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CHAPTER 9 PRINCE PHILIP'S COUSIN MISSES HIS STUDY OF POLYANDRY
THE CASE OF THE ILLUMINATING DOTS
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NE of the strang- police officer, to take state- Office, Harvey was employed court.
that he had not known Harvey: from Harvey at one of the branches est and most diffi- ments not only
but from every postal cleric The tobacconist was closely that he had never paid him cult actions I ever who had attended the relevant questioned, but he was quite penny in his life and that there had to conduct was race meetings.
unable to connect the note was no ground whatever for
conspiracy with From the bookmakers' polat the one I call The Case of
any payment made by suggesting a of view the results were not Harvey. All he could say was tween them. the Illuminating Dots.
he asked
When Abrahams left the box only was that Encouraging. Harvey's character and reputa handing him a £5 note either the case was not much more
advanced than when we start- ton of the highest, but he to sign or initial it
ed. indignantly association
It was strange because I had to take on the job of being a detective so that I could win the case; it was difficult because, until those dots were discovered, the evidence amounted to noth- ing more than suspicion.
by The action was brought some
bookmakers against racing Richard Abrahams,
London correspondent of
and W. Harvey, newspaper,
Post Office clerk, claiming
for damages
donspiracy to defraud.
Although Mr Abrahams' job to foretell winners for his readers, his own betting ven-
a
was
tures were unhappy.
a
Not
repudiated алу
with possible Abrahams.
Indeed, he went much Ho said he did not further.
Abrahams, had never know even seen him, and there was not the faintest evidence that his statement was untrue.
Never alone
any
person
Best report
He did not know Harvey or his handwriting, nor who hati given him the liver.
to
The note was submitted handwriting experts, but the beat report that could be ob. tained saiď that while there Wome
elements of suspicious similarity, it was impossible to consider them conclusive.
... the custom et having more than
ana husband
by FRANK GOLDSWORTHY
KALIMPONG. life from polyandrous wives
three
THE invasion of Tibet
While the prince was studying the Todan, a polyandrous abord- has upset the plans ginal tribe in Southern Indin, he
Prince Peter of
of lived for five months in a text Greece to study the tribal outside the hut of family three grandfathers with common wife, It was most unlikely that practice of polyandry-the of
soris Abrahams would
one wife by with a common wife and their be regarded sharing of as a truthful, or Indeed
seven children. an several husbands.
Bald Prince Peter: *I avon honest, percon, but we had set out to prove that he ad Har Prince Peter, tall, athletic, 41 shared their food and had voy were
troublo Joint conspirators, years old, is first cousin of the stomach
COLL- King of Greece, the Duke of sequence," Edinburgh, and the Duchess of Since he settled in a hillside Kent. He studied anthropology bungalow at Kalimpong the at London University, then de prince has
and we had failed. Unless some admlasion could be obtained from Harvey our prospects success were far from rosy.
of
Irreproachable
Harvey was a witness of a Despite the inconclusive different calibre. His character irreproachable. Witness
evidence, the bookmakers were e satisfied that they had been after witness was called from
and
carry
to
Mone was to follow. It was discovered that Harvey was never alone in
the telegraph office and all the other ckrks working with were equally defrauded, and brought their the Post Office on his behalf beyond suspicion.
action,
which was tried before to prove, not only his charac Each was interrogated; oll In fact, he had a consistent-
ter, but that it was physically It was Mr Justice Lawrence unanimous that ly bad lime until suddenly his were
spocial jury.
for him to impossible
have fortunes
and, from absolutely Impossible for Har- changed
From the outset tt ras
manipulated the telegrams. being a regular loser, he be- vey or anybody else to tamper
apparent that the boojemakers In a voice, that appeared that his with a telegram after it wan came so successful
needed a detective rather than handed in.
complete conviction he luck was too good to be true.
twore that he did not know an advocate, An advocato can- not make bricks without straw, Abrahams,
and
never had and the facts put before
me received a penny of his money. amounted to the more than
than If there was
he any fraud, Krave auspicion. But picion
is not enough to support side at least, was com-
pletely innocent. lots some new factor could be so serious charge, and un He was asked to take a pea
and
the print names of the discovered, I was more
than winning horses
so that doubtful about the result
be compared doub
names ap- But difference in
Soon apparent the actual telegrams the horses and
They
therefore decided make some inquiries into by which he methods
There was only one discovery that might sdem important Uni
names, unlike the body of the to essage, had been written
characters and, there- the fore, might have been inserted
later than the other portions. But even this was not un
It is quite usual for common. punters to leave the horse relected to the last moment before dispatch.
hnd
were
wor
All Abrahams' bets made in telegrams sent. by hm or on his behalf, from the
Post racecourse
Ofice only skilled and ex- where perienced officials were em-
ployed.
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became
that if thera
was a trick
apparent it
could only have been perpetrat- ed in collusion
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But the bookmakers were for
Abrahams' from satisfied of and Harvey's honesty. They
could printings I presented the Lacts and with the printed
case had Wild when the plaintiff'
completed we were
there is all the It was still further forward.
world
only suspicion.
no pearing on the telegrams.
a swindle had been Gift from gods
belleved
thick worked like
Abrahams handed in a tele- From with the
horse's name But Abrahams and
the. written in
his
worda between printed, characters and in ordinary handwriting, and
get but little We could
further.
He was shown the Initials on
£5 Harvey the
note, and swore without the slightest hesitation by that they were not written him, and that, as far as c knew, he had never seen the note before.
in blank, and the telegram had to reply to the charge they Investigated the would
be duly stamped with and Abrahams made one mis activities and personally of tho precise moment of ac take, a mistake which put his
tel:graphist an duty at
ceptance.
obaracter in a very different Mr at which racecourse
Harvey would then keep his light to that suggested by his Abrahams had been operating, eye on a confederate, who, in protestations. with
particular attention to his turn, could see the winning those occasions on which Mr
post, Abrahams had been exception- ally successful.
Easy theory
a
And then, ke a bolt from He repudiated with the ut- the blue, came
discovery most Indignation any sugges that altered the whole case. It tion that he had been guilty of was not advocacy that turned fraud. But
anxious was the scale-It was detection.
and he to prove his honesty his great position on the Turf
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"Why," he said, "these bets were nothing but a bagatelle who would insert the name in
When Harvey had first been named Harvey
to me. In the past I have won
examined by the police, in the Harvey had been employed the blank space,
as much as £1,500 on a single carly stages of the Inquiries, a The for many In the Post Ones
theory was, of course, bet." but much more
long und detailed statement years and he bore the highest easy to form,
The complacent arrogance of had been taken from him. direct character, Indeed, not the difficult
prove;
Abrahams was a gift from the
with accordance
the usual evidence would be required to faintest breath of suspicion
that I new all about guch
gods. establish
ingenious bet for £1,500 and, as an
affixed his he had he had practice had ever attached to him; but a
at the end, while minute examination of his at fraud.
introduced it, was allowed signature Now, another small incident
of the preceding tendances revealed circum- stances which were, to say the was discovered that might turn not only to cross-examine him every
also give direct pages bore his initials.
That statement was produced least, suspicious.
out to be important. Abrahams about it, but
bot evidence about the true facts. had made a substantial
In court, the initials [ Began my cross-examina- through Harvey and had lost,
examined, and I observed that tion:
the initial bore a somewhat) "Did you at one time carry tablished the fact that the loss
as a bookmaker unusual appearance.
Harvey hnd placed a dot with a man named X?”
after each initial" half-way up the letters,
each
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had been out of the usual on a business
the to
"Was Mr X generally em- played as a bartender?"
That appeared to be correct, "Did X obtain the money to finance the business from
whom we will
That also appeared to
When Harvey was in the course of events. Post Office while Abrahams The horso specifled in
betting on the course, telegram had been the first was Abrahams almost Invariably pass the
winning post, but had been dis- won: when Harvey was absent absequently Abrahams almost invariably qualified on an objection.
A contederate watching the Abrahams* accounts with race would, of course, have rich gentleman the Services Parl-Mutuel Ltd. been unaware of the objection call F?" showed that between Decem- when he signalled to Harvey. ber, 1933, and June, 1934, there At least it was a possibility, accurate. had been 57 racing days Of although perhaps Just one these Harvey had not been on more col
coincidence. Another dimculty days, and Mr Abrahams betting account absence of motive. As a rule showed
£263. On people do not lots of
enter into the 11 days when Harvey had conspiracy been on duty, Abrahams had money, and there was not the 33 hots out of 37, and slightest indication that Har- won made a profit of £079,
vey ever received a penny Abrahams' winnings.
duty,
for 46
Abrahams also betted with a
bookmaker named Dey. Be-
tween June, 1034, and February, 1936, there had been 134 racing had days on which Abrahams made bobs with him.
Wax
the
to make except
Every time
Mr X
Excitedly we scanned
were
We sent for the £5 note. And after each letter of the initials be "W. H." the dot appeared half-
way up the letters.
"Did the business purport to make an unsuccessful bet with e man named Abrahamus, and as a result owe Mr Abrahams the sum of £1,5007
"That is 60."
"And were you yourself the Mr Abrahams concerned?"
The question appeared to cause Mr Abrahams grave un-
But
Y Innocently the debt to Abra-
More inquiries were made and happiness
Mr
it was eventually discovered more to follow.
When a that every time the bookmakers
had seat a cheque to Abrahams discharged
Harvey had been duty on
un 14 occasions, During his absence Abrahams' account showed loss of £137, but duing those 14 days Abrahams had made 31 bets, won 29, and made a profit of £394.
•
Not encouraging
Abraham
there
Woo
or his nominoca, the whole, hams, did you and X cut up
or a rubstantial amount, had the £1,500 between you?"
The case was virtually over. The initials had been signed by Harvey on
note paid him by Abrahams. We had proved that they both shared in the pro- ceeds of Abrahams winnings.
What before had been coin- cidence, had now become
of events, sequence obvious what had been a suspicion, now became a certainty.
Final result ·
found its way into Abrahams" At this point Abrahams be bility lay with Abrahami. banking account.
came involved in como most
explanations. confusing
an
WAS
The jury returned a verdict convicting both Abrahams and Harvey of a conspiracy to de- fraud, adding a rider to the effect that the main responsı-
the Anal That
result If Correct I was quite satisfied; Abrahams had then drawn « bearer cheque in
his own only, he said, he could discover that it was brought about by sudden and unexpected Lavour, deceiving in exchange the whereabouts of X, so that the
Harvey's method bo could call him as a witness, discovery of
his initials I am account with either £1 or £5 notes
be satisfac. of aligning Messta Ladbroke differed only All the 25 notes were traced, everything could
convinood. What would have if that dis- 1m that the amounta were and there could be found not torily explained
that 1935, the allghtest indication
I was able to assist him, X been the result June, larger. Between
covery had not been made, found its had resumed his occupation a do not know. But of this I am and June, 1936, a
summary
of any of the money Abrahams dealings
on way into Harvey's pocket until, bartender, and I was able whon occasions
Harvey
was at the end of the inquiries, one offer to Abrahams the address quite certain.
The boolamakers owed a debt bow- abrat showed
note turned up.. of his employment, the trifling Guspicious
Abrahams must of gratitude to Harvey's illu But profit
and on Its ever grateful Aver when of £78. Harvey was present Abrahams, back were the initials "W.H" have been at the information, minating dots.
his friend X never appeared in betting in the name of Smith, the initials of Harvey. won £1,021.
Immediately the Inquiries the witneon box and no further wore intensified. The noto had information was forthcoming
Although gravely discredit- A Game of been pasted into this hands of
whose business ed, Abrahams still adhered a tobacconist, included supplying tobacco to hlu protestations of innocence Chemin de fer
isue then before different branches of the Post on the
The bookmakers told their suspicions to the postal authori- ties, who, being jealous of their employees' reputation, sent Inspector, accompanied by
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been leaming the cided
specialize Sta field Tibetan language, and spending research into polyandry,
may hours with an interpreter muleteers tulking to. Tibetan
caravans to
the bringing wool Kalimpong market.
For eight months he has been waiting at Kalimpong with his wile, Princess Irene, hoping to get an entry permit into Tibet. Always the Lhasa Government has answered, "Not just yet."
Wearing riding chaps and a bright tartan hillbilly shirt open at the neck, Prince Peter, a keen
horseman, told me:--
Many nuns
CAYS the prince: "Nowhere is polyandry more widespread than in Tibet. It is practised by the best familles,
"Now the Communists are In "The generally accepted Tibet it is doubtful whether I niolive is economic.
If three shall ever get in. It is a big sons wore to take separate viver disappointment because from the family land would be split
the
caravan traders
Fascinating
I
have
learned there is a most unusual into smali uneconomic units, form of polyandry among tribes and their sons in turn share a "But If brothers share a wife, round Gyantse."
wife, the house and land can be passed down intact from genera --- ilon to generation.""
Prince
commented: S the prince described it: "A "Surprisingly enough A wife
usually shared Western minds, it works out among brothers; but there, they happily, and does not result in tell me, she may be shared be particularly big familles. tween father and sons if a father remarries while his sons are
is
Poter
to
"Of course, there are lots of single, or if a father is widowed. surplus women, but in Tibet
PRINCE PETER 'disapointed'
"The social where nearly every family sends
e on sequence would
a fascinating
a son to the monasteries, many make ungarried women become nuns. "A furudamental principle of atudy to com- polyandry is that all children my sur- are the common property of the plete,
Princess
vey,"
Irene, a Rus- sian
noble-
WB3
husbanda."
Do the women resent the system? "No," says the prince,
woman, whose "In fact, it is a time of grent rejoicing when the bride ines lamily exiled by up for the marriage ceremony the
Revolu- often arranged by her parent Lion, helps with her three or four bride- her husband by obtaining the grooms," more intimate details of family
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