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ROYAL HONGKONG YACHT CLUB.
FINAL
IN THE COMMODORE'S - CUP RACES.
On Saturday (23rd Jan.) in a light but steady the Erica (Mr. Al Denison) and the (Mr T W Lammert) sailed what was lly a match in the final round for the dore's Cup for first class boats, there no other boats which had any chance of ning The course was from the Police Pier, Kowloon, round mark bost off Whitfeild (port), No. 1 Dock, Channel rocks (starboard), and in, 7 miles. The start was at 2 p.m. The light wind suited the Erica better than her at and she won by 2 minutes and 15 seconds and took the Cup. Mr. Denison has established quite a monopoly in Commodore's Cups.
On the same day and over the same course the Phoebe, and Chanticleer sailed a match. Mr. May's boat, sailing well in the light wind, won by 2 minutes.
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In the second class Dart, She, Ladybird, and Elfin sailed in the final round for the Cup for their class, the times at the finish being-
Ladybird...
Dart
She
Elfin
H.
M.
B.
3
39
58
40
11
40
54
3
The corrected times being—
Elfin
43 58
H. M. 8.
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3 36 58 3 37 24
44
1st 10 marks. 2nd 4 3rd 1
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She... Ladybird 3 38 38 Dart
8 40 11 The She took the Commodore's Cup for second class, having scored 18 marks in the three races to Elfin's 14 and Dart's 11.
On the same day and over the same course the Dart. She, and Ladybird re-sailed the sixth Club race for second class which was inter- rupted by the foundering of the Active. The She won, the Dart being second,
The marks for the Championship in the second class are now as follows:-
She
Dart
Ladybird.
Payne Seabreeze
Eileen...
38 marks.
29 11 4
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On Sunday next Mr. McKie's Cups will be raced for, the course being the island of Ma Wan (Capsuimoon pass), port, island of Chan Kung (to westward of Kowechau), port, and home; distance 22 miles. A very sporting course which should thoroughly test both boats and helmsmen.
THE GAMBLING SCANDAL AT
YOKOHAMA.
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
A few days ago we quoted a paragraph from a Shanghai contemporary stating that a card scandal had occurred in the Consular Corps at Yokohama. The following detailed account of the affair appears in the Courrier d'Haiphong:-
The disgust of our contemporary will initial th be readily andersfood, but unfortunately, no nationality and no rank-seems to be absolutely exempt from the vice of cheating at cards, Wetween the letters fail to see how the Quai d'Orsay is to be blamed, single or double for of course the officials there did not know that M. P was a card sharper when they sent him out.
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THE CAREW CASE.
The trial of Mrs. Edith May Hallowell Carew on the charge of murdering her husband was resumed at Yokohama on Monday, the 18th January. The accused, the Japan Mail says, was looking much brighter than on Friday, the two complete days' rest having been of un- doubted benefit, but her face was sadly drawn and haggard, and once or twice she broke into quiet tears. The jury also looked the brighter and brisker for their "constitutional" of the pre- vious day, when they made a complete circuit of the Bluff and New Road.
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Any other exam Number is written not follo that is specially character dots are not put under the o as in the
Now those are the characte Carew's handwriting : now I am exhibits in Miss Jacob's case.
The exhibits letters written by Miss Jacob -were then handed to witness.
Can you say what the characteristi Miss Jacob's handwriting are They are very few.
Will you state what they are? Of the capital letters they are all formed in the same manner-present no characteristics. Of the small letters, initial a almost invariably differs from the a in the middle of the word the middle of a word is formed open: The
Mr. Wilkinson, the Crown Prosecutor, wished to admit some new evidence to which Mr. Low-letter f is abnormal. der objected. Some of the evidence was docu- mentary, and the question as to whether it
In what respect It is not a common f. Any others The word
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should be admitted was reserved until his Lord | tinguishable from the capital is not dis
ship had considered the precedents. Mr. Low-have to say about those letters. der said he did not object to evidence being given of the mere receipt of a letter, so long as the letter was not shown to the judge or jury.
Sir Ernest Satow, H.B.M.'s Minister, was then sworn and deposed to receiving an envelope handed to him by counsel. He opened the envelope when he received it, and it contained a letter. He was not acquainted with any per- son bearing the name on the letter. (The name was not mentioned).
That is all I
Anything about d or tP Nothing special they are sometimes looped and sometimes not.
Punctuation -It is well defined, commas, semicolons-properly formed dashes, etc.
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The next characteristic The dot follows numerals, as in Mrs. Carew's handwriting: the dot is found where it is not usually expected.
Mr. Wilkinson I want the Christoffel letter, please. You (to witness) have seen this? Yes.
Is there any characteristic in that handwrit
Characteristic badness.
I don't think I need trouble you to analyse I put into your hand the letter "Beware" and its cover, and another of the “Annie Luke" series P-I have examined them,
Mr. Wilkinson next proposed to call Mrs. Tocque. He had given notice to Mr. Lowdering to produce all letters written by Mrs. Tooque to Mrs. Carew. He proposed to call Mrs. Tocque it. not for the purpose of proving the contents of the letters but to testify that they were hers. Mr. Lowder, who said he received Mr. Wil- kinson's notice only on the previous night, ob jected to Mrs. Tocque being called.
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Mr. Wilkinson then wished to call Mr. Mason, an instructor in English at the Higher Middle School in Tokyo, as an expert in handwriting.
Do you find in those any characteristics of the last, which we will call Miss Christoffel's ? -I find two letters, yes. -
What are they The capital M and J. Do you find any other characteristic ?—No. - Looking at them generally, can you say if
Mr. Lowder raised an objection, but after they are intended to imitate any of the hand, th
questioning the witness, his Lordship decided Mr. Mason was fully qualified to pronounce an opinion on handwriting.
Mr. Dunlop gave evidence as to receiving from Miss Christoffel some fragments of Mr. Dickinson's letters.
Mr. Cecil Guiness, acting accountant at the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, was called to give evidence as to the accused's handwriting. Witness was shown Mrs. Carew's diary and asked to say whether he recognised her signature in it. He said the signature in the diary- Edith M. H. Carew-was not her official signa- ture, which was E. M. H. Carew, but the rest he should say was the same handwriting.
Mr. Wilkinson then put in the diary and two letters written by Mrs. Carew to Miss Jacob, which witness said bore the same signature.
Mr. Mason was then recalled and deposed to examining specimens of the handwriting of Mrs. Carew, Miss Jacob, and Miss Christoffel.
Mr. Wilkinson-Looking at these letters, can you tell us, Mr. Mason, what peculiarities there are in accused's handwriting?
Amongst the capitals the most characteristic are C, P, D, N, R, H, and T.
M. P, the French Consul at Yokohama, left on the 10th January by the Gaelic, via. San Francisco, to try to clear himself at Paris of certain matters of which he is accused. If he succeeds it will show that the Quai d'Orsay, which we already know as reactionary, is completely rotten. M. P was detected with his hand in the pool, cheating at poker. The comedy lasted two months. It was a month before the matter was discovered and The small letters P-Especially characteristic then followed a month of watching in order to of Mrs. Carew's handwriting in the small catch the culprit in the act, to have substantial letters are a, b, d initial, and d final, f, in and indisputable proof. Complaint was made various forms; initial h, initial s--that is all. the same evening to the Minister for France Then I should like to add epsilon-the
Tokyo, who already knew that M. Pinital e in the form of the Greek letter," was being watched, and M. Harmand appointed jury of honour composed of M. le Comte de Pourtalès. First Secretary of the Legation,
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le Comte de Pimodan, Captain and Military Attaché, and Captain Bougouin, senting the Forges et Chantiers. It is easy to imagine the result, and M, P
the Consulate, the charge of which entrusted to the Chancelier. We make ments, Such, exclaims our contemporary its narrative, are the gaillards that the Quai d'Orsay sends to represent France
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writing you have seen P-I think not; I believe they are simply in disguised handwriting.
Can you say whether they are written by Miss Christoffel P-Decidedly not.
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Can you give a general reason -My general reason is that a good writer can write a good disguise, but a bad writer cannot write a good disguise.
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Are you able to form an opinion whether they were written by Miss Jacob P-I have come to the conclusion that they were not.
Can you give any general grounds for that opinion P-I cannot find any of the character- istics of Miss Jacob's handwriting, except the letter v-small v-which is occasionally formed as she forms it.
Are you able to form an opinion whether they were written by Mrs. Carew ?--I find more of the characteristics of Mrs. Carew's handwriting in them,
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Can you state what they are P-I shall have to go through them seriatim. Well, in No. 38, several words are very well written. One of the worda "never" contains the Greeke once The initial s in "stay resembles
blea Mrs. Carew's.. The small letter h, in Yokohama. The d of 'could," "find," and the small a's generally, although I do not attach much importance to them.
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Would you look at the word imitated in any way ---- -I should be naturally writter
Of whose handwriting is it characteristic
is it
It is more characteristic of Mrs. Carews than any I have seen.
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Is that all you wish to say in regard to the small letters I have reference in my notes to two other exhibits, but these are not before me. The question of punctuation P-Mrs. Carew's punctuation is extremely characteristic; it consists of nothing but periods full stops or marks scarcely distinguishable from full stops, and short dashes. Occasional quotation marks occur-and points of interrogation.
And any other peculiarities ?--The othern being turned up; peculiarities are in groups or combinations turned up. Mrs. Ca the initial t followed by an h is almost in- Her diary is full of variably written in the same manner-I mean | September, in the word
Can you refer to any other "never there is one in the diary, I think, note of another never. say these
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Carew's, ar they Jacob's P-No, they