THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 15, 1940
REAL LIFE DETECTIVE TRIUMPHS
TENNIS
TRAGEDY IN BAVARIA TOURNEY
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Marie Anna Holzmann, a prepossessing woman of middle age, lodged for many
years in the home of a shoemaker in Augsbury. Bavaria. She was a person of means and it was a source of wonder that such a beautiful representative of the sex had never married.
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There were two other lodgers the house, one a silly sort of fellow named Steiner and the other his friend, an older and more serious man known as Rauschmeir. Steiner was disposed to flirt with Miss Holzmann, but she treated him with indifference. Rauschmeir all but ignored her and whenever they met gave her a sort of grunting salutation.
One day as she was leaving the house the shoemaker-landlord asked her when she would be back and she replied laughingly:
"When I get here."
The woman was never seen alive after that moment. For several weeks the landlord never did or said any- thing. But shoemakers, like fisher- men, are apt to be philosophers. As he sat on his low bench, hour after hour, pegging away at his shoes, he dreamed of more things than occur to the average mortal. One morning he began thinking of Miss Holzmann
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But to make sure they resolved on a test.
They gathered together a quantity of rings and jewellery, including the brass ring, called Rauschmeir into the room and accused him of stealing the stuff from the dead woman. He deni- ed the charge. He insisted that some of the jewellery belonged to him.
"See here," he exclaimed, picking up the fatal brass ring, "this is mine. I have owned it for years. See, it fits my finger exactly."
and he started to put two and two ring on the fourth finger of his left As he spoke he slipped the tell-tale together. He arose from his bench with an exclamation of dismay.
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In that moment he had become con- vinced that the missing woman had met with foul play!
He called on the chief of police of Augsburg and confided his suspicions to that functionary. The officials at headquarters put him through a severe cross-examination. They wanted know why he had delayed informing them of the strange disappearance of his lodger. His reply was that, un- til a few hours before, he had not
-By-
GEORGE BARTON
considered it a
to
police. case for the This was on April 12, 1821, but even at that period detectives had a for- mula which corresponds to our pre- sent third degree.
When it was ended the shoe-maker- landlord was held under arrest "a material witness."
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The defectives hurried to the room formerly occupied by Miss Holzmann and made a careful search. They found nothing of importance. But what they did not find was significant, Everything of any value owned by the woman had disappeared. other two lodgers had given up their rooms after the arrest of their land- lord and could not be located.
The
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maker went into a little-used loft of the house to get some linen from the top shelf of a closet and pulled down a gruesome package.
It was part of a human body!
hand. And in doing so he also slipped the noose around his neck. Steiner, arrested soon afterward, made a con- fession which proved the gullt of Rhuschmeir.'
INTERPORT FOOTBALL
A.V. GOSANO WASTED IN DEFENCE?
Shanghai, Feb. 9. Shanghai retained the Hong Kong Telegraph Interport Cup at the Cani- drome in Ane weather before a crowd of 15,000 when the local eleven troun- ced the Colony footballers by two goals to nil. A stubborn defence and rare opportunism were responsible for boostoff and Freddie Foyn, the city's the victory. Vincent "Blondy" Ro-
keep the coveted trophy in the pos- two speed merchants, each scored to
session of the Shanghai Football As- sociation for at least another twelve] months. It was a scrappy game in bine well as a team. Shanghai show- which neither side was able to. com-
ed more aggressiveness and held the upperhand throughout the 90 minutes of play. In the first half the Invaders were kept mostly on the de- fensive and it was only a lack of fin- ish among the local forwards that prevented Shanghai
from having
a
lead of more than one goal at the in- terval.
Hong Kong played a losing game at the very beginning. It appeared that
star
Weeks went by with no develop- ments and finally the landlord given his liberty. After that things moved rapidly. One day the shoe- the visitors had made a big mistake.
in putting A. V. Gosano, the captain and a very fast ralder, at centre-half Just to keep a close watch, on Roboo- stoff. The versatile Portuguese did a remarkable job in the rear, but his absence in the front line was In the course of the next few days keenly felt that there was little life other portions were found in various in it. places-some on the roof, some in the chimney and some in a stream near the house. When these horrible frag- ments had been reassembled they proved to be the remains of Marie Anna Holzmann.
Rauschmeir was located in the meantime and was shadowed day and night in the hope that he might do something that would connect him with the crime.
He did!
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ENTRIES
The following entries have been re- ceived for the British War Organisa- tion Fund's Tennis Tournament, to be held on Sunday next:
T. A. Pearce and Miss Joan Arm-
strong.
T. C. Monaghan and Miss M. Grif-
fiths.
INTERPORT
RUGBY REPORT
On Thursday, February 8, Hong Kong beat Shanghai by 8 points to 6 In the Rugby Interport in Shanghai.
The following is "The North China Daily News" comment on the players:
The Hong Kong forwards did very well indeed on a pitch that was against good football, but in the last twenty minutes when the visitors were eight points ahead, they were
Mr. and Mrs. L. Goldman, B. O'M. Deane and Miss D. Eardley. Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Garrard, Eric Grimble and Miss R. Vickers.completely outplayed and Shanghal E. T. McMullen and Miss D. Dod-day. There was an element of doubt were unlucky not to have gained the
well.
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. R. Mitchell. Hon. Mr. N. L. Smith and Mrs. R
E. Lindsell.
about Hong Kong's goal, it appearing to many present that at least three Hong Kong forwards were offside im- mediately before Redman went over
G. W. Sewell and Mrs. F. J. Stone-under the posts, while near the end
man.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Stark. Mr. and Mrs. Stansfeld.
Jean
of the game it seemed that Kennedy, the Shanghai centre, scored quite a legitimate try which was not allowed. The encounter never reached great heights and quite a number of friend- C. M. Stark and Miss Joanna Reeve.ly games have been seen on the Race Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Ferguson.
D. M. McDougall and Miss
Greig.
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Childe.
N. D. Lloyd and Mrs. B. Hyde Lay. T. J. Gould and Mrs. A. C. Hut-
chison,
Course this season that have been far better in quality than this long- awaited struggle.
BEAUTIFUL KICKS Henderson, the stocky Hong Kong
J. L. C. Pearce and Miss P. Prit-full-back, gave a great performance
chard.
to drive back the Shanghai side with
Surg. Capt. G. V. Hobbs and Miss beautiful kicks to touch. His catch-
Smedley,
Capt. and Mrs. T. D. H. Helby. Ho Ka Lau and Mrs. Litton. D. R. H. Moore and Miss Helen
Lindsell.
Mrs. and Mrs. R. K. Valentine. Surg. Com, C. B. Nicholson und Mrs.
Nicholson.
ing was clean, his place kicking was good and he played a delightfully cool game in conditions that suited nobody. The winners' threes all did well considering the almost impossible state of the ball, their handling on occasions being В revelation that opened the eyes of all present. Bosanquet, on the right, showed plenty of thrust, his terrific speed and great weight always causing danger to the Shanghai defence when- ever he was placed in possession. His try was a beauty and well deserved, R. H. Wild and Mrs. W. Woodward. the manner in which he rushed past R. C. Beavan and Miss Joan Smal-three defenders without the slightest
ley.
difficulty being the work of a first- class craftsman.
Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Bousfield. . M. H. Turner and Miss Beryl Fair. R. E. Farrell and Miss Elsie Lam-
mert.
Capt. A. C. F. Drew Wilkinson and
Mrs. A. S. Mitchell.
Brig. T. MacLeod and Mrs. Blaker. Capt. and Mrs. C. H. R, Hyde. Comdr. W. P. McCarthy and Miss
O. Green.
A. C. I. Bowker and Mrs.
Collis.
J. R.
D. G. Glenn Allen and Miss Purkis.
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Matthews.
BIDWELL'S SPEED and the former's quickness led to the Bidwell and Hutchison did well
second score for Hong Kong. Thom- son and Cessford combined well at Hong Kong forwards were Walkden, half while prominent among the
J. A. H. Douglas and Mrs. Turn-Salter, Godfrey and Redman.
bull. Capt. H. D. Mountford and
Mountford.
Mrs.
Lt. Col. H. L. Rose and Mrs. Rose. Capt. and Mrs. D. Holmes.
B. D. Evans and Mrs. A. E. Grasett. Capt. E. N. Thursby and Miss A.
Dowbiggan.
Dickson, the usually reliable Shang- hai full-bark, had an off-day. His place and touch kicking were weak while he was often ralled when it possession. His tackling and catching
were as
but the wet good as ever ball and the state of the ground showed him in a light that no
one
had ever suspected possible. Jimmy D. G. Day and Miss Helen Hills.
Martin, on the left wing, played a D. I. Bosanquet and Miss P. Dod-splendid defensive game and although
well. Capt. D. B. Bird and Miss
MacDonald.
Mary
Lt. F. W. M. Carter and Miss G.
Marr.
Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Newbiggin. V. R. Gordon and partner. S. E. Lavrov and Miss Hill.
F. Marshall and Mrs. A. F. Walkden. Lee Wai Tong and Mrs. Chiu Chun
Chiu.
he was not in position when Eosan- quet went over, he had no superiors in this part of the match. Kennedy and Thornley played hard.
DICKINSON THE BEST Dickinson was the best of the Shanghai XV. He worked from start to finish like a Trojan and had the better of Thomson in many duels.
of the forwards, who fought as they can only during the last twenty Pay. Lt. J. S. Theobald and Mrs.minutes, R. U. Reynolds. Gammie and
Churchill,
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Ilsley. G. C. Burnett and Mrs. Stoker. W. Stoker and Mrs. Burnett. from Messrs. E. H. Williams, H. E. Entry Fees have also been received Wilkinson and H. R. B. Hancock who will not be playing.
The list is now closed.
Sayle were the best. Had the pack behaved itself throughout as it did in the closing stages, Hong Kong would have retired badly defeated.
Banquet, J. C. Charter, J. Hutchison, H. D. Bidwell: F. Cessford, J. M. Thomson;
Hong Kong:-J. R. Henderson; D..I, Bo-
P. F. Wanklyn, K. W.-Salter, A. F. Walk- den (Captain). C. F. Needham, B. Hynes, G. B. Godfrey, A. J. G. Taylor and J. Red-
man.
Shanghai:-W. N. Dickson; 8. J. Ward, Segalen was 5. M. Thornley, A. P. D. Kennedy, J. W.
J. Hossack, the centre-forward, put in a lot of hard work, always trying to break his way through. However, he lacked the support of Gosano and foughtly desperately to no avail. Ernie Strange, the outlide-left, also, played a hard game, but he experien- at times, ran up the field to partici- ced too much difficulty in getting away pate in the offensive. from the sturdy George Collet. F. conspicious in lending a big hand to M. Martin; J. F. Aucott, J. R. Dickson; A. Forrow, the inside-left, and D. J. Leo- both McClarty and Foyn. Roboostoff Gammie. R. U. Reynolds, R. A. O. Mayne, nard, the inside-right, were only me- and K. S. Suen
were their usual. D. Sayle, W. D. Pekrson (Captain), S. diocre in their performances, They selves, but C. T. Tsao had a hard time. Wallace. GH. Reynolds and P. B. Tay. He was caught in the act of pawn- did most of the play in midfield. In
Referee:-Mr. E. McLaren. as Guy, Hong Kong's right-half, hưng ing a coat which had belonged to the second half Leonard preferred to on him like a leach. the dead woman. He was arrested direct long-range shots, sending over The teams were:- and when accused of the theft calmly the cross-bar three long ones from a Shanghai:-W. Ward, G. Collet, W. Har admitted that he had stolen the coat distance of about 30 yards. T. Mc-rison, Y. Segalen, N. Z♪ Tag, J. Ward, from the woman's room. But he Ewan, at outside-right, fared disap-|Foyn, H. McClarty, V. Hoboostoff, K. laughed at the suggestion of murder.pointingly in such a manner that both Suen, C. T. Tsao.
A second search of the room once Jim Ward and W. Harrison were not used by Rauschmeir brought forth a fully tested. brass ring. It was splashed with Tor Shanghai, Yvon Segalen, the blood, which satisfied the police it had | right-half, Lee and Collet were the become stained while Rauschmeir was mainstays. These three men took up dismembering the body of his victim. the majority of defensive play and, Chang,
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Hong Kong!-I. Moxham, A; J. Hussain, 8. Strange. Guy. A. V: GOM, R. G. Hon sack, K. Forrow, E. Strange. niball, T. Mckwan, D. J. Zanard, J. Hos-
Referee:-A. Sinclair. Ş Linesmen :---0. G. E. Beynon
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