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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23 1907.

TELEGRAPH.

THE TRUNK TRAGEDY.

Adsetts Cross-examined.

THE VERDICT.

BY

THE UPPER YANGTZE.

Admiral Moore's Trip.

(From Our Correspondent.)

SHANOIA, October 24.

The great interest banifested in the trial of Willian Hail Arbotts for the murder of

Sentence of Death.

THE CHINA MAIL.

But you regard it as an important part of a story *In a way, you

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going tone after a number of years and decided to get the money and go away. Now I put it to you that you went away because you had buon guilty of a foul and brutal mundor -No I did not.

That was your reason, Sir?-It was not. Your conduct at Chofco when you were arrested was not that of an innocent man? I did not like to have my unme mixed up with it.

inks of violence and no blood upon the chromise or floor,

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You were an immocout win. Y could stains came eluding that the blood. by an outsidor ur stivided. As to the out-

Witness brought the two bottles of brandy to the Hotel but did not know what became of thom. He did not know Mr and Mrs Foist-had not seen them before or since. The man who stopped Miss Day- tou near the Hongkong Hotel soomed to ajow, but witness could not doserile him. He could not hear what was said.

Did you walk away deliberately so as not to hear what passed betwen your lover and explain your actions; wity did yo, not do this man?

so when you were arrosted 7 was not lover.

Witness-My what? She was not my asked.

Oh you were perfectly innocent, and The Attorney General-You were living because you were not asked you anade no number of Europenes in Court this morn-all hor your companion, anything you like.cause I hul Miss Dayton's jewellery upon ing, every available seat being taken up by Did you walk away so so net to hear-sue. ten o'clock. The Attorney General's 10. Yes. It was none of my business. mork last night that he wanted to cross-had anything to do with Miss Booth. She I do not know whether the conversation exauined Adsetts at length was no doubt only do the one remark to me. responsible for the emwded Court,

conversation took about four or Eve

if an

Admiral Moore has returned from Gertunda Dayton was indicated by the with her. If you object to the term 'statomment ?--I did not give the facts be- with the calm calculation which was just brought them to the suicide !

the Upper Yungtre

The Admiral expresses himself satis fled with the accessful outcome of his trip. The performance of the gunboat

Widgeon, which covered the 140 miles between lahang and Chungking in 48] hours and returned in 1 hours 20

minates, an average of 20 koets, in view of the difficulties sumounted, confirms the belief that unleas engineer- ing operations are carried out at prohibitive cost there is a por pres pact of commercial stones above Jehang

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Adsetts was placed in the witness t105.

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Ship Street at soven; the boxunker also aid the prismer was there at 0.30. j This woman in her state of wind might The jury had to consider these frets in well have committed suicide. Coming coming to a verdict. The theory of the now to the blood stains on the bed they prosecution was that prisoner stangled were underneath the bed, no blood on the thus woman gud went out and got the box sheets or pills. What did that involve? to put he buily in. That may be true or That showed calumess and doliberation to not On the other hand the prisoner remove the sheets. The jury were not states that either the winner was it

smurdorar! warranted in

from the deceased. There was another explanation which was natural story credence as it is impossible for here side person the jury could not give the and much more likely. According the beard, and thore is no motive for it

to the suyone to get in

in without being soon or theory of the Crown the prisoner left body on the bed while he went to Wanchai outsider committed the murder he left the to get a box. Was blank na act consistent stuff” bobind him, and if lie went to murder supposed to have characterised the

it was done for the pure sake of murder. did not need to worry shout that Camphorwood boxes were obtainable quite Now I put is to you that this is all a close to the hotel and it

They had to

to consider whether the iniserable subterfuge ---No Sir, it is pol.

to suppose

tied the Now 1 put it to you that it is all an buy the box in order to cover up his waist belt round her neck and twisteil it ingenious mouetion; this meeting with tracks. Was it not reasonable to suppose tight with the brush. His Lordehip did Chineso und mysterious message No that the explanation of the

to the evid- antes, I was standing about 10 or 12 Sir, is the truth, Gospel truth.

the correct one. It was quite was not attadla much importance to

in accordance squito in

of blood, and thought the

jury A strung ama in the street whom you with experience that a man

un after a debauch make Бр their mind that death was dno to Do you suggest that this murder was are unable to identify the buying of the should find himself in a brothel. The strangulations, which in all probability done by the man Miss Dayton spoke to camphorwood box; going to the Japanese testimony of the prisoner was that he was due to murder and not suside. I suggest nothing.

house-and an witnesses to support the found himself in Ship Street and the fact motivo for murder seemed Do you suggest that any particular per-attor statement.

that he bought the box et Wanchai bore stronger than the one for suicillo. aou committed the murder?—I do not." Witness-All of which is true. The ont ut testimony. In another country

Do you suggest that it was done at the witnesses have failed to identify me; they ever mon of the sane standing as the a doubt as ordinary common-sense ren If there was a reasonable doubt, sick instigation of Bliss Booth ?-I do not know.hare equte to this Court and have nasly embers of the jury had been known to of the world could call a doubt, then the What theory love you about the murder statements. They cannot identify mo, and take an accused person out of gaol and prisoter was entitled to the benefit of it

ΕΙΣΙΤΗΡΙΑ - have no theory.

cannot. I lave

trouble in finding witnesses hang him off-hand. But in this country and they would let him go-it was murder thought of wash. The first thing to identify mo?

of was Miss Booth,

guilly before he The Attorney-General-The jury lavo punished. Eir Henry said he la put statement regarding Ship Street and calle

was or suicide. He referred to the

the prisoner's You supposed that some woman or man been investigating whether you were the his cues before them. He asked them not attention to the ovidence of the room boy her? - I do not know whether it man who came here and may learned friend to be carried away by the aloquence of the who saw Adwatts about six a.. and the

bas buen cvss-examining to prove thst Att

Attorney Gianura), They must not be carpenter who sold him the camphor wood Witness continued that he thought about you were not here; vow you admit you carried away by their feelings or by the box at 6.30 a.m., and asked the jury if Miss Booth. Hedidosaggest that the man were seen everywhere and have uneiden who had been outside the hotel committed everything except the murder itself. Yn be most unsatisfactory if the prisoner were would like further instruction.

a that might be prevalent that it would there was any point upon which they.

for half an hour he said not any. He las all the jewellery

two or three hours story is a concoction.

satisfactory in the true sense of the word, ther

The woman was dand The question for the which was founded on the avidonce son that he had the jewellery The ress00

giren was because it was at Miss Dayton's request.

jury was did the prisoner kill her Hempstead's and some plus, two or three Deceved

was wearing rings at Miss

she strongle herself. He was not charged of which belonged to bin. They went to

with stealing money or disposing criminally several other houses, He did not know when he loft decensed.

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t will put it to you in short you but the murder. He was at Miss Hempstead's displayed ingenuity in the matter: the acquitted. No termination could be Lordship asked them to consider their

coming here by the Eastern, you admit going to the Hongkong Hotel where you aar een by the various witness who Is that soyynet ?- 1 admit vo videre being swoon by worms of the witness

And the you wore staying at the Hotel with Mise Dayton or the many of Me mac M M TE Jars You, Sir,

You sit going na hrupe kemosug w wolar 12 und alse to another lume kept

Witness- No, Six, I have given my If there were any lies they would certainly statomont and I am being cross-examined. come out

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Witness denied that his wife was living at Chefoo when he got there; she of the body and he was ant there to ex in Philadelphia; he was living with the woman. They had to be extremely re plain any act subsequent to the killing of Do you suggest that you were so hope-another woman at Chefoe nnd she left the ful in dealing with circumstantial evidence. lowly drunk that you do not know when day before he got there.

This you left her -T đó,

did not know Ito was

There were many cases, the law books: to Chefou was going to

were full of them, of innocent How did

Witness co

The which he arrived at Shoghai but

denied pawning a ring for 9180 at Lilmann in some case it was right that

should be convicted on circumstantial and Company, though a report from the ovidence but he put it to them that in this Captain Superintendent of Police at Shang case this evidence did not exclude a ressum- hai said he did. He did not see any men

THE VERDICT.

At 12.58 the jury filed out of court, but six minutes later they returned again, and took their places in the box.

The Rogistrar-Gichtlemen of the jus are you agreed upon your verdict?

The Foreman (Mr E. A. Ram-We re. Are you unanimous Yes Do you find the prisoner guilty or not

Adsetts ruse to his fuct and stood with His Lordship-Have you anything fur- ther to add?

Adsetta. No, Sir.

The Korean Dieters stili kabl pention by Miss Eestit ? Telmit gig 1. Mike don't you get in Ship Street 1. and could not remember the date on Einlii case would be fresh in their minds. drooping head and downeast eyes.

and he had not communiented with her.victed on circumstantial ovider being guilty --Guilty.

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I jat it to you that you wore Now pone medio de ti the after denils living with a woman; that there was no need for you to go to Ship Street? I with regard to

taking Butterfield and Swiss late

had nothing to do with Miss Dayton Fla, sexually I did not care for her and box dee Castormed and ecofnuged the plaer which she was unwell.

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Then you were conscious that you went to Ship Street? You went there consciously because you did must like deceased - I did not intentionally go to the house. I would rather go to any other place than go with

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His Lordship-William Hall Adsetts. additional works will fill the talking to Miss Dayton when up the structable hypothesis of the prisoner's invocence.

The jury baye unanimously found tou Sir Heny Berkeley the addressed asked them was sitout with that. He guilty of murder upon the clausest ovirience shelves this week. There is no the Court and jury. The charge was one

that ever cama before me since I have been of murder and the oath the jury had proposed to conting himself to

The Attomey General said that he

Considerable judge. a few since August 4 and you

time has passed taken was that on the evidence they would observations in a very small pass, time for consideration. I have no doubt find a verdict of guilty or not guilty. The facts were fully before the jury that sansetine or other those thoughts wore

love had

had plenty of He felt impelled to address them, and he thought he had sauction for saying extremely unpleasant ones and I do not though it might seem

that men of cases which had ever cores before a jury words of mine. ret−1 do not know the number.

vordiet necording to

to the avidance. His had criticised the defence but he had no Witnesscontinued that he had un sitness warning was not unimportant nur unneces intention of any such thing. It would be continued: The sentence of the

Adjusting the black

cap. His es to speak of his boug at Ship Street. Hesary, because there was hardly a man in presumptuous to eriticise a did not remember paying the Japanese the Colony, hardly, excepting one, in the tel by Sir Henry Berkley. But he was whence you came and thecco to the place

any ense submit- that you

at you be taken bence to the place from Court who had not discussed the

case ata within hisz

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What number at Ship Street did you gathur ago and experiepa ugyl only find a His learned friend seemed to think that he myself to passing sentence put are they all acquainted with

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Rather a cncions sort of present to give time when it was never dreamt that Arlsetts bral boun alternative defences dy thall be buried in such place as the 20 cents Cash a lady, wasn't it? Not when sho expressed would come before this Coust for trial. Ha In cross examination the question Cvernor may direct, and may the Lord!

desire for it.

It was a curious sort of peace-offering, Do you expect the Court to believe that

1 curtainly do. What reason lumi you to be afraid of her anger if you were ant in terms of intimnoy with her why were you afraid of her rebuke --I was not afraid.

admitted all the circumstances except the tity was brought out but the man

murder and the

incident. As

his

have mercy on your soul.

followed the police out of the Chart.

Adsetts listened to the sentence without we place at the disposal of our mising his head and then turned and

SWATOW NEWS.

Witness was passing through Manila on her body in the other box. -No. Sir; 1 ment free from all fear of what the The mattress of the bed was his by tomber 21, has not furnished lights. When"

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the man guilty hefere he arrived What was your business before you wate

Hangkong. The

The prisoner by his wise act in fleeing from the Colony had renderad submitted that all the circumstances As regarded the theory of suicide he we mustuming how to ri

Sir Henry's task herculean unless they were heavily against any such theory United States eitili

found a verdict in accordance with the What was her motive? It was true that Have you get any badness: We had some

evidence. No one saw the prisoner commil she had some monetary dispute at Manila put it to you that you got that box the net he was charged with and he could but there was no testinomials no to your character: hare with the intention of putting the body in only to found guilty on circumstantial that she strangle herself.

ground for supposing you any spation? You if I was bome it, but. For some reason best known to evidence, and that evidence must be the stated by the prisoner to have heon in Sho was in the States I would in plumber, or yourself you changed your mind.-No, Sir. logical result and accurate reasoning a merry mood and

it did not sait

had been drinking And a

your from the facts before them. It must be freely. But it was extremely improbable.

(From Our Correspondent.) Tequirements you sleequently put the cool and calm and independent judg

that she would have committed

Swarow. Vct. 21. bought the box on returning to the hotel.

over turned publie night any. The case for the and the blood stains

The Electrin Light Company, since Sepe The box being of wood would float; Crown was that the prisoner arrived man who committed the

hidden, muld not he so easy to sink frana sam- here with the woman, went to the tary to the theory of suicide. There is a organised the Company a purely Chinese pan as the other din not know: 1 never botol and for the purpose of plunder did evidenes of blood being on the chemise. concern-placed the order for the plant fried to sink one.

Witness was shocked when he saw the The case for the defence was that he came and in all probability it must have stained tract to a Shanghai firm since gone into

her to death and disposed of her body. but it was Inter

Howing 13 ourpse. The woman was dead, the body hera with her, returned to the hotel and the chemise.

from the bos with a local firm, who in turn gave the con lying on its back in the middle of the bed. found the woman dead and disposed of her prisonar stripped the clothes off the liquidation. The contract between the

In ail probability the The bed was "de," the sleets were in body, and to save himself from a charge bed before the deed and put them back local firm and the Electric Light Com proper order and not as if the bed hind from which ho folt would be laid after. Even the prisoner did

against been slept on.

If the woman had been murdered sound face, he fled. There was a one must have made the bed before you which the jury had to solve, a mystery night house he was afraid "who did mos were supplied.

great mystery murder, and would not st

Two dy in the room at charmingly vague document. arrived there was blood on the bottom of which would not be assisted, rather th dood might wreak their vengeance on

One went out of the mattress? On the assumption that the obscured. by inflammatory speeches, which him." The motive of the crime was on the other on the night of September 21, 1311

commission shortly after starting, while blond c

I came from that woman.

he trusted they would not be subjected to. Who witness saw the body the band The prisoner might imperfectly in-

plunder; that the women should was read the neck. the could not say not, and in fairness to the prisoner prisoner was not a murderer he was believo, that the Chinese engineer in charge

in-give prisoner all ler nocent and yat he afinid to face his belongings

jewellery and laring severe thunder and lightning nake! improbable. whether she wore the band the night they

the down, owing to the fact, as I am led to CINEMATOGRAPH PATHE trisi, went out. Deceased had rings on when the fact that he subsequently offered to a fanatic, for ne sand person would be she went out that night but he could not say voluntarily surrender himself provided he guilty of such ludicrous conduct as he was did not shut of the lights, as possibly they whether she had then on when he saw her was ably defended must be takon into guilty of. He posed as a Simon Pure should have done under the circumstances. consideration. By law the prisoner could that his character would be gone if it was Ever since the contract was given mibuu- Why did you not call the hotel people not have been forcibly brought from discovered that he was in company with the derstandings have been rife and com. when you found the woman dead? Because Chefoo to Manila. I was in an embarrassing position; because

The Tundly of Sir Chong Trace bag

Telegram saying Bed during his way in Peking he has had Esso audiences with the Express Dowager and Emperor. He has been given the his way to the States and was in Manila privilege of wearing the button of the first from July 17 to July 30. He first met rank. Further it is stated that be expects Grande Ingen at 12 Cake Allejandro to leave Peking hout the 1st of the about a year ago, when he had about four prosent Chinese moon, that is, the 20th minute conversation with her. He had fast.. and wilf return to Canton to take not seen her in the mentine and had no over the duties of Director ficneral of communication by letter with her. He The Cantor Hankow Railway. A telegram only saw her nec bufon: he met her this of similar purport was received by the time in Manila. Regarding the dispate Viceroy, who has communicated its con between Booth med Gertrude Dayton pri- rents to the railway oficials. From this oner tid not act as ar intermediary and it appears that BE. Liang he decided he did not know what. Miss Booth wanted not to nceupt. the position in Pelangs to see Miss Dayton for when the former

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Shaw kas you were living with deceased! |--I was not living with her in the hotel.

sus pot on friendly terms with Miss Booth and fund e conversation about the life insowany money.

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Sir Honry dealt with the law on the Then there was blood on the table cloth.plication has succeeded complication until About this gentlemas O'Brien. He is a

wa were in the hotel as man and wife. poist and continued: The prosecution If the woman had strangled herself there the whole affair is in a most distressing

He did not notice the number of the had to prove two things absolutely, une would have been no marks on the table tangle Lawyer in Manila 77 believe: so.

Each side has engaged the house he slept in, and thought of the the identity of the person accused and the cloth. peculiar oircumstances

serviers of Hongkong solicitors, from bitn. Ho

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thiet has nises neurred in the Tochigi ned Miss Dayton to get out of Manib, which all Font turned

An he. in his capacity as a lawyer.de alt pointed of buying the box. Inther the identity of the corpse which the Profectural Assembly, Mr W. O'Brien, tosting already had a welry transuction here going to Smp Strect; when be it was essential that the Counsel could address you for another half-hour, / prove ideal, as all the elements are present | saw the body he tried to then for the defence should see that this but I do not think any good would be for long-drawn litigation. In the mean- ho had returned to the Hotel or as done. In cross-examining the earlier served. My learned friend has appealed time the Do you want to tell me that while you not but it was impossible for him had adduced evidence which assisted fair play but that I am sure you will bringing joy to the several slcemosynary

or witnesses the Counsel for the defence to you to give his clioat every possible

"common people," mostly were at the Hotel your relations were of a considering the condition ho chaste character ? Positively.

Но considered

do It is the pleasing duty of

of every Why do you suppose Miss Dayton naked living together the fact that they were on promption of suicidal etrangulation

us man and wife under an On the evidence the jury were not justified British jury. My learned friend has corperations who deal in that commodity. you to recompany her to Hongkong-prostitute and that they had been up the the prosecution to prove a motive it was favour of his client that it would be an assumed name, that she was a known suicide. Though it was not essential for more than once that if your vordiet was in finding a verdict of murder, but one of hinted to you in the course of his specch

The focal Chinese are now agitating the drinking heavily, instified him in always well that they should bo Hongkong myself.

ablo do unpopuler verdict. Gonflenten, On the 23rd at 11.55 a. The laroctor This womaty, with rhom you were not whether it was

it was suicide who did it.

to prove an absones

of motive. The inutive vougeance on the prisoner. It is not within cen given. It might ropay investigation | has risen quickly over Central Chino antipon terms of intimus, tonk you as her the R const, and fallen moderately in W, companiou to go away with her in order to been sato if you would not have suggested he the Crown' was one of rol-you province to avenge. vongeance is the by some of the Pongkong fire who go in

you had reported it to the Lory, but the evidence of the prosecution avoid the ends of justice in Manila 7-I vs Hotel authorities of the palice ?-No, I went to disprove that as it was shown that rogative only of a higher power of the for such contracts. more in Miss Dayton and Miss Marshall's was alone in the room-the only one in the Adsetts with the consent of the woman quality than rengoance and that is

Divine The depression passed to the North of company in Manila-in fact, I wasthe only room-the box was arriving. That in itself carried the money orders valued at and you are here to bestow that justice. Land (su rumour has it) to do the work

power only. There is a higher justico, Shanghai last night, and has reached then

was evidento, in itself, to have me arrest it was reasonable to suppose that if he On the evidence before

81500 neighbourhood of S. Korea this morning. You accepted her proposal and left with

At any rate you wow willing victim, ed. I believe.

you I was entrusted with that amount he would an unbroken chain-there can be no submit on It is followed by an ares of high pressure her and became her fimiliar Friend until

If your story is true you must have bean also be entrusted with the jewellery, reasonsble doubt in

are two Chinese women sentenced to death Jauntie 7-Not necesarly. which appears to be central to the North her death? Not necessarily.

The motive for the murder had not been an die doubt in your minds that this by the barbarous tinchi process. Were not

poor unfortune of the Upper Yangtze.

fouco has been well prepared you cannot

no time band will prepared you order shown but he had shown that the woroan, and 1 submit, that, tire change of such exhibitions prohibite produce a witness?-Ispoke to Mr Harding in reason. The woman Dayton had begu

possible, retiro had a foundation wilful murder has been fully sustained. Strong monsoon is expected to set in again over the Formosa Channel and the

when I gave him my statement and he said

The Aoting Chief Justice remarked that

The Kralai Rond, until lately maintained from Manila with a his duty had been considerably lightened Northern shores of the China Sea.

charge on w

on which you stand. Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours end-

aby Witness continued and stated that Miss

unless they felt that because there was no question of identities- is now under the Chinese who are paving ing at 10a.m. to-day 0.03 inches.

You know at the time that your conduct, the case was not proved. There were only tion and the story of the Crown and that it. I prashne after the first effort the sent a report to the throne, which has Dayton trusted. Bisa Marshall. He did if found out was fatal to your life-No. Forecast for the 24 hours eating at noon not strach any importance to

two verdicts possible with the British of the prisoner was on all fours, excepting Chinese boys at Manila and Hongkong and you open to the garost suspicion-No, there was a verdict of not proves, but in points was that mised by the prosecution pr..

tu sening the

You were doing au sut which wouldrender system of criminal procedure. In Scotland oile of two minor points. One of thess road will be allowed to sink into disboen adopted and an edict published as a FORECAST DISTRICT,

did not offer any suggestion regarding I do not. It was self-preservation that them. Miss Dayton mod excited at was all I thought of.

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1.-Hongkong and Neighbourhood:

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2-Formosa Channel:- N.E. winds, strony

3.South coast of China between Hong- kong and Lamocks: Samo as No. 1.

4.--South coast of China between Rong- kong and Hainan: Same as No. 1.1

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coming the Chinese educational question

Tschong-ring-tang, the highest Chinese

ficial in Tibet, has started a school for Chinose and Tibetan beye at Thassa, where they are to be ecuentert for official positions in Tibet. He has also started

The Chinese minister of education has

t is a small matta in regard to the it was no good as there were so many going proved to be not find a the statement made by the prisoner by the local Europeans resident leersin, the first por at Lissa

the incidents because they occurred. seeing them and witnost simply mentioned

I put it to you that in going from Batter-

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field and Swiro's to the Hotel you could not sus the Monteagle - I did so it.

I are instructed that you cannot see it -I did seo it.

vadiet of not

floatian

The two

storica wero in

-HENTRY BOXES.

result in the Poking papers to the offset

English courts the verdict was guilty or with regard to the alleged attempt to sink

that Liang-thing-kuni, a high official, is to not guilty. They had no option, but if the trunk, but as the prisoner had admitted

Sentry boxes have been exicted all over go to America and attend to the opening You told no-one of this, youy, simply they found the caso not proven they must taking the trunk to the Monteagle for the

of Chinese schools thow. It is pointed- All hor jewellery was entrusted to you?

to save your good fame?-Yea

find him not guilty. He contended that purpose of gett

getting rid of it, the jury food the outskirts of the city-nice painted out that the Chineso are unt wanted in the You.

the theory of suicide was more consistent take no notice of the point.

soft-wood closets with a vircular window American schools and the utility of Chinese than that of murder. What was your ultimato destination?-

His Lordship then dealt with the and a door. Mr Thief, by quietly ap schools is therefore amuzant. Fonths Hongkong

Circumstantial. osidance, in order to war story of both the Crown and the deproaching the box when Mi Sentry is taught in those institutions sequire love Who paid the tickota?—I did.! :

rant a verdict of guilty must be such as fence, from the time of the arrival step therein and tying a rope round the schools established along the suno lines in

for Chir,

shown in

in the successful Was that as a generous net on your

to exolude any reasonable hypothesis of in Hongkong. part No. It was to be refunded to Inu

Witness continued that he was afraid innocence. If it was possible upon the nocord as far as going to the houses box, makes it impossible for the door to Jarn. Details as to methods of instruction, on arrival in Hongkong,

that whoever committed the murder might samu act of eircumstantial facts that the of ill-fame, but after that camo a gap be opened. Thus we have the sentry method of obtaining tewhere, and central You thought it only sight to pay for the roal: their vengeance upum trim.

prisoner might have murdered her or head that hiatus the jury had to fill in. nicely caged. All this is duu, I believe, keen decided upon.

to be exercised over pupils have not yet ticket?No. She he would get

might Do you suggest that you were afraid must find the caso act proven. The woman time in the small hour of Sunday morning to the energetic representations of the have committed aviside then they They hail to contine their attention to TWENTY yours ago Mr Gen. W. Brock money i in Hongkong.

discovered that Chamberlain's Colic, It did not strike witages as remarkable would under you -I was afraid.

because you stopped at the same hotel they from the time she left Manila was on pins after the prisoner said deceased luid left British Consul made direct to the Canton Choler and Diarehoun Romedy was a that a Chinaman should recognise Miss

and neodlos and on the night in question, the houses up the street and 6 or 7 Witness proceeded that he had as shown by the ovidence, was in a state As to the Ship Street Theident quick and safe sure for bowel complaints. Dayton on arrival at tengkong she seem evidence to call in regard to his stopping of mental tension in which she might very could produce no evidence of

be excited--she was seoing things" at the Sailors and Soldiers' Home; but if well havs. committed suicide. She was tim is to it the incident During all of these years," he says, "I l have used it and renamended to many all the way over and stared at every Chinn- the man aul wenna of the place were found times and the results have never yet disapman. Is it not part of your story this brought he could speak of the general band and how no marka of violence there was the evidence of the boy who Nattack of croup can be warded offough Romedy, There is no danger from

box, with waist supported by his own evidenco, and then pointed met Me Brook is publisher of first quarrel in Manila, the Chinese boy 19 appearooo of the place and satisfy the on the body. Had she been strangled saw him at 6 o'clock in the hobby giving Obsenberlain's Cough and relief is always sure to follow. It is:

her neck the Aberdeen, hargland.S.A. Enter Manila: the Chinese bicy in Hongkong and court that ho stopped, thare. But he could there would have been a torrible struggle, If the boy spoke the truth the Ship Street Romedy promptly at the first indication of specially valuable for salée, croup and prise. For sale by all chemists and stone, the strange gentlenu sutside tho Hong- not describe the Japanese house, and there would have been blood upon story was a myth, Hệ could not be in the approach of the disease? For anlo by hooping cough. For sis by all chemista.

Why did you sell the diamonds I was the chemise and floor. Thore wore to the Hotel ab 6 clock if he was sleeping all chemists and score-keeper-

Керрега,

kong, Hotel Yes

SONIG

7 o'clock.

Government.

prisoner

only i

CROUP.!

A SAFE COUGH MEDICINE FOR CHILDREN,

No ofraid to buy Chamberlain's

buying a cough medicine for children

and store-keepers.