THE HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH,
WEDNESDAY, · JULY 27,
1935.
Personalities of Old Hongkong
FROM WEALTH TO A PAUPER'S GRAVE
One Of Our Early-Day Adventurers
SEL
By T. Paul Gregory
ELDOM has a man come out to the Far East better prepared to build for himself a succoss- ful career than Mr. Percy Caulincourt Mc- Swyney, an Irishman of brilliant intellectual attainments, a keen classical scholar, and a lawyer of some eminence. But in spite of all these attributes he sank in a few years to ignominy and tragedy.
Mr. Percy
were the harbour
His
Me-Station. The money was alleged to Caulincourt
A good have been stelen by Chinese whom Swyncy was born of
it was believed would be certain to by about 1810. family in Ireland
altempt to make a "get-away"
Accordingly, the He was educated at the Univer-bout to Marno.
it would be sity of Dublin, and studied for sall-maker thought it
the Bar. After runt idea if the Chinese craft in
searched. admission to graduation, he was paid to have theme won the approbation of gone out to Australia in order Inspector, and the sail-maker set out a Police As they to seek his fortune; but failing on his quest accompanied by a
ney Constable named Jenkins, there, he decided to come to the
were sailing about the harbour in newly-opened Colony of Hong- kong.
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TALL TALE TROPHY
And now they're offering a prize for "the one that got away Pretty Virginia Ann Switzer holds the trophy to be given the angler catching the greatest number of torpor and timerli- ately releasing the fish unharmed, in the St. Petersburg, Florida. Anglers' Club annual roundup. Each contestant will be taken at
his word.
the vicinity of West Point they en- countered large Chinese Junk.
of the that of a certain Mr. Robertson who Whether Th approach forebunes
the Itis sojourn in the Antipodes earn-
Chinese was sued by Mr. McSwyney for costs frightened
20 alleged to be due Jim. Mr. Robert- but see ed for him a reputation of being an
abourd is not known, but
was the user Fund sperat some and son adventurer, and he was classed upon
or 30 men jumped overboard July
Afteen monta in gaol, ari enum out in his arrival in the Colony
the shore
smarting for revenge against the man some vessel, 1843, as "another one of those Syd-struck out for
arriving at the
wronged him.
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ney durks" who seemned at that day himise were foul aboard, together who had so greatly
to have been present here in con- siderable numbers,
STARTED NEWSPAPER
11
with
were
JAPANESE ROUTED IN SHANSI
Shansi, the
ME RADIO
BROADCAST
"Gert and Daisy" Take A "Zoo 'Oliday"
A STUDIO RECITAL
Radio Programme
Broadcast by
Z.D.W. on a Frequency of 845 k.c's. ond on Short Wave from 1-2.15 p.m. and 8-11
sceond.
p.m.
on 0.52 m.d's. per
6.00 Dance Musio and Variety. Fox-Trots-Taln't No Use; When
A Lady Meets n Gentleman Down South....Teddy Foster
and His Kings of Swing (Vocal refrain by Teddy Foster); Vocal-Was It Rain? (From "The Hit Parade'); Sweet Heartache (From The Hit Parade') Frances Longford with Victor Young and His Orchestra; Fox-Trots-Who Loves You; Foolish Heart....Ronnie Orchestra; Munro and His Danco Vocal-South Sea Island Magic.... Bing Crosby with Dick McIntire and Is Harmony Hawallans; Me And The Moon....Bing Crosby with Vie- for Young and Ilis Orchestra; Fux- Trots--Let Me Dream Of Havana; I Dream Of San Marino.....Ronnie Munro and His Organ Solo Parade Of
Dince
Tin
Selection; Intro:-Parade of the Soldiers; The Mosquitoes Parade: My Love Parade; Match Parade; Easter Parade of the Sunbeams; Parade....Quentin M. Maclean (Or Kan); Fax-Trots--Let's Call The Whole Thing Off (From 'Shall we Dance'); They Can't Take That Away From Me (From 'Shall we Dance) Roy Fox and is Orchestra with "Me vocal refrain; Plano Solo-Let Play-by Vivian Ellis (fn which the Composer introduces Ofteen of his best known It was such tactles as these which
tunes).
... Vivian Ellis him- of knives, swords, a quantity
nd won for him universal hatred in thei
(Plano) (Soloist: Vivian Ellis, and other weapons. Duncan and
The Colony and hastened his own down-
Chengelow, July 7. self); Waltz-Love Live For Ever Jenkins minediately jumped to the fall. His conduct as a barrister fed
Between 300 and 400 Japanese And Rule My Heart; Fox-Trot
And Kiss lais rebriusirm that these men, the whole than cald stor visiters to Mr. Miley ney, Chilewen, suntives of Anyl, cru the
his disbornens in but soldiers attempted to surround Girls Were Made Tu Love And
....Jack Hylton and His Orchestra Mr McSwyney, shortly after establish
12. Upon bringing them 10 The
south arrival, proceeded to
for he took up opium dealing, and
with vocal refrain by Bert Yarlett. newspaper Magistracy, the Magistrate. Mr. Was son credited with a comfortable Tungpu Ratiway in
7.00 Gilbert and Sullivan Excerpts. "borrowed capital
nonce-Overture This Huber, entered into this singular fortune.
hyesterday, but were routed by Globe.
ine. About this Eastern
"Pirates Of Penzance" thune, tou, he Chinese defenders. called the
"The drame, by sentencing four of the became acquainted with Chinese
Light Opera Orchestra; enterprise which at first seemed to
50 be so full of promise was in reality men (all residents of Victoria) to
The Japanese enveloping move Yeomen Of The Guard"; A Man Who
Mald... ment was staged early in the murn-Would Woo A Fair
Derck an nugury of what was in the future strokes of the rattan and ordering woman, by mune, A-ho. She repre-
Nellu the entre them to be turned over in the Man sented herself to be the widow of a for the man that was
ing.
Chinese forces inside and out. Oldham, Winifred wealthy Fukienese merchant, darin at Kowloon. The other nine promised slaiked from the
that if Mr. McSwyney
simultaneous Briercliffe; When A Weoer Gues A- preneur, Pallure
Winifred
N. Lawson, "folded
up" were sent to prison for three months would marry her, she would make side the city launched start, and the paper
with hard labour.
life, D. after putting out but six
ever to him all her property alleged attacks and challenged the Japanese Wooing..
Oldham and G. Baker, Issues,
D. Gill and P. secured a
Rapture! Rapture The Pre Evidence in the Mr. McSwyney then
This proved
Chinese
Pretty
Young position as Clerk to the Magistrate,
retreated,
Bride (Finale, Act 2 Full Com- Major Cuine, and continued in that strong. It was simply the word of consisting of a considerable amount band-to-hand combat.
Onc pany; Leonard, My Loved post until the opening of the Supreme the two foreigners and the additional quite un Inducement to the disbarred onslaught, the Japanese
int larms, and that some of her crew had lawyer, and he at once went up with leaving over 200 dead on the field.-
property. Central News.
(Finale, Act 2)....Winifred Lawson, a large house
which
Derek Oldham, George Baker and Chorus, ment was that of Deputy-Registrar jumped overboard at their approach. A-ho pointed ou
harmless me, and that of the Court, but this was likewise it was afterwards affirmed that the the stated to be hers, and introduced him to a man whom she declared was afraid of the her brother-in-law. This Individual short-lived; for he resigned "under vessel was a ha
T+ It was were so
was pressure" on May 1, 1845.
their ten export firm and was stated to given out, however, that the reason
foreigners that they fled for
were have been delighted to meet his pro- ! Ilves. Of these for his resignation was his desire to
bodies, spective European relative. He fur- practice law; but it appears that the drowned and four of their Assumption of the legal vocation was
were washed up on the island the ther promised Mr. McSwyncy that he Chick following day,
would take him into full partnership, In reality a forced decision.
hate-
and let him manage the export por Justice John Walter Hulme,
McSwynev
tion of his flourishing business. Mr. ever, felt sorry for Mr.
McSwyney wns, of course, delighted and admitted him to practice in the
and could hardly wait for his retur cieto the Colony in order to marry the
was case
Court on October 1, 1844, when he facts that the vessel carried became Clerk.
His next
next appoint-
Caulincourt
press
nat
Jy
of real estate in Canton.
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the woman to look over
ver the
and
Unable to withstand the
Dawson; Comes
Lawson,
7.25 Closing Local Stock Quota-
the men attitude of the armed was supposedly the master of a large THIRTEEN HELD INon Variety with Sandy Powell,
men,
five
woman by Chinese custom.
HAPPINESS SHORT.LIVED
MURDER PLOT
worn
are
The Muls Brothers and Josephine Bakker.
Jungle Fever (From 'Spy 13'); Sleepy Head (From 'Spy 13')....The boys with a Mills Brothers (four Guitar); Suppose (B. Dixen and J. Dimon); Pretty Little Baby (Silvers, Josephine
Baker and Bernie) Sandy Goes
Baker with Orchestra;
to Courting-Humorous
07-
Sketch
Sandy
And Company; Shoe Shine Boy (Chaplin, Cahn); Rhythm Saved The World (Cohn, Chaplin).
The Mills Brothers (Four boys and Guitar); Dis-Mol Josephine? Vornn, Cab and Bela); Nous De La Canne A Suere? (Lelievre, Varna and Paddy)..... Josephine Baker with Melodic Jazz Du Casino De Paris conducted by Edmond Mahieux.
Sun Juan, Porto Rico, July 26. Thirteen arrests have been made following the attempted aзenssination ENTER McSWYNEY
of Governor Winship yesterday. Tegal
Mr. McSwyney as the Coroner
Two of the arrested men Court. Mr. McSwyney's
appeared on the scene of this
alleged
10 have confessed advertisement in the local
From
participation in the plot.-Reuter, (lawyers were permitted to advertise druma as a principal actor.
November 2, the follows: October 20 14
A United Press message states that at that time) reads
one of the shuts McSwyncy, Coroner's inquest was held, and if "Perry
ctually pierced the we are to believe the contemporary
by the barrister-at-law, attorney, solicitor,
thoroughly muddled.
In the exuberance of his joy at leg of the trousers
made #1 Governor, who, however, proctor, and notury public.
Counts, it was can be consulted at his offices, corner Mr. McSwyney's Incompetency man-being the husband of a wealthy wife,
on he gave the new Mrs. McSwyncy half-hour ceremonial speech,
many valuable trinkets. of Wellington and Cochrane Streets." fested at the previous inquest
Alas, how-parently unmover by the affair. this July 15, was on
occasion A
Six persons were injured in the be short- to be is unneces-ever, his happiness was thousand-fold worse.
Found scule with the gunmen. came rounci sary to go into ull the details of how lived. When the time
the rentals sup- colicet the the matter was AD Mr. McSwyncy seemed
30 thoroughly bia
his wife's ex- accruing from posedly bungled, but Mr. McSwyney, some friends remaining in influential positions in the colonini administra other capacity of
legal practitioner
ertensive holdings, he thought it best tu!
the trip personally. He there- tion; for in the middle of the follow-
nine prisoners who neted for the tag year, he secured the post had been sent to gaol, and secured fore went up to Canton, and his ex- for be Coroner. His appointment was duly their release on n habens corpus on perience dashed his hopes;
These nine Chinese found out that he had been swindled, in the
November 18, Gazette on June 13, 1848 as effective having been proven innotent, there Nothing was known of the brother- from May 20. If he could have re- yet remained the case of the four in-law, and the property holdings of tained this new post, it would have been a very good thing for him, ne who had been forged and sent to his wife were proven absolutely non- Front, where, in the last year of the Theme By Haydn
the Mandarin at Kowloon. Further existent. he had in addition his private legal
amore, there were the five men who practice, which was beginning to had been drowned in the harbour. develop favourably. Fate, however, On this latter count, the soil-maker
MADE CORONER
to
announced
Д
his
have
Government
on
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in
for him to
day ve very
WIFE DISCHARGED
THE QUEEN'S EDINBURGH
(Continued from Page 6.)
Royal Scots went to the
Western
war, the 4th joined it, though they were not brigaded together.
War Renown
One can imagine his anger and held otherwise, and in an inquest on and the constable were held on a disappointment. He hurriedly re-
charge
manalaughter. The turned to Hongkong, and vented his After the Armistice reduction of Chinese girl on July 15, he mattorney for the accused Englishmen wrath upon the
first serious blunder.
woman. It must our Forces was the fashion, so the 4th had wornun was a prostitute who been turned out to die, her mistress was Mr. Edward Farmcomb, a elever have been a dreadful scene, as she and 50: were télescoped and became
who Inwyer,
was turned out of the house. A few Giving as an excuse for her cruel (November 18) that Mr. McSwynty days later, he laid charges against his but Royal Scots (Queen's Exin- action that she fears! "Jest her house had soured the release of the nine wife of theft, and when the case was
burgh.)
Now the combined battalion has be deft d by the girl remaining men, also managed to turn the tables brought before the Magistrate. Mr. C. been givers (as mentioned above) an there." The Door woman was on him and have his clients
interesting and Im Accordingly driven out upon the hill-on the
charge of man. Hillier, the latter apparently was exceedingly
nonplussed as to how to deal with the portant task, to man the searchlights side, where she shortly died from This was in fact
to Mr. Mc case
e in law. He accordingly decided belonging to the anti-aircraft forec hunger and exposure.
having confused Swyney deliberate from beginning to end, first with his to remand the woman to answer for the defence of Edinburgh and Its ense of
any charge that might be brought vicinity,
More recruits are wanted, and the reper, Chue A-kwei, but Mr. Mc-In fact, when the Chief Justice. Mr. The Attorney-General, Mr. Paul Ivy writer would suggest that any on Syncy stated that the unfortunate Hulme, delivered his judgment, he Sterling in dealing with the matter young man who may be cogitating on
stated that the whole crenture "died by visitation of God."
eventually decided that there was no irregular, and! Such a statement by the
the la lives in) cannot do better
city men had been
dog Mr. McSwyney's wife, and had never than visit the Queen's Edinburgh drowned, thirteen men but been nog been divorced, so consequently the e Mc-ged, and
Headquarters, Forrest Road, and have nine
more- was discharged.
talls with the authorities there, Mr. McSwyney
his Less and inefficient handling of the care-
On the very day that he was em- He will receive cordial welcome.
It seemed a
the
case
murder on the part of the brothel inquest in his capnelty as Coco angeunst her by the Attorney General."
Coroner
8.00 Local Time, Signal, Weather Report and Announcements.
8.03 Joseph Sziget (Violin). Sonata In D Major (Handel); Ron-
Major" do (From "Sonata in D Schubert Op. 53-arr, Friedberg),
8.20 Brahms-Variations On A
Antoni
("St.
Chorale") Op. 58A,
Played by the Philharmonic Sym- phony Orchestra of New York com- ducted by Arturo Tosennini.
8.37
Studio-A Reeltal by Mrs. Nell Mathieson (Contralto) necom-
by
Lafford panted
Lindsay A, (Piano).
Songs by Charles Villers Stanford. 1. (a) John Kelly; (b) The City Child. Mrs. Neil Mathieson;
New Irish Rhapsody (Herbert)...... Light Symphony Orchestra: 3, Three rom 'An Irish Idyll'; (a) The Songs From Fairy Lough; (b) Guttin' Hushes; (c) Johneen...Mrs. Nell Mathieson. 9.07 London Symphony Orchestra. "Crown Of India" Suite, Op. (Elgar); 1. Introduction and Dance of Nautch Girls; 2. Minuet; Warriors' Dance;
Janec: 4. March of the
No. 6 (Elgnr); Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1 in F (Liszt-Doppler).
9.30 London Relay-The News. 0.50
B.B.C. itecording "Zoo
Light 'OHJay"---A
Entertainment with Gert und Dalsy' (Elsie and Doris Waters).
3.
under the clrcumstances was bound/void. "Five innoc procece on case at all; for the women was shit how he can serve his country (and Mogul Emperors! Pomp And Cir-
not to passed, and the
populace was
the
for n
Wat
Mr.
imp ad in
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subsequently | less and matter so utterly con- barking for Singapore to buy opium and if he decides to join up he will
J. It. Lesile Gray
cumstance
March
Swyney had "bungled," and although the mistress
discharged with ease arrested, sho was the payment of a small fine. Such trary to all legal principles that the he was sued for damages in Une Court have the satisfaction of feeling that he an action on the part of the official affair turned out to be on awkward by the man, whom as was mentioned is learning to help in the direct de-
Book by Elsie and Doris Waters Caroner was neither forgotten nor meas that was a shame on court pro- fteen months over a debt in costs. fellow-citizens, against a most brutal before, was thrown into uol for fence of his own family, and of la
and Ashley Sterne: Lyrics by Elaje Sterno populace wha
Waters, Music by Ashley wns leedure and the administration of Jus forgiven, and the anxious that he should be speedily lee in the Colony. Bitterly did the Mr. McSwyney realised that, he was form of attack.
Produced by-Charles Brewer, relieved of his post. The adminis- Chief Justice lash Mr. McSwyncy, going to fare
to fare badly if his ex-ellent
10,44 Dance Records,
Life (From Fox-Trois-All My tration, however, whilst highly in- and the Government now took action won his case: for local opinion regard
twelve Laughing Irish Eyes'); Laughing censed at bla incapacity decided to and on November 24, 1816, he was re-ed him more or less us a parinis.
The Film)... season, until more moved from the office of Coroner. bide its time
Consequently, he attempted to find this, he was sentenced to
Irish Eyca (From sumetent reasons should occur for his
loophole, by taking advantage of the months in tas). After his release
Johnny Johnson and His Orchestra; subirie award of permanent conge. It did
Insolvent Act. His wealth which now from Imprisonment, his downfall was
Hard Nearly Died....The B.B.C. not inve long to walt; for on Octo-
After his dismissal from offee, Mr. amounted to a considerable sum, he rapid, In vain, did he attempt to make Comedy Fox-Trol-1 Loughed So
attempted to
to put away in other hands, a living as a pettifogging agent in the
Dance Orchestra directed by. Henry ber 27, 1840 occurred an
McSwyney continued in his vocation and in fact, so thoroughly did he do mall debt court. Shunned by every which was to bring about his dis-ng a barrister for a time, but he seeing that he could never subsequently jone, he contracted dysentery, and Hall with vocal chorun: Slow Fox-
to have made himself such a thorough
'Coreless "wolf" that he earned for himself recover it. When his plea for brak-pileously begged for ntimission to the Trol--It's A Sin To Tell A Lic; Waltz Rapture')....The B.D.C. Dance Or- the condemnation of all the other ruptcy was heard on September 14, Seamen's Ilospital. Here he died-Music In May (From legal practitionera then in the Colony. 1840, it was naturally opposed, and without a friend to comfort him on On this date, a certain pail-maker, He appears to have acted with great he was, moreover, proven stulty of December 27, 1850, at the early age ehestra directed by Henry Hail, with
and mak-of forty, and was buried in a pauper's vocal chorus,
11.00 Close Down. For grave in the Happy Valley Cemetery. Duncan by name, reported the loss benrtlessness in a number of cases suppression of property
One was lug a fraudulent declaration. the Central Poilee involvingt his own climts. £200 to of
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