THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1936.
NURSE'S 42 HOURS IN THE BOX
CO-ED'STOWAWAY'
She says she got on the ship In
Nurse Waddingham Trial
DEATH SENTENCE FOR NOTTINGHAM CRIME
was made quite openly that such pro- perty as Ada Baguley had should be mindo over to Nurme Weddingham In consideration of thèm keeping her as long as she lived."
Objections were raised by the rela tives and it would appear that both Lawrence Baguley and Miss Blarg became unpopular because of at- tempts, or feared attempts, to inter- fere with this disposition, ·
Attempts were started to keep rela. tives and friends away from the nursing home.
"I AM TREATED AS A BAD WOMAN IN THIS COURT” THIS has been made such a mystery.. I am
treated as a bad woman in this court. bring my private life into it." These dramatic outburstsed in connection with the will and on by Nurse Dorothea Waddingham interrupted her trial at | Nottingham last month for the murder of Miss Ada
Bagulay.
+
Why
-Miss Baguley died in a home at Devon-drive, Sherwood, Nottingham. Following a protracted trial, which was delayed through the illness of the defendant, the jury last week returned a verdict
Will Instead Of A Settlement
On April 0 negotiations were-start-
The solicitors were informed the 18th in regard to a scilicment,
that Instead of a settlement a new will should be mado in favour of Nurso Waddingham; the will was made in favour of Waddingham and Sullivan Ms Baguley and her mother.
On May
on condition that they took care of
Five
after the will was made
Mrs.
Br died.
Nothing, ald Mr. Stimson, would have passed to Waddingham or Sulll-
San Francisco to bid friends bon of guilty, and Waddingham was sentenced to van unless Mrs. Baguley died before
voyage and forgot to get off in time. Liner officers say she hid
in lifeboat ns A stowaway; ' Anyhow, when the Malolo docked in Honolulu aboard was Marian Trosper, Standford cord-without bencit of a ticket. Papa wired the line the necessary money.
VETERANS OF WAR TO SEARCH FOR PEACE
death.
I
Mr. Rothern: WC are inquiring You are inquiring into my private into the death of Miss Baguley, affairs, and it is hot
Fight.
During her 41⁄2 hours in the witness-box Nurse Waddingham emphatically denied that she had
You heard Dr. Collins say when I ever given Miss Baguley morphia "on my own instructions," and showed him this cremation letter that she told how, when Miss Baguley showed him a letter which he thinks quite definitely was not the was about to sign a letter regard the document produced now That ing cremation, she said: "This is the only document I have. is like my death warrant."
Ronald Joseph Sullivan, a male nurac at, the home, who was also charged with the crime, was found not guilty.
Miss Baguley, who was 50 and helpless cripple, was the daughter of Mrs. Louisa Raguley, an 87 years-old widow.
"Are You Suggesting
Nurse Waddingham added that it was from Dr. Manfield that she ob- tained, on Miss Baguley's wish, in-l said that Miss Baguley would have formation about cremation, and he to leave a letter.
Mr. Rothern: Was there any other conversation between you and Misa-
the signing of this letter?
Baguley about Verdun, Mar. 3. MORE than a 100,000 War thich was carried on by
Veterans of seven nations will gather here on July 14 in one of the greatest peace mani- festations to be held since the World War.
This huge gatherink, compored
men."
Mother and daughter died in the
Waddingham and Sullivan-Mrā,
Nures Waddingham: Only she said it was like signing her death warrant, innd I replied: "If you don't want to sign it. don't sign it, Ada." She said, "Oh, but I will."
soring this gigantic pence man-dence that Miss Baguley died from and a half grains of morphila were poisoning by marphine or herolu, to invite their American, British or a mixture of the two. and Italian comrades to take parti as well as the ex-soldiers of Ger many, Austria and Bulgaria.
Nurse Waddingham identified a letter which began "Dear Fred" jas ane she had written for Miss
Baguley.
the daughter. The fact that the will and been made, was not concealed from the relatives.
Mr. Stimson said that the next date, friend named Alice Briggs visited Sept. 10 was very important.
spirits and was her usual Ada, who appeared to be in good
The following
day Dr. Manfield called and found that Adn was dead. Alice Briggs leaving at 4.30 on the "Now what happened between Mrs.
afternoon of the 10th and 12.30 on the lith no one can say except, per- haps Sullivan and Waddingham,” said Mr. Stimson, Cremation "For Health Reasons" Counsel referred to the certificate
"LIKE" MOTHER USED
TO MAKE.
Madame Yvonne Letort can cook. She recently received the title The Best House-wife in France" at a house-keeping competition in
Paris.
Two Visitors
Spoil A
Town's Record
cause of death na cerebral haemor habitants, is proud of a sobriety filled up by Dr. Manfeld gironate BISHOPS WALTHAM, a small Hampshire town of 3,000 in- thage,
and to a letter received by the doctor, signed Ada Baguley, and record over a period of three
that stating
she desired
to be years. cremated "for health reason."
Last month the record was That letter added: “It is my wish wish is my relatives shall not know to remain with nurse, and my last spoiled by two visitors.. of my death."
de.
the Square and took him to the A police officer saw a man in nearest police atation at Droxford, six miles away.
he
was
Raguley on March 12 and her daughter on September 11.
The letter was in Sullivan's hand- Mrs. Baguley's husband, who
writing, said counsel. The last lue, died in 1920, left about £1,000 to
My lust wish,' and so on, is crushed When he returned an hour later jhls daughter, subject to a life in-
Are you suggesting that the morin at the bottom, and the explanation he found another man in the terest to the mother.
pline found in Miss Baguley's body given is that Sullivan was told to get Square. The journey to the station
come from medielne in if he could." Miss Baguley, in a will host May, might have
wrongly mixed at the chemist's?I of soldiers of the Allied and ex-bequeathed the whole of the estate did not know the medicine had more presence of 5.50 grains of morphine
Further investigation revealed the was repeated.
At Droxford Police Court, beforg Enemy countries, will come to-lo Nurse Waddingham and Suf-pine in li until this inquest. gether at the historic Fort Douas-livan In equal shares, in cúnsidera- Nurse
who represented Nat- herein.
been, given as morphine or men were sentenced to 14 days" not on the 20th anniversary of tion of their looking after herself 1.1 Waddingham, replying to Mr. the organs, a fatal dose. It might Sir Thomas M. Taylor, the two hard labour for being drunk and the Battle of Verdun to wear a and her mother.
tingham City Police said that medicine In Mrs. Baguley's case death had disorderly. solemn oath to work for the realisa-
glasses and bottle in Miss Baguley's been given as due to cardiac "Can Wait For Ever".
Foom were put in the dustbin by the generation. On Oct. 1, after she and fellens, described as
They were Charles Anderson tion of "peace and good will toward
a ship's Dr. Roche Lynch, the ilome window cleaner when they
were been dead for five months, poat cook, who said he drank methylat- placed on the window-zill. French War Veterans are apon-Office analyst, has stated in evi-
mortem examination was carried out, The first time she was told that two on the exhumed body,
ed spirits because he missed his un nikaloid into which either morphin looking for work, who tried methy
The doctors found the presence of ship, and David Gordon, a labourer the Sunday before the inquest. or heroin would be expected to be listed spirits because
Mr. William Smith (representing converted at that length of time after melancholy." the nurse and Mr. Sullivan): I think death. It was known E% pseudo- the police found in
in your
possession morphin. thres of these empty morphin bottleg? The French "Union Federale des
Dr. Roche Lynch considered that Ada Baguley and her mother, should Phrases in the letter were: Nurse Waddinghini: Yes. Anciens Combattants" believe that "Seeing that
even a trace of it under such circum-turn the money they had over to her. I have waited till
Do you
"After I had talked it over with my remember
Dr. Manfeld staners indicated more than a medi- 1 the best tribute to the dead on this now-three months for a letter, admitting he had given
these cinal dose. No morphine was
covain," added Mr. Baguley, "I told pre- 20th anniversary of the Battle of I t wait for ever.....
Nurse Waddingham I
I had not been to your little boy to play with?—Yes, scribed for Mrs. Baguley,
ali Verdun will be the taking of an
Do you now know these cmpty
at Two main points to be considered," able to make any arrangements engagement "to love peace and to with site happy and comfortable
nurk. I do not want your bottles have been analysed at the said Mr. Stinson, are whether the about Increased payment."
W. Smith (cross-examining) ; work for pence.”
people here:-1 bave inet you all be Home Office and there was found in motive-makes-it-at-all they and Melther Mins Baguley nor her njother fore, the same as your mother told the bottom of them morphia dust? whether there is opportunity and over said anythng to the effect that
brother."
material-polson available for them Mr. Rothera asked Nurse Wadding- Mr. Rothera, after reading from to give it secretly with the intention they were not happy or made any This War Veteran group has ham ir
about the treatment they the reference to "mother" statements made to the police by of causing death." more than a million members, but related to Mrs. Gilbert, and "brother" Nurse Waddingham, asked: "Your
Considerable quantities of heroin
Baguley: No. Was there considerable friction be all ex-soldiers, regardless of politics to Mr. Sullivan. "Were you and Mr. suggestion is that, if there was any containing morphia had been pre-
known brother or creeds, are invited to participate Sullivan
animorphia, somebody brought it into scribed for a patient, Mrs. Harewood, tween Mias Baguley and her mother who died before the Baguleys came and relatives at Caunton? I nover the hauso?" in this colossal pence pilgrimage. sister?" he asked.
"Yes," replied Nurse Waddingham., Mr. Smith (to the coroner): to the house. It was obvious there knew of any friction.
den might have been a considerable sur "My Private Lifo"
Nurse Waddingham Then Nurse Waddingham added, such suggestion.
plus of heroin left over. wiping the tears from her
This
Murcover, 70 grains of morphia had concluded Nurse Wadding-
natient, "Why should my
private life be ham's evidence. She had been in the been obtained for another brought into that, I am not a bad witness-box for four and a half hours,
Mrs. Kemp.
"Of course, all this is conjecture," woman. I have had nothing to do Dr. Manfield, who was recalled, “Our first object," declares | with, Miss
death." death."
denied having given morphin tablets observed counsel, "because nobody Hentr Pichol, President of the
can say how much morphia was given Nurse Waddingham told how she for Miss Baguley.
the explanation of
Friends And Foos
In order to make it more impres sive, only bona fide soldiers who served at the front lines, will be permitted to take part. And the Invitation is extended to the former foc.
my
SU
eyen,
Yes,
(Соран Мг.
strict instructions that you were not Do you know that Dr. Manfeld gave to see Miss Baguley or her mother again? No. I know nothing about it.
You have no complaint to make. against Nurso Waddinghom about her wanting more money to keep them? No.
You did not want Nurse Wadding- settlement de the will? No. ham to have the money either by 1930 Will Rovoked John Kirkland Lane, legal adviser to the Baguley family, said Ada Baguley made a will in 1930, but it was revoked by a subsequent will and the original copy
destroyed.
Erench Legion, "is to pay tribule gave Miss Baguley ten and tort after Nurso
ree Waddingham was nursing to these patients."
What WAA to our comrades who fell in the finding her "pretty ill" in the garden her baby, when she entered the deck. morbis being found in a Baguley
She handed the child to a wardress Batile of Verdun, also to the on the last day of her life left while the stomi up to hear the charges. body? A letter in Sullivan's hand- heraie dend of the other side. kix tablets of morphine, Miss Bagu-
On August All who faced tire sufferings and ley had two en each night--Saturday, In her arms
Later when the child was again writing said that she died from a It began to cry, and stroke, but evidence would be called danger of the front line are Sunday, and
counsel had difficulty in making him to say that there was no stroke. equals for us. They all served
Tablets in Week-end On Septumeday.
2 the doctor gave self heard. At length a wardress as soldiers and suffering the her four more tablets.
took the baby away.
Nurse Waddingham; in her evidence
On March 9 last year Sullivan calle samic hardships. This can hel Nurse Waddingham added that on
at the inquest, said she had ten tablets ed and informed him tint Mion said of all the belligerents with- September 10, on her visit between 11
of morphia from Dr. Manfield and Baguley wished to make a settlement out exception.
grain tablets) during the week-end,
He (Mr. her patient there was a great change, on one set of depositions, Mr. Willam "That would account for some Drive on March 28 and saw Miss she looker face was flushed, and He wanted two sets of depositiontis, Stimson, "but if that were true, why Nurse Waddingham and Sullivan,
(for the defence), objected. morphin being in the body," said Mr. Baguley in the presence of hier very ill. Her eyes Smith
ons in respect of Nurse Waddingham did she say when told morphia was The conversation was about the and one of Sullivan. The objection found in the body, I haven't given
Assemble At Verdun
"We propose to assemble at least 100,000 veterans of the French frent at Verdun; veritable fring- Tine soldiers, All are Invited regardless of the side fought for.
When Mr. J. P. Stimson (prosecut ing), sald he proposed to give the
o'clock Miss Baguley these tablets on Nurse Waddingham. was asleep, but when she next saw two accused so that they might be put
he was breathing heavily.
Cremation Question
was over-ruled.
her morphia." "*
went to Devan
pront that all Mias Baguley's
should be settled on Nurse When did Miss Baguley die?--Bebe about 30 witnesses, By Stinson that morphin could not have been undertaking to look after Bits, and After mentioning that there would Dr. Roche Lynch was of oplaton Waddingham in consideration of her We believe that there'is n solidarity |tween 10 and 10.15 am, and n unity common to all veternus; When the doctor cante, he asked you realled the position in December, given in that way to a patient; she Miss Baguley for their lives.
would have been unconscious. Two a united desire for peace and we to describe the symptoms?-Yes. I 1934 when Ada Baguley was
*I advised against that settlement," with her mother Mr. Louisa hope to provoke a 'moral shock' in did.
grains were, in many cases, a fatal į added Mr. Lane. Did you discuss with him at this
The mother was 87 and was getting dose. favour of peace,"
On April 27 Sullivan called and told interview the question of cremation? infirm. Her daughter was an invalid "Again," continued counsel, "we him that Mias Baguley was not going The participants of this symbolic-I told him that she had a letter and almost helpless. She had to bo were told, I anderstand, that these ton to proceed with the settlement, but event will gather at Bar-le-Duc on written about cremation, which he looked after and her mother was tabiols, if administered over this desired to mako a will. July 11. Transported in military knew about.
getting beyond the stage of doing it period of time, would not have ne- Ho (Mr. Lane) called on May 4 and" trucks, just as they were in the Mr. Rothera drew Nurse Wadding- In these circumstances, Miss Blagg, counted for the quantity of morphia drew up a will. Neither of the pri
old friend of the family, made in found in the boullivan is concerned, I Mies Baguley's World War, they will move on to ham's attention to the statement in ano
sonens was present. The will foft. Ways to Donument. All to had been given by Sulivan, and asked accommodation could be found. It think I ought to say this: The actual and Nurso Waddingham absolutely, in Verdun, following the Sacred the certifications that the information quiries as silonce; smoking will be forbidden, how it was that that name was used. was anally arranged thould go administration may have back by one consideration of their giving and at the historic fort, the living haps he took it from hearing me say to the home in Devon Drive, Shor the other. Nurse Waddingham | undertaking to look after 1
Nurse Waddingham replied: Per-Baguloy, and Miss Baguley should go
orm "Mr. Sullivan."He probably
to where comfortable
"So far
En
Mes
saya Sullivan could not have | given veterans of to-day will mount guard Mr. Sullivan.
wood, which (counsel suggested) was it; he was not there,
The total estate would be approxi.... mately £1,000. Of this the epproxi over the graves of those who foll When Dr. Collins asked for Nurse un by Nurse Waddingham and Sull-She according to her statement, mate value of the real estate war in action-20 years ago.
Waddingham, when he came to the van, at £8 a week for the two.
gave Miss Baguley medicine at eight £1,000, The business card described it as ao'clock on the night before she died. Replying to Mr. Smith, Mr. Lane Thero are 12,000 buried at house did you not say: "I am Nurse
homo for the aged, medical, surgical In that medicino Pro It is possible, Baguley's hand when she signed the Douaumont. A similar number of Waddingham"-Yes.
thero may sald he alightly guided War Veterans will keep guard over And yet he has put on this and chronic cases.
have been chiarodyne, the tombs. Every half hour, the thought unt
Comfortable, and Happy
will mocphia..
"Assuming that Sullivan did not Mr. Smith: You were certain sho guards will be changed, through out the night. The Douaumont dingham it is not likely that he would ed them and all said they appeared to ho was acting in concert and was Was, sha the type of
If he was talking to Nuran Wad Miss Blogg and other people visit was doing? Casuary will be bathed in light. think he was talking to Mrs. Sulli be comfortable and lappy and well counselling and procuring and was would not do anything under pro Tde French equivalent of Tapa van?-I was always murso. Then looked after. A cousin of Ade will be sounded and 100,000 War has been such a mystery about this, Baguley, Lawrence Baguley, formed cognisant of what was done, and sure? She was a very determined Veterans, who saw action In the find it ought to be explained. It is the same low.
Cousin's Visits To The Home front lines, will pledge themselves are. It has nothing to in with Mies sol, complaints wore made by the cousin of Miss Baguley, eald that on duress brought upon ber elther by fopen to everybody. It is my own "But before long," continued coun- Fredrick Lawrence Baguley, a You mayer, saw any pressure or to the cause of pence-United Baguloy. Why should that be two prisoners that the money being one of his viate to the home Nurse Nurse Waddingham or Sullivan, at
brought up?
| paid was not suficient. A burgestion. Waddingham put forward a plan that I any time?--I; did not. *:
-Presa.
tration, they Jund to be satisfied that I waed NSN who
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