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"SUNNING" PIRACY CASE.
THE MAGISTRACT HEARING CONCLUDED.
BOTH MEN COMMITTED FOR TRIAL -
Men
were
Com-
"
THE "HANOL"! PIRACY.
COMPRADORE'S EVIDENCE
VAGAINST ACCUSED.
After a long period of detention necessitated by repeated remands, the man charged with being in-
FISHING JUNK ÖVERTURNS.
TWENTY ONE WOMEN AND CHILDREN DROWNED.
“TALTHYBIUS
"*. BRINGS
SURVIVORS INTO PORT.
The Blus Funnel Line a... Talthy
At the Central Magistracy yester-plicated in, the recent piracy of the day, before Mr. R. E. Lindsell, the French steamer Hanoi, appeared bius arrived in port yesterday, case for the Crown was brought to before Mr. R. E. Lindsell, yesterday and her master reported that a conclusion in the case in which morning, en an application from an overturned jünk was passed two Chinese are charged with com- the French, authorities for his re- Lat. 23.40 N., Long 118.7 E Talthybius arrived from plicity in the piracy of the turn to Indo-China and subsequent The trial
Tacoma and Miike, and during her a French Court. Sunning. Both
before a mitted for trial.
The proceedings were conduct trip the picked up six survivors: These two prisoners were shosed by Chie! Detective Inspector The junk, it appears, was of the during the fight and were sent to Murphy, who called the compradore fishing class, and overturned in hospital in Hong Kong. Magis of the ship, a Chinese who stated the Formosa Channel, off Amoy. tracy proceeding against them com-that he indentified the defendant as Twenty-four Chiness were drwoned. It appears that the total number an active pirate. menced on January 9th. Air. T. H. being King, Director of Criminal Intelli- -Witness described the piracy, of persons on board the junk wan gence, assisted by Sab-Inspector from when the first shots were fired, thirty. Owing to bad weather and a high wind, the beat, suddenly Lane, prosecuted for the Crown."
and patsengers lay down in
overturned, throwing the occupants Yesterday, the Chinese wireless terror," up to the arrival of the operator of the vessel said he was ship at Bias Bay. He saw defend into the sea. Of these six men taken to the Captain's cabin by four ant carrying a gun, and removing managed to cling to a rait, and, after Boating about at the mercy armed men, where he tried to act the loot into a cabin. He also saw
of the waves for seven hours, they as interpreter. He noticed that the defendant help to work the car spark gap of bis apparatus had been at Bias Bay, and saw him make his widened. He could not identify any departure with fourteen
pirates.
of the men.
other
Witness could understand a little
were sighted by the Talthybius and rescued. Of the remaining twenty-}, four, comprising sixteen women, three men, and five children.no trace was found.
of the Hakka dialect, which the The report further states that pirates spoke, and, being a Chinese, there was a quantity of wreckage' was able to recognise the defend-about," which is dangerous to navi-
A sub-interpreter at the Central Station spoke of taking statements from the prisoners which both sign- ed. These statements were read out yesterday morning, and were ant's voice from others. admitted by both men.
gation.
Closing the morning's proceedings The, President Wilson, from Asked if he had anything more at this, stage. Inspector Murphy Shanghai, alsó reports passing a to say, the first prisoner said it was asked for an adjournment of one junk, bottom upwards, on the way not true what a witness had said, week, to enable him to bring other to Hong Kong. that he saw him (prisoner) with an witnesses. from the steamer, who automatic pistol in his hand. He would be able to testify to the denied taking part in the piracy. actual murder, of an, Annamite The second prisoner said he was guard and to the dumping of his
a passenger and stayed in the steer-body dverboard.
age until after midnight, when the fire alarm was raised. He then rushed out onto the main deck but was hit by a bullet and became unconscious.
ACTRESS FINED £100.-
SILK DRESSES SHE FORGOT TO DECLARE.
The bearing was formally ad- journed for one week.
PROFESSOR LANGSNER AT
MANILA.
ACCUSED OF ILLEGÁL
OF
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MEDICINE.
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FRAUDULENT LETTER TAKEN TO WRONG MAN.
ASKED FOR MONEY FOR HIMSELF.
BANISHEE CAPTURED:
MAGISTRATE COMPLIMENTS BRITISH WOMAN.
The sharp capture of a returned banishee by Mrs. Stock, the wife of
and was again here, at the Queen's Theatre, quite recently, has beenBut for the fact that a letter puran Army warrant officer, living at So serious have been the recent giving a series of performances at porting to have been written by a No. 1, "A" Block, Married Quar Misa Hilda Cowley, a film actress, results of river pollution by the Grand Opera House, Manila stallholder's son was presented toters, led to a hearty commendation whose address was given as the effluents from beet sugar factories Last Monday he was called on to the son himself, a clever ruse em of Mrs Stock's pluck by Major C. Ritz Hotel, was summoned at West that joint action is being taken by face a charge of illegal practice of ployed by a trades instructor in Willson at the Central Magistracy carpentry at the Victoria Gaol for yesterday morning, when Chin miaster for attempting to evade the the Ministry of Agriculture and payment of duty on silk dresser."
- Bond for his temporary release, defrauda stallholder of Battery Fook, an unemployed. Chinese, was Mr. Booth, prosecuting, said that Fisheries and the factory owners when she arrived at Victoria from to remove the injury being caused states the Manila Times, was fixed Street, Yaumati, of $10 would prob- charged with trespassing by Det.-
Sergt. Fears. Calais she declared only one satin to stream life either by direct at P.300. It is understood that ably have succeeded. dresss for payment of duty. When
Professor Langaner deposited this It was explained by Sergeant money and remains at liberty." Kennedy at the Kowloon Magistracy The complaint charges him with yesterday morning that the carpen Mr. G. B. Kershaw, who was treating (without success), Jass ter who was charged with attempt engineering adviser to the Royal Roxas, son of former Mayer Felix ing to obtain money by false pre Commission on Sewage Disposal, Roxas of Manila, without having tences, went to the complainant's
of sewage
her luggage was searched other silk poisoning or by the development in dresses were found. She first said the rivers of masses that she bought them in England, fungus. but afterwards admitted that she
obtained them in France. The trebble duty on the dresses amount
ed to £180.
Miss Cowley said she had travel led for 28 hours from Cannes, where sho had been staying after a break. down in health after her last pic ture. She was so tired that she forgot some of the articles.
A fine of £100 was imposed.
PLATEFULS OF GEMS.
A VISIT TO TREASURE HOUSE DESCRIBED.
A regular Aladdin's Cave is the old Imperial Treasury of Turkey, and the surprising thing about it is that it should still be in existence, writes Mr. G. Ward Prics, in the Daily Mail.
stantinople that Enver and Talaat, the two lenders of the Committee of Union and Progress, who were all- powerful there during the war and have rince both met violent deaths, had converted its riches to their own personal, enda.
I was admitted to see the treasure. once ha a great favour in 1812, when, Sultan still wore the sword of Osman.
A second charge, one of returning from banishment, was made by Det. Sub-Insp. Vincent.
. Entering a conviction on "both charges, his Worship sent the ac
used to jail for two months on
has been appointed to visit all the firat secured a license from the stall and presented a letter which the first and to eight months and
bees sugar factories and to prepare
a report as to what steps can be board of medical board of ex- bore the signature of the master's twelve strokes on the second, the prison sentences to run consecu- taken to add to the existing know-aminers. ledge of the subject.
tively.
BON. The letter asked the father to Later reports said that the City hand the bearer $10, for his son Damage by pollution has been Fiscal's office would withdraw its who, was detained in Victoria. Gaol specially extensive along the course of the Great Ouse in Cambridge criminal complaint following a The defendant, in simple ignorance, shire and some of its tributaries satisfactory explanation given by had given the letter to the person since last October. Fish have been the Professor.
whose name it bore poisoned in tens of thousands, and the waters have never been in a dirtier condition.
Choked With Fungua,
Professor Langster told the fiscal that he violated the local Medical
"Law without knowing it." He said
was speaking then revealed his The man to whom the defendant
identity and called the police.i
In answer to a charge of fraud,
Mr. AW. Neve. the honorary he did not know that there was a secretary of the Lark Angling law
prohibiting the curing of Society, Midenhall, Suffolk, said to patients without previous license the defendant pleaded guilty and
Press representative:
The river has been practically from the medical, board of ex- the Magistrate passed sentence of denuded of fish, and sport has aminera. As a preliminary step to one month's hard labour. been almost suspended. When award withdrawing the complaint, tine is taken from the river it
"EMPRESS OF ASIA " PASSENGER,
ARMS CONCEALED TRUNKS.
Tyro
GORED TO DEATH BY A BULL.
FARMER DRAGGED 50
His Worship (to Mr. Stock): I should like to congratulate you from the Bench for your pluck in capturing this man. The police are grateful I thank you..
A SWINDLER'S BEAUTY PARLOUR.
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"One of the cleverest and most unscrupulous forgers and swindlers the police have had to deal with, was the description applied by ARDS. Detective Inspector Allum, of Scot- land Yard, at Northampton Assizes to Rex Campbell Hennie, 63, who was sentenced to three years' penal servitude for forging 2,000 certi- caterers, of Northampton, of which ficates of shares in Messrs. Nichols,
firm Beanie became managing
A bull gored a farmer, Mr. Albert Foster, 54, of Gibb House Farm, West End, near Otley, Yorkshire, to
For it was widely believed in Co Fields only a lead of fungas. We City Fiscal Guevara recommended assume that the tremendous. num that bail te reduced from P.500 to ber of fish that suddenly died had P.500. reached the junction of the Lark and the Ouse and came back into the first named stream when they found that the larger river was ia
an even worse condition. On returning they had to encounter and were pooped by a large volume of process water which had been released from the sedimentation pits at a beet sugar
· Just before dusk My. Foster, went director. Ma factory Bury St. Edmunds Between Ely and Littleport the
to water his cattle. Half an hour. It was stated that when he went. Ouse is in a particularly bad
At the Kowloon Magistracy yes later his wife heard him call for his to Northampton three years ago be state, but it is affected along the terday morning before Mr. W dog, and she released it. A neigh cricketer, and an M.A. of Edin
posed as a major, an old county whole course from there to the Schofield, on the application of the bouring farmer heard a scream, and burgh University. He was lavish The beet sugar factories at pre-ai fred a Chinese, passenger of wall. The farmer scrambled safe three men to put £4,500 in his com police for a heavy penalty, his Wor- when investigating was charged by with his gifts, and helped many functions. He persuaded sent are working continuously day and night and it is calculated the HM8 Empress of drie, ly over a wall. He returned with pany, and gave them worthless that a factory dealing with 1,000 $1,000, with the alternative of even men, two carrying guns. The certificates. of
tons of beet a day will use
It is or was then-arranged with characteristic Turkish carelessness," but the haphazard heaping of its contents threw their harbaric rich- ness' into even more dazzling relief.
Bantara's Egg, Emerald. Precious stones lay piled in plate- fuls beyond counting. Size" was everything in the opinion medieval potentates, and the emer alda which were used to fasten the aigrette to the Sultan'a turban were as big as a bantam's egg Each Bultan had a new one, vying in magnificence with that of his
pre decessor, and a long row of perial turbans, each with its great green jewel, was varied anly by the occasional ruby, of equal size, which had belonged to a monarch with warmer tastes in colour.
- Pearl-Studded Throne.
Wash.
death.
The Inspector said that Remie for transportation and washing twelve months hard labour, for bull had gone out Mr. Foster's 4,000,000 gallons of water in the having in his possession nine Man-mutilated body was found in a field. servitude and imprisonment for had served several terms of penal 24 hours..
ser pistol and 4,600 rounds of am The following day a party of men forgery, theft, embertlement; and munition,
with false carrying guns and sticks found the obtaining situations
characters. He was an undischarg Sub-Inspector Andrew informed bull in a farm building. The aned bankrupt, and had never risen his Worship that the contraband imal charged and one of the men above the rank of bombardier in was cleverly concealed in the false shot him. In the head. The animal the Army bottoms of two trunks," searched, the defendant was found to be in possession of documents certifying him to be a Christian and a member of the Kuomintang
His Worship imposed the maxi- mum penalty.
if ten minutest work on it with pocket knife would yield a fortune Of diamonds there were but lew, and those yellow and ill-out, but wine-dark amethysts and milky opala, sky-blue turquoises, and pre cious stones of leiser sorts lay there
I remember a low, broad-seated is glass cases among the dust, the throne, set all over with pearls-not almost forgotten playthings of days of good quality, admittedly, but when the Court of the Grand studded so thickly that it looked as Turk was a splendid as any in (Continued as foot of next column.) | Europe.
3
When
retreated into the building, where He posed as an insurance agent, through an opening in the wall he and called at big houses in London was shot dead and stole valuable articles. At the It is thought that the bull escaped time of his arrest he was running while Mr. Foster was attending to a beauty parlour in Warrington- the cattle. Marks in the snow show brescent, London, with several hand- dragged 20 yards to the spot where place luxuriously furnished. on the ed that Mr. Foster's body had been some young women, and had the
it was found
hire system