HONG KONG DAILY PRESS. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1931.
AND
MISS WINIFRED
SHOTTER IN POLICE COURT CASE.
MONEY
MARKETS.
NEW YORK SILVER MARKET.
BROTHER-IN-LAW ACCUSED OF KIDNAPPING HER SISTER.
New York, July 20-Fractional advances were recorded on the New York silver futures exchange to day. At the close the August price") was quoted at 28.15, up from yee-
A story of a husband's alleged point to see the children, hoping terday's nominal close at 38 05.kidnapping of his wife was she would be able to slip away from The other futures positions were toid at Hayward's Beath police him there. correspondingly higher, Trading court when
She then said that her mother summonsce against was, dull to-day with only four con- Capt. Alastair Miller, the well-would be anxious about her, and tracte aggregating 100,000 ounces known racing motorist and son and he let her telephone. In the course changing hands. There was heir of Sir William Miller, Bt., of of the conversation with her mother trading yesterday. Following "are
Glenlee, were heard.
ACTRESS SISTERS IN 4.30 A.M. SCENE.
the closing futures price quotations |
I am not going to do anything to hurt you.
Everything in brightening up. I cannot get away, but you will
to London, 'and Cont: Miller, she stated, said to her: "If you kick up a fuse you will wake up and find yourself in Southampton."
He kept foeling in his pocket,have to most me some time to mor said Mrs. Millor, with tears stream.
For morning the "order to get the ing down her face. I was very prooceds of the sale. Then I can frightened, as I thought he would band you over the cash if you would have some chloroform or something prefer to pay the bills yourself." of that king.”
"It was on that letter that you met him?" Mr. Paull asked,
Mr Miller: Yes:
When she began to walk away he caught bold of her by the wrists, then picked her up bodily, and carried her into the car.
You told the nurse to make up the one bed in that room so that you could sleep together Yes, I thought I would be able to get away
It was hot true that he dragged Your Arst wife' her into the car. She seemed to Yea want to come,.
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you
Has your present wife complain- Just before they got to Guildford | she put her arma round his necked of your conduct with other wo and wald who was very kind he had men No. taken the low into his own hands. If she had she would have had as that was the only way that she no cause Nove whatever. could have got away from here
Did she complain on the day of mother..
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the delivery of her child that you were carrying on with another wo- man 7-Yes, she did complain, but it was inaccurate.
Have you ever strück your wife?: -Nover.
In the evening they want to show at Brighton. On returning home his wife rang up her mother "After a time," said Mrs Miller,
It was not true that he hid her I thought the only thing to do
shoes and
ad, stockings, was to pretend to agree to go buck,
He was awakened at four dim." and then call my sisters before then..
by the arrival of Eva and Winifred When they reached their home,
Mrs Miller said that she did not Shotter. Winifred said, "Maigy she said to Capt. Miller: "Mummin kiss her busband before she left is to return to us at once." Ho will be yory worried, and 1 mash with her sisters. He kissed her.went upstairs to dress, and when. to make hor mother understand that return home if Capt. Miller allow from the bottom of the stairs. He
ordered, her out of the house. Sheceived the following letter from-hie she was being kept there against ed her to go and so her mother." her will.
refused to, go, and he took her by wife on April 24, but said it was the left elbow and led her down written after the had been to her. the stairs.
home for some time ze destes anț
Or thrown her out of bed-Nover:- Have you ever kept her short of money -No
The case arose out of sum bonags, she was, to put it in her own words, telephone." She "did so, and tried She agreed that she promised to he came down Eva was four steps Capt. Miller admitted
for silver on the New York Nation-alleging assault, which had been al Metal Exchange:--
granted to Mrs.
Miller (Cant. Mouth
July 28 July 29 Miller's wife) and her two sisters
28.08 28.15
Miss Winifred Shotter and Miss 28.10 28.19
Eva Shotter, the actresses.
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Angi
Sept.
Oct:
Nov..
28.14
28.12 Unquoted
28.27
Dec.
29.10
28.50
Jan:
28.20
28.33.
Feb.
28.23
29,38
Mar.
28.24
29.30
Apr.
26.20
28.42
May
$$.al
June
98.92
29.43
28.50
July
Unquoted Unquoted
Captain Miller was at one time in the Irish Guards, and during the war became a Flight Lieut. in the Royal Flying Corps.
After a lengthy hearing Captain' Miller was bound over in the sum of £10 to keep the peace.
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she conveyed the impression that kidnapped. She then dropped the pretence and said, I am going home I do not want to live with you.'
She again told Capt. Miller that she would return to London, even if she had to walk back,
Slater's Story.
Miss Eva Shotter said that when they arrived at. Hurstpierpoint, Sussex, Capt. Miller put his head out of the window, and said, "I know your tricks, you are not go ing to take her away from ine."
Alleging that Capt Miller threw
Mr. Miller took away her purse and cigarette-case and hut, "and pushed her through a door and took off shoo and stocking and locked the door. He caught hold of her wrist and her arm, and eventually he carried her upstairs and forced her to spend the night with him, When the magistrates announced, although she wanted to spend the one of my stockings., He locked all I landed at the bottom of the
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their decision Mrs. Miller foll back night in another room. wards, but was caught in the arms, Later in the night he answered of a man standing near. She was the telephone, after locking the New York Rubber Market.
carried from the court, bus inter | door behind him, and when he came New York, July 20.~Further dës | recovered "and returned to London back he threatened to kill her if elines were recorded on the New by car.
anyone interfered with her. Ho York rubber market to-day. At the
took her by the throat and said close the August price was quoted
that if anyone cumo to take her at 5.75, off from yesterday's close at. 5.00. The futures prices were similarly lower, Trading was no- It was agreed to take the four five with the contract turnover for summonses together, on the under standard No. 1 rubber totalling 122 atanding that two sisters should be lots as against 80 lote yesterday-treated as witnesses and remain out Following are the closing futures of court while the third was giving price quotations for standard No. 1ovidence. rulber
The complainants were represent ed by Mr. Artom A. Romain, and Mr. Gilbert Pauli, barrister, de-away he would use a xcvolver which tended Capt. Miller.
he had in the car outside. Mra. Miller was in a state of complete terror. She knew that he kept re- volver's..
Capt, Miller pleaded not guilty
July 28 July in each case.
Unquoted
Month
July
5.65
Aug.
5.00
.5.76
Supt.
5.95
5.6%
Oct.
03.02
3.80
Nov
0.00
5.00
Dec.
G:17-
4,05
Jan.
6.24.
6:12
Feb
0.31
4.19
Mar.
€6:39
0,24
Apr.
0.49
4.33
May
0:30
June
6.60
0.41
6.50)
Foreign Cotton Markets.
American Middling, Oct.
Liverpool July July
128 129 4.72 4.37
Dec. 41794.84 Jan. 4.50 4.68 Spot 4.79 4.72 Egyptian, Sakellaridis, -
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As a result of the conversation she had on the telephone, her three sisters-Misa Winifred Shotter, Miss Eva Shotter, and Misc Con stance with the assistance of a Mr. Romain, opening the take for friend, decided to go to Hurstpier- complainante, explained that the point to see if they could get their summons taken out by Winifred sister away from her husband. Shotter was taken in her stage They made up their minds that it name, but her real name was Wini-was useless to use force, although fred Green
she had been taken away by force, They decided to use guile.
Mrs. Miller's mother had been upset when she heard that her daughter had gone to Hurstpier point, and they decided to exag gorate the story a little and 887 that their mother was very ill in deed.
"Shoes and Stockings Taken.
Away" "Then he took away my hat and. my money. He pushed me inty a chair, and took off my shoes and
the things up except the stocking
e locked the doors, and as there were bars at the windows I could
not get out."
Mrs. Miller described how har busband half' carried her upstairs
to bed. "I was terribly upset, she added, and fearfully worried hated being there, but there was nothing else to do but to go to
bed."..
Mr. Paull: Is there any truth in the statement that you throw her down the stairs?--It is an absolute lie. On the last sep she slipped and probably turned her, ankle over,
*I am not coming back to you, It is not necessary to go into planations, because you know, my reasons. I don't want to see you, because it only reminds me of vali
the unhappiness you have caused
me:"
Winifred rushed at him with a or pushed her downstairs, she said: parasol,
His wife came down with his.
Mr. Romain quoted from other stairs in a heap. My sister, Wini- overcoat on. The women were letters, in which Capt. Miller bad fred, said, "Take your hand off shouting out. "The doctor won't said that he would go to hell be her, and he threw out An atm dad
fore allowing anyone to take his got his hand 'rodnd 'her neck. I
wife from him, suppose he throttled her." (Laugh ter.)
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Miss Shotter denied, in oros-
account for mother living if you don't return." He at once altered his attitude, and told his wife to Capt. Miller: That is right. -De- go upstairs and dress. Ho offered finitely I would have stuck at noth- to drive her to Loudon in his owning to prevent her being taken from car. The sevrants were in a state me. If it had been a queation of of uproar, and she said she would men coming down I would have go with her sisters while he remain given them a damn good hiding.. Miss Winifred Shotter gave evi-ed to pacify them and follow, her dence, describing Capt. Miller's up. manner as very rude, very abu-
examination, that her sister Wini- fred attempted to strike Capt. Miller with n parasol.
A little later the telephone beli rang, and when she attempted to get out of bed and answer it, Capt.sive, and very bullying." Her hat Miller took her by the throat and
was knocked off in a struggle. kept saying, "Are you going to
Mr. Romain: It was suggested to leave me?"
one of the witnesses that you were engaged to defendant. Is there any truth in that suggestion --No.
Mr. Romain: Were you really afraid of him!
Mrs. Miller, who was quietly weeping, answered, I was terri fed." He had told her that he had left his revolver in the car.
Cross-examined by Mr.Paull, Mrs, Miller said that Capt. Miller had issued'n writ against her father and mother for enticing her away and taking away her affections.
You said you left Capt. Miller never intending to go back. Is that true-Yes.
Un April 18 did you write a letter like this:-
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"The complainant, Margaret Miller, who was formerly Margaret Shotter, and who is a sister of the other two complainants," he said, "was married to the defendant about four years ago, when she was only 18 years of age. She had lived unhappily with her husband, and on April 13 she left him, and went "They reached Hurstpierpoint by to live with her parents in Regent's car. at 430 in the morning.. They
Dear Alartair, I am dreadfully Park-road. The husband was in left Constance and the friend in sorry, but I won't be able to get financial difficulties, and, by ar-the car, and went to the door. Mr. down on Friday for the week-end. I quito rangement, the two young children Miller come to the door and said,I am looking for work. of the marringe were sent to the
You are not going to take her agree chorus work would not be the home of the defendant's mother at away.
ideal thing, but one hopes for belter Hurstpierpoint.
"The door was opened by the things. Kiss Goo-Goo (the dog). Communications between the children's nurse. Eva began to go
With best love, "Margy.” two parties, for the most part by upstairs, walking with the child- the defendant to his wife, lindren's nurse. He said,What do taken place since April 13 for the you want? fint out, and caught purpose of inducing Mrs. Miller hold of her by the back of the neck to return to him. She had stend- and the arm, and threw her down- Is not the whole trouble this, that fastly refused, telling defendant stairs. Ho followed her down, and Capt. Miller was engaged to your that in no circumstances would she pulled her up and said, 'You are sister, Winifred. before he married return to him. He then conceived not hurt. Winifred said, Take you He was never engaged to my the iden of obtaining possession of your hands off her, and he then sister Winifred. this” wife by a subterfuge.
turned to her and pushed her down', **The two girls went to the car, and eventually he restored his "The defendant came to the con-wife's shoe and stocking, and told clusion that he would take forcible her to go." July 28 July 20 possession of his wife, and proceed.
F.G.F., Spot ...... 7.85 7.10
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New York Prices.
New York, July 2p.-Further de- clines were recorded on the New York cation market to-day. At the close the spot raw cotton price was queted at 8:45, off from yesterday's close at 8.55. The futures positions were dorrespondingly lower. Fol-
lowing are the closing raw cotton futures price quotations —
Month
July
Oct..-
Unquoted
8.67
8.59
"Forcible Possession of Wife."
ed to carry out the plot by arrang
ing to meet her on Saturday, June
m
Deo,
Jan.
Mar.
May
Spot
8.90
9.03
9.29
9.38
9.55
8:52
8.92
0.14
0.20
8.45.
Big Old Yield in Baghalten. Moscow, July 29.--Three hundred thousand tons of crule oil were ob-
27, for the ostensible purpose of taking her to sign papers in con- nection with the sale of some furni- ture which had been their common property in their home."
Mrs. Miler's Complaint.. Mrs. Margaret Miller gave evi denon
Answering her solicitor's gues tions, in a voice that could scarcely be heard, she said that she was married when she was 18 years old. I lived very unhappily with any husband," she added, "and I de- cided to leave him in April.”
Mrs. Miller: Yes. I was ill in
bed and I did not want him to come and have trouble in the house.
Capt. Miller and a Slater.
Was he not?
***Never, never," reiterated Mrs. Miller with emphasis.
Mr. Paul, explaining that his purpose was to try and show that Mrs. Miller was not taken away by force and, against ber will, elicited that Capt. Miller had found out that his wife was in the back tow of the chorus.
"You can quite understand that he would be quite annoyed at such things?" Mr. Paull suggested.
Mrs. Miller (sharply), No. I can- not quite understand it, because he. always preferred to take girls out who were in the chorus. (Laughter.) The following letter from Capt. Miller to his wife was read:
"Don't you think you have hurt
In what way-When I complain-me quite enough already? You' ed to him about taking other wo must know how I dislike your posi men out on several occasions betion in the chorus. For a young knocked me about.
married woman it is quite unthink.
After lunch at a hotel in Shep perton she noticed that the ear was turned away from London Jnstead of towards London. She became nervous, and said, that she must complaint?He was always taking Mr. Romain: What was your
tained on Northern Saghalien dur- return. The defendant said that he 'other women out when I was ill, ing the Brat six months of the cur-wanted to get a motor-car at and he was very unkind, to me. rent year, according to the half- Brooklands, and they drove there. Behind some sheds at the other side yearly statistics published by the of the track he said he was not Supreme, Economic Council. In a going to let her go back. footnote to these dates it was stated. that the programme for next year provides for the production of 000,000 tons and that with its ful filment the Far East will be freed from the necessity of having its oil Eupply carried by sen from Baku and Grotny the construction of onstruction of ichning plant at Habarovsk being
part of the schome.
Forced Into Car,
"He got hold of har and then took her forcibly into the car. He said,' If you struggle any more you will wake up and and yourself in Southampton."
Miller is a little slip of a giri
Describing the visit to Richmond, able. Mrs. Miller said" that when they "If you only know what our were at the garage she asked him mutual friends think about it, you what he wanted to get there. Capt. wouldn't de it. I am really ter Miller replied, "This is what Iribly upset about it. I am perfect- want to get," and put his arms ly willing to help you if you serit around her.
ously want to got on the stage.
She told him not to do that, but will help you to get something and he is, a big, powerful man. he was very unpleasant, and he better. Think he had an anesthetic anthen told her that he was not going ... Although you are, not living. his pocket, she pretended that she a to let her go back to London. She with me, you are still my little- would go with him to Hurstpier persisted that the was going back wife and the mother of my children.
Capt. "Miller's Version, Capt Miller, examined by Mr. Faull, said that during the four years he had been married they had been exceedingly happy except for the interference of," in-laws."
Catherine Flunkett, nurse to Capt. Miller's children, said that "Before she went she kissed me when Mrs. Miller arrived with her very tenderly, and asked me to husband she seemed very happy and follow her to London. I arrived went into the nursery to help her next morning at nine o'clock, but with the children. She asked wit I was not allowed to sec wywife."uess to get. Capt. Miller's » room ·
There was no truth in the sugges tion that at any time be seized his wife or her sisters by the throat.
Mr. Paul: Are you still anxious After a short "retirement to have your wife back with you Bench bound Capt. Miller over in £10 to keep the peace towards his Yes, I am very sorry for her.
And are you still very much in wife and the other complainants. love with hor Yes, I am.
A Runaway Match. His wife, before leaving him on
Cross-examined by Mr. Romain, April 13, had asked whether sho could go to her mother's for a fort, Capt. Miller said that his wife was night. He was disgusted when he 18 when they were married. 'Hei saw her in the back row of the parents' consent had not been ob chorus at Victoria Palace, and detained; she ran away.
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