ATTEMPT TO SWINDLE TUNG WAH HOSPITAL
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Two Defendants Turn King's Evidence
CALLOUSNESS IN RE-BURIAL OPERATIONS
The case in which five Chinese were charged with. attempting to defraud the Tung Wah Hospital authorities in connection with the removal of human bones from the Government Civil Hospital site in Pokfulam for re- burial at Aplichau came before Mr. Schofield again, at Central Magistracy, yesterday.
The defendants, were Chan Kau, Wong Kwai Chi, Hui Kwong, "Chan Sui and Cheung Tak. The second, third, and fourth defendants were represented by Mr. F. X. D'Almada, while Mr. C. Y. Kwan acted for the fifth. "Mr." M. K. Lo was for the prosecution and Inspector A. H. Elston watched the case for the S.C.A.
CASE FOR THE PROSECUTION
was this
Outlining the case Mr. Lo said If Your Worship accepts this you that the proceedings arose out of, will see that not only the building operations in Pok-order indicative of callousness but fulam at the Government Civil that the first and second defen- Hospital Site. A part of the land dants wished to deceive the Hos- pital as to the number of bones was formerly an old cemetery in
I must say that their which
containing human buried. urns bones were interred. The S.C.A. evidence is very important as it instructed the Tung Wah author will go very far to incriminate the ties to remove the bones. The third defendant. Tung Wah authorities obtained; tenders from undertakers and
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Fifth Defendant's Evidence.
and Kwan
ac-
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1933.
STABBING OF CAPT. YOUNGS
Murder Charge Against Detained
Woman a
INQUEST ADJOURNED AFTER EVIDENCE OF IDENTITY
"Shanghai, August 19, As sequel to the fatal stabbing of the British ship's officer, found in an unconscious condition in a down-stairs room of a Wayside house in Shanghai on Wednesday night, Russian-born woman of British nationality was remanded on à charge of murder in. H.M. Police Court westerday afternoon. "
The Accused
Katherine Hadley or Tolpige, of No. 17, Lane 186, Muirhead Road, a native of Libara, Baltic Proviner, Russia, and sho was charged that she "nt No. 17, Lane 166 Muirhead Road, Shanghai, on August 16, murdered Walter Clifford Youngs
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The magistrate, Mr. C. H. Haines, indicated that he did not intend to asked the accused to plead to the charge nt the present stage.
Mr. John McNeill, appearing for the prosecution, explained that. he only proposed to take such evidence ny was necessary to show how the acensed came to be detained.
Evidence was
then given by Sergt. Glyndwr Fawke, of the Shanghai Municipal Police, attach ed to Wayside Police Station. He stated that he was on duty at the police station on Wednesday even- ing. A certain complaint was made to him, as a result of which, in he proceeded to 166 Muirhead Rond, a downstairs frent Late 17. In room he saw a foreign man in a sitting position on the floor, bleed- ing profusely from the neck. The agensed woman was in the next a bed. Sergeant room lying on McDonald informed the police ata- tion, and witness stayed on the pre-
Both the mises to keep everyone away, until an ambulance arrived. man and the accused were then taken in the ambulance."
Throughout the hearing of the evidence the accused, a woman of medium height with short, dark hair and wearing heavy horn-rimmed spectacles, remained leaning on the front of the dock with bowed head, never raising her eyes even when she shook her head to signify that she had no questions to put to the witness.
eventually gave the contract to Messrs. D'Almada three firms. who sub-contracted having no objections, the fifth with other firms represented by and fourth defendants were the second and third defendants cordingly discharged and the lat-company with two other sergeants, to put the job through. The ter was put into the box. He said Tung Wah authorities, in work of that he was one of the men who this sort usually sent representa- took part in the whole of the tives to supervise the work. there operation of digging up the bones reasons for this... As in the G.O.H. site and re-interring being two
The ponés, of charitable them at Aplichau. representatives Institution in Hong Kong they when dug up from the ground would naturally wish to see burial were put in sacks for the Tung of the bones dug up done with wah Hospital representative and fitting decorum, and also to check the S.C.A. District watchman to the contractors' claim as to the count. They were then taken to number of burials which actually a matshed prior to conveyance to took place. The S.C.A. was always Aplichan.
In answer to Mr. Lo witness sald notified beforehand, and they also had a man there, the object be that he did not notice how many ing to have co-operation between sacks were put in the matshed for the Government and the Tung the representatives to mark, but Wah authorities to check the he thought that the number of numbers given by the undertakers sacks which came out were a few In this case the work was ac- hundreds in excess of those that tually started in. April. 1933. The went in. Witness said that at that the first Aplichau the bones were re-inter- evidence
Accarding defendant, the representative of red in seven sections.
watchman Tung Wah Hospital), the second to him the District defendant, (the contractor), and was there all the time and the the district watchman as repre-checking was done by him and sentative of the 8.C.A were pre- the Tung Wah Hospital clerk, sent during the work. Between Wong Kwel Chi did not do any the 5th and the 10th of July first checking.
Mr. D'Almada in cross-examina- defendant reported to the Hos-
whether pital that the work was completed tion and that the total number of when he was in gaol, his (Mr. sets of bones reburied was appro- D'Almada's) interpreter had come ximately 23,000. The first defen- to see him and take his statement. dant signed a certificate to this
Mr. Lo protested and said he effect and gave it to the hospital. could not see what right Mr. "As a matter of fact." continu- D'Almada's interpreter had to go ed Mr. Lo, this whole works was to see the defendant in gaul. "I actually completed on the 17th or do not wish to be unpleasant but 18th of June and it will be a curl- the only rational reason for Mr. ous phase of this case that first D'Almada to defendant obtained from the hos pital a certain number of urns
was
etc, after that date."
asked witness
Detective's Evidence,- The next witness was Detective Inspector Robert Wardrop, also at- tached to Wayside Police Station. Ho told the magistrate that at 10.20 p.m. on Wednesday he was called to the house in Muirhead, Road. When be arrived the injured per sone had already been removed. Witness made inquiries on the scene of the tragedy before returning to the police station. There, he found that certain witnesses had been located, and further inquiries were made from them,
KWEICHOW NEWS MR. G. C. PELHAM
LETTER
Civil War Still Simmering
(From Our Own Correspondent)
Chenyuan, August 4, The past two months, Chenyuan has been quiet, with only one real robber scare, which passed off quite peaceably. We hear however that Tungien has been besieged for month. Wang is determined to oust Ch'e and Ch'e is as determined not to be ousted. It reported that the latter has prepared his coffin and given orders the event of his death to be buried at the main cross roads of the city. On no ac rount will he surrender! We hear also that there has been severe fighting just across the border in Hunan at Yuuchow
Personal.
While travel in these parts is always more or less risky, it is possible these days. Mr. G. W. Gibb, China Director of the China Inland Mission together with the Provincial Superintendent of the Mission "recently paid us a visit after visitng several station in the South East of Kweichow. At pre sent they are at Kiuchow and after few days in that city will proceed bick to the capital via Kweiting.
Miss Emblem and Miss Stair of Szean, five days to the north have come here for the summer, also ex- uneventful journey. perienced an Mr. Juttka, of the Liebenzeller
развей Mission
through from Liping, seven days journey to the south-east on his way to Kweiyang for the coming conference of mis-
sionaries.
Rain Needed,
We have experienced a hot dry summer and rain is needed if there With is to be a good harvest. timely rain, however, there should he a good crop.
Opium poisoning suicide are com- mon all over the province, a ready way of revenge among those who quarrel. Recently a young woman had a difference with her neighbour, which resulted in a worthy battle
fretting, and finally h dose of of two days duration, then a day's
in spite of all that was done for opium. She died the next morning her. As opium is easy of access in almost every home, sometimes children take it by mistake and are poisoned.
KENYA COLONY WANTS SELF GOVERNMENT PROTEST AGAINST IN-
COME TAX
NAIROBI, Kenya-Self-government for Kenya is being widely urged here following imposition of an income tax by the Imperial Government in face of strong protests from all parts of the colony,
When the general election for the Kenya Legislative Council is held early next year, it is expected that pressure will be exerted for a constitutional change to give the community further control over its own affairs,
H.K. Commercial
Secretary
A TRIBUTE FROM SHANGHAI
The British Chamber of Commerci
Journal of Shanghai states:
Mr. George Clinton Pelham, who has been attached to the office of H.M. Commercial Counsellor of Legation at Shanghai has been appointed Com mercial Secretary, Hong Kong,
The Journal" extends to Mr. G. C. Pelham its wholehearted congratula tions on his appointment. as Commer- cial Secretary in Hong Kong, at the same time much regrets bis departure from Shanghai, where, during the past year in the office of H.M. Commercial Counsellor of Legation, he has not only made a host of friends in the commercial community, but has shown a thorough knowledge of the many difficult questions with which he has had to deal. It is no doubt platitu linous to say that Shanghai's loss is Hong Kong's gain, but it is undeniably true. Shanghai will have lost and Hong Kong will have gained an officer of outstanding ability. The honour conferred upon him is more noteworthy as he is taking up a plat which is usually reserved for more senior men. The "Journal" wishes him every success. in his new sphere and can sure the commercial interests in Hong Kong that they have in Mr. Pelham a man whose clear thinking will be a great asset and whose general disposition will make for him many friends.
MANDARIN AS A DIALECT
In Common Use In- N. Kiangsu
The following extract taken from a letter from Tenghsien, published in Ohina the North
Daily News speaking foreigner to a Mandarin, illustrates the reaction of a dialect- speaking section of China.
Where the dialects are spoken, Mand- arin is classical, and is only seen in the literature; ad to hear the children and uneducated speaking Mandarin ia as surprising as in the west it would be to hear a labourer quoting Latin or Greek. The writer quoted below has lived in Chekiang for a number of years and is writing from the Kahsing section.
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"The people in this section are dying out the death rate has, more than overtaken the birth rate. Their places are being filled by people from many different provinces, many of them from north of the river which is a general term for north of the Yangtze, embracing N. Kiangas and Shantung.
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"The people that come in do not like the good brick tile-covered houses which they could move into for almost. nothing. The inhabitants have died in them and they fear the same result to any one who might occupy them, so they become "squatters" and live in Significance is attached to a state straw hats The north-of-the-river ment of policy made during the budget folk buy up these deserted houses, sell debate by the acting leader of the the brick for what they can get, make European elected members, Capt. Hrafts of the timbers and float them up north to sell. There are so many "We are determined to press without different people in this section that I E. Schwartze remission," he said, "for such change have learned to understand 32 different send his interpre- At 11.45 p.m. (continued witness), in the Constitution as will give the dialects. ter to the gaol to see a. prisoner the present accused was brought elected members control of the colony's would be if he were acting for from the General Hospital to Way: finance will enable them to have
side Police Station. She was him." protested Mr. Lo.
final say with regard to the colony's detained there during the night, expenditure; and will further prevent and as a result of the inquiries any attempt in the future to impose made was brought here to-day. Itaxation on the people against the will charged her at 11.5 m, to-day with of the people." murder of Walter Clifford Youngs Before doing so I cautioned her The accused stated that she would not say anything then, but would tell the judge all the facts of the case.
Mr. D'Almada: "I simply sent my
"One of the chief witnesses for the prosecution will be the Disinterpreter-
Mr. Lo: "You had no right to." telet watchman No. 24, who was
Mr. D'Almada: "I was acting acting as the representative of the
If he chooses to S.C.A. To be perfectly frank the for him then. prosecution has a theory that he change his solicitors, it is no con- was in the swindle till about the cern of mine." I shall have some- 16th of June when he saw the thing to say later about Inspec- game was up" and thought it was tor Elston's taking a statement about that time to make a clean from him without charging him breast of the matter and help the and only after warning him." authorities: About this time the
Directors of the Tung Wah chal- lenged the number of certificates given by the first and second de- fendants and a clerk was sent to Aplichau to check the amount.
"If necessary." continued Mr. Lo. "He will give evidence of the count and it will be very interest ing as it shows that the defen- dants tried to palm off a plece of burial ground which had nothing to do with the matter as having been used in the re-burial work" Bones Broken Up.
In conchision Mr. Lo said that
Hia when
Worship
told wag that the actual number of re- burials completed was not more than 11,000, and the contractors, with the approval of the second and third defendants, had given the Tung Wah, authorities to un- derstand that it was twice that number he would see to what ex tent the Hospital would have been defrauded.
On Mr. McNeill applying for a In answer to Mr. D'Almada's remand, the case was fixed for Wed further questions witness said that nesday, August 23, at 10 am., the his wages had been paid him by accused to be detained in the mean Wong Kwel Chi and that between while at Amoy Road Gaol 270 and 280 sets of bones were unearthed a day. The graves were
The accused woman, who made
Opening of Inquest.
all dug up by the 27th of May, statement of any kind in Court but witness could not say how is stated to have been a British many of them there were as he subject since 1919. did not do the checking. He said that there was no one who was always present during the re- burial at Aplichau, but that the Ting Wah Hospital man and the 8.C.A. watchman came, now and again to see how the work was getting on.
The case was adjourned.
The inquest on Walter Clifford Youngs, aged 50 was opened yes- terday morning by Mr. O. H. Haines, (H.M. Coroner), at the Public Mortuary, Fearon Road, and after formal evidence of identification was adjourned sine die.
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The Russian woman, then, being detained by the police in connec
HEAVY RAINS IN JAPANtion with the tragedy, was led into
RECORD FOR THIRTY YEARS: BRIDGES DESTROYED.
Utsunomiya, Aug. 16, The heaviest rainfall of the past that he had instructions to with- Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo Fre Mr. Lo then told the Magistrate thirty years was recorded in Tochigi
the mortuary compound in a state of semi-collapse by a woman atten dant.
It was true, he added, that one section of the community preferred demand for some form of unofficial majority in the Legislative Council while another section was fearful of the dangers of a hybrid body and sought an elected European majority.
"Of these Sutaien, N. Ku, is by far the best. This language could well be adopted as the one for all of China. It is quite like Pekingese.
"It was a pleasure in 1913 when I did famine work in Satsien county to hear the uneducated country folk speaking a language that should bo faken as a model for China. Among these simple folk I also saw some of the finest specimens of manhood I have ever seen and that among people
who were just one jump ahead of actual starvation.
-Learning to Eat Light,
In has opinion the only right course was to press for such change as WHI unanimously supported and to accept
"I saw them for the time being that as a first step toward the eventual and, he hoped, not too far distant goal living on garlic, grass roots and elm bark with a few grains of rice thrown complete self-government "We are unanimous in our deter-in. The one servant I had was a mination to encourage white settle- veritable man Friday. He told me ment in this country, ha concluded, how his family had learned to stand "for all of us feel that without increas hunger and cold, had learned to see ed white settlement. the colony will their loved ones die of hunger and cold never achieve the fulfillment of its before their eyes, but they had never Tearned to beg or steal or to get money rightful destiny.
under false pretences. This was their standard whether they lived up to it or not I cannot say.
COMMONWEALTH WATCHING
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BIG INCREASE IN JAPANESE IMPORTS INTO AUSTRALIA CANBERRA, Aug. 18, Japanese importa into Australia in creased by nearly £116,000 during the last financial year, according to an examination of the Commonwealth trade figures just issued.
"What I saw And what I learned during those months of famine dis tribution I will never forget-it marks An epoch in my life. Life has had more of meaning since I went through that experience and my physical health has been incomparably better. I learned lessons in light" eating that have stood me in good stead ever since and I am better at 65 than I was at 25 because of the diet lessons learned during the famine.
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Only one witness gave evidence, Captain Olaf Paus, marine super
The increase was mainly in Japanese intendant of the San Peh Steam Navigation Co., Ltd., Shanghai, specialities and goods competitive with The Commonwealth is watching the the body as that of Mr. Younge. He Tariff who told the Coroner he recognised those of Britain. draw the case against the fourth fecture, in the last few days and all had never known decensed per position, and the turist Board has been Toy manufacturers, are now denier Chinese National Electric & Pottery Co.
and Afth defendants if, when they rivers in this prefecturs are swollen sonally, he said, but had been. ac duties should be levied on rubber soled
Water of the Kinu, Watase, Naks and were discharged, they were allow- Kuro rivers rose ten feet. Banks of quainted with him off and on for bath slippers, gum boots, cotton towell
twenty years On two occasions, ing electric flament lamps, etc. ed to give evidence. If they be these rivers washed away, at more
once under the British flag and once Reuter allowed to give evidence and tell than fifty pounts and eighty bridges under the Danish, he was chief the truth, and Your Worship ac- were destroyed, cepts: their testimony as such, it In Utsunomiya alone, 3,000 houses officer of the steamer Bhinna, the have been inundated. Heavy damage last time being about five months to private property is also reported ago. Witnem last saw him alive at though no details are available 4.45 on Wednesday afternoon, in
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will be seen that the fifth defen dant had been instructed by the Drst and second defendants to do nothing but break up the bones.
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The Japanese Consul at Bydney," however, in an outspoken statement to the press, published in the leading newspapers to day points out that. Japan bays over £9,000,000 worth of Bydney, Aug. 18. Australiap goods annually and sells Agitation against Japanese imports | Australia only about £3,000,000 worth into Australia continues to grow in
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