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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH
September 23, 1940,
By Ernie Bushmiller
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Girl Found Drowned With Hands and Feet Tied
Death from natural cames, probably from cholera, was the verdict returned by the Police authorities on the body of a small girl which was found floating in the har- boar in a sach near the Sailung Wharf on Saturday. dead girl's hands and feet were tied together.
The
Foul play is not suspected. The Police believe that her hands and feet were tied together in order that her spirit could not return to haunt her people.
Man Is Committed On Charge of $1,000 Theft
At Kowloon Magistracy to-day, Li Hung alias Li Yun, 24, was committed for trial at the Criminal Sessions on charges of theft of $1,000 and a quantity of jewellery from 59 Cumber- land Road on August 27, and receiving stolen property.
Sgt. Dowman said the complainant, the proceeds of the murderesowan After he and beer warizmittech Chan Ylu-chun, a 20-year-old nasa -
rled woman, lived at 50 Cumberland ¦ charge of breach of the Deportation: Road and under har bed was kept Ordinance was pretested against ! leather suitcase containing two $500 and be was sentenced to narze month notes of the Hongkong and Shanghai hard labour, on this count Bank and a quantity of jewellery
About midnight on August 20 Chan
Prison Commissioner went to bed with one of her window'A
Is Robbed and when she awoke the next open and morning she discovered the sultense rodasing. There were dirty
She noted th
marks on the floor.
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Willeneks L'on- J L. Majur missioner of Prison, residing at Stan- Police and on September 7. nceusedley Lodge, Ishund Hund, reports that us bedrust fit somebody entered He ad was arrested by a detective, mitted the theft and said that th. 1 20 a.m. on Saturday and stole a gold watch he wan wearing was part of waist watch valued at $50
AUG &
INDIAN CONSTABLE IS CHARGED WITH MURDER
The trial of Police Constable Man Singh charged with the murder of a fellow! constable named Nazar Singh at Yaumati Police Station on August 6, opened before the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl MacGregor at the Criminal Sessions this morning.
Mr. Rey- Mr. J. Reynolds, Crown Coun-; Singh, who was next door, went in, certain discrepancies in sel, assisted by Det.-Inspector and saw Man Singh sinnding some nolds's opening in the Court below the doorway and compared with the one he had just A. E. Carey, is for the prosecu- few feet Inside tion, and Nazar Singh is defending the wall which ran alongside made, and asked that these be men- the bed in the right hand corner. tlened at this stage in faimess to
aring position. Assa Sing
ed by the Hon. Mr. Leo D'Al-Man Singh was holding a revolver accused ing that he had no objec- | nada, Jor.. instructed by Mrked with him from behind, seized tion, Mr. Reynolds said: The first
M. A. Silva.
Jury rucibels are Messes Peter Wong (Foreman), Liu Kwah-yuen, HMP Xavier, Tai Hong. Lopes, Clou Bon-sang and Uclefinanc
p.m.
Case Outlined
S A.
on the
opinion hove been shots
hok of the gun and wrapped his point is that in my opening in the other arm around his body. As he Court below I said that as Assa Singh geized the gun, Ans Singh pushed seized hold of the gun he saw Nazar out the cylinder, thus rendering it Singh fall from a chair at the head temporarily useless, and whilst he of the bed on to the floor. I now say was doing this he saw Natar Singh that he was lying on the floor at that lying on the floor alongside the bed me. The second point is that in the at the right hand corner, with blood Court below I mentioned that when Mr Reynalds surd both Man Singh
Kowiat from his head.
Assa Singh Best saw Man Singh he and Sara Sagh wein constables, the
Assa Singh then took Man Singh was standing at the foot of the bed. the former dationed at Tipo and
to the charge room and tunded him holding a revolver in a firing posi About 1.30 pm,
The Inter at Yaunati
tun, I now say he was in fact some August 6. Man Singh volunteered ever to Sub-Inspector Paym pristines escort duty to the dust officer on outy. Meanwhile, luspec-feet inskle the door.
Dr. Tomlinson was then called, and Clearing Station, and was issued with or Wright, Inspector in charge of
G
Yaumali Division, also
heard the
the after describing the positions of the
the loaded revolver and 12 rounds of
shots from his office in room 21, but wounds, he expressed He arrived at the Gaol
on coint out to investigate he found that both men could not Station about 3.30 pm ant
when the Da his immedi-standing upright nothing untoward. after nunding the prisoner over ate return to the offler, however, a were fired. He found a bullet in the the offer in charge, called on aoine
report was made to him, whereupon brain. friends at the Central Police Station
Witness agreed with Mr. D'Almada WILS
the Yaumati Police he at once proceded to rom 23. He Station between 4 10 pm, and 433 posed Man Singh in the custody of that the wound on the lower part of lower ired from Aspar Singh
way, and on the body whe
The shots were fired from a Aive range-less than Nazar Singh and three other con arrivag at room 23 he saw Nazar level.
been very stables, occupied room 23 on the Singh lying on the floor in a pool of fairly close
have Nazar Singh was alive but in yards, and might blood. Kround floor of the Yaumati Police
closer. much
He found it serious condition. He was sub-
no powder Staljon. About 1.55 p.m. four shots" in rapid succession were heard com- quently taken to Kowloon Hospital, burns, but the absence of these was no indication of the distance from ing from the room, aad P. C. Assal where he died at 6.05 p.m.
Post-Mortem Findings which the shots were fired, except to the Dr. S. Tomlinson performed the that they were not close up
The wound on the eye brow post-mortem examination and found body. four gunshot wournia-one just above was the cause of death and if it had the left eyebrow, another in the lower been the first it would have knocked of the other part of the tedy, a third in the right the man out. If any arm, and a fourth on the left ludes three shots were fired before 11, flager. Death VYN the result of there might have been a struggle.
The revolver alleged to have been haemorrhage due to the wound in the forehead,
used by Man Singh was described by Man Singh was charged the same Sergeant G. J. Perkins, Police Arm- evening, and in reply he wrote a ourer, as a .38 Special Smith Wesson. stalement in English, saying: "Hic It had recently been fired from four borrowed $400 in Murch, 1939. He chambers, and the expended bullets refused to pay, therefore I shut him." produed could have been fired from
Mr Reynolds concluded by saying it. that when Man Shigh's boxes were. examined. diary was found in Taipo Police Station, said he found which was an entry dated February Man Singh a very hard working man 12, 1939, Indienting his attitude to and of a superior type of Indian. In wards Nazar Singh.
his opinion, he was very trustworthy as far as his work was concerned.
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Discrepancies
Mr D'Almada observed there were
Sergeant Franklin, in
charge of
Full Casualty List Of H.M.S. Orpheus
Men Who Served in Hongkong
Through the courtesy of the “United Press" we are able to publish the complete casualty llet of the submarine H.M.S. Orpheus, which for some time served on the China Station, and whose ship's company were well known in Hongkong,
The list is the official one son, James, electrical artificier released by the Admiralty and C/MX 46189.
Lumby, Roy, stoker 1, P/KX 76301. includes five officers, 49 ratings McGrath, Michael, able seaman, and a Chinese rating-all miss-D/SSX 17773; McLean, Arthur W., Arleading stoker, P/KX 80825; Mc- ing, presumed dead.
Loughlin, Noel,
D/KX Sloker 1. Omcers Missing, presumed killed: 80968; McNally, James, A/cading Licut. Comdr. J. A, S, Wise, R.N. stoker, C/KX 88352; Manuel, William (in command); Mr. E. K. Cross, war- J., A/petty officer, C/ 112460; Mor- rant engineer, N.; Lieut. C. T., un, George G., A/petty officer, C/3X. North, William, A/leading scaman, Davies, RN.; Lieut. F. F. Fawkes,
D/JX 130514. RN.; Lieut. J. D. Symonds, RN.
Ratings Missing presumed killed: Pallister, Harry A/leading stoker, Ailen Donovan, A.B., D/JX 135712; P/KX 85595; Penfound, Leonard C. Allen Stanley C., leading seaman, H., chlef engine-room artificier D/M D/JX 140558; Armstrong, Joseph D. 38828: Perry, Edwin G., able seaman, engine-room artifeler P/MX 48026; P/JK 131808; Phelps, Richard H., Ayers, William F., AB, P/J 104425. A/stoker petty officer, P/KX 70100: Bevis, Perey A., leading telegraph-Pickthall. Thomas, stoker 1, D/KX ist, P/JX 127388; Biddulph, Percy, 90145: Powell, William J., able sea- A/Petly ofeer telegraphist, D/JX man, C/JX 128451.
Reeson, Frank, leading seaman, 135832; Burlenshaw, Claude, W., stoker I, D/KX 83687; Butler, Leo- C/JX 122337; Roberts, Harold nard W leading steker, D/KK 80445, engine room artificer 2, D/M 38305 Critchell, William I G, leading sen- Robertson, Frank S, leading stoker,
D/KX 85172. man, P/J 108154.
Dance, James W, engineer-room artificier 2, D/MX 48010; Dolton, Leslie H, A/Leading stoker, P/KX 79513.
MZ.
Salt, Bert F, leading seaman, C/JX 139996; Scott, Thomas N, chief petty officer, P/J 84052; Strawbridge, Re 1- nald JJ, telegraphist, D/J 107440
Ellison, James W. A/Leading tele- Tott, Frederick R, petty offeer, P/J graphist, C/JX 184273; Evans, Joseph, 101288. feading signalman, C/JX 125744. Vanning, Leslie C, soker 1, D/KX
Foreman, Charles HE, A/Leading 86974.
Waddell, Robert, able staman, stoker, C/KX 67200; Forrester, Wil- liam J. Icoding cook, D/MX 51350; C/SSX 10208; Wolls, Ernest H. A/ Fox, Erle S S. able scamun, C/JX leading staker, P/KK 82231; Wood, Frank H, leading scamttt; D/JX 140023,
130980,
Chinese rating-Missing presumed killed, Miao, Feng Yen, steward, S
Gill, Robert V, engineer-room arti ficer 3, P/MX 57220; Glanvill, Frank able seaman, D/JX 130303.
Hardaker, Gordan, chief petty41-5 ́B. officer telegraphist, C/J 113288; Haw- kins, Albert H stoker 1, D/KX
60s, Wallam C., stoker potty
Jones,
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KING'S BROADCAST LONDON, Sept. 22 (Reuter)-His
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Kellaway, Leslie R., able seaman, Majesty the King is broadensting to D/JX 130873; Kemp, William W., home A/leadingsloker, P/KK 00768; 31-morrow at 5 p.m. G.M.T.
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