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THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 21, 1938
CRUISER MURDER TRIAL OPENS AT SESSIONS
A fair sprinkling of spectators, notice and is in charge of a Lead- including a number of ladies, at-ing Seaman.
tended the Supreme Court this When Dwyer joined the Dorset- morning for the opening of the shire, he was assigned to the Top trial of Edward Moreland Dwyer, Division and First Part of the Port the charged with the murder of Lead- Watch. Leading Seaman în ing Seaman Dickinson, of H.M.S. Top Division was Dickinson and it Dorsetshire, on the high seas on followed that during the great part of the day, Dwyer was in contact May 2.
The young seaman, who was in with him and was under his direct uniform, pleaded not guilty when orders. the charge was read out, in a firm,
The Dorsetshire left for a north- clear voice.
A special jury was empanelledern cruise in November and return- in December. Dwyer and follows: H. H. H. Priestley ed (foreman), A. M. L. Soares, D. W. Dickinson were on good terms. At Munton, J. M. Noronha, I. W. the end of January, the ship left Shewan, Chau Hsui-ng and Li Tse-Hong Kong for Singapore, and while there, an unfortunate inci- fong.
as
of
sprung
A FEUD
up
The prosecution is in the hands dent occurred, which, in the sub- Crown Counsel, Mr. John mission of the prosecution, was the Whyatt, assisted by Inspector source of all the trouble.
Since the incident, a feud Hon. Mr. Leo Rosezsky. The
between D'Almada, Jun., instructed by Mr. had G. S. Hugh Jones is for the defence. [Dwyer and Dickinson. The former Commodore E. B. C. Dicken was had been heard to express remarks in Court with members of his staff. of the extreme detestation he felt Mr. Whyatt produced an elabor-for Dickinson which became more ate model of the Dorsetshire and and more vitriolic as time went on. drew the attention of the jury to The ship had been about a fort- various nautical expressions which night in Singapore when the inci- dent occurred. Ordinary Seaman would come into the hearing.
He said that when the Dorset- Humphreys went to sleep on a table On the next shire was sent to the China Station, in the Men's Deck.
In the middle there were a number of naval rat- table was Dwyer. ings on board who had served pre-of the night, something, woke Hum- viously in the ship. Among them phreys up and he saw Dickinson was deceased, Dickinson.
DECEASED'S BACKGROUND Dickinson had served a number of years in the Navy and had risen from the rank of Boy to Leading Seaman. He was very competant,
sitting on a bench by the side of the Dwyer with his hand under bedclothes. Humphreys shouted, and Dickinson ran out.
Dwyer then got up and came over to Humphreys put his hand on his stomach and said, "Come to the
and, in the opinion of his Com- Boys' Locker-Room." Hulaphreys mander, one of the best leading sea- got up off the table and followed men on the ship.
Dwyer. When he arrived at the Among the men he was consider- locker room, Dwyer was standing ed to be friendly, a good sportsman there naked. and generally speaking was well thought of.
Dickinson then appeared and said
to Dwyer: "I've got you where I After the Dorsetshire arrived in
want you now." He then ordered Hong Kong, it was joined by a
bed, Humphreys to return to his number of relief ratings, Dwyer be- which he did. He lay there_for_half ing among the new batch. Dwyer an hour when Dwyer returned mut- had reached the rank of Able Sea-tering and obviously very upset. man. During his service, he had COMPROMISING POSITION impressed his officers with his abil-
ity.
He had an education far superior to the usual seaman. In fact, it was generally thought that he had been to a public school.
He was known to be ambitious to attain ward-room rank which meant he would have become an officer.
SHIP'S DIVISIONS
"Dickinson, having caught Dwyer in a very compromising position, explained Mr. Whyatt," had infor- mation that could effectively wreck any chances of Dwyer achieving his ambition of attaining commis- sioned rank. As was only to be supposed, homosexuality was view- ed in the Navy as a very serious offence."
From that time, the relations of Mr. Whyatt then explained how the two men completely changed. the personnel of a ship was divided A few days later, Humphrey was up in order to facilitate the alloca-found to be suffering from a disease tion of duties. He said that a ship and Dickinson was alleged to have of the size of the Dorsetshire had spread rumours that he had con- three Divisions, the Forecastle
tracted it from Dwyer. Division, the Top Division and the Quarter-Deck Division.
The Watches were quite distinct from the Divisions and consisted
Dwyer heard of these rumours.
ALLEGED THREATS
Dwyer, on one occasion, took
of the Port Watch and the Star-Humphreys to his locker and show- board Watch which, in turn were led him two or three rounds of live sub-divided into first parts and ammunition with which he said he second parts, making in all, four was going to "Finish him (Dickin-
son) off." watches.
On another occasion he was heard surprising, continued Mr. Whyatt, to pass the remark: "Dickinson the majority of the men on "watch" treats me like a dog, I'll get him for :
Although it may seem
do anything but watch.
rather
→→
They it."
To
lounge, they talk and if the watch is at night, they sleep.
"TRICKS"
Ordinary Seaman Smith he remarked: "I'll get even for this," explaining that he meant to shoot Those not so doing, are those Dickinson. He was a member of with specific duties over periods of the rifle team, he said, and he could two hours at a stretch. These get ammunition. duties were known as "tricks." In PERSISTENT THREATS addition, in a Division, half the After the ship left Singapore, the men are allocated to a sea-boat's threats of Dwyer became more and crew. This boat is always ready more persistent. While the ship to be swung out at a moment's (Continued on Page 16)