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BLACKMAILING' LETTERS.
JUDGE. SENDS THEM TO PUBLIC PROSECUTOR.
"I am sending these letters to the Public Prosecutor. They are blackmailing letters of a serious kind."
This remark was made in the High Court by Mr. Justice Roche to a coloured man, who gave the name of Dom de Saldana.
Saldana said he was formerly Francis Xavier de Sousa, and he inherited the title, on the death of his brother. He was a mem- ber of the English Bar, and was now ranching in Brazil.
The action was one in which Mr. John Sands, of Ledbury-road, W claimed an account of moneys re celved by Mr. Sydney Franklin Rider and Mr. Gerald Bishop Rider, estate agents, of Lad-broke grove, West Kensington, when act- ing as collectors of rents of pro- perty owned by Mr. Sands.
Messrs. Rider declared they had rendered to Bir. full and accurate accounts.
BLAZE AT TRAINING
SHIP DEPOT.
BOYS AS CALM AS AT
FIRE DRILL.
Calmly, as though carrying out fire drill, a hundred boys and oil cers of the famous training ship Mercury, marched out in the small hours of the morning when a three hours' blaze at the shore es- tablishment destroyed the greater part of the premises.
The fire was discovered by Miss Fry, daughter of Commander C. B. Fry, the famous England cricketer, when everyone else was asleep.
Flamics fused the electric light and the building was plunged in darkness, except for the light from the burning wooden building.
Originating in the boiler room, the fire swept through two school rooms, the gymnasium, the officers' messroom, the wireless room and some other buildings,
"Splendid Boys" "The boys lived up to their training and tradition," said one of the officers. They behaved that Sandsplendidly.
MYSTERY OF LADY "HALDON.
HUSBAND BREAKS DOWN
AT INQUEST.
Lord Haldon broke down and sobbed as he gave evidence at the inquest on his wife, Lady Haldon, who was found dead at the foot of the cliffs at Brighton.
"We were like Darby and Joan together," he said. "We had never had a quarrel."
Lady Haldon was the second wife of Lord Haldon, and had been living with her husband in a Brix- ton boarding-house for some weeks.
She was 61, and was formerly the widow of Mr. E. C. Brightman, of Bristol. She married Lord Haldon in January last year.
Lord Haldon said she had good health until nine months ago, when she complained of pains in the head, but would not see a doctor.
He spoke with deep emotion when ho said his wife did not tell him she was going to Brighton,
"The whole thing I cannot understand it,” he added. “It is. an accident. I am sure of it. "When the alarm was given they
do "What on earth could she assembled and paraded out of down there? Oh, dear, I had bet their dormitories as though Itter say no more,"
and The coroner said there was no were an ordinary fire drill,"
Haldon in- then marched calmly out into the evidence that Lady
tended to commit suicidė, and he recorded an open verdict.
open.
K.C.'s Question. Evidence in support of Mr. Sanda was given by Saldana, who declared he had assisted Mr. Sands in the
case from motives of charity.
Mr. Singleton, K.C., asked ing.
Saldana if he had been in trouble
writing.
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"After they were all clear they did everything possible in helping "I am convinced that my wife's to prevent the fire from spread death was due to an accident," Lord Haldon said, on his return to Three brigades from Southamp-London.
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in England, or had been dis-ton, Woolston and Hamble fought He added: "I wish to correct an barred.
the fire. Hamble brigade, owing impression which has wrongly "No," he replied, "you must be to the roads being blocked by arisen. I only left my flat at Clapham mixing me up with somebody else." large sewage scheme in course of Common because it did not suit my construction, had to cross a num- wife. The room we took in Acre- Mr. Singleton produced a num
lane, Brixton, was merely a pled-a ber of letters, and Saldana deniedber of fields to reach the spot.
Hundreds of recruits for the terre. certain of these were in his hand-Navy and mercantile marine have
been provided by the Mercury.
The Duke of York, during a visit to the ship last December, said: The success achieved in. after years by men who have been Mer- Mr. Justice Rocha added: in cury boys is truly remarkable, and 1920 and 1930 letters of a very must ever be a source of pride reprehensible character, which and encouragement to Commander may fairly be described as threa-and Mrs. Fry and their officers," tening or blackmailing letters, were
Mrs. C. R. Fry. written to persons connected with the case.
Mr. Justice Roche said that hei was satisfied that Mr. Sands' case was fictitious from beginning to end.
Mrs. Fry plays an important part in the administration of the. command "Some of these letters are in when Commander Fry is away.
Mercury. She is in
writing that bears a striking re-
During a debate at Southampton semblance to the writing of the Master Mariners Club on "If Wo- plaintiff, although disguised, and men Become Master Mariners," others bear a striking resemblance Commander J. A. Rupert Jones to the admitted writing of Mr. said he knew at least one woman, Saldano.
Mrs Fry, who would have made a
"Now, with these two matters--capable master mariner. similarity of writing and the "She used to lead the boys (of nature of the contents, indicating the Mercury) over the masthead," a connexion or possible connexion he said. "She set wonderful of the plaintiff and Mr. Saldana | standard."
with these reprehensible writings Mrs. Fry herself believes that a I am not going to say more woman can captain a ship just wa except that I instruct the officia! well as a man.
of the court to send these letters "I have not commanded a ship and other documents relative to at sen." she has said. "but I have the matter to the Public Prosecu-done the nert, best thing on the
Mercury in the river."
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