THE
HONGKONG
TWO LONDON MEN
OF FORGING
WILL
Counsel Pleads For An "Obviously Tottering" Old Man
After nearly an hour's retirement an Old Bailey jury found William Cooper Hobbs (74), accountant, of New Maiden, and Edmond O'Connor (53), solicitor, guilty on all counts in the Clarkson will case.
The hearing, which lasted six days, involved five counts of conspiracy to forge and utter a will of "Willie" Clarkson, the wigmaker, forging the will (which made Hobbs the residuary legatee) and uttering it on two dates.
Mr. J D. Cassels, K.C., for Hobbs, said the will was not worth one penny piece to any individual who, according to its own terms, took a benefit under it.
He would also take into account that no money was actually made out of it and nobody had suffered,
Counsel for O'Connor said:
Dur-
He asked the jury to clear Hobbs, and to "let an old and sick man. obviously tottering to his end, spend the rest of his days in penec,"
Sergeant O'Connor, said: this thing he was certainly insane. put him forward as a man whose four years, by reason of bad debts, testimony is unshaken, who had no he got into desperate financial need. Interest in Clarkson's estate and who At the time of the receiving order he was in negotintion for a loan so that got nothing out of li."
he could repay the money,
O'Sullivan, K.C., foring the 20 years he practised as n
was did solleitor there "If O'Connor
against him.
1
no suspleton For the last three or
The Recorder (Mr. Gerald Dod-
Owing to the receiving order the son), summing up, sald there was no loan was stopped, O'Connor went to evidence directly connecting Hobbs
Ireland and since that day had been with the document, but If they were
Now he was com- satisfied the two were acting in con-living in penury. cert it mattered not whose band went pletely ruined. to the making of the document.
THEIR CAREERS
The Recorder said he would have to consider whether he could take into consideration the other offences which O'Connor admitted
O'Connor remained in the dock for several moments conversing with his solicitor over the rail of the dork. Hobbs walked slowly but without He assistance down the steps leading to
the cells.
Chief Inspector Burl said that there was one conviction against Hobbs, on March 9, 1925, at the Old Bailey.
of con- convleted He was then spiracy to defraud and of receiving two cheques for £150,000 each.
years hard was sentenced to two labour on each of three counts, to run concurrently.
In
blackmail, The offence Was which Hobbs more or lesa took the part of a solicitor in a case in which u very wealthy man found in a com- man who promising position by a posed as the woman's husband was Induced to part with two choques of one of the 210,000 cách. Only cheques was negotiated.
was a
As a young man Hobbs solicitor's clerk and a solicitor's ne countant. He had also been a regis- tered moneylender. For 20 years, up to 1019, he was managing clerk to n Brm of solicitors.
"A SICK MAN”
OVER 40 TEAM WINS SPELLING CONTEST
UNDER 20's START WELL-THEN TRIP
'SYNONYMOUS' CAUSE
OF TROUBLE
TELEGRAPH,
MONDAY, MAY
9, 1938.
BRACKEN-
FOUND GUILTY
LONDON PLANS, DEFENCE,
a
Preparing for the next war 1 record peacetime rate, Great Britain is spending £8 on armaments for every person. In the British Isles, Here is a new anti-aircraft gun displayed in a crowded London street to stimulate recruiting in the terri- torial army and in the auxiliary air force.
£125,000 PAID FOR A
SECRET PROCESS
Product Needed For High Explosives Home Office officials have visited white- haired M. Charles Paquet. Belgian chairman and managing director of British Glycerine Manufac- turers. Ltd., of St. James's-place, London, S.W.1, to question him about his activities in Britain.
M. Paquet revealed this! to me when I called at his office for an explanation of
By L. Marsland Gander
Experience beat youth in the six- round Spelling Bee broadcast by the ja statement in the directors' B.B.C. In this first all-British report for the year ended Since his release from prison in and women over 40 routed one in October last that £125,000 November, 1926, he had been inde-which the members were under 20. had been paid to M. Auguste pendent, and was reputed to be a The score was 27 points to 24. wealthy man.
Hobba (interposing): I was for 23 years with a solicitor, but not with that firm
contest
team
representing
men
UNDER 20-Winifred Barnes.
a
"Although Mr. Ruston (who has greet that he is a member of the British Union of Fascists) is also a director of the company that has no significance.
"The British Glycerine Com- pany has no connection with the European Press Agency, Ltd. Nor has it any connection with Dr. Tester."
The telephone bell rang on M.
I could hear the jovial
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12.0-12.20 p.m. Relay of Service of Intercession from St. John's Cuthe- dral.
12.30 Lillan Harvey
(Soprano)
And Imre Magyari & His Hungarian Gypsy Orchestra
(a) My Sweetie Is Roaming About; (b) How I Could Lamentt; (a) You (b) The Can't Forbid A Flower; Sleoves Of My Jacket Are Tied Up
Chinaman
Orchestra; To-Day I Am Happy --Waltz Song (From 'Black Roses'); Fantasy From Film "Black Roses" ....Lilian Harvey; Cockhafer, Yel- low Cockhafer; Bihari's Lament (Bihar), Orchestra; (From 'Die sieben Ohrfeigen'); Dan- eing Into Heaven With You (From 'Dic sieben Ohrfeigen)....Lilian Harvey with Willy Fritsch; (a) Once I Had A Dear Mother; (b) The Sun Is In Love With The Moon; (n) The Acacia Blossoms Twice; (b) More Stars Than There Are In The Sky ....Orchestra.
1.0 Time and Weather, 1.03 Variely.
Orchestra-Hitting A New High- Film Selection: Big Broadcast of 1938 Fm. Selection....Carroll Gibbons (Piano) & His Boy Friends; Humor- ous-We Like Eliza: Whoops We Go Harvey, and Aguin.
Bob .AL (Comedians) with Orchestra; Plano Sandwich- Suto-Parade Of The Board Men (Billy Mayer); Phil The Fluter's Ball (W. P. French-urr, B. Mayrel)....Billy
Mayerl ( Orchestra-The Lonesome Ain't Lonesome Any More (Erard & Trafford)....Bib Bill Campbell and Hly Billy Band, with vocal chorus; Orchestra-On Linger Long- er Island (Kennedy & Carr).... Eit- tle Heaven Of The Seven Seas (Scholl
B Jerome)
Mario ("urp") Lorenzi and His Rhythmics, with vocal chorus by the Three In Har- mony'.
1.30
and Reuter
Rugby Press, Weather and Announcements,
1.40 Mozart-Symphony No. 41 In C Major (K.V. 551)-("Jupiter"").
Played by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Bruno Wal- ter.
2.15 Close Down.
6.0 Relay of the Dance Orchestra
from the Roof Garden of the Hang-
kong Hotel.
(a) I hum a Waitz; (b) My eyes have told you so; (c) The tattooed
lady
6.15 Interval of recorded Danee Music from Z.B.W.
Dance
0.20 () The loveliness of you; (b) The big apple; (c) Little old lady.
0.30 Interval of recorded Music from 2.B.W.
8.35 Continuation of chestra.
Hotel Or-
7.0 For the Children, Lubin Lco (Traditional, arr. Chal- Miller (Tradi- Wood); Jolly mers tional, arr. Chalmers Wood). Chalmers Wood's Orchestra with Six" vocal refrain; "Now We Are Rasse, of Brussels, for
A. (Fraser-Simon-Poems by A. The spellers, drawn from all parts secret process, and subse Paquet's desk a few minutes later. Milte); (a) The Engineer; (b) Wind of the British Isles, were:
German In The Hi; "When We Were Very quently written off, says a accent of the doctor en the other Young" (Fraser-Simon-Poems by West Country fisherman's daughter: Daily Express Staff Re-end of the line. Inspector Burt said that Hobbs was Hoy Henderson, Boy Scout, Northern porter.
from heart Ireland; Livesey Jones, Welsh school_
Shore, Manchester Hobbs: When you arrested me, I student: Harry had come out of the local hospital schoolboy: A. G. Shepherd, Binuing J. V. A. Ruston. Mr. Ruston also without the consent of the doctor, und ham undergraduate, Michael West
a director of the European Press you brought in the divisional surgeon. London medical student.
Agency, Ltd, which was alleged in have Belgian Parliament the received £110,000 from German
suffering
a sick man, trouble and asthma.
Yea.
boy; Majoric Logan, Glasgow tors oti
One of M. Paquet's fellow direc- the board of British Manufacturers Glycerine
jo
Mr.
to
OVER 40,- Capt, Franels Dakyns, Inspector Burt said that O'Connor director of physical training in West industrial chiefs in close touch with
Wilson wished for four offences of fraudu- Country:
Guy, Northern Dr. Goebbels to produce an anti- lently converting clients' money to be mistress in Welsh
school; George Communist newspaper in Brussels. Harvey, free-lance journalist, considered.
Scot- land, Florence Hopper, free lance Four houses away from M. journalist from North Country; W. Paquet's offices is the offlee of Dr.
Thompson, Midlands
farmer; A. A. Tester, who, though He was admitted a soliciter in 1917 ore J. Lofts, London garage pro- director of the glycerine company or
ense cases were said to involve a total of £11,707. At the time of the forgery, added the officer, O'Connor was in a bad financial state,
B,
prietor.
LIST OF WORDS
hereditary
misspell
posscasion Practitioner
anemone statistician
i effervescence laustapable crudite humorous omitting
eligible
and had conducted a very successful practice in Chancery Lane. A re-
The words were: ceiving order was made against him in May, 1936, and he was adjudicated
dandelion bankrupt in June, 1936. He failed to instalmeal surrender to the bankruptcy pro- syringe ceedings and failed to Ale his stato separate
delegation ment of affairs.
tengedlan Consequently the Official Receiver had been unable to state the amount of his liabilities. The Trusice medicine
received claims jeopardous Bankruptcy had amounting to £14,957. Assels had seized Appal realised 2521.
admissible full tyranny
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STRUCK OFF IN 1937
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withhold
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assassinato
acceleration
trenchery moliloquy picnicking Curry meringue
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Iscontro
boycott
Hramophonodamask
Byacinth tridescent
suxiliary repellent ecclesiastical putrefy utilitarian synonymous manoeuvre
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·O'Connor was struck off the rolls quelle in 1937 for professional misconduct apparel and not keeping proper books. He inaugurate altributed his insolvency to bad debts
and getting into the hands of money- loaders. In June, 1996, he absconded
desiccate FranDry
THREE ALL CORRECT
to Ireland, where he was eventually On the over 40 side full marks
arrested.
not a
of the European Press Agency, has been advising Mr. Ruston. Dr. Tester declares he is Sir Oswald Mosley's personal aide-de-camp.
Leaning across his wide desk, M. Paquet removed his spectacles, and said earnestly:
"I am not a Fascist. All my terests are in business.
in-
FILM STAR WANTS TO "COME BACK"
Anna Q. Nilsson, the Swedish film star of the silent days, whose name twinkled in electric lights ten years ago, is now playing a small part in a new picture.
She is determined to reach the top of the film ladder, from which she
Anna was then getting
one
of
were gained by Mr. George Harvey, Mr. J. D. Cassels, pleading for Miss Catheriile Carr, and Mr. George fell in 1928, suye the BUF. leniency for Hobbs, sald that no doubt Lofts. Each spelt six words correctly. the judge would take into account the The best speller in the under 20 Hollywood's biggest salaries. She state of Hobbs's health and his age. team
Michael West, the had the bluest eyes and the yellowest London medical student, who scored hair, and had just signed a big con-
tract. five out of six.
I WILL NOT
was Mr.
She went for a morning canter, WHA was thrown, and, her, shattered.
For nearly nine years she has been in hospitals.
p
1
ON CRUTCHES
word THO
which caused most trouble Wtts * Bynonymous." Miss Barnes. Capt. Dakyns and Harty. Advertisement in a New York Shore all wanted to finish it with newspaper seven weeks ago:--
"amous," and it was left to Miss MICHAEL GOLDSTEIN, an-Hopper, unmoved by these three
Now the hip la mended, her eyes nounce that 1 WILL NOT be failures, to spell it correctly. responsible for the debts of my
Both sides started well, and the as bright as ever, and her, determin- wife Lillian.
first stumble was that of Miss Hop-ation stronger.
She now has a tiny dressing-room Whereupon there was a "flareup." per over "jeopardous" which she
in the studios where ten years ago But at the week-turned into "jeopardise." Lilian left home. end she returned, and-
down with she had her own bungalow. She has Mr. Shepherd fell appall," and then the collapse of not oven got her name on the door. For a year after her sceldent she the under: 20's set in with "admis- was in a plaster cast. For two more MICHAEL GOLDSTEIN, an-sable," by Miss Logan, "fulfil," by years she had to remain in bed.
Finally she was allowed, to hobble nounce that I WILL BE ron-Roy Henderson, apparal," by Harry ponsible for the debts of my wife Shore, and "yrranny," by Livesey on crutches, with a steel trace on
her back. Eillion."
Advertisement in newspaper. yesterday:
A New York
14
Jones.
"No, no. I am busy still," said M.A. A. Milne); "The King's Break- fast ...Mimi Crawford (Soprano); Paquet. "I will call you back when A Story Read by Uncle Peter From I am free."
the Studio"The King's Daughter of France"; Nursery Night Ride-A Fantasy (Crowley).... Bedtime Brom Martin and His Band from the Holborn Restaurant, London, with vocal chorus.
Stock Quota-
He clasped his hands nervously. "Home Office officials came to seo me three months ago." he said. "They asited what I was doing here. That is natural, I I suppose, as I am a foreigner, later sent the Home Office a letter with further details, and I think I have satisfied them.
7.30 Closing local
7.32 Variety Programme. Dance Band-Me And My Girl-
Somers Band Selection....Debroy "But this publicity about the firm with vocal chorus by the Rhythm is very upsetting to me. Perhaps Bros.; Vocal-Don't Ever Change shall resign. I do not know. I shall think it over, in the next few days. (From 'Rhythm in the Clouds'); Once A While (Green & Edwards).... "One of the directers, General In Maglinse,
who was Chief of Staff of Les Allen with Orchestra; Dance Orch. Rosalle-Fox-Trot (From the the Belgian Army, has resigned. I
In Film); The Still of the Night- got his letter yesterday."
Fox-Trot (From Rosalle)....Car- He paused and passed his hand roll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel across his forehead. He sold:
Orpheans with vocal chorus; Orches- When the war broke out, 1 came tra-Drinking Songs (Arr. Williams) to England and helped the British....Jack Hylton And His Orch, with Government on a Belgian refugees vocal retrain. committee throughout the war.
0.0 Time, Weather and Announce- "The affair of the £125,000 ments. happened before I joined the com- pany in June last year,
"I was requested by a client of mine in Belgium to investigate the details of this company which he held shares.
व
8.05 London Relay Topical Ga- zelte'.
A tortnightly review of things nt Home,
8.35 London Relay-'Empire EX- change'
"On my arrival in England I found Points of view by travellers from the company had copital of the Dominions and Colonies. £400,000, of which approximately |
£140,000 had been issued,
"They had acquired from M. Auguste Rasse, for £125,000, a secret process to manufacture glycerine.. I
knew M. Kosse before the war as a soap manu- facturer in Brussels,
"The process, which M. Rasse sold to the company, was one in which fatty acids and glycerine are manu facured under high pressure with
the use of chemicals. My inquiries revealed that this process was Invented by Dr. Egon Boehm, an Austrian expert whom I have engaged as technical adviser to the company.
"The company la building a big factory at Gravesend, which will not be finished for ́n year. When it is ready it will employ 200 people. Distilled glycerino is needed very much at the moment for purposes of high explosive."..
Con-
8.50 Mendelsohn-Violin certo in E Minor, Op. 64.
Played by Fritz Kreidler (Violin) and The State Opera Orchestra con- ducted by Dr. Leo Blech.
9.18 Irene Scharrer at the Plano. Andante And Rondo Capriccioso (Mendelssohn): Rondo Capriccioso (Mendelssohn); Elude In A Minor (Winter Wing-Chopin, Op. 25, No. 11); (a) Etude No. 1 in F. Minor (Trols Nouvellen Etudes-Chopin); (0) Etude No. 3 In D Fist Major Trols Nouvelles Etudes Chopin). 9.30 London Belay-Tho News. 9.50 Song By Elizabeth Schumann (Soprano),
Der Hirt Auf Dem Felsen, Op. 120 (Chezy-Schubert).
10.0 London Relay-'In Town To- NEW
Orelicstra Variety, Light Orchestraleart's Desire--Film Selection....Cine Studlo Orchestra; Orchestra Za Zoo Za: Sunday On The Swance. Herble Kay And His Orch; Orch, & Vocal--Jerome Kein Melodies (Arr. Henry Hall)....New When I left M. Paquet's once I Mayfair Orchestra with Vocalists:
Memories No.
1-"The mat Dr. Tester on the steps of the Theatre " building, smiling and smoking. Io Galety"....Dobroy Somers Band wished me "Good evening and dis- And Chorus.
appeared through the door.
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