In
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
INSP. GUILD FACES
AT SESSIONS
Charge Of Demanding Money With Menaces
WOMAN AND CONSTABLE
ALSO INVOLVED
Peter Oliver Guild, Inspector of the Hongkong Police, Tam So, pilns "Fei-Po" (fat woman) So, a 33-year-old married woman, and Chan Pui-lam, Police Constable C99, appeared for trial before the Acting Chief Justice, Mr Justice Williams, at the Criminal Sessions this morning, on six counts of demanding money with menaces.
All three accused are charged with demanding. $500 - from Lo Wun-yung and $500 from Pun Tai-so. Guild and Tam are jointly charged with demanding $250 from Lo Wun-yung and $100 from Chan Nul, whillo Tum alone is charged on two further counts of demanding $100 from Wong Sing and $40 from Lok Siu-haan.
the
occasion there was a threat that if $100 was not paid, they would break the things up. The money way pald over and Guild received the money.
Guild, who was referred to They had not come to arrest them, but to Collect money. On this course of evidence as "Nine-Fingered Inspector," is represented by Mr. D. L. Strellett, who entered a plea of not guilty. The two Chinese are not represented by counsel and also pleaded not guilty.
An all-male jury was em- panelled.
Mr A. Lonsdale, Crown Counsel, prosecuted, assisted by Det. Inspec for W. N. Darkin.
Before detailing the facts, of the Mr Lonsdale explained the case, wording of the charges to the Jury, He then said that on January
Guild and Inst,
Tam went mahjong school at 44 Gage Street, ground floor, run by named Lo Win-yung. Tam spoke
to a
woman
to the mistress of the school and asked for money, but the mistress said she had none. Tum then said that if the mistress did not pay, the would bring in the Inspector to drive all the customers out.
On February 9 Tam alone went LO the divan and collected $100 on the
same pretext. Counsel suggested that that would indicate that once the money had been obtained, the accused was to act us an second agent for the collection of money unlawfully obtained from the divan.
SEARCH WARRANT Mr Lonsdale pointed out that no another person's one could enter mised the question as to whether properly without a warrant, sad he Guild was in possession of a search warrant when he appeared in the divan, and whether it was within the purview of his duties at all,
was
Guild and the third accused. Second that the Inspector (Guild) did enter accused accompanied them. the school and he brushed all the The party proceeded to collect to- mahjong domineer off the tables gether all the paraphernalia, and with his slick. That upset the cus-then Guild made an approach for the lomers and mistress asked Tam
the
fixing of an amount as payment, to ask the Inspector to desist. Tum At the time, the master of the divan replied: "We will desist if you pay.was not present, and someone was $250."
The money was paid to her sent out to look for him. When the and Tam and the Inspector left. man appeared, Guild said to him:
When Guild again appeared
at Are
not afraid of being you a night arrested?" the school, it was during
Там said to. Guild: when the mistress was already in This is the man who refused to pay bed. Guild, after entering the the other day." school and parily pulling off her blanket, left without doing any- thing further.
MONDAY, JUNE 28, 1948.
TRIAL
Fisherman
Rides Whale Like A Bucking Bronco
Provincetown, Massachusetts, June 27.-Two fishermen survived the attack of an angry whale here today and told how one of them rode the 60- foot monster like a bucking bronco until it gave up and submerged.
That is the story of 17-year-old Frank Cabral, Jr, and his father, two Provincetown lobatermen. They came back to port with a hole spointered in one of their two dorics and a chunk of blubber to back up the yarn.
Alleged Plot
To Kill
King Abdullah
lah ou
The youth said he and his father were in separate dories off Race Point, hauling in Jobster traps, whale. a giant when he spotted That was about 35 miles from Nan- tuncket Island, from which the mad sea captain of fiction sailed in quest of the white whale, Moby Dick.
Cabral Jr. said, "I saw the whale surface and he started toward Pa's boat. He was just gliding along smoothly like he was trying to sneak up on him. I shouted to Pa and
Super-Sonic Flight
Capt. Charles E. Yeager (above, left), 25, has flown the Air Force research plane XS-1 (above, right), "much faster than the speed of sound" several times, Air Secretary Symington said. in. Washington. The XS-1 is shown in flight over Muroc, Calif.—AP Pleture,
Shanghai Watches Anxiously
Commodity Prices Runaway
Shanghai, June 28. The Economic Police are expected to be out in full force again this morning to keep a strict watch on the various commodity markets and to avert any price stampede. *
hour. These
Ja-
Jerusalem, June 27--Details The fourth count also concerned of an alleged plot by the exile it seemed as though the whale por an opium diyah, he went on.
On Mufti of Jerusalem to assas on speed. Pa started reaching for January 11, Tam So went to divan
He submerged, run by Pun Tai-so, and asked for sinate King Abdullah of Trans- his par. About that time the whale
really got moving.
City Councillors are reported to money for the Inspector, but nothing jordan were broadcast late last rolling his big black back over like have requested the City Govern-
paid. Later in the month night by the Jewish "Voice of ro
rice and daily rald was carried out by the Police
be mis early an a torpedo. Guess Pa like CUSTOMERS UPSET on the premises. The party consist- Jerusalem" radio station quot-pole When he dove, there ment to prevent
stores, judged his direction, because when during the past few days, put up. The next thing that happened wased of eight policemen, including ing a "usually reliable source." no doubt he was heading for necessity shops from closing at
The radio station said "the Arab he came up he was right under me shutters several hours before their world has been thaken by the My bout went right up out of the normal closing time as the national
of a plot by Amin Elwater and I went right up out currency kept skidding. discovery
It was a funny feeling.
In the meantime, Shanghal's Hussein to assassinaic King Abdul- the boat.
Calro his way from
to I came down kerplank on his fat bour world is anxiously
awaiting slippery hump. When he hit the the cost of living index figuro. for Riaj or in Riaj itself."
The Mufti Instructed General boat, he tore a chunk from his hide, June which will decide the size of
and that seemed to make him really their wage packet for this
month. Mohammed El Kindl to carry out
The City Government announced the murder. He left it to El Kindi mad."
the index figure will be lested on DUG IN AND HELD ON to decide the appropriate time."
dug his the morning of June 30, and specu Young Cabral said he "Ahmed Hilmi Pasha, the Military fingers into the whale's soft back lation places the figure at least 100 Governor of the Arab portion of and hung on.
percent higher than in May, when Jerusalem and
yell something and it reached 337,000. Auni
Abdul Bey COUNESL'S SUGGESTION
Hadi, a Jerusalem lawyer, revealed he started rowing like mad to catch the conspiracy, said the Voice of me and the whale, but that whale "Couple these two remarks to- On February 15, Tain again went to see Lo Wun-yung and asked her gether and what do you get?" asked Jerusalem, advising not to proceed was in one terrible hurry. He started
Counsel. "I
from Cairo to Riaj." suggest outside
Guild, Crown and see
'Do you want to get While Tam, Guild and the mahjong amounted to
This was apparently When the um of $500 was
why Abdullah unexpectedly re- demanded from Lo the
of Blim sum
from Cairo to Amman to $500, otherwise she said her cus- police party left. The keeper went
then confer with his advisers." At out to borrow the money, and when tomers would be driven away.
There is no confirmation of the that time, the third accused was he returned, he found that part of
carried radio report. The station said tho also present. As a result, the whole his equipment had been
was usually reliable.--As- Source naway: He then said he would not
had remained soclated Press, pay. Tam So, who behind to receive the money, got ex- cited and said that the keeper's refusal put her in an embarrassing position.
Later
to the .on, Tam returned
to step
it
-school-mistress. were together, Tam arrested or pay veed-upon turned
стр
party,
in
had
including a thir
a third pollcemon- a Chinese sub-Inspector-went
restaurant where they come food, and there some haggling occurred over the sum to be paid,
Fokis To Bo Called.
man,
the reason
"I heard Pa
'ine
WORKERS RESTIVE.
--
A meeting is expected to be held today among the various labour or ganisations and the authorities con- cerned to discuss the possibility of rovising the index compilation sys- tem
The workers have showed unrest for the open sea north of Race over the runaway commodity prices organisation, the Point and we swished along at about of the past few days and their re-
knots or better. I don't know presentative
labour
which Union, how long I rode him. Spray was General
of some blinding me and I just closed my claims a membership eyes and hoped he would quit before 800.000, has been closely watching I did. He did. Suddenly he pulled the development of the current
price "spiralling. up short."
Young Frank said he heard whale sound and knew the monster
He said was about to submerge. with a shudder, "That was my chance,
I took it.
I just abandoned the whale to starboard and started I could. My swimming as fast boat was about 80 or 100 yards away and I swam to it.
"Everybody keeps asking me what
was like sitting up there, All Singapore, June 27-Eighty-one can say is those Western wranglers Sakal aborigines who fled into the better stick to their broncos. Whale Johore jungles six years ago to CS-riding is no way to spend a nice quiet cape the war, learned today that the Sunday."United Press. Japanese have surrendered.
Just Learnt
was re-with $25, and Tom said she would War Is Over
When Forest Rangers discovered
the aborigines-all naked-they ex-
pressed amazement that the British KWANGTUNG
had returned,
Sa
TO
BUY AIRCRAFT
Mr Sul Shiang-yung, Chairman of the General Labour Union, told newsmen he hoped there would be no "unreasonabla" discrepancy be- tween labour wages and commodity price levels.
He feared that if the index this
will crop up in considerable numbers, month is set too low, labour disputes although he was aware that any big rise in the index will hit employers, He shared the opinion of severni City
Govern- Counelliors that the ment should undertake emergency measures to effect a stabilisation of commodity prices and at the same time increase the ratlons of daily
Twice during the conversation (divan and asked for monthly pay- Guild go up, and made as if to coment of $50. The keeper away when the mistress fusing to pay the money demanded. return for the remainder. Finally, payment was agreed upon.
FIFTH COUNT paid there and The money was
con- then in the restaurant to Tam, in
Another oplum divan was earned the
In the fifth count. Second of Guild and the con- presence stable as well as the third police-accused went there and demanded
When
it came to settling uncy. She sak that if $100 was the bill for the food, Tam remark-
not paid, the Inspector would raid the place. In addition, she told the ed that the amount was too much. divan Reeper that she was collect the handed back $50 to the mistress. from every
*other divan. The and told her to pay the rest. The keeper agreed to pay and Tam
Their leader explained the group party then left.
1942 when left.
fled into the jungle in Me Lonsdale said that a foki of
they heard that Chinese guerillos Canton, June 28.-The Kwang-necessities.--Reuter. "The sixth count is the count the mahtang school wh was set from which this case really arises, suspected they
would kill them because they tung Provincial Government bienda whea
and Tam made their Mr Lonsdale continued. "A woman Japanese Infarmers.
were acting as to buy small aircraft from America first visit on January would corro-
Improve for use in Kwanglung to borate evidence of their presence whe
who kept an opium divan was
Between A British doctor who
communications examined ometal there,
another and
foki who was not proached by the
accused them said all were Second
in excellent Canlon and the various districts of re- present on the
alone for money first occasion but 10
which Tom said health although they had eaten no the province, it was reliably was there on the second
for the Inspector. Occasion
Second salt for seven years and lived as ported here.
Mr Victor George MacDonald and would also be called.
accused cald that if the money was
wus modern Tarzans,
The heads of the District Govern- his wife came to Hongkong in They were hiding in jungle soments, the reports add, have been February Inst. They were married in "It is fortunate that the Police not paid, it would result in
the necessary 1940. got. on to the case at an early stage,
three instructed to build nge, on the divan. Surprisingly enough, dense it took the Rangers
their respectivo divan keeper look the bull by days to cover the last 50 miles to landing strips in and there are two persons from the
the will speak of the the horns, went to restaurant who
ecia rench them-Associated Press. presence at that place of the first, Bra
Branch and made report. Tho second and third accused, another Police supplied her with
marked policeman and the mistress of the mancy, and next day they went to mahjong school-suring the early the place where the second accused morning of that day," said Counsel, stayed and arrested her. Among That will cause you to reflect why her effects were found $30 io a European Inspector should be marked notes which had been pro- there with two other pollcemen vided by the Police."
from his division, and two women, one of whom is the keeper of a mahjong schicol in the division in
patrol."
WAS
the
raid
Special
FALSE INFORMATION Crown Counsel added that with
areas. Reuter.
Harbour Tragedy
(Continued from Fage 1)
Born in November, 1800, Mr Mac- Donald was, from 1029 to 1932, Dis- trict Assistant in Burma, superinten- ding extraction of teak logs from the
CARGO TURNED OUT TO BE 1032 to 1035 he practised in
PERSONAL EFFECTS
Billingham,
•
The mistress of a Class A passenger sampan was charged before Mr Cairns at the Marine Court this mor- which the first accused does his Tem So at the time in bed was
ning with carrying cargo on a passenger boat. She plead- a man who, when asked by the OTHER CHARGES
ed not guilty, and after some discussion on the interpre frym, police where he had come
the dismissed, as Crown Counsel then proceeded to said he was a
tation of the ordinance, the case was policeman from the deal with the other charges which. Canton Police Force. Further in-
goods carried were personal effects. he said, were concerned with the vestigations arising from Tam So's operation of oplum divans.
in ruled that the goods could be con- Sub-Inspector arrest led to the arrest of Guild They are, of course,
rse, unlawful and Chan, and it was then discover evidence, stated that he had stopped sidered as personal effects and not and most vicious institutions, buted that Chan was the man who had defendant's boat in the harbour on cargo. The fact that there was na there is no closing the eye to it that been found with Tam-So, and had Saturday morning, and found it room for passengers, did not, in his they exist in large numbers in the given false information as to his loaded with so much baggage that opinion, make any difference, fla
dismissed the case. Colony. A
Although It may be within identity. He was, in fact, a member it was impossible to get any pos- the provincd of police officer to go
of the Hongkong Police Force.gengers on board. The goods con- The mistress of A cargo bont in and raid, and arrest percona The first witness called was Lo sislod of campbeds, decle, chatra,
Aned $10 or two days for there, there is no law or semblance Wun-yung. In the course of her ins of dried fruit, and a large was of law to Justify persons going Injevidence corroborating Counsel's
number of heavily locked baggage. anchoring 100 yards off the China Light and Power Co., within the and uttering threats and demanding outline of the facts as they affected
Mr Cairns, quoting the section Eastern Cable Area: Sub Inspector monty. Bald Mr Lonsdale.
her, sho said her business
She also under which the charge was fram- McCarthy stated that defendant had On a day in January, Gulid and been running since 1932, Tam went to an opium divan kept said Usat when Tom So camo to ed, pointed out that passenger no permission to anchor there. Sho by Chan Nul, and their appearance see her, Tam said the "nina-aampons were not allowed to carry had a cargo of iron bars and wire upsot the customers in no email men-fingered", Inspector Was walling cargo. except passengers" baggage, for the company. suro. Tam said it was not necessary{outalde,
for the customer, to run away. The trial is proceeding.
had
and after some discussion on the Defendant pleaded ignorance of interpretation ot. the ordinance, tie regulations,
Scotland as a free-lance Journalist, and from 1935 to 1937 gained general commercial and Industrial experience as a company representative. For a year, from 1937 to 1038 has was Administrative Officer on the staff of the Empire Exhibition held in Glas- gow, and from 1938 to 1945 was Re- factor and sident Liaison Officer, mintenance manager for the four Industrial Estates in Scotland.
ARBITRATION FOR
TRADE DISPUTES
Shanghai, Jung 28-To settlo commercial disputes by arbitration, prominent Chinese ciyle and business leaders in Shanghal have formed an organisation known as the China Trade Arbitration Association,
Founded under the auspices of Federations of Various Trades, the National Associations and association will accept arbitration beginning July 1.
tho
ChRes for
Mr Wang Haluo-lat, President of
the Chinese Chamber of Commerce,
Chairman of the Association Teutor.
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