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Dominici released after 7 years in jail Police 'I AM INNOCENT OF THE deny DRUMMOND MURDERS assault
By John Firth
Paris, Sopt. 4..
convicted murderer Gaston Domi- nici, recently released from Marseilles prison after serving seven yours of a life sentonco, took me two days of searching among the close-mouthed peatonts of the Basses Alpos district of southern France.
Tracking down
flis latest hide-nut is in the coltage of his daughter Mrs Clotilde Arn;n, in the walled village of Montfort, on a ter tuous mountain road 10 miles. uth of Marseilles.
Domiale has been driven to this new air by the presistent Hounding of keul newsmen and the incalie curiosity of thrill secking visitors. His Arst re- fuge after leaving prison was the voltage of another daughter, Mrs Hose Caillet, wife of a leget
at Ste Tulle. crossing keeper
Mrs Clat at first refused to reveal her father's whereabouts, but later relaxed and told me that she would like me to meel him su that the real truth be- í hind his story could at 1st bel made known to the outside world,
Picture shows: Village children, peering over the top, give away Dominici's hiding-place in the small natural cave under the village's only street.-Express Photo.
They never did manage to find So after half a day's drive any real proof against ine." Along twisting, mountain roatis,
money
out
of my
more
||
mall
make Tragedy,"
Once
the old begged: "Please tell the British people that I am innocent of the Drummond murders," and
He is now pressing for a se- Inally found Gaston Dominici; road trial-"for the sake of my I was hard to distinguish his eight children and 20 grand- slight, bent Age, shrinking children," and says of his son back. into the shadows of a Gustave, who the prosecution, then he bowed his head through grall eave formed naturally claimed saw, his father kill the the low blue door of the cot- putside the cott ge by the steep Drummond family: "That wastage, and walked slowly back Feline of the village's anly all lies. No me in the Dominici to the favourite retreat in the
But his accret
who conmmitted shallow cave. street.
was family knows
My o Gustave |- Kivun away by Sun-lanned pea- the murders. sant children peering excitedly works in the next village and
We often see one another. ever the top of the wave,.,
Nuw
brows
gone.
Ի
"It has been said that i want his completely bald, moustache and even his eye- in divorce my wife because she hollow-cheeked never came to visit me in prison. The reason and Trail, Gaston came with me That is nonsense. into his
home. There, Marie did not come to the jail she was too poor with his wife Maric, now 82, was becans and his daughter Mrs Arumun, to pay the train fare.
"Before all this horrey. I was Diminiel begin his story.
new
STILL REMEMBER
**I am now
a strong, hard-working, farmer.
Chinese art at
Cathedral hall
To lovers of Chinese art the current exhibition at St John's
It eovers # wide range of painting. and has
been brought to Hongkong, by : Madame Lo Chi-hing, whose husband, Mr HA Yung Yan,
In prisoneren-my-ingerre-ils Cathedral-hall-will-be-of-the dropped out, and, towards the greatest interest, 84 years old and end, my eyesight failed rapidly. į after seven years in prison Now I can no longer enjoy my still remember perfectly the favourite hobby of reading tradisional events which led up to my con- during these seven years 1 read viction as a murderer in 1952. The Bible three times from be- And stilly I an innocent. ginng to end.
never harmed anyone, hij have my long life. never even raised i a hard in anger. I still can- j not understand how they could accuse me of hurting that intle English girl and her parents.
Why then did he confess? "I was drugged by the police, They gave me so much to eat and drink that I was befuddled. Then they added something to my coffee. You see, they had to plus the guilt on someone, and Jor some reason they plekeyľ me, i
an
LONELY WALK
reorming,
"Now all that is left to me is lonely walk through the village the early
occasional
I get up at six am and take my walks before the ing days are over.. village comes to life. My farm-
"I have heard that someone Is thinking of buying Grand- Terre, my farm, to turn into a cafe. I think it is disgunt- ing that people should try to
a Shopportunity
shows some of his own pictures in the collection,
Known in Formosa, where he inng Tong, he is an experienc went from Canton, as Man ed artist with an eye for the best qualities in the works of the old Chinese painters.
Though there are one or two modem drawings in the exhi- bition it mainly devoted to antique studies of landscape und natural beauty.
not to be missed!
Corselletes and
Merry
at give away
TO-DAY AT
Widows
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Paquerette's Sale
-open till 6 p.m. daily.
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charge
A man charged with possesion of opium, and ascisting in the manufacture of the drug alleged in the Victoria Dis- trlot Court today that three polloc officers assaulted him. Later. Detective Police Con- sable Bit Pak-bor testified that accused had squatted on the ground for five or 10 minuter, whlic policemen look photo-
rapha. No assault was made on the accused, he said.
Earlier, witnesses testified that the accused, Lee Ching, of Hut 150. 14th Sedlion Homantin village, Kowloon City, had re- sisted arrest and he and a detecs, tive had tumbled 23 to 30 feet down a hillside during a strug- gle to arrest the accused, was later caught.
Lee
Tald on
The arrest followed Hat 322 in Homantin village by the Dangerous Druga Squad ted by Del Sub-Inspector J. P. Muc- Mohen on July 7.
Lee alleged this morning that after he had been arrested, he was told to squat on the floor of the hut. Three policemen then hit him, he said.
Accused charged that a state- ment he made on made under duress
arrest way
The hearing continues before Judge P. R. Springali,
Chief Inspector C. L. Smith is prosecuting.
U.S. students
Five
to study here
American students arrived in the ss President Cleveland from the Unit- ed States this moming to study at the Chung Chi College for one year.
They were Carolyn Crouch from Occidental College, L09 Angeles, Sam Johnston from Yale University, Michael Lom- bert from Pomona College, Claremont, California, Toni Merrell and Pat Lillard from Redlands University California.
Crouch specialises
in socio- togy, English and religion, Johnston
in Oriental studies, English literature,
socialogy and
Lumbart in Morrrell In Llard in medicine.
The first three are "Presby- terian Junior University Year Abroad students". «
During their stay hore, the students will also take courses In the University of Hongkong.
BROKER ON
$2,000 BAIL
A 35-year-old broker, Lam Hing thing, allas Lam King-" ming, of 20 Calne-road, third floor, appeared before Mr E. Corbally at Central Court this morning..
The charge alleged that Lam, against whom bankruptcy pelillon had been made on February 27 last year, absented himself from his residence with intent to defeat or delay pro- ecedings against him in bank- ruptcy.
Detective 'Bub- Inspector
·H., E. Williama appeared for the prosecution.
Lam, who pleaded not guilty, was allowed bail of $2,000 in
surety.
He was represented by Mr R. H. Hindmarsha of Stewart' and Co.
Hearing was fixed for Sep- tember 27,
Marriage law
New Delhi, Sept, 4:
A bill. hassoon Introduced In India's lower house of par lement to prohibit: men over 50 from marrying toen-ag girls.
dear si
:
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APPEAL TO From the Filex
GO BEFORE
Royal air poster rumpus FULL COURT
May I refer to the article appearing in your issue of the
'August 80, captioned "Royal air poster rumpus" While I fully concur with Mr A. Dutt's comment that it was furthest from his thoughts to give offence, other- wise he would never have agreed to it, may I draw your attention to an error of fact on the part of your contributor, Mr Michael Wolf.
I refer to the sentencd "The advertising agent, Albert Van Brunt, is very proud of his creation, the Maharajah", The Air-India Maharajah which has now become quite a universal favourite, was created by our Commercial Director-Mr 8. K. Kooku as is very well known...
B. M. Banaji. Assistant Manager, Hongkong, Air-India.
to deprecate the earnest and energetic activities of Govern-
ar
sir
Unbalanced
П
In
your
I cannot remember having read
a less balanced arilels 100$3 newspaper, than "Comment of the day" of Saturday.
The efforts of The Chamber of Commerce, and the Depart- ment of Commerce and Industry have had very little Indeed to do with the develop- ment of trade" with Boatsdi- navia in general, and 'Sweden in particular.
named It is because this land
organisation woke up to the fact that exports to Sweden in 1839 exceeded twenty-three million dollars in vajun, that It was dreided to participate in the Trade Fair in Stock- holm.
This turnover has been care- fully developed by Hongkong exporters, who, contrary to your apparent view, are not all speculators looking for the fast buck, bui are wecking new markola nil the time, so ihai they may stay in businesa In spite of the activities of their less scrupulous compell- LOTK
1034, mix years ago, I visited Sweden, and approved the appolatment of agents, ori behalf of my employers. At that time trade with Sweden was-virtually-ni!.~A-tarnover exceeding twenty million dollars is not achieved over- night, and while I do not seek
:
Too many
passengers: driver has
term cut
.
Chan Wah-oheong, a driver who had been sentenced to three months and an additional fine of $250 for carrying excess passengers, had his, sentence reduced to one month by the Acting Chief Justice, Me Justice J. M. Gregg în the Appeals Court this morning. Mr Lawrence Leong, retre senting Chan, said this was a "quasi-criminal” case and kub- mitted that the term of three
The Acting Chief Justico, Mr Justice J. R.. Grogg, in the Appeals Court this morning directed 'that on appeal against a magis- trato's decision in a caso of alleged corruption be heard by a Full Court on
date to be fixed.
25
years AGO
September 1935
MONG the papers laid
A
on the table at yester day afternoon's meeting of Mr Justice Gregg observed the Legislative Council was that in the interest of justice, the report by Mr C. F.: would be desirable for the Strickland, the expert on case to or heard by more than co-operatives, regarding the one Judge of the Supreme
of possibilities Court.
Mr. H. H. B. How, who ap-operative system in Hong ment or the Chamber of Compared for the appellants, and kong,
Mr W. 5. W. Davidson, Crowh Counsel, agreed the course, He makes a number of The appellants are Leung recommendations including
who had the formation of
intrce, please do not assume that the Hongkong trader is necessarily A TORU, or dunderhead,
"
HONGKONG EXPORTER.
dear sir
Delinquents
CAUSE!
of
Your interesting Comment
the Day, "Delinquents Stil," asking the Important question: What are the
of Juvenile delinquency? is most It is ob- suggestive indeed. clons that the are of soolal reformers with their alarming generalisations is soon over. Gone also soon their old con- oepte and cliches about juvenile delinquency.
Gone too our uncritical and con- templuous statement that "youth
wilder #d
called "desperate wickedness
in young people," by the Lord Chancellor of England, may turn out to be an illusion.
Fung and Ip Ho.
been sentenced to 14 months
£
сера,
оп conviction by Mc A. operative thrift, produce Sangulietti on a charge of and housing societies. corruption in May.
Mr How told the Court thatị The report said the co- the grounds of upptal were that operative idea, even in the the conviction. was wrong in modern sense is not new to law and against the weight of the Chinese: "I am not re- evidence, and that there was no
clan
trate's decision.
or
evidence to support the magis-ferring to the old
system, which may never- £1 back- Both appellants were allowed theless provide to extend their bull of $800 each ground of sympathy for co- until the day of the hearing.
operative societies, nor the oir-established Wul money club, whereby a number of persons contri- bute in "uccessive months a kum
which is o. money taken by each of them In turn.
Jail for
peeper'
wickeder than ever." The so- For peeping into the pockot of passers-by, a 32-year- old unemployed man was sentenced to throo months jail by Mr E. 5. Haydon at Kowloon Court this morning. Ng Yiu-kweg, of zA Fu Chun-street, 2nd floor, pleaded
In this new age of human under- standing, it is inconceivable. to think ot wicked youth."
"It has even been recom- mended that co-operative societies should be based on a reformed Wul. I be lieve this to be impossible and the Wui to be incapable of reform.
"I can only hope for its gradual extinction as new forms of simple credit are. made available to the people. Belontifically speaking, there
It is rather of the new co- aro no such thing as "bad
operative system in China boys" or "bad girls," but guilty to lettering.
and
I am Funfortunate
Inspector Wong Hel-man said that unhappy
thinking of, the defendant was boys and girls,"unhappy be detectives peeping into the poc about 15,000 societies of dif seen by where at the end of 1934
cause
homey,
of broken neglected by their mentally une kets of people going and coming ferent types chiefly for the
the Shamshiu po Ferry balanced parents and emotion- out of
purpose of credit and chiefly ally unstable elders; desert- Whart on September 3.
Inspector Wong added that rural, were already in exia- liko neighbourhoods where churches drive away Instead defendant had three previous bence." of attracting youth in spiritual convictions for street gambling, endeavour and where schools membership of iriad society and are manned by short-sighted stealing. teachiera, many of whom aro than educa- gamblers rather tors; the city-wilderness of a community where the socalled pillars of socitly go more after the "snub-appeal" then losiding for the bringing up of the potentialities of youth, "the flower and glory of man- kind"
We think today, more of the
GOT HIS MONEY BACK
"prodigal father than of the Mr Cheung Cheung, who boughst
a radio kot for HK$75 recent-
ly, this morning received his money back from the makers.
Car with
contraband
tobacco
seized
"prodigal som" as the real problem of our human society, In "Adult Delinquency," we
Ho and entered a contca Mr D. E. Greenfield, Crown may and a new light in the study of the causes of feventie aanged by the manufacturers, Counsel representing the De
of Commerce and delinquency. As long as we Phillips, in which he answered pariment
Bix questions more skilfully Industry, applied for the fore- are igforant of the "frontier of than any other buyer of a fellure of a 1004 Hillman Minx man, Juvenile delinquency es a social problem will always be with us.
T. C. WANG,
REPLIES
Philips set,
Way
also
this morning at Central Court.
The agent who sold him the
The saloon was seized by a sel, Mr C. M. Yim of the Cho Ming Radio and Electric Co. revemic inspector in front of 110 Ki Lung-street on July 11, presented with a cheque for $100 from Philips and 233 lbe of dutiable Chinese months was extremely heavy.
tobacco were found. Mr W. S. W. Davidson, N. T. Chow Your letter has Hongkong, Lid,,
their Crown Counsel, said Chan had been given to Mr Fuller-no Managing Director, Mr M. J 10.
Mulder. convictions for general interest-Ed. previous traffic offences within a year, Including БХ for similar
offences.
In previous cases, fines had been imposed but they did not seem to have, a deterrent effect on the appellant,
In reducing the sentence, Mr Justice Gregg directed that the one-month sentence was to be. gin today. The fine of $250 was to Bland,
HK residents return from Japan
A number of prominent local realdente' this morning return. ed it the # President Clove. fand from holiday, four in Japan, syn
They included Mr Alfred B. K. Lau, senior purifier of Messrs Lau, Chan and Ko, solicitors Mr Fi Yi-chlug Managing Director of Eastern Cottons. Balla Ltd, Mr. Ko Fook-lu, Managing The bill? sponsored by Director of Tai Yip Co Ltd, Mr Praja (peoples) Bocialist men Leung Lai-yun,'|'Managhig ber Monan Swarung would setj. Director of Shim-- Fung /Iron- a one year prison Terms and a worka Lid, and Me3 H. N. Hiri“ fine of 1,000 rupees (175) Lola, Director of Harikiame UPL
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