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THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1930.
PEAK DOUBLE TRAGEDY
Inquest Opened on the Victims
MEDICAL TESTIMONY
Affairs of Newspaper Quite Sound
ACUTE HEART
TROUBLE
An inquiry into the circumstances attending the deaths of Mr. George William Cade Burnett, formerly proprietor of the "China Mail," and of Mrs. Caroline Burnett, his wife, who were found dead from gunshot wounds in their house, “Mountain View," the Peak, on New Year's Day, was opened at the Central Magistracy yesterday afternoon by Mr. E. W. Hamilton.
The medical evidence concurred that Mrs. Burnett's wound was homicidal and could not have been self-inflicted. Mr. Burnett'à could
have been self-inflicted. Dr. Cannon stated that Mr. Burnett suffer- ed from angina pectoris, which was liable to affect the brain,
THE EVIDENCE IN FULL
The following were the mam- bers of the jury:-Messrs. F. G. Kerley (foreman), H. T. Buxton, and W. J. Waddington.
The Coroner, addressing the jury, said: The ocension for this inquiry, Gentlemen, as you are probably aware in the death of Mr. George William Cade Burnott and Mrs. Burnett. It occurred on. January 1 of this year. Both of them were found dead, with
His heart seemed to be enlarg ed, owing to fatty degeneration.
Witness also saw him in August.
THE CHINA MAIL.
As regards the nervous system, withese found the knee jorka were! increased. The aign indicated that a person was in state.. From the physical signs,
2 nervous
nothing else was found, but from
NEW
SHADOWS BEFORE ADVERTISEMENTS.
the symptoms which deceased gave COMING EVENTS ANNOUNCED
him (much to his surprise in al-
most text-book fashion), and said
he had suffered from his heart for
a few months, witness thought he
IN CHINA MAIL
Social Functions To-day-Tea Dances at Hong Peninsula Hotel,
had been suffering from attacks Kong Hotel and
of angina pectoris: They must 4.30 p.m. have commenced many years ago.
ness
To-day-Dioner Dances at Hong
He only discovered it through Mr.Kong Hotel and Peninsula Hotel, Burnett's own explanation. Wit-8.80 p.m. Burnett, knowing how busy Dr. pulse Bay Hotel, 8.30 p.m. Strahan was, did not wish to worry him. Angina pectoris was first of all complained of a mild. in which the, patient pain in the left armpit, which in time made the left Arm feel heavy.
would suggest that Mr. To-day-Dinner Dance at Re-
a disease
To-morrow-Hong Kong Automo- bile Assen. dinner-dance, Peninsula Hotel.
To-morrow Taikoo Club An- nual Ball, 9-p.m.
January 18-Old Tonbridglan Dinner, Hong Kong Hotel, 8 p.m. Perfectly Normal
January 18-Honourable Com The Coroner: If you go into pany of Master Mariners' Dinner details like this we shall all be to Capt. 0. H. Farrar and officers imagining we suffer from it. What of s.s. Halching, Hong Kong Hotel, was your opinion of Mr. Burnett's 8 p.m. mentality?
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I regarded him as being in a per fectly normal condition, in full con- trol of his senses, in so far as a
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to ia that Mr. Burnett was in a from seconds to minutes, according To-day condition which would lead to de-to the extent of the disease, "Speedy." pression and, although there was not ho in full possession To-morrow nothing to show that he was of of his mental powers. "I"Rigoletto" (Italian Opera), 9.15 a suicidal tendency, knowing what wish to make it quite clear," added p.m.
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ly surprised No, I was not. capable of, carrying out his work, To-morrow-Inward Europe via Witness added that deceased did that, he has a warning of his Suez (Karmala); Outward for gun shot wounds, in their house. not complain of any severe heart. next attack, and that during Europe via Siberia (Kormala), 4.30
an attack his head willp.m. be thick for some hours. When
Dr. Cannon's Evidence
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You will have no difficulty what-palna. ever in arriving at the facts. The great point before you will be ar Dr. A. Cannon, Medical Officer, it clears he can work again in the riving at the mentul condition of in charge of the mortuary, stated
normal way. the principal actor in the tragedy. that on the Second of January, of
Strain of Excitement A great deal will turn on the this year, at 11.45 a.m., he condecision as to Mr. Burnett's mind, The Coroner: Can you form any medical evidence and two doctors ducted a post mortem examination assuming that he shot first his wife for Indians Annual Sports Meeting. To-morrow-Ellis Kadoor! School will be called. As Dr. Strahan's on the body of a lady personally and then evidence will be much shorter known by him as Mrs. Caroline opinion, based on knowledge as a
himself? My own I. R. C. ground, 2 p.m. than Dr. Cannon's, I propose to Burnett, of the apparent age of doctor and a friend, la that, the Hong Kong C.C.Tennis Tourna
January 18-Entries Close for call him frst. He was the first about sixty years. Concerning the doctor who saw the bodies. So cause of death, this was primari-Year's Day had been a considerable
excitement and pleasure of Newments. far as we know, it proves that they due to a gunshot wound in the strain upon his heart condition, and occurrence took place between 9 head, essentially a homicidal one. and 9.30 in the evening.
Meetings January 21-Meeting for Society, that this in turn. had resulted in an- for the Protection of Children, etc., The Coroner: By that you mean other attack-may be more severe City Hall, 5 pm. not self-inflicted? Yes. Dr Stuart S. Strahan, Medical And the second cause?---- practitioner, Hong Kong, Senior Internal haemorrhage. As partner. of Dra. Allen
Dr. Strahan's Evidence
and Strahan, deposed that he received a telephone message from Mr. King at 19.55 p.m. on January 1, asking
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than-any-ho-had-had-bofore, but certainly a severe one of angina
It was pectoris.
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To-day-Stephen's Girls' School a known fact Speech Day, 3 pm. gards the general physical condi-that persons who had these attacks tion of the body, there was no frequently, should never
January 18-Entries close for evidence of organic disease of the where where there was excitement. body, beyond animal decay. The The cowhere there was Face meeting. 3 p.m. direction of the wound was from affected the brain. the crown of the head downwarda,
(The Coroner: The letters were
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him to go to Mr. Burnett's house. He met Mr. King on the road and they went together. He lived fixed in the base of the skull in-written apparently after the de- practically next door to Mr.ternal to the right car roughly ceased had thought about the action. King. Witness did not know at an angle of 45 degrees from he was to commit.) the number of the house. On the horizontal. The shot must Witness added that it was usual entering, he found the bodies of have been fired from the back, for these attacks. In a person of that Mr. and Mrs. Burnett, bath of and the deceased must have been type to occur shortly before sunset. whom he knew personally. The lying back. The party firing the position of the bodies was: Mr. revolver would be on a higher Burnett was sitting in an arm- level. The result was a fracture The Coroner: Would it have been chair, and Mrs. Burnett was sit of the base of the skull. The possible for this to occur without'; ting on a couch. with her feet wound was consistent with the his wife knowing it? Yes, I think The following programme will be up. They were both dead. The use of a .32 automatic revolver.lao. Witness said he would aug-broadcast to-day from the Hong Kong cause of Mrs. Burnett's death ap- The bullet a nickel one--was ex-gest that it was more likely than Broadcasting Station Z.B.W. -on-855 peared to be a bullet wound in tracted from the head.
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bullet walking up the hill would have H.M.V. and Victor records supplied by produced the
p.m. Programme marked Exhibit One.) Death was caused an attack. The deceased courtesy of Blessre.. Moutrio. instantaneous. She would have was in the office apparently for Faust-Bullect Musle (Gounod), been rendered unconscious Imme-about two minutes. During an at-i diately, and, would have known tack one was physically affected for nothing about it.
a few seconds, although they had been known to last as long as half
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Defendants Refused A TABAQUERIA FILIPINA
Witness: I should think so. The Coroner: Did you form any opinion as to the direction of the
Gunshot Wound wound; how the shot had been Witness first made a post mor- an hour. fred did not examine the tem on the body of a Europein wound. I went there for the pur male-Mr. George William Cade The Coroner (addressing the рове of ascertaining whether Burnett-apparently between 61 Jury) stated: Letters were found death had occurred. I did not and 62 years of age. The cause after the suicide, written on News-
NewMayfair Orchestra. conalder that the wound could of death, in this case was pri-paper Enterprise paper, but none "Merry MerryVocal Gems (Archez), Second Reward have been self-inflicted.
marily due to A through-and-was found in, his home. It looks
Eight Opera Ompany, Mr. Burnett was also dead; through gunshot wound in the possibic that the paper was taken "Morning, Noon and Night in
1 է Two men, charged with the un cause .of death Was ahead; roughly) taken from the left from the office, and Dr. Cannon has Vienna" (Suppe), wound in the head.
lawful possession of six para 01 The wound temple Just In front of the left said that the deceased may have had
Vienna. Philharmonic Orchestra.from, who were remanded for: 48 could have been self-inflicted. car and passing out of the head an attack in the office, after walking "Prophecies" (Harry. Taylor),
"I'ni blase,"
hours on Tuesday, were at the There was a revolver in his left through the right lobe in a slight-up the hill, and have formed his
*Norman Long. Kowloon. Magistracy this morning ly horizontal direction. The size intention in the office and written The Emperor" Quartet: Op. 76 No:8," sentenced to one month and three The Coroner: Did you examine of. the...wound was of the saine the letters there
{Haydn), WWW. the bodies to see how death had bore as that of Mrs. Burnett.
months fall, respectively. Witness agreed that he would, Londonderry Air," (Arr. Bridge), taken place?-Judging from the
They told the Magistrate 'that (Exhibit 2). There was a slight after an attack, be in a state of
Virtuoso String Quartet had they failed to locate the man temperature of the bodies, I mark around the entrance hole distress for a few hours until he "The lute player" (Allifsen),
who gave them the fron, but just say an hour or so pre- which indicated, that the revolver had a sleep. Witness considered "The Floral Dance" (Moss), ban
Peter Dawson, Bana-Baritone, as they were coming in the "Black was held at close quarters, and that at the time of the tragedy M
Maria" to Court this morning, they was consistent with a left-handed Burnett was temporarily Indane. "Zampa- Overture" (Herald),
Victor Symphony Orchestra. saw him, and daked If they should Witness added that he had pre-suicide with a revolver. Death He had a morbid tendency, and "Bois Epals" (Arr. by A. L. G. B. viously attended Mr. Burnett, 'as
have another remand. **** was instantaneous. As regards photograph (produced), was given
Lully),
ekoİ The Magistrate: No, not a bit his medical practitioner. Deceas- the general physical condition, of to witness in deceased's office on "Promfers Caresse" (Constantine De of it. You both have given a lot ed, consulted him in. 1928 and the body, the heart showed mark- Mr. Debbie was also in the office at December 12, and he thought that
Crescenzo),
of trouble to the police over this, agalo in 1989. He was suffering ed myocardial degeneration; In the time. He said in quite a Jocular "The Lay of The Lady'a Vote
Super Enrico Caruso mythical man, who is supposed to, from raised blood pressure and other words, excessive weakness of weakness of the muscles of the the heart. As regards the brain, manner, as was his custom, that if (Dryenforth and Carroll Gutons), have given you the bars to carry!. heart. He saw him in the office there was no evidence to the nak-ever he witness) made a post "Before I go to sleep," about four or times in 1928, and ed eye of any organic disease bo-mortuary to bring it up. Mr. King tamination at the three times last year in Julyyond the fact that congestion was might like this photograph, and
The Coroner: What in your universally présent throughout the epiniónknowing his medical his cortex of the brain. All that hehenever come to be cut up it)
might prove useful,"""" added Ceased,
should viously,
Raised Blood Pressure
mortem
tory-what effect would-his ill-was in a position to sad was that ness be likely to have on his it was a condition which was A Gruesome Photograph mental outlook?-Changes in the found in cases where the asterfés blood vessels might affect the of the brain became thickened brain and lead to eventual de and, hard-arterio gyrosis and rangement de odigleng fo
was notuncommon in heart co
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Witness, continuing, sald the deceased asked for permisalosto the morning of the Hatching piracy
at the mortuary, and dhỡ so,
The Coroner: Did you know himations which were acute, such as well enough to say whether he in angina pectoris was abnormal? I think his was A Personal Friend Burnett was perfectly kane and rather an excitable disposition. Mr. Barnetti was a personal normal person, his wife us well and As complained of depression and friend of hip ABL friend, Meso far al he knew, they were a of being easily irritated. Later, Barnett had consulted him and affectionate couples
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heart. - that its
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