"THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
ACCUSED OF BEING LAND OWNERSHIP
COMMUNISTS.
REFUGEES COMPLAIN AT DISTRICT WATCHMAN.
FEARS OF REVENGE.
DISPUTE.
NEWSPAPER REPORTS TELL THE TALE.
OF CANTON.
CASES AT MARINE COURT.
.SACKS OF COIN ON A PASSENGER BOAT,
TRAFFIC IN PERMITS.
THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1928.
SHANGHAI STREET "BREMEN” AIRMEN'S
AFFRAY.
ROBBER SHOT DEAD AFTER CHASE.
WOUNDED.
At the Marine Court this morn- INDIAN CONSTABLE SERIOUSLY ing. before Commdr. J. B. Newill,
·D.S.O,, · R.N., a number of minor offences were dealt with and inter- esting evidence was given, relative to the traffic in permits and to the LOST TITLE DEEDS.carriage of goods in passenger
bonts.
Owing to the unactiled condi- SONS DEALINGS WITH BANK tious obtaining in the districts around Swalow, a large number of rofugees have been making their way into Jongkong. Among these are two men from the Wai Loy dis- trict, named Chim Koon-hung and Chim Tac-yun,. the latter being a
The land ownership action was partner of the former In a small continued in the Supreme Court business. Being left with only a this morning before the Chief few articles of property, they had Justice, Sir Henry Gollan and a hoped to make ends meet during special jury when the plaintiff was their sojourn here by selling a further cross-examined by Mr. F. few pigs and several sacks of C. Jenkin with regard to his know- aweet potato flour.
The two refugees arrived in
The plaintiff, Fok Kam-chuen, Hongkong on the 11th instant, and alias Fok Kam-tsun, alias Fok were met, as they landed with the Kam-chun, 4 Hillyer Street, claims goods, by Ching Lak-wo, a District that land belonging to him was Watchman, and Wong Muk, who, mortgaged to the Bank of Canton when not plying the trade of A through Messrs. Thes. W. Sim- hawker, acts as a police informer.mons and Co., Ltd., in liquidation, What occurred during the meet-without his knowledge and consent ing was indicated in proceedings at and that his signatures on the the Central Police Court this documents are forgeries. He asks morning.
the court to hold that, the land is still his properly.
Serinus Charges,
was The District Watchman charged with demanding a bribe of $25, it being alleged that he took the refugees to his house and threatened to turn them over to the police authorities as Communists of $25 was forth- unless a sum coming.
and
|ledge of the matter.
The case for the plaintiff is being conducted by Mr. Eldon Patter, K.C., together with Mr. H. G, Sheldon, while Mr. C. G. Alabaster, K.C., and Mr. F. C. Jenkin, are for the defendants.
OTHER INCIDENTS.
Shanghai, Apr. 21. The steersman of a cargo boat and the mistress of another, were A Sikh policeman was wounded charged with obstructing the ap-and a Chinese robber was killed prouch of vesseln to the British Can-in a desperate shooting affair in ton steamer Wharf. Both accused Dixwell Road district on Thursday pleaded not guilty.
Police evidence was to the effect, that witness in N. 7 launch had been called alongside the... Kwong Tung by the master, who stated that a number of junks were ob structing the discharge of a silk cargo into a P. and O. lighter. The two accused were arrested in consequence of the complaint.
The first accused stated that he ran the regular cargo ferry ser- vice to Shaukiwan and was at the wharf every day. He was along side the Praya wall and was un- loading on to the wharf as usual. The second defendant stated that she was loading fireweed from the
steamer.
His Worship ascertained that the wharf in question was a pri- vate one, and, on the application of the officer in charge of the case,
-DECISION.
TO LEAVE ISLAND, BY RELIEF MACHINE
AVIATOR'S DEATH.
Murray Bay, Apr. 25. The "Bremen' airmen have dé- cided not to attempt to fly their plane hero, on account of the bad conditions for taking off.
They will leave Greenly Island in the relief aeroplane which has arrived there.-Reuter's American Service.
Monument to be Erected.
Quebec, Apr. 25. A simple stone monument of night when the Municipal police pursued the desperado through Labrador rock will be erected at several streets and finally came Greenly Island commemorating the upon him as he lay dead in an al-landing of the "Bremen" at the leyway, slain by the deadly fire at non-stop crossing of the At- directed at him as he attempted to antle from east to west.-Reuter's escape from his pursuers.
The man had entered the For eign Settlement after participat- ing in an armed robbery in Chin- ese territory."
American Service.
:
Relief Aviator Dies.
New York, Apr. 25. Mr. Floyd Bennett, who took tho relief aeroplane from Detroit to сп route to Greenly
This was one of three shooting cases reported to the Municipal Quebec, police on Thursday, victims, in the Island, has died-Reuter's Ameri- other eases being a young Japan-cun Service. ese infant, who was mysteriously. It was against doctor's orders shot in the leg, and a Chinese ex- that Mr. Floyd Bennett piloted the change shopkeeper, who was shot relief plane from Detriol to in the leg when a robbery on his Quebec. He later collapsed with shop was frustrated.
pneumonia and was taken to the Quebec Hospital, where doctors said the only hope was 'the application of a special scrum obtainable only at the Rockefeller. Institute, New York.
Many In Chase: Thought Deeds Were Safe.
The Dixwell Road district case In reply to Mr. Jenkin, plaintiff ordered an adjournment until resulted in a large number of At the "sunto-time Wong Muk, said that when he read in the 10.30 a.m. to-morrow, for the atten-police taking part in the chase. the hawker-informer, was charged, newspapers of the proposed sale of dance of the master of the A robbery was committed by four with others not in custody, with his property in August, 1923, he Kwong Tung. The accused were armed men at 43 Chu Su Foy seizing the pigs
for-was under the impression that the remanded on the original ball of alleyway, off Dirwell Road, out- side the Settlement limits, at 6.30 cibly diverting them to another deeds were in his son's (Fok $10.
He handed
p.m., and one of the robbers tried point; detaining the two refugees Ching-yuen's) safe.
Coins ns. Luggage, against their will in a house in the deeds of all his property
to escape by entering the Settic- Third Street, for the purposes of in Hongkong to Fok Chung-yuen,
The mistress of a passenger boatmest.
The tenant of the house raised extorting money; and feloniously as, and when, he bought.
Plaintiff added that although he was charged with carrying goods acensing them of being Com-
robbers munists concerned in the larceny gave the deeds to be put in the other than passengers luggage, an alarm, and somebody else blew of three taels of gold and other safe, bank notes had been stolen namely, 22 sacks of Chinese cop a police whistle. The
per coins, and pleaded guilty, stat-took to fight while the whole property from peasants in the Wai from the safe,
He retured from Canton carlying that her fare had said he had neighbourhood was on the alert, having been warned by the alarm. Loy district, and otherwise putting
then only a few packages of luggage. them in a stale of terror with the in February, 1923, and
His Worship questioned the na view Lo facilitating their own thought that the deeds of the Hill-
yer. Street property were with the turo of the charge, asking whether felonious designa.
case mortgagees, the Asin Banking Cor. it should not have been framed on This, in effect, was the ngainst the two men when proceed-paration, and that the decis for the the importation of coinage.
Police officers quoted previous ings commenced this morning other property were with Fok
Chung-yuen. Plaintiff could not rulings on the point, and a fine of
The robber fired at him, hitting before Mr. R. E. Lindsell.
District remember whether the slate of the $5, with the alternative of Avel
Hillyer Street property mortgage days' imprisonment, was inflicted him in the abdomen but as the On a similar charge, a mistress Sikh fell to the ground he managed was to bring his carbine into play and boat was June 17, 1920, but from the
A passenger time of that mortgage until he of
As the Sikh fell, a foreign ser- read the paper in 1923, he thought charged in respect of eight packa are at the robber.
of building material. · the deeds were as he had stated.
On May 26, 1923, he disposed of Pleading guilty, she admitted geant grabbed his carbine and led that she fully understood the terms the chase of the robber, who, to the Fook Lee business to a woman of her licence and was fined $5, evade arrest, jumped into a ricsha
Folk Chung- In view of this, Mr. Horace Lo, named Ya Sum.
with the usual alternativé. who had received instructions to yuen then censed to be manager appear for the man, intimated that and the premises were taken over the he would withdraw from the case, by the buyer. As soon as
The other defendant, Wong Muk, business was sold, plaintiff can-
Ching Luk-wo, the Watchman, was not present when the ense was called, and after it had been ascertained that he hind deposited bail of $500 with the Court, an order for forfeiture was made, and a warrant issued by the Magistrate for his arrest.
Colonel Lindbergh heard of it and immediately volunteered to fly He with the serum to Quebec. was rushed in a fast motorcar to Mitchell Field Aerodrome from which he took off in an army nero- plane capable of 150 miles an hour with the serum. He reached his
passed away. destination, but Mr. Bennett later
The fleeing robber who entered HOW MUCH DO YOU the Settlement ran towards Dix- well. Rohd police station, outside which Sith P.C. 448 was on duty.
Sikh Shot.
with the hood down and tried to mingle in the traflie. Twenty yards up the road, the robber jumped out of the ricksha and fired back ofat, his police pursuers, who were
Woman With Pain. Six masters and mistresses described as an unlicensed hawker tinued, he asked Fak Chun-yuen harbour boats were charged with increasing in number. In the re and police, informer, was then to produce the deeds but lie had lying inshore during dark hours, tors fire, the police hit their man.
charged.
Terrified Refugees,
never done so,
Plaintiff wanted to see the decda,
and pleaded guilty.
The robber turned into Darroch The first accused stated that he Road and then turned into Soon because he was suspicious as Fokad brought his wife ashore because Dong alleyway, where he collaps- Mr. . . Turner, appearing to Chung-yuen had overdrawn from she had a pain in her stomach."ed, When the police came up to him prosecute for the refugees, ex-the business to the extent of about He had gone off to about two boats!
lengths from the Praya wall and he was found lying dead on the ground, having been struck several plained the "rather eurious posi- $50,000.
thought this was sufficient. tion" in which he was placed, "that
In respect of the sixth accused, times. He was taken to St. Luke's hospital where doctors pronounced Inspector Moss produced a cargo- loading permit which had obviously him to be dead. been altered on more, than one oc- casion.
Altered Permit.
Dealings, With Banks.
Also The Sikh policeman was taken to hospital where an ex- amination showed that the robber's bullet had hit him in the abomen and had penetrated, coming out at
KNOW?
TO-DAY'S QUESTIONS.
The following general know-' ledge paper has been taken from the Daily Express.
Answers, for those who need them, will be found on Page 14 of this issue.
1 How many woman magistrates
are there in England?
Is it a fact that every fourth year in a leap year?
What claim for £1,000 has just been settled for £1,750,000 after an interval of more than a cen- tury?
4 What Queon married a private soldier who was the son of a to- bacconist!
5 The Government will shortly issue £1 Bank of England notes. When were such notes prohibited by Act of Parliament?
&
What is reputed to be the oldest letter in the world written 5,000 n.c.i
7 Whats the meaning of "Hard Lying Money, referred to in the Air Ministry estimates?
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he was only prosecuting the District Watchman and not The plaintiff, further questioned, Chinese the names of the other man. He said his recalled clients, the refugees. were banks with which Fok Chung-yuen very simple country people. They banked for the Fook Lec business, Mr. Jenkins-Did your son have were very afraid of the man who
dealings with the Bank of Questioned by his Worship, ac had disappeared or absconded, any
former Canton?--Ieannot Femember excused stated that he had met a man the other side of his body. His "because he Was A
policeman who was discharged actly whether he had or not, but I in a teashop who, for the considera-condition is bad but is not con-1
tion of $2, had altered the original sidered critical. from The
andiclieve he had. Police Force
Mr. Jenkin put it to you that District had since been ย Watchman. So terrified were they you know very well that the Fook of him, that they wanted to make Lee firm had an account with the sure that by no slip he should esBank of Canton and that cheques! cape the consequences of his fict were paid into that account. and regain his liberty to wreak ven geance on them,
"Curious People."
Mr. Turner said with the man who was now before the Court, the complainants were not nearly so much concerned. He was only an informer, "although," remarked Mr. Turner, "all kinds of curious people seem to be worthy of being police
According to the books I perused the Fook Lee firm had no dealings with the Bank of Canton.
In reply to further questions plaintiff said those books were not now available as he hand left them with Fok Chung-yuen. He did not know where they had gone to.
"Wing On Case" Sequel,
The plaintiff stated that. Fok Informers in this Colony, your Wor-Chung-yuen left Hongkong in ship."
February 1926 following the Wing
Mr. Turner then left the Court. On Case. He had not seen him After further evidence against | since. the accused, the hearing was ad-
journed until this afternoon.
The Marquess of Titchfield, M.P.
the
Mr. Jenkin told the plaintiff that the mortgage on Hlyer Street properly was paid off on May 1, 1922 and that on the same day the property
(the Chancellor) presided at a was re-mortgaged to two brothers
meeting of the Grand Council of named Chun.. the Primrose Langue, held at the Head Office, Victoria-street.
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Plaintiff said he knew nothing of. those transactions at the time.
Preliminary arrangements were He discovered them during his in- made for the annual meetings of vestigations following the report Grand Habitation on May 3 und 4 of the proposed aule of his pro- Sir William Joyneon-Hicks (the perty...
Home Secretary) will occupy the
Chair at the Albert Hall demon- Properties Mortgaged.
stration on May 4, when the Earl
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Plaintiff admitted that he had
of Balfour will be the principal loaned sums of money to Thomas apeaker.
W. Simmons and Co. and that ho During the past year 15,062 new had mortgaged certain of his members have joined the Primrose property to the International Bank Teague:
so as to give Simmons and Co. banking facilities. Subsequently, Sir Herbert Samuelson, Chair-his Hillfer Street properties wore man of University College Hos-mortgaged for the same purpose. pital, has offered a gift of £5,000 Mr. Jenkin: Did you do that to the Hospital on condition that on the advice or request of your £25,000 is raised from other sour- [aon Chung Yuen? ces. The Hospital's debt is £30.-
000.
Witness:Yen.
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8. Why is the Royal toast in the
Navy drunk sitting down?
From what material are artificial silk stocking made!
What year is this with the Mo- hammedans, the Jews, and the Japanese?
To what commercial use is the diamond put in connexion with electric light, telephones, telo. graphs and wireless acta?
12 What is the literal meaning of "the name of the King of Afghani-
stan?
The Surrey County Council have decided to extend the county Hall at Kingston, at an estimated, cost of £103,500. Mr. E. Vincent Harris, London, has been appoint- | ed architect, and his plans have been approved by the Council.
Shopkeeper Wounded.
A Chinese owner of an exchange- shop at 142 Foochow Road was struck in the leg when a robber turned his pistol on him on Thurs- day night.
The man visited the shop and changed a ten dollar note. He re- turned later with others and tried to raid the place, but the shop- keeper raised the alarm. The robber thereupon fired at him and escaped.
Mysterious Incident.
A Japanese Infant, aged 7 months, was wounded on Thursday afternoon, but the circumstances were very mysterious,
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According to a report made to the police, a Chinese amah was carry- ing the infant in Klagwan Road, outside the settlement when sho noticed it was bleeding from wound in the leg. Sho investigat- ed and found the wound, while a Boarch of the infant's shoe brought to light a 82 calibre bullet. All Indications pointed to the fact that the shot had been fred at long distance, although "the connex- lon has not yet been discovered,
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