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A LONDON TRUNK CRIME.
CLERK ARRESTED AND CONFESSES.
SCOTLAND YARD'S ACTIVITY.
Loston, Monday, May 14th. The police are assalready apply ine tumselves to the park af dis
murder of Mr. envering the Bunati, whose disuretebered bety was found in a tank at Claring pross Station cloak room, says the Daily Telegraph.,
Que of the difficulties which farme The Setland Yard officers menged on the emper is the anestront of Car
ind of when dy the mm tieged woman:
Our Satiadas was last seen Aliv mey detectives were engaged in miling inquries in different of London on this point, and for the must part their efforts
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CHURCH NOTICES.
ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL, HONG KONG
JUNE 12TH, 1927, Pinity Sanda -
Holy Common at 8 am Mating at 11a.m.
Proaclur:-Rev. W. R. Cannell. Evensong at 6pm.
UNION CHURCH (KENNEDY ROAD).
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AUSDAY SERVICrs, June 12th
Sunday School at 9.40 aan. Moning Service at 10,30 .m.--- Hymns: 93,555, 445 ausl ú4, Preacher Rev. F. P. W. Alexander,
Freucher-Rov. I. Copley Moyle, To merke the Hungpu in
in the Cathedraf Hall Social gothoring
Music and Light Re: ! robes and for yachting after Evensong. upper
freshments. Service Mea cially soms to be the mannčiate perobe welcom confronting lovers of this spart who find packa
nough diversion without the Elation of with fine, says the Auth
Plona Baily News, refioning do the in which Berish cord iurident yachts were Gird or by Nationalist tungis, a short account of which was called to us by heater. Shanghas suntmporary continues:
An ameident smilo to there ported on the preceding Sunday The place on the Sunday, just past. | Tording to yesterday's, informa tin
Our
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A few liers stationed in
deans skirting the Hangehow Railway Station and the Lungwha Pagoda who had collete t
all bading alarf on the river bok indulged in their favorites.
Bring
Evening Service at 6 pm. :---
Bynins: 39, 271, 66 and 6594, Preacher Rev. J. Kirk Maconachi WEDNESDAY, June 15th, at 8.15 p.m. - Soldiers and Sailors' Christian d sociation.
Friday, June 17th, at 8.30 p.m.-Chris finn Wadeavour Meeting and Socal
96 Hour.
FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST. MACDONNELL ROAD, BELOW Bowen ROAD TRAM STATION.
A.DI
At the meet, to direct line af in being hve-digsteil, but tarea stil hene in to maki: maslete the knowledge of pastime of andiserinatate pelice regarding Mrs Bonati's life when care of the boats in the sucht.
ing party passed by. Four rif, SUNDAY SERVICE, June 12th, at 11.15 during the time she wir krawn as
shits a together were fired at the Mes. Budd. For this po passar closer examination has been made, the landsome motor hus of the papers and letters foam in the roos weuped by Mast Housto my Limerston Street, Chelsea, shen passed in the name of Mrs. Bald.
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boat change insa tu Col M. H. Logan. lat fortunately none of them re viered on the W and the in
had a serious consequeures Ler than the brief anxiety to
of passengers white fles
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Wednesday Evening Meeting at 5.30
p.m.
Reading Room at above address, open :--- Tuesday and Friday, 10a.m. to 12 Noon. Monday and Thursday, & to 7 pm.
The Puldic in cordially invited to attend the servicen mal visit the Reading Room,
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was taken up sab the HONG KONG METEOROLOGICAL!
From British Naval authorities.
Jumiries were also made in the
were pulling to an appearature, Earl's court, Hammersmai.
The hear W Pry Hng seven Many Shepherd's bush districts,
mrbuling foreign passengers, prop hve been interviewed by detectives, and zithomph they have, number of Jadi when the anim spoken of knowing Mix Bonte, sily from the shear was made evi Themation they could apply; fent. When a safe return was made was of little sale at affording any hark to Shanghai, however, Plas likely to asset Soufland Yard after in solving the austers of her death, Considerable mportance is attack ed by Chief Fuspector Cathish to the statement made by the sister of the dead woman. Miss Dorothy Hold, and the palier are hopeful of being able to follow up some of the facts she is reported to have supplied.
Police Statement.
The following official statement word Rom Soal Cart Yard Saturday aftenens,
passengers on lasted the house heat at the Time, it is understood that the result of the complaint was th despatch of a unval launch which proceeded to the spot and returned the fire of the stragglers on shore
It is als nudemtual that the Naval prities now have the Quatter ander ads soment and au the day two will show as hurt steps will be taken, safeguard private launches, etc, in that por
On Thesalay morning, May 3rdon of the river. last. a lady's dress trunk. since identified as the trunk containing t the body of a woman now known to be Minnie Alice Bonati was pir chased from a dealer named Ward in Brixton Road by a man of the Aged about following description:
35, 5ft. n. or 5ft 10in., complexion dark, sharp features, dark hair and light dark moustache, medium build, fairly good-looking, dresser} in dark suit. The deceased woman Lomersion address at 1.-ft lan
Street, Chelsea, at two p.. Wednesday, May 4th, expressing len intention to visiting her mother at Marylebone, but this she did not du.
the same day. About four
Sidney Street, she was seet A Chelsea. She was then alone, and is believed for have been wearing a long blank ead over a grey max ture twerd stuur, double imeast ed. a biscuit or Fawn coloured felt hat, high mosa and sund brim. flesh-coloured stockings, and blurk This is the last strapped shoes, kuwa time that she was seen alive.
It seems certain that after this she
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HONG KONG TIDE TABLE.
From June 11th to 17th, 1927.
LOW WATER.
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Last Thursday, about 5.30 in the
I went into Toen. 14 m allerton," he sid
must have recurned to her balgings seine bushes on the Common about
in Limerston Street and left her bongards from the swimming lake Wod. 16 m 8 28 17 2 evat in her bed room, where it was subsequently fourd,
On Friday, May th, a dress truck Putaining the body of the 'sh cens
ed. together with her twerd ees
straighten some chairs. While !
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tune, underclothing, handbag, about it as sometimes, noye Enke shoes, but not her lat, was dejavit
I knives to the Common and cut out-
e at the elonk-room at Charing. Their names in the turf. On Satur Pross Railway Station.
The body day, however, the police mame to
of the develser was wrapped
in
The report that a parcel of blood stained clothing was also found the Common is stated to be with
ut significance.
see me, and took the knife away four distinct pares: (1) Pontam after questiming me as to how i ing the head and trunk; (2) the found it." arus: 3 and 4) the two legs. The discovery of the contents of the trunk was made at 9.30 .. on May 10th. It seems fairly obvious that the deceased met her death in a house or some kind of buf ing, probably on Wednesday night, May 4th.
The police are particularly anxions
and
LONDON, May 23rd. The activity of the police in ravelling innuerable elues interviewing many people has re sulted in the arrest of John Rabin-
to find any person who saw this son, described us a clerk, aged 46, dress trunk between Tuesday. May who has been charged with the Ard, and one and two pan, on May murder.
6th. The paper used in wrapping the parts of the body is of two kinds, and consists of four sheets of ordinary 10, double imperial dark brown and six sheets of ordinary
In Court,
LONDON. May
ist.
Crowds besieged the vicinity of the Westminster Police Court when John Robinson, aged 46, was charg
b. kraft double imperial browned with the murder, of Bonti. The size of these sheets of paper People, while waiting in the hupe
is approximately 15 by in. The of obtaining admission to the Court, arcels were tied with string ku gazed at the premises opposite. as two and a half hemp wine of where the nused recently trans
inferior kind usually sold in acted business as an estate transfer
And where agent. shops such as newsagents and small stationers' shops.
murder was enmitted,
The police evidence showed that statement was taken from Robin- son on May 10th by Seatind Yard.
The police are also anxious to interview any shopkeeper when maya have recently sell paper and string of the above-mentioned description. Information on any of the above points should be given at the ear liest possible time at New Scotland Yard or any police station.
the
In the course of the police inves tigations, Robinson was taken back to Scotland Yard from his lodg ings in Kennington yesterday morn ing, when he told the Chief Insper tor that he met the woman t Victoria Station and took her up to his officos, murdered her and cut
Robinson
Discovery Of A Butcher's Knife, The discovery of a butcher's knife on Tooting Common, which it was thought at the time night have her up. some connection with the trunk crime, was described to a l'ress re- presentative by the finder, Mr. Waiter G. Peachey, a chair attend ant at the Cumazon.
(Continued on next Columu).
thereafter signard a statement, in consequence of which the police searched under a may tree on Clapham Common and found a large knife.
Robinson was remanded till June
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