THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1936.
"I WAS DUPE OF DRUG SMUGGLERS" "CHARACTER"
Captain R. V. Peel, the new com- mander of the "Queen Mary" is shown standing on the decks of the great liner.
NEW SCHOOLING FOR CHINESE JUDGES
Nanking. Nov. 12.
China's venerable judges must dust off their books and go to school again, according to a new ruling of the Judicial Yuan. A class in "Special training" has been started by the Judicial Oncials Training Committee, students for which will be drafted from
n provinces- United Press.
Chinese Girl Tells Of
"I
Dope Ring
New York, Nov. 5.
WAS' the dupe of narcotic smugglers," declares Misa Maria Wendt, the Chinese girl who is at Los Angeles awaiting trial on a charge of smuggling £10,000 worth of heroin into the country.
· Revelations of the activities of an international narcotics ring, which followed the suicide of N. Lossenholz-Brandstatter, a handsome young Pole well known in Shanghal night life, and the death of Al Stey, formerly superintendent of a German hospital in Shanghal, káve stirred the girl into telling her own version of the strange story.
When Brandstatter left Shanghai for the United States, Stey, according to her atory,'told her to go with him as his nurse, and arranged her passage, but when she got on board she found no patient.
While at sea she received a radiogram from Stey saying Brandstatter would reach the United States before her.
Expressing great aurprise at the American Customs agents story of Stey's death, Miss Wendt said. "I had no idea that 54 pounds of heroin found at the bottom of my trunk had been secreted there."
LONGEVITY
VILLAGE DISCOVERED
Shanghai, November 13.
A "longerity village" composed of more than 100 persons, practically all of whom have passed their 100-year mark, has been discovered in the Tating district of Kwelchow province. The oldest resident is 180 years of age and kill sells firewood for a living.
TROOPS HUNT U.S.
KILLER GANG
MERICA
AM
New York Nov. 21.
has gonc man.
hunting again. A "baby" Dillinger gang in Indiana, con- sisting of three men who were awaiting trial for the murder of a policeman before they broke jail at Greenfield on Sunday, are believed to be trapped near Lafayette and a cordon is being relentlessly
tightened around
them.
Rouls over an entire county are blocked, all ears are stopped before being allowed to enter the area, and
A large transport plane loaded cruising with State troopers is overhead, its crews alert with fied-| glasses and tel
telescopes for a signi of the three fagitives.
Two crimes have been committed hee their escape. The wife of a farmer was beaten up and an attempt made to rob her, and shots were fired al-a motorist, apparently in an attempt to commandeer his car.
crimes on a map and, relating them In the point from which the jail: esenpe was made, decided that the men were trying to reach Chlengo.
Police plotted the scenes of these
occupants questioned by highway Indians Say "Farewell” patrolmen.
WOODS SEARCHED
Hundreds of special ofleets are! searching woody and every nook and cranny of farm buildings in the hope
of cornering the desperadoes.
and Are Divorced
Billings (Montana), Nov, 20. Red Indians need not go in Reno lo get a divorce,
Diet Powd1 and Joan Blondell photographed on their relurst to They cu end their marriages attollywood from their honeymoon. any time, quite legally, by simply They have already begun work on wishing each other "Farewell."
FOREIGN PLOUGH The legality of this ancient custom
GOES TO BEST COW
bas
just been upheld by Mr. Harold Ickes Secretary of
of the Interior, in a ruling received by Mr. T. 11. Burke, a lawyer of Billings,
death.
The
A suit had been brought by a Red Nanking. Nov, 12., Indian in which he cinimed the pro- A shiny new foreign plough is to perty of his former wife, who had go to the local farmer who produces left him for a new home some time the finest
ber cow at Die forthcoming before
Indian Nanking fair, sponsored by the city claimed that he and his wife had fathers in an attempt to make the bren legally divorced in the trudi-
tional Indian way. people livestock-conselous,
Owner of the second-best cow will In his ruling Mr. Ickes said: be rewarded with two piculs of "Certainly the actions of the part of Jimproved rice seeds. Third prize is both participants to the marriage a Chinese plough, fourth a pair of indiente a valid Indian custom, ns spades and Bfth a body spray for the the defendant lived with several prize-winning COW Itself United nther men and the claimant with at Presa.
| least another woman."—Reuter.
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-ADMIRAL MEETS 1,000 RECRUITS TELLS THEM OF THE NAVY'S TRADITIONS
THE KING'S APPEAL TO YOUNG MEN
the
Portsmouth, Nov. 1. Admiral Sir William Fisher, Com- mander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, to- day inspected 1,000 recruits Royal Navy, and talked with their relatives and friends, who had been invited to visit. the Royal Naval Barracks here.
Addessing the new ratings, Str William said that in the Italian and Japanese navies, slogans were diş- played prominently before their sailors. No legend or molto avas 50
Dritish displayed before
stamea; they were not necessary, and they carried the right qualities in their hearts throughout their service.
"What a place is Portsmouth," sald Sir William. "Here you are in the centre of the Royal Naval Barracks, with your future messmates around you. Over there is the Victory, where your forbears, Nelson's sea- men, lived and fought,
"Rodney
Is also there. Victory, the oldest
test ship in the Navy, and Rodney, the latest, are both there for yoy to compare the difference."
The tradition of Nelson's day, ho added, had been passed on unchanged to Rodney, as to every other ship in the Fleet.
"Whenever the band plays 'God Save the King, continued Sir William, "I want you to think of the King. The King is, of necessity, lonely figure, who stands by himself, with a fond of responsibility on his shoulders, of which nobody can relleve him. There is nobody in our Empire who has such a knowledge of that Empire and such a sympathiy with everyone in it be the King.
"He appeals to all young men, no! because he is King, but because of his energy, fearlessness and spirit · of adventure."
Nelson Rockefeller, grandson to the famous John D. Rockefeller and
heir to a big slice of the Standard Oil Millions, Is an enthusiastic amateur photographer. In the ple- ture above lie aren with his telephoto camera on
the Germas airship. "Hindenburg"..
P.O. Sleuths Break Up Old Racket
Washington, Nov. 20. Postal sleuths have, now an- nounced breakup of a nation- wido "Grimmer racket," through which criminals have swindled the aged and the ailing of more than $1,000,000.
Chlef K.P. Aldrich, dean of Feder- al law enforcement officials, sald lis men had arrested 17 public enemies, who sold thousands of cheap, glasses for $100 or more a pair, who per formed take eye operations in the living rooms of their victims, and who otherwise preyed heartlessly on the ills of elderly farmers and their wives.
"The swindlers speelalize on those who are 70 or over," The Postal Inspectors said. "The
widt ense which they extort large sumis of money from their victims is surpassed the brutality only by
of their scheme."
The agents described operation of the racket thus:
"Finger men" travel about the country selling vye glasses for all the fraffle will bear. One 98-year old man was induced to pay $100 for Klasses worth $3,75. A few weeks later the same impostor sold Filen another "stronger" pair for $135.
ZU PER CENT, COMMISSION
The "Onger men" furnish the names of their victims of other mem- bers of the Zang. known 4.3 "specialists"-for-a-20. por-cont, can- mission on profits yet to come,
The "specialists" usually pose as physicians and frequently bring their women "nurses" with them into the rural communities, where the racket is, worked exclusively.
The pseudo-physician examines the eyes of his credulous client, is aghast at the type of glasses sold previously by his contederate, and says an operation is necessary Im- mediately.
HOW IT IS DONE
The Postal inspectors said this is the way the "operation" is formed:
per-
"The fake doctor has his patient Jean back. The head is dropped farther backward. An сус агор inserted into a green opaque glass bottle, heavily corked, aind few drops of the previous liquid, re- presented to be radium but actunily some patent eye preparation, ure withdrawn.
a very
"After these drops are put into the eye, a blunt pair of medicated cotton- Upped medical tweezers are used to rub the medicine around in the eye as an occasional drop is added."
the
Then, through some hokus pokus of the vaudeville magician, "specialist," apparently withdraws from the eye a "malignant growth," which in reality is a piece of rubber Ho brought along for that purpose, mmediately destroys it. Then he places a good pair of eye-glasses on his victim, whose sight immediately Is improved. This sort of operation, the agents sald, frequently has cost an unwary citizen $800 or $900.
FEEL YOUNG AGAIN
Usually #fler one of these "operations" on a victim who stilì has money left in the bank, other impressive-looking members of gung, vlait him about two weeks later and "land" him a rndlum belt, which they guarantee will make him feel young again.
the
The bell is so valuable, they say, that they must have a deposit of $1,500 to insure its safe return. One woman in Massachusetts even paid a $2,000 deposit. She still has the belt,
she feels the same as ever.
Wins Praying Contest the criminals have her money, and
Brisbane, Nov. 15.
The Rev. T. A. Haslam, 85, won an endurance 'praying contest held at Bible House hero. Ho prayed con- tinuously for three days and nights.
Of the 17 men arrested-several recently-twe have been convleted, while the rest are being held for trial, Other members of the medical gang | are being sought.➡United Press. -
Sovereigns in
Cement.
ALLEGED CONFIDENCE
TRICK
How Doctor's £2,300 Disappeared
cement
Kruger sovereigns In "pebbles" were referred to at Ply- mouth Polleo Court recently during the hearing of an alleged confidence trick charge.
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promoter, of Clare-court, street, King's Cross, London, N., and Jack Carter, aged 05, independent, giving an hotel address in High-lane, Stockport, were charged with being concerned with another person not In custody in stealing £2,300 by means of a trick from Dr. Albert Stanley Bradlaw, of Plymouth.
There was a further charge of con- spiracy.
Mr. J. Scott Henderson (prosecut- Ing) said that the man unknown would be referred to as "Benny,"
"This case is on illustration of a confidence trick which, if it were not successful,, most people would belleve could never be successful," he said. "On Saturday, September 20, 'lletiny,' who was described as having the appearance of a Russian or Polish Jew speaking very little English, went to the surgery of Dr. Bradinw_and_complained of a bod cough. Dr. Bradlaw made up o bottle of medicine. Benny" pro- duced a little cement box, which he broke open. It contained a Kruger sovereign.
Dr. Bradlow was lonth to take
this coin, and he arranged to keep It until the following Monday, and
told 'Benny to return then for his
change."
WORTH 311.
Mr. Henderson said that Dr. Brad- law found out that the Kruger so- vereign was worth about 31s, and he accepted it in payment. "Benny" then told him that a friend of his who had come from abroad with 2,000 of the coins wanted to change them.
An appointment was made for "Benny" and his friend to visit the doctor,
meantime Dr. In the Bradlaw
touch got into
with and
Mr. antique dealer, and un September 20 Benny and Carter met Dr. Brad-
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Jaw and Mr. Wigfull. Another cement pebble was produced and broken open and a Kruger sovereign emerged,
It was arranged That the 2,000 sovereigns should be bought for
he £2,000,
Bradw snld. Dr. obtained £2,000 in 150 notes and In El notes. Next day. "Benny and Carter turned up with
$300
a very heavy bag which they said contained the sovereigns, and atated that they would have to go out again to fetch the remainder, Dr. law produced suposted that they should be wrapp- ed in a red
a red handkerchief and placed in the bag with the alleged so- vereigns, which would be leis in loc surgery while they went to collect the other sovereigns.
the notes, and "Brade
Dr. Bradiaw agreed to this and the notes were wrapped up. He was not quite satisfied, and before the baz was locked he asked to see if the notes were in the handkerchief. The handkerchief was unwrapped the notes were there. The handkerchief was wrapped up again and placed in the bag, and "Benny" and Carter Joft,
and
- PIECES OF PAPER
Half an hour later, as "Denny" and Corter taned to return, Baith counsel, the ung was broken open und the handkerchief was found to
contain pieces of paper,
On September 25 Kurnoch and "Benny Turned up at a house in Union-street, Plymouth, kept by man numed binita. Alterwards
Kurasch, went to a boarding house mi booked rooms for a couple of his "boys," as he termed them. There he produced
three
Kruger suvereigns.
The paper in which Dr. Bradluw wrapped the bottle of medicine for "Benny" was afterwards found in the room which "Benny" had occu- pied in Union-street. la the same room was a shovel which had been used to mix cement.
"The prosecution will prove that the cement in which that sovereign was enclosed was the sume as the cement found
found on the shovel," added Mr. Henderson.
Dr. Bradlaw, in evidence, said that "Benny" could not speak much Eng- lish, or pretended that he could not, and they conversed in French. "Benny" said that a friend had 2,000 or 3,000 sovereigns which had been smuggled out of Germany, und ho Wanted
ted to sell then for £1 cach.
Detective Sergeant llare, of the Metropolitan Ponce, and that he found nine Kruger sovereigns in the linndbag of a Miss Klagsley, who lived in the flat in Judd-street, Lon- dion, which was occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Kurasch
The hearing was adjourned.
BODIES OF A KING AND TWO QUEENS TO BE TAKEN TO ATHENS
Florence, Nov. 8. The remains of King Constantine of Greece, and Queens Sola und Olga, were exhumed from the vaults of the Russian Church here to-day.
They were placed in oak collas, and ure to be taken Lo Brindisi, whence a
a Greek warship will tako them to Piracus
It is intended to bury them in state on the Royal estate at Tatos, outside Athens.
King Constantino died In Palermo in 1923, four monilia after his abdication.-United Press.
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