report!
Officers Held for $500,000 A Shanghai cable of September 15 stated:-
While the Norvegian freighter "Botnia" was straided on a sand bar near Haichow, pirates removed her captain and officers and are holding them for $500,000 ransom, it was leamed here to-day. Mex,
DR. ALFRED SZE, CHINA'S
MINISTER
GUEST AT LUNCH HERE
COURT CASE TRANSFERRED
Dr. Sao-ke Alfred Sae (Sze FIRST MAGISTRATE ON WHAT Shlu-kee in Cantonese), who is on
HE SAW his way to London to assume duty. 13 China's Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Plenipoteritory (with) DANGER OF COLLISION
ambassadorial, funk), arrived in
this morning on the "Kitano Maru" from
SIGNED BY BRITAIN, INDIA AND NEW ZEALAND
CONDITIONS OF SIGNATURE
...
Geneva, Yesterday.
The representatives, of Great Britain, New Zealand, South Africa, and India signed the optional clause. Mr. A. Keinshagen, owner-äriver The signatures are appended for of "Erskine" motor car No. 1241, a period of 10 years, subject to was this morning summoned before ratification by the Parliaments con Mr. E. W. Hamilton, at the Central cerned, and with a reservation ex- Magistracy. for negligent driving cluding, firstly, disputes, in which in Queen's-road West at 9.05 a.m., the parties agree to have recourse on September 13.
to some other method of peaceful
Defendant pleaded not guilty." settlement; secondly, disputes be
tween members of the British Com- When Mr. Hamilton was told the monwealth; thirdly, disputes which, number of defendant's ear, he said by International Law, fall exclu that he would transfer the case to sively within the jurisdiction of the the second Magistrate to deal with, signatory; fourthly, reserving the as in view of another occurrence in right to require a suspension "of which ear No. 1241 was concerned proceedings in Court in respect of and which he (the Magistrate) wit disputes submitted nessed, he was afraid that he would, League Council,
before the be prejudiced.
To the defendant Mr. Hamilton signed, the former on account of Australia and Canada have not Baid: "The way you passed a car the Cabinet crisis in Australia, and in which I was at Magazine Gap on the latter because there has been no Monday or Tuesday last, was cer- meeting of the Canadian Cabinet, tainly negligent, and if I were not hence instructions have not been re- a Magistrate I would have summon-ceived.
ed you myself!"
Did Not Remember!
an-
The French spokesman nounced a renewal of France's ac Defendant said that he did not ceptance of the clause for a period remember the occurrence.
Mr. Hamilton replied that he took Peru. accepted the clause in all of five years. Czecho-Slovakia and Hong Kong
the number of the car at the time, cases which were not submitted to N.Y.K. 5.3.
but did not notice the driver, as it the Council-Reater. Shanghai.
was dark, after 7 p.m. It might This is not the first time that not have been defendant himself. Court of St. James. Dr. Sze has been appointed to the The case was then transferred to Mr. Henderson, in a speech be
Contribution to Peace-
Both prisoner and deceased were His Lordship then indicated
Acting Sub-Inspector A. V. Baker, in members of the Sandalwood Work Mr. Tam that he had better make charge at Aberdeen, told the Magis ers Guild, in the premises of which representations
trate that the accident occurred on the to the proper au Aberdeen-road, near the paper mills. the murder is stated to have been thorities (ie., the Governor-in-The defendant's motor cycle (No. 160) ecmmitted.
Council) but he, his Lordship, as elided with a "push bike," the driver far as he was able to observe, would which was badly injured. say that prisoner was quite able to The Magistrate asked for the defen- The pirates removed from the delegate to the Peace Conference was heard by Mr. A. W. G. H. said that by agreeing to refer dis appreciate what had occurred.
dan'ts record, and after reading a num-ship Captain A. Haaland, First in Paris and was then transfer- Grantham. fer of previous convictions for traffic Mate H, Westrhein and five Chin-red to Washington where he act-
Mr. Somerset Fitzroy (Assistant Attorney General) appeared for the Crown. Divisional Inspector, Bloor was in charge of the case. Mr. W. N. Thomas Tam (instructed by Messrs. Johnson, Stokes & Master) appeared on prisoner's behalf.
As the indictment was being read, Mr. F. Hingsum Kwok of Messrs. Johnson, Stokes & Master went up to the dock to convene with prf soner who shook his head deliberate ly and
beckened to Mr. Kwok to leave him prisoner) to plead.
Intent Admitted "How say you, are you guilty or not guilty?" asked the interpreter. "I plead guilty" prisoner replied.
Mr. Tam suggested to his Lord- ship that prisoner did not under stand. His Lordship then asked prisoner if he had killed deceased intentionally and without any law ful excuse. Prisoner answered "Yes." His Lordship advised pri-} soner to plead "not guilty." Pri- soner refused. Mr. Tan pointed out' that it would be better if evidence were taken.
Members of Guild
They threaten that unless the ramom is paid speedily the seized offers from the ship will be sub- jected to death by torture.
Mr. Tam suggested an adjourn-offences dating from 1925, remarked to ese members of the ship's account- ment so
Sub-Inspector Nicola: "He is not a fit¦ing staff. that prisoner might be
person to have licence. Why don't medically examined as he had noon have it cancelled?" evidence that prisoner was insane at the moment,
The Inspector said that he would His Lordship said coramunicate his Worship's remark to that he had no power to give an the Captain Superintendent of Police. adjournment. Mr. Tam then asked
The Norwegian minister at Mr. Hamilton (to defendant): You Peking is communicating with the If the Attorney General would with have been driving since 1925, yet you Chinese Government at Nanking re- draw the charge temporarily. Mr. Say you did not know it was necessary garding the plight of the Ner- Fitzroy replied that Dr. A. Cannon, yea for seven days to
to report an accident! I will remand
The Norwegian Consul see what the wegians. Medical Officer of Victoria Gaol, had CS.P. is going to do with your licence. General here also is acting in be- reported that prisoner showed no You are certaintly not fit to held it if half of his countrymen. He tas signs of insanity.
you don't know the regulations.
enlisted the Nationalist Govern- ment's Bureau of Foreign Affairs.
On his Lordship's direction, Mr. Fitzroy then gave an outline of the case. Prisoner and deceased be- lorged to the guild, one of the pri- vileges being that members without work could have their meals in the guild premises on China New Year.
Name "Posted"
In order to cut down his ex-
STONE STEALERS
UNDER THE EYE OF PUBLIC
WORKS DEPARTMENT
STEREOTYPED EXCUSE
penses, prisoner had asked and Ten Chinese women stone-break- was allowed to be cook. He spenters were this morning at the Kow- about $2 more than he should leon Magistracy, before Mr. T. S. Prisoner thereupon called out that have. Then, when others criticis- Whyte-Smtih, charged with re- he sought death, not life. Hised a duck he had served, he had moving without a permit from the Lordship asked him once more if he debited the cost of the duck to Director, P.W.D., two baskets of did kill deceased and if he did intend himself.
He. thereby owed the
sones each from the junction of to hurt him. Prisoner said "Yes" guild about $8. The guild had a
Waterloo-road and Argyle-street, again.
rule whereby
near the Kowloon Hospital. if outstanding ac-
Mr. F. E. Lawrence, counts were not paid by the end
Overseer, of the
PW.D., stated month, the amount was
that these women doubled and the process was con-
had taken little bits of stones
Difficult Situation
"I am afraid I am bound to accept that plea," his Lordship announced.
Mr. Tam then indicated that his
intended defence relied on prisoner's insanity. "He is just in the mood to plead guilty to anything, my Lord."
"It is a difficult situation," his Lordship observed. "Do you say that he is not fit to plead?"
Mr. Tam: "No, I do not say that he is not fit to plead, but the cir- cumstances are such that it would be better to take the evidence."
and that it was never knows how
tinually repeated. In time prison- from a trench 400 feet in length, er owed about $53. His name was posted, the amount having exceed. ed the fixed indebtedness of $50. He was told that if he did not pay in two days he would be sus
ended.
as
He objected and made a remark which had been interpreted "One for the money, two for the injuries."
Black Cap Donned Describing the events lending
tor.
much the amount was till it came to replacing them.
HIA worship inquired of Mr. women were employed by any entrae. Lawrence whether he thought that the
Mr. Lawrence replied that was. the same as the roment case in Gas- coigne Road, where the women would nd tell by whom they were employed. His Worship: They must have a market for these stones.
ed!
Mr. Lawrence: Yes, your Worship.:
It is generally feared that the officers from the "Botnia" will be murdered before relief efforts are successful.
A furld story is involved in the capture of the ship. They boarded the "Botnia" from junks and rush- ed the officers and members of the crew with pistols and knives.
CHINESE FESTIVAL
MARTIAL LAW FOR A DAY IN TIENTSIN
Canton, Yesterday. Martial law was declared in Tion- tsin during the 8th Moon Holiday as a precautionary measure against disturbances by the reactionaries. reps were stationed at important thoroughfares.
He was a the Second Court where the case fore signing the Optional Clause,
TWO TYPHOONS
To-day's weather forecast from the Royal Observatory, Hong Kong, states:
The anti-cyclone has extend- ed eastwards to Korea. The typhoon is situated in the vicin- ity of the Paracels, moving W.N.. or W.
Another typhoon is passing between Naha and Ishigakijima on a N.N.W. trick.
Forecast:-E winds, strong; moderating, cloudy, rain.
The American Consulate- General has received the fol lowing typhoon warning from the Manila Observatory:-
Today 7.45 am-Typhoon in about 113 degrees Long. E. and 17 degrees Lat. N. moving N.W.
9.50 am Typhoon in about 126 degrees Long. E. and 26 degrees Lat. N. moving N.
Sept. 19, 7.30 p.m.-Typhoon in about 115 delegates Long- E. and 16 degrees Lat; N. moving W.
Typhoon in atont 126 degrees Long. E. and 21 degrees Lat. N. moving N.N.W.
West.
was
putes with other nations to the Per Acting Sub-Inspector A. vmanent Court, Great Britain was Baker, in charge of Aberdeen, said making an important contribution that at 9.05 a.m., on September 13 to world peace. If a tenth of the Ar he was driving his motor cycle com-sembly went down to history as the bination down Pokfulam-road, from "Optional Clause Assembly". the University to Queen's road.[ft too much to hope that they would goon have a "Disarmament Assem- Just before he reached the junc-bly Disarmament was a very tion of Queen's-road, by the No. 7, urgent question in foreign policy Police Station, the Indian constable to-day. It was vital that plans for on point duty gave him the clear general disarmament should be sub- signal. Witness also saw themitted to a world conference, or- Indien hold up his hand to stop ganised by the league within a rea- some traffic going east to west in sonable period. Reuter. Queen's-road.
CHINA'S IDEALS
HUMANITARIANISM TO HER
PEOPLE
LEAGUE HEALTH
Geneva, Yesterday. The League Council discussed
Bebind a Bus Witness then came through when suddenly the defendant's car pull- ed out from behind an Aberdeen 'bus which had stopped, and made to pass it. He (witness) had to swerve sharply and apply his brakes hard to avoid a collision. The vehicles pulled up opposite] each other with very little to spare China's request for co-operation in between them.
the League health organisation, When witness told defendant that and announced that the League he was summoning him, Mr. Rein Medical Director would reach shagen said that he san some Nanking in November to consider passengers leave the 'bus, so he on the spot the scheme of co- thought that it had stopped to dis-operation, also China's proposal charge passengers. Personally, the in regard to public health ports witness did not see anyone alight and maritime quarantine. A plan from the bus.
of co-operation will be prepared Defendant: "Did I not also tell with competent Chinese author-
that the reason why I got ities and will be considered out (from behind the bus) was that Health committee when the mis- I wanted to see. the constable'ssion returns to Europe.
It will sign?"—I did not hear you say that. then be immediately submitted to
Mr. Reinshagen (to the Magis- the Council. trate): The constable was not at
you
as a
All the councillors are very
as China's
chief delegate at the memorable conference there in 1922. He returned to China re rently on his latest appointment is usual place and I could not gratified at China's desire for co-
Dr. Sze is Chisshin and Hanlin see him.
operation, and it is the League's' Replying to the Magistrate, Sub-desire to assist her in every way. compiler of Imperial examinations,.
was drawn up
holiday, the officials did not attended Although it was not an official)
office.-Canton News Agency,
MAMMON'S HAUL
FORMATION OF "LARGEST BANK IN WORLD"
$2,500,000,000 CAPITAL
New York, Yesterday
M.A. of Cornell, and Hon, LL.D.spector Baker said that the bus Mr. Henderson said that he was of St. John's and Syracuse Uni-from the kerb, outside the gates was making her position so stable about three feet immensely gratified that Chine
of her ports, but to the
versitieį. His Lordship pointed out that
of No. 7 Police Station... On arrival here to-day, he was
that she could ask the League to prisoner obviously understood what
The Indian pointsman gave evi-assist her in applying humani- met by Mr. Liang Shik-yih; some was going on and that Mr. Tam had added that prisoner had taken a newcomers from the country in China, to be the largest bask in the world ter of the Peking Government, and the defendant said that he pulled homes of her people.-Reuter.
up to the indictment, Mr. Fitzroy The accused alleged that they were |
The formation of that is claimed time Premier and Finance Minis dence bearing out the Sub-Inspectarian idea's not only to the con-
tor's statement, and in reply to ditions the only course of making repre- chopper from the kitchen and get where they were allowed to pick up with sentations elsewhere than in Court.
resources approximating Mr. Simon Teg Yan, of the N.Y.K. on deceased (whose neck, was out) stones and earth just as they pleas- $2,500,000,000 (gold) is announced Mr. Liang was host to the distin- beside the bus and the Inspec- Prison and Suffering "Tell him once more" his Lord-rested and taken to No. 7 Police country in China have
and two others. Prisoner was ar-
with the amalgamation of the Naguished diplomat at luncheon in tor in front of him.
George Fratson, 30, who was 'to His Worship: Did your part of the tional City Bank of New York and the South China restaurant. ship directed the interpreter, "that Station, accompanied by his three Waterloo Road?
have been executed at Manchester a road like Corn Exchange Bark Trust Con- Sze continues his journey to-mor- I advise him very strongly to plead victims.
Defendant stated that he was for the murder of George Arm- Deceased died in the Accused: We are ignorant of the
pany Renter's American Service. row on the "Kitano Maru."
driving to Konnedy Town behind strong, an elderly shopkeeper, of The other two recovered? ambulance en route to hospital. av.
Visit to Hong Kong
'bus. The 'bus stopped some Rusholme, has been reprieved. One
Cantón, Yesterday. yarda from the Pokfulam-road Mr. Alfred S, the Chiness junction where some passengers Minister to the. Court of St. James, got off and others boarded it.
not guilty."
"It is no good wasting time," prisoner ejaculated, in my serving
in prison and suffering"
His Lordship said then that he had no power to order a plea of
was cut in the face and the other a market very quickly for these stones,
His Worship: You seem to have got NEW BUS SERVICE
Dr.
Defendant's Version:
even if you were newcomers! Fined BLAKE PIER TO TAIKOO NEXT who will arrive at Hong Kong by Witness waited behind the beam-road and witness was stopped
in the chest.
"Tell him then," his Lordship five dollars or seven days' hard abour directed the interpreter, "that I cash.
not guilty if prisoner insisted on have done my best but he refus- pleading guilty and appeared to beed to plead "not guilty.". I must aware of what he was doing.
In reply to his Lordship, Mr. Fitzroy said that quite recently a
Judge at Home had accepted a plea
zow deal with him according to law."
deserve it..
ARMS LICENCES
Canton, Yesterday Under the new regulations sued
Prisoner's reply to this was "I
but the Court of Criminal Appeal had upheld the Judge,
dreaded black cap. He was visibly ORs other
MONTH
the "Kitano Mary en route to and when he moved on, he follow-by the Inspector- He did not
think that there was any danger A motor
Marseilles, will te met by Mrs. edit. bus service will be
of a collision because it was not commenced on
Then suddenly the bus stopped his intention to pass the bus. October 1 by the Tong, wife of the veteran states- Hong Kong Tramways, Limited man, Mr. Tong Shao-vi, and the at the Pokfulam-road junction and
Should Have Warned Him between Blake Pier and Taiko sunt of Mrs. Sze by marriage. more people got out. When these
It fa interesting to note that this passengers had got clear, witness, so reason to doubt the evidence The Magistrate said that he had. (West Gate)
of guilty. There had been an appeal His Lordship. then donned the by the Provincial Government per The roule will follow. Pedder will be the second time that Mr. Sze mowing that the bus would turn of the Inspector and the constable than those who street, Des Voeux-read, Queen' has represented: China in Great Bri-up Pokfulam-road, pulled out a which agreed on all details, and noyed when pronouncing sentence beld arins licences issued to road East, Gap-road,Morrison tain, as he was there between 1916 little to see the constable's signal he was inclined to think that de of death, during which prisoner them by the former Four Rebabili Hill road, Leighton Hill-road, and 1920. Since Dr. Wellington before going straight on
Caroline-road, and Shaukiwa Koo left London in 1921, the Charge
any other plea. He preferred,
taton Headquarters, may now ap
however, to look up the authorities The September Criminal Sessions or municipal government for arms buses will come along - Murray looked itter Chim's Interesta he could not see the constable who might be expected to appear. The
"Prepared to Diethereupon terminated.
His Lordship: "My recollection is
fendant was negligent to pull out that I have no power at all to order interrupted twice by
Witness's car was close behind from behind the bus at a func-. "Never mind. I don't mind dying ply to the district magistracy road on the retum journey the Affaires Mr. Chen has the bus about four yards and tion from which other vehicles
Tray Canton News Agency licences by complying with the con- road and Connaugh road. ditions mentioned in the regula-The new service will commença tions Canton News Agency.
at 1a.m. daily and every 15 minutes till 11.36: pr
From Blaker Pier to Bay View Police Station the fire will be 10 Surrey County Council an to cents from Taikoo to Causeway
On it being ascertained that there
is no provision whereby his Lord- ship could have refused the plea, his Lordship askel prisoner if he under stood the edméquences, that if his Lordship sentenced him to death he might be executed.
While erecting overhead wired, George Carter, 47, employed by the Lowes Electric Light Co., fell from
a ladder and was impaled on some spend £27,000 in widening the main Bay 10 cents; and for the through.
fron railings. He died in hospital.
roid at Mitcham.
journey 20 cents.
1929 rainfall 63.08 inches
Average
72.74 inches
Today's rainfal 0.45 Inch
Defici
9.66 inches
was not in his usual place in the junction was not a stopping place, shade. As soon as witness got for buses and the fact that it out he saw Inspector Baker's cycle stopped there should have warn And immediately got back. There ad defendant that there was no was plenty of room for the cycle right of way, even if he could not.. to pass and it did, in fact, carry see the pointsman, on, stopping five yards—even more As the defendant had a clear
beyond witness'a car.
record, his Worship Imposed a fine The bus then went up Pokfu-ef only £5,