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KING CAROL ENTERTAINS DURING CRISIS
CONDEMNED MAN ACCUSES
LORD CHIEF JUSTICE
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POLISH CRISIS-Refusal of Archblahop Sapicha of Cracow to receive King Carol of Rumania ceremonially In Cracow Cathedral, because of religious differences, caused the Polish Cobinet to offer its resignation to President Ignaco Moselcki, which was not accepted. Ring Carol entertained President Moscicki in Bucharest, As shown above, and was to return the visit.
Dismissed Detective
May Be Reinstated:
Home Secretary Acts
E
By A Special Reporter
X-DETECTIVE INSPECTOR B. J.
NICHOLLS, fourth senior detective of London City Police until
"You Did Not Give Me One Good Word"
London, July 3.
FREDERICK GEORGE MURPHY, fifty-three-year- old ex-ship's stoker, drew air through his teeth when he heard an Old Bailey' jury yesterday say "Guilty" to a charge of murdering Rosina Field in an Islington cellar beneath a shop on May 12.
His little dark eyes darted { from jury to judge, down to the table where detectives and solicitors sat.
На glared across to Lord Chief Justice Hewart.
"In
Kumming-up, Your should have asked more
по
about
Rosle Keen. You just think a moment."
Murphy stopped.
Lord Howart kept his eyes on him... "It's very near time, this commit- ting of perjury is put a stop to," he ended. "It's not the first time, but times where perjury has "Have you anything to say before several
committed in different names sentence of death is pronounced on been you?" sald the Clerk of Arraigns. and at murder trials at Unt."
"Yes, I have," Murphy snapped.
Sold Lord Hewart: "You know as "In your summing-up, my lord, you did not give one good word well as I know that the verdict is pronounced the for me. You told the jury I was right." Then he nothing else but a liar, that I was death sentence. As the last words
were sald, Murphy spoke again. telling nothing but lles.
He neered: "Mercy on my soul- "I can prove that Ruste Koen (a witness with whom Murphy said he Oh, Yes!" and was gone.. spent part of May 12) has been in
^ London-born Irishman, pug-
the shop with me.... If ever per-nosed and squat, Murphy belongs to Jury has been committed in a case the submerged section of the city's it has been done by her and Divi-population.
Не anid in court his first convie- alonal Detective Inspector Salis- tion was for assault. It was not the
whole truth.
bury.'
He painted a finger at Mr. Salis-
bury.
SIX TIMES IN GAOL "When I Was arrested," he shouted, "he said to me, 'Murphy, I don't want to be hard on you. Say you hit this woman and I wil bring this charge down to slaughter. I said it had nothing at "I told him I could tell him my all to do with me. movements on Coronation Day and
said 'All right.
he
man-
"That man there" he pointed at his name?"
"Bennett,"
the superintendent
Chief Inspector
It was for assaulting and living on the Immoral earnings of a women in 1900. He went to gaol for four months.
He has been in prison five times
since.
HE WAS FRIENDLESS His longest sentence was in 1020 -twelve months for being on en- an unlawful closed premises for purpose at Catford.
He used sometimes the name of George Taylor.
There were long periods when he was away at sea stoking ships.
"Tough Mick" was his nick- name, a man who lived hard, and drank hard.
he was dismissed on April 8, may be reinstated.
Mr. Nicholls appealed to the Home gaged in the search for Stanley Spiro, Superintendent Bennett "what's Secretary against the Police Com-missing City financier. missioner's decision on evidence re- After his dismissal Scotland-yard | lating to an alleged meeting in a ofeers made searching Investiga-sald City restaurant with
"Yes, Bennett, man on bail.tions In the City. Allegations
But friendless. No one, except his The Home Secretary has now
a number of other City Bennett," Murphy barked. "le came against communicated with the Commissioner detectives were
examined. Bank in, too. I had all my clothes taken lawyers, went to see him while wait-
of uff in front of Afteen officers. I was ing trial in Brixton Prison. of City Police, in consequence of accounts were searched. Many
No cne, not even the woman be which the Commissioner
will re the
in the naked as I was born." concerned officers
Ho turned again to the Lord lived with for five years, had consider the evidence and make a allegations were summoned to Scot-
Chief Jeslice, warred a finger at word to say for him at the Old Bal- further report to the Home Secretary land-yard to reply to statements made
ley yesterday. Mr. Nicholls, who served eighteen
years, was out when I took this against them. news to his home in Brockley Rise..
S.E.. yesterday.
Mr. Nicholls said, "Oh. I knew things were moving. I felt all along it would come out all right.
"My husband did not take an- other job because he too thought name would be cleared.
friends. Every has lost no
He one
who knows him knows that he would not do such a thing."
Mr. Nicholls took a large part in
the
the pepper pool Inquiries. On day of his suspension he was en-
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End "Dole"
FIVE
weeks holiday with pay
for employment.
And no more un-
It sounds ilke Utopla. But it will be Britain if Baron de Velischberger gets his way.
που ·Can-
The baron is rellred Aus- trian industrialist who has gone to London to submit a pian for the reorganisation of industry to the Ministry of Labour,
The Ministry is sidering his scheme to abolish unemployment in conjunction with thin present hollday with
plan pay inquiry. The
is lo divert the money from the Un- employment Insurance to wages and yald-holidays.
ENDING THE DOLE Recently the baron explained his simple scheme to end the "dole" in Britain."
'On the basis of the unem- ployment situation in 1936, it would be possible to absorb the whole of the unemployed, by giving Eve weeks' holiday with pay to cu
to every worker. The amount of work done would
be the same. "The holidays, would be at the full rate of pay.
"And the extra cost of the paid holidays would be balanced by the saving in Un- employment Insurance and public tellef."
The mags from the Ministry point of view are: How 'will employers be reimbursed for their additional expenditure? What about the unemploy- ables?
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