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AMERICANS. ARRESTED AT SHANGHAL
American
TUESDAY,
JUNE 14, ́ ́1927,
DEATH INQUIRIES.
MORRISON HILL BLASTING DANGERS.
Charged with unlawfully carry- Mr. G. S. Brown of the P. W. D., ing and concealing firearma, W. W. giving evidence at the inquest held Worthington, American attorney by Mr. R. E. Lindsell into the death of Shanghal and Sam Chaict, also of a Chinese on June 1, when a
resident. were piece of
stone weighing five brought before United States Compounds fell on his head while he missioner N. E. Lurton at Shang was standing in Sharp.Street, sald hai.
that the local Ordinance reqüired Dr. George, Sellett, United that there should be a space with States District Attorney, asked a radius of five hundred feet clear for a remand in crder to permit from the pince of blasting. This
investigation of further
thecould not be done in the case of charges. The case was remanded lasting on the east face of Mori-: until 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 11, son Hill and it would be sufficient Ball was set at G.$500 and both if Morrison Hill Road was block. men relansed under their own reed from the junction of Wanchai: cognizances.
Road to the Police Club. To ad- The two Americans, together ded that the houses in that localt-
Italian subject, L. F.ty wors undoubtedly in danger. with an Jovino, were arrested on Wednes- In the case of the deceased the! day afternoon, June 8, in a Chinese blasting took pince according to house on North Chekiang Road. measurements taken by the police. At the Italian Consulate it was only about two hundred feet away. stated that Jovino has been re-A particularly strong explosion leased on personal bond and will caused several fragments of rock ister appear in the Italian Court toto fall into Sharp Street and it answer the charge.
appeared that the deceased was The trip was arrested by Detec-struck by one of them. tive Sub-Inspector J. Hunter and Detective Sergeant A. Telfer, following some clever shadowing and detective work by the men and a Chinese. The latter posed As a General of the Chinese army anxious to purchase firearms.
The specific charge against Worthington and Chaiet sets forth that they did on or about June 8, at Shanghai and within the juris- diction of the American Court for China, knowingly, unlawfully and fcloriously conceal about their person, 10 Mauser pistols and cid then and there openly carry auch weapons with the intent to unlaw fully use same, contrary to the form of statute in auch cases made and provided and contrary to the peace and dignity of the United States of America.
The Americans, following their arrest, were maken to the Central Station and later to the American Kao! where they were detained for several hours, later being released on bail of G.$100 each. In court Dr. Sellett asked that the bond be raised to G.$500, which was done.
In Court Before.
Worthington and Chalet were represented in court by Mr. C. S. Franklin. Mr. Hunter appeared for the Municipal Police.
one
The foreman of the blasting operations said that he put in four inches of dynamite to every three feet of hole drilled. This, in the opinion of Mr. Brown, was a mod. ernte charge.
The case was adjourned in or der that medical evidence could be called.
Girl Killed.
Another inquiry was held by Major, C. Willson into the death of
Chinese girl who was struck by
a bus of the Hongkong Hotel Com- pany on Caine Road near the King's College Hospital. There la a curve in the road near the spot of the fatality and it seems that the driver of the bus was suddenly called upon to pull up owing to n number of girls just issuing from the Lai Ying Mission as the car rounded the corner.
and
The little girl was struck down the car passed over her wrist. was taken into the King's College hospital, but expired soon
She
after admittance.
Dr. Cannon, who performed the post mortem, said that a great deal of internal hemorrhage as well as fracture of the spine and collar bone was the cause of death.
The injury returned a verdict of accidental death and added that a notice should be put up near churches and other places where children are likely to emerge, similar to notices which can now 2o seen on the road near every school.
The penalty for the offence provides for a fine of not less than $50 or more than $500, a prison sentence of not more than year or both fine and sentence.
The three men are said to have been in the act of consummating an arms deal at the time of their arrest. In addition to the ten pistols, several hundred rounds of DAUDET IN TROUBLE. ammunition were also seized.
The request for a remand, made
ARRESTED.
Paris, June 13.
by Dr. Sellett, was opposed by LEADER OF ROYALIST PARTY Mr. Franklin, who pointed out that they had already been detained for a considerable length of time aid were entitled to a speedy
M. Leon Daudet, editor and trial Commissioner Lurton, how- ever, ruled in favour of the Dis-manager of the royalist newspaper Action Francaise, was melodra- trict Attorney.
Worthington appeared in Com-matically arrested following dis- orderly scenes in the newspaper missioner Lurton's Court on two occasions. On the first instance building after Daudet had de. a suit clined to surrender to serve, a five he was the defendant in brought by Mr. M. A. Razack, in- months' sentence passed on him volving promissory note for in November 1925 for libelling the $1,000, held by the plaintiff. Wor-driver of a cab wherein his son thington acted as his own counsel was found shot. and argued the case but judgment
M. Daudet accused the police of was made in favour of the plaintiff. murder and had since waged a There is pending, in the Ameri- strenuous campaign against the can Court an action of Worthing- police.
Three hundred royalist sup- ton'a against the Murray Packing Company, involving $14,000, which porters assembled in the building Worthington alleges is due him for to prevent the execution of the service as counsel for the concern. warrant. There was considerable Messrs. Davies and Bryan repre-fighting and several police had Bented Mr. Razack in the promis- to be sent to hospital. The Pre- fect of Police to-day harangued sory note sult.
The American law, it is under- M. Daudet and asked him whether stood, does not hold the selling of the desired there should be French firearms as illegal and therefore bloodshed. "Vive la France," re- neither Worthington nor Chaist,torted M. Daudet, surrendering to can be tried on such a charge in the police, however. the American Court.
Precautioned by the failure of Worthington was formerly a their Chief's speech the police had
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