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THE HONGKONG DAILY PERSS, MONDAY, JULY 10TH, 1998.
BOTTOMLEY, THE MAN.
HIS 30 YEARS' DUEL WITH THE LAW.
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It is one of the proud privileges of the English, said the Evening Standard 40 refrain from over. much kicking of a man when he is down. Just a little kicking," as the nigger put it, may be in order, but not too much. Betce it comes to pass, doubtless, the food of comment which has | TUESDAYS :---- followed on the conviction and sentence of Horatio William Bottomley has been. "characterised by, picturesque" and almost
MISCELLANEOUS 'GOODS,
flattering mildness, contrasting shawlat] CHURSDAYS:- tragically with Mr. Justin Salter's shatters ing seven years."
From all accounts, we are left by the commentators to conclude that this frun- dulent converter of trust moneys, who robbed his latest girls of vietinis of no less ja sum than £154,514 in ten months, should figure for us as a sort of gross between a person of genius, with kind heart, crusading spirit, and a fine taste in champagne, and a ruuning knave who trailed of the cre dulity of credulous people "the number of which sees to remain a constant quan. tity throughout the ages,"
A CHARMED LIFE
Perhaps this view of the characte and personality of "H. B." is roughly correct. No other charlatan, adventurer, or swiller in history, not even excluding the magnificent. Count Allessandro di Curiostio, can I said to have possessed more than" "an insignificant share of Bottomley's variegated gifts, none hava ever occupied such a glittering place in the pamic ere, none has appearel to lead such a
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Somebody reminds us that in the past. quarter of a century we have had to deal' with the following more or less prinely offenders against the Larcency Act:
1893.-Jabez Balfour, 14 years. 1904-Whitaker Wright, 7 years. 1912.-E. T. Hooky, 12 months. 1991-Thomas Farrow, 4 years. 102.-E. T. Hooley, 3 years.
Before Horatio Bottomley all of these must how their crestel heads. They were all eminent" nad competent each in his line; they were all, magnificent saqpl. erers, dispensers, and appropriators of other people' money; they were all "clever financial jugglers, fairy go fathers, and artists in the confidence trick: they all lud their public" following" and their day of glory: but ne'er a one of them would have denied that Bottomley was easily his master and worthy to be looked up to and admired as such.
"INDIFFERENT HONEST."
"And the arresting and extraordinary fact about it is that, whereas Jalez Balfour, Whitaker Wright, and Thomas Farrow” at any rate got through the best part of their carcers in the guise of honest men and accomplished whatever of good and evil they may have accomplished on the strength of the public belief and faith in their bonesty, Horatio Bottomley has never~~ from his first appearance on the financial stage downwards-been taken in any other category than the "indifferent hopest."
For thirty years his closer friends have known him for an unblashing, unseru. pulous, plausible, and canting rogue. Since 1892, when he was acquitted of charges of fraud. in connection with the Hansard Union and two other companies with a joint capital of £1,600,000, all subsequently liquidated, the public have known him and winked about him for a shody and preternaturally slippery
financier "menning by. "financier with whom it might be well to be in
with."
In thirty years, or thereabouts, Horatio Bottomley floated companies with capitals totalling no less than £17,180,000. The altimmte entries against three of them is "liquidated": the entry against seven
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KODRADING
July 9th, et 21.87-Observations are lack ing from the majority of the reporting stations
No weather map or forcat will be issued. sading at 10a.m., 9th July, 9.72 fash. Total Hongkong Kalafall for the 24 hours
since January Tat, 26.78 inches, against an average of 42.51 fuchas.
The forecast for the 14 hours coding at noon to-day is a follows:-,
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or "mainly reconstruct. Hongkong to Cap Bock ed" and the entry against only one-a mere bagatelle of a concern capitalised at £625,000-paid many dividends." *
TERI CREDULOUS VICTIMA. Twice in connection with these Rota tions Bottomley appeared before A criminal bench, though acquitted on both occasions, and on at least half a dozen borasions judges in the civil court's have not hesitated to impute to him "fraud” and "misrepresentation" So that, on the whole, his crealous "victims" would sp- pear to have been crednius with their eyes fairly open and out of the sheer love of credulity.
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The gasp of amazement that went up in Mr. Justice Salter's court when "seven years" was handed forth, and the gap with Barometer which the crowd outside the Old Bailey re- Temperature.... ceived the new, may be reckoned tell-talo Humidity matters. As a fact, throughout his thirty Wind Direction years run," Horatio Bottomley has been looked upon by the populace as an anus
Weather. ing and amiable sort of rogue, who would always get out of a difficult situation either Highest open-air Temperature on 8th by phenomenal fack or the exercise of his Lowest open-alr Temperature on 9th nimble, wite.
Older men than Horatio Bottomley have served stiff terms of imprisonment and returned from them with a fair measure of health and energy. If Bottomley. comes out with his spirit anbroken the world may have to reckon with him again and let us hope on the creditable side.
Gentlenten pa. the Jury List will ap preciate this Audressing a jury at the Old Bailey, Mr. Justice McCardia said: Outside you are supposed to be ordinary persons. The moment you get twairo men and women in the jury-box they are supposed to be gifted with supernatura memory and amazing intellect. That is a great compliment to British jurica,”
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