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REPULSE BAY TRAGEDY JAPANESE
MASTER FINED
Conclusion Of Inquest Into Left Colony Without
Death Of Mrs. Carnrick
VERDICT OF SUICIDE
At the second and last day's hearing of the eircumstances at- tending the death of Mrs. M. L. Carnrick, whose demise occurred. on October 28, the jury returned a veṛdlet of suicide without any further remarks.
Mr. K. Keen sat is Coroner and Inspector J. O'Donovan was present in Court on behalf of the Police.
The jury was composed of Messrs. J. Murphy, (foreman), J. F. E. Rozario and K. R. Macaskill.
The first withess •WDA Mr. 1 Plovennelli, Manager of the Hong Kong Hotel, who stated that he knew the deceased, as she stayed at the Repulse Bay Hotel and fre- quently came into Hong Kong Hotel.
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He said: "As far as I can re- member it was on October 27, be tween 9 and 10 p.m., that I saw her waving to someone from the first floor. I was in evening dress coming out of the grill room. The deceased had on a dark red and blue spotted dress."
The next witness, Mr. J Semmler, manager of the Repulse, Bay Hotel, said that he knew the deceased. "Up to the time of her death she lived in the Repulse Bay Hotel She first came to the Hotel on May 28 and stayed til July 18. She then occupied Room 326 until June 12 and after she moved to Room 221. When she first came,
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Being Searched
Capt. Ibucht of the N.K.K, Line WEB summoned before Mr. E, Elimsworth at the Kowloon Magis tracy yesterday for sailing his ship, as. Luchaw Maru to Çanton GT November 18 without a clex rance from the police.
Det.-Sergeant Brooks told the court that he was informed by the Harbour Office on November 17 that the Lushan Maru was leaving on the next day. Accompanied by a party of police he went on board the next day to carry out a search.
When, half completing the search, Capt. Ilbuchi told him that the vessel would not sall till 10 p... He then told him that the ship would have to be search- ed again before it could embark. At I p.m. on the same day he ob- served the ship leaving the har- bour.
The following day. was out with a party to make a search where the body was found but there was nothing there. A few days later I found a dress which was identifed to Court as the one belonging to the deceased. It was on October 30 that I took possession of all the On exhibits identified in Court the same day I took the goods to the
Mr. E. Himsworth told the cap- Government Analyst in a sealed package and it was returned ontain that aadling a ship from Hong Kong without a search was sub- the 15th of this, month.
ject to a piracy risk.
Defendant was Aned $50,
Sergeant Cashman added that a marriage certificate was also found which had her name as Maud It was also Lehman Carnriek. written as her initials on her hand bag."
At this stage Detective Sub- Inspector O'Donovan said that he took the ring and the corsets from the deceased at the Mortuary.
she paid $300 per month but when WHIPPING FOR
she moved to Room 221 she had only to pay $200.
During the times when she stayed in the Hotel she was absent on one occasion and at the time of her death she was in deb to the Hotel to the sum of $190.90, almost her months' rent. Some time im October she mentioned about leaving the Hotel.
We had a resident in the Hotel by the name of Stanley Cobhain and they were rather attached and the deceased mentioned to me that she might become engaged to him. Mr. Stanley Cobham took ill during the time she was 'absent on one
occasion and some time towards at the end of August he died in Hospital. The
from death was natural causes.
On October 20, I visited the Mortuary and identified the body
as Mrs. Carnrick.
Mr. Semmler added that when] the police came on October 28 to search the deceased's room he was told to lock it; he did and kept the key in his safe.
F/Lieut. Philip Smith of the R.A.F. Reserve also stated that he knew the deceased. "I took her up. on several fights and, as far as I can remember, it was at one time that the woman came along and I helped her on to the plane and strapped her in. When we were off I noticed that the safety straps were undone. I immediately brought the plane down and warned her of the danger. Her shoes were off and I told her to put them on. I also told her that she could not go up if she did not put on her shoes and use the safety straps. Later we com- pleted the fight
I took no notice of this incident at that time but some days later when I read the newspapers about her death I instantly recalled that day." The witness added that he was the Chief Flying Instructor of the Far East Flying School at Kal Tak
Tang Sui Ting. a room boy of the Repulse Bay Hotel, said that on October 27, at 7.30 p.m. he went in the deceased's room, as it was his duty to clean all the rooms but did not see the deceased. Later in the evening he added that he went in the room again, but whilst com- ing out of the room he saw the deceased walking in the corridor ol the Hotel "She had on coloured dress and I did not notice If she wore a hat or not."
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This was the last time I saw the deceased and when I went to her room the next morning I found the bed had not been slept in and there was no sign of the deceased. There was another room boy who stated that he saw the deceased | leave, the Hotel that evening.”____
Kwok Chou, another Repulse. Bay Hotel room boy said that he saw the deceased sitting at the second table on the West verandah at: 8.15. p.m...on October 27 and Added that it was the last time be saw her.
Sergeant Cashman said, that on | October 28, he went to the Repulse Bay Hotel on the consequence of a report. "I went in Room 339 which was occupied by the late | Mrs. Carrick and made a search in the room for any motive and documents. No notes or letters were found and when Lleft I order es the room to be locked.
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ATTEMPTED
OF UTTERING
FORGED NOTE
Imprisonment And
Banishment Impoted
Wong Keup, 28, unemployed, who appeared before Mr. K. Keen at the Central Magistracy yester- day on remand was sentenced to
BAG SNATCHER six months imprisonment and a
Also Imprisonment
than Ngen-wong, 20, unemploy - cd, who appeared before Mr. K. Keen at the Central Magistracy yesterday on remand. Was sen- tenced to six months' imprison.
banishment of nine months' was Imppsed on him, making a total of 15 months. for having a 85 forged note in his possession.
Sgt Davies. who prosecuted. said that on December 20, the defendant boarded a bus on Con- naught Road near the Central Theatre. Defendant produced A #5 note to pay his bus-fare, but
ment with 16 strokes with the the conductor had no change so cane for the larceny of a hand | the" defendant left the bus and bag.
was followed by a detective.
Det.-Sergeant Bentley said that The delective immediately ar- rested the defendant and the the defendant came behind com plainant while she was on some arcused had in his possession at steps feading to the Government the time 236.70 (Hong Kong) and Offices, and snatched her bag trom | $44.51 (Chinese currency). under her right arm. The defeu- dant ran towards Garden Road
and was arrested there.
it was a brown leather bag con taining 38.21 Hong Kong currency, and a gold ring belonging to Miss Okuda, at Upper Albert Road on Sunday.
COMPANY TO BE RESTORED
An application for restoring the name of the Pacific Banking and Exchange Company Limited, in the Register of Companies by Mr. Leo D'Almada. jnr., instructed by Mr. R. A. Wadeson, was granted according to the terms of the peti- tion, by His Honour the Chief Jus- tice. Eir Atholl MacGregor, at the Supreme Court yesterday morning. Mr. D'Almada stated "that ́ ́ for certain reasons the name of the company was struck off the Re- gister of Compantes in the year 1924. There is a sum of money in a certain bank, and the direc- tors of the Company have decided that the only way of getting the money back is by applying for the name of the company to be res- tored in the Register..
Mr. D'Almada added that the petition is not being opposed by the Registrar of Companies,
THEFT OF BRASS PIPES
Lau Kau. 28, a dockyard coolie, was sentenced to three months' hard labour yesterday when he appeared before Mr. W. Schafeid at the Central Magistracy for the larceny of 15 pounds of brass pipes, It was alleged that the defendant had stolen them from a ship.
Sergeant Danbrousky said that the pipes were tied around the defendant's legs. He was arrested whilst leaving the dockyard gates.
ALLEGED ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO ROB
Wong Chau, a 26-year-old street. coolie, was charged before Mr. E. Himsworth at the Kowloon Ma- gistracy yesterday for having as- saulted Ngan Kwal-hing with "in- tent to rob on Canon nord on December 18
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Detective Bergeant Rogers asked for a week's remarid, which was granted
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