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PRISON AFFRAY.
WOUNDING OF WARDER PLUMB.
ASSAILANT COMMITTED FOR TRIAL AT SESSIONS.
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HELENA MAY MUSICALE.
CADET'S TRAGIC DEATH.
FUNERAL AT HAPPY VALLEY.
ENJOYABLE VOCAL CONCERT.
A very enjoyable concert was given yesterday at the Helena May Three Frisoners serving their Institate to a large and apprecis sentences in Victoria Gaol gave tivo audience. Mrs. W. F. Wilson evidence at Central Magistracy yes opened the programms with two terday before Mr. E. H. Williams charming songs: of Roger Quilter, Chinose" Fair House of Joy" and "Now bohalf of another prisoner who is charged with Sleepa the Crimson Petal," both o! wounding Acting Principal Warder which well suited her fine contraits Plumb on October 22. The wound-voice. Mr. Li Chor Chi took her ed offer is still in hospital, his place and gave us two songs of do condition being stated to be much Curtis. Mr. Li always sings in better since the last hearing. Italian with particular care, and one feels that he fully realians how well songs in that language suit his
The first witness called, prisoner No. 432, Li Siu Hin, said that he was in the workshop at the time of the stabbing incident and did not, therefore, know anything about
it
On the morning of October 22, witness, defendant and prisoner No. 478 went to the cook-house to have their provisions weighed and the rice was again found to be short weight: Defendant, levor, was not allowed to weigh his rice as an Indian
back to the cell
voice.
Mrs. Womack, who has done such excellent work on the Helena May concort platform, also nog in
two Italinn
songs from Mount which were wall suited to her ful eoprano voice. Mr. M. Barton, baritone, sang "A Lover's Garland"
thin warder pushed him out of by Pearry and "The Pibroch" by
on
Warder Plumb' instructiona.
On October 16, when defendant was ordered to have sir weeks water and rite diet, witness was also put on this dict for three days on falso accusation brought by a warder qtanding at the back of the Court, C
Standford, both of which gainet him much applanio. Then cave Mrs. R. Sanger, mezzo soprano, in three songs of Brahms, which were all very pleasing. Mr. Li Chor Chi sang again, in French this time, the delightful "J'ai Pleuré on Rêve”. of Hub, Mrs. Wilson gave us two songs of Elgar, Mr. Barton -iwo English songs and Mrs. Womek
Bugs in Bed Boards. There were more than ten prison- ers the next day in the water anil rice ward. They could not sleep owing to the bed boards being in-brought the concert to an excellent fested with buga. When they bang close with Technikowsky's "At the ed the boards to get the bugs out nwarder threatened to give them a further term of punishracnt diet. Witness also alleged that subso- be. quently there was a conspiracy tween two warders to put defendant
on report.
Chief Warder McLeod explained at this stage that if a prisoner com. plained about his food he was allow to the cook-house and have
ed weighed.
Witness went on to say that Warder Plumb did not treat the defendant properly on the occasion when he wished to have his food weighed. He had also board Warder Plumb call the defendant names and order, him to stop talk- ing. Witness agreed that talking between prisoners was forbidden by the prison regulations. "Plumb is the most troublesome man in the gnol," he added!
Ball," followed by Tristo es la Steppe" by Gretchaninoff.
Messrs. George Grimble, Dudley Bartlett, and F. Mason, and Miss Braga, took the less comapicudas, but no less important roles at the piano, and each contributed their spare to the full quota of the success of the concert
EMBEZZLEMENT CASE
CONFUCIAN SOCIETY
CHARGED.
Charges of ombezzling $4,4.24 were preferred yesterday, against a Alleged Conspiracy,
Chinese accountant of the Con- Prisoner No. 67, The Kau, stated in his evidence that it was a rule fucian Sonisty of 220 Hollywood for each prisoner to have two Read: The case was heard before baths a week. On October 20, Mr. R. E, Lindsoll. witness, defendant and another prisoner wero not provided with
The accused having previously
their bath. The next day witness pleaded guilty to one of the and the other prisoner were allow-charges, his Worship asked whe- ed to have their bath, but the de
fendant was deprived of it. Dether it was the desire of the prose fendant rang the bell three times cation to ask for the man's com when Warder Murphy took him to mittal to the Criminal Sessions. Warder Plumb. Witness said that
476,
probably there was a conspiracy Sergeant Goodwin, who repre- between the two officers to put the sented the Police, said he had no defendant on a water and zico diet, instructions from his superior, on
The third witness, prisoner No.
Wing Ying, referred to the that point. - rations incident and said that ho Mr. E. S. C. Brook, who ap could not observs everything owing peareil for the Confucian Society, to the strict prison rules. He con- sidered that Warder Plumb's bully said that he also had no instruc-. ing attitude was the cause which tions on that point. Later, he an led to the stabbing Witness fur-peared in Court with the informa ther said that it was wrong to weigh tion that the Poles were applying food in ounces instead of tnels,
At the close of the evidence, the for the committal of the accused. defendant asked to be allowed to There would be, he said, about make a statement, His Worship
explained that prisoner had been twenty witnesses who would be given an opportunity before.to giving short and formal ovidinée. make a statement, but ho preferred
The noctised was remanded for a to make it in the higher Court.
week. In the circumstances prisoner would be committed for trial at the forth- coming Criminal Sessions when he. would be allowed to make any statement be desired,
SEDITIOUS PAMPHLETS
CHINESE CHARGED WITH POSSESSION.
BANDIT OUTRAGE NEAR YANPING.
OVER 200 VILLAGERS
CARRIED OFF..
According to
Chinese Treas over 200 villager, ivere carried off
1 by bandite in the Kanping d
last week..
Beforo Mr. H. R. Büttera at the Howoon Magistracy yesterday & Thy bandits, over 700 strong, a Chinees was charged with being in unlawful possession of seditious tacked the Long Thi Market from pamphleta.
three directions The
garrison
M. J. M. Remedios apeared for
to suppress bandita and the village volunteers, being greatly outnum bered, worn overpowered after two hours fighting, and bad to with- draw to Tai Tin and Pak Hap.
The bandits then began to loot two hundred the villages. Over villagers were mada captivo nel the booty included over three hundred oxen.During m. fights. ing, three members of the village militia were killed and two seri
the defence, while the prosecution troops there had been previously was conducted by Inspector Fal withdrawn to some other district fon.
Outlining the case for the pro aedution, Inspector Fallon stated that at about 7, on November 10, a Chinese district watchman was on duty in Shanghai Street whop he saw three men fighting. On coming to the bene, the watch mug was told by two of the fighters that they were beating the defer dant because he had taken awry their wagons The watchmen Took them all to the Police station and searched them, and found seron. ously wounded while six landits. Acditious panplilee hidden in the trousers of the defendant.
were killed an
The bandits are now threatening. The outline wafterwards corto attack the city of Yanping, tho roborated by the watchmans
i heard, the chưa was adjourned.
magistrate of which has wired
tho mennos
Mr. Eric Hunt, the 10 year-old ship's endet, who met his death um der tragic circumstances on board- the Muncaster Castle on Wednes day, was buried at the Happy Yalley Comotery yesterday, the Rev. T. Waldegrave conducted the Marvice.
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The deceased was killed through falling from the ship's deck into the ship's hold, 50 feet below.
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