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MRS, BARNEY FOR TRIAL

Murder of M. S. Stephen in Flat.

LONDON SOCIETY CASE.

London, Saturday.

ARSON CHARGE HEARD.

Mystery of Fire's Origin.

TASMANIAN PREMIER IN HONG KONG...

Farmer. Who Became Journalist.

FOLITICIAN'S VARIED CAREER.

JUNE SESSIONS TO-DAY.

Chang Chok, charged with Arson Mr. John Cameron McPhee, Mrs. Elvira Barney, wife of Mr. John Sterling Barney, the Ameri- appeared before Pulane Judge Premier of Tasmania, arrived in can singer, and daughter of Sir Wood in the June Sessions to-day. Hong Kong on the s.s. Changte, | John Mullens, has been committed The charge arises from a fire on Thursday last on a visit from for trial on the two charges made which broke out in the accused's Australia, and is now staying at against her, first of the murder of haberdashery shop on Nan Chung the Pensinsula Hotel.

Mr. Michael Scott Stephen on May!

31, and second of shooting at Mr. St. in the early morning of May Stephen with Intent to do grievous$. bodily harm on May 19:

The Crown alleges that he set The killing of Mr. Stephen oc- the fire himself in order to collect curred at Mrs. Barney's flat in

from two insurance policies for

| London, following a cocktail party

and after a quarrel between the $4,500. He pleaded not guilty. two. Mrs. Barney is represented by Sir Patrick Hastings, K.C.

Mr. T. S. Whyte-Smith outlined the case for the Crown, - The pollee court hearing has been held at Westminster. As on pre-

The accused, he stated, lived at vious days, again large crowds 96, Nan Chung St. in a small shop. tried to gain admittance to the He was also the proprietor of a court room.

Mrs. Barney was dressed in black with white gardenias in her hat. She continually clutched » bottle of smelling salts.

Mr. McPhee has been Premier

of Tasmania since 1928, the cul- mination of a varied and eventful

career.

He was born in Yan Yean, Vic- toria on July 4, 1928, being the son of a farmer in that district. After his education at the State Schools, Victoria, he commenced farming, but later turned to the printing business, and established himself as a reporter.

Later he became the Principal of the Remington Business Col- knitting factory at No 86 on the lege at Hobart, which position he same strect. His wife and held for 12 years. He is now.

in the shop back in the printing trade and is brother-in-law lived

also an agent. with him.

Mr. McPhee was married in There were emotional scenes

"At 96, Nan. Chang St. the stock 1911, and has five sons and three when Mrs. Barney was committed and furniture were insured with daughters. for trial. She sobbed without

player.

restraint when her counsel, Sir the Wing On Insurance Co. for He is a keen, tennis and golf

Patrick Hastings, read out two of $3,000 and there was another

her passionate love letters to Mr. policy for $1,500 on the personal BOMB SENSATION IN Stephen, one of which had "Lovel effects.

Hut" as its address,

Detective Inspector Winter Mr. Whyte-Smith stated that drammatically gave evidence to the the Crown would show that the effect that when he and Detective value of these two policies was ex- Sergeant Champion visited Mrs.

Barney's flat after the tragedy ahe Cessive..

ordered him from the house and On the morning of May 3, at struck the sergeant in the face, 3.16 a.m. erying "I'll teach you to put me duty

an Indian constable on near-by heard A police

in a cell, you vile swine." She subsequently apologised, however. whistle. He rushed to the shop

ENGLAND.

Found Under Platform

of School.

London, Yesterday.

A sensation was caused last. night by the discovery of a bomb under the platform from which

Mrs. Barney sobbed again when and found a man in the middle of Lord Lloyd and the Bishop of Sir Bernard Spilsbury examined the street frantically blowing a Carlisle were addressing the boys Mr. Stephen's bullet-ridden pull- over, and expressed the opinion whistle.

| struggle such as Mrs. Barney had have

described. Reuter.

The constable,

of St. Bee's School, Cumberland. Mr. The bomb was timed to explode

during the ceremony.

A slight report was heard, and it is believed that the detonator went off, but failed to explode the charge.

that it was most unlikely that the Whyte-Smith said, would be un- wound could have been self- able to identify the accused as inflicted, or that the revolver could that man but he felt that he would have been discharged during a

no difficulty in convincing the jury of the fact. The Indian The Cumberland Chief Con- he said found the shop blazing.

stable immediately telephoned to He described how the constable, pert to examine the bomb. It is Scotland Yard, which sent an ex- aided by two others, extinguished thought to be too well-made to the fire which was burning in two be the work of a practical joker. places. He told how two bottles -Reuter. filled with kerosene were found,

DAYLIGHT ROBBERY

$2,239 Stolen from City Safe.

On the false pretence of paying uncorked, near one of the fires. a bill, three Chinese men armed The accused, he said, had made with a revolver and daggers, com-statements since his arrest, which mitted a robbery yesterday after he did not propose to usa although noon, shortly after one o'clock, at

35 Connaught Road Central, at the in one of them he admitted hav- premises of a Chinese import and ing started the fire, export firm. They decamped with Hong Kong bank notes and Ameri- can currency to the total value of $2,289.

The Police, Mr. Whyte-Smith said, would give evidence that they had smelt kerosene on arriving at

The only occupant of the pre- the scene.. mises at the time was, Lam Stu-

tung (38). He told the Police that Superintendent Fitz Henry

COMPLICATED FAMILY RELATIONS.

Marries Step-son.

Boston, May 12." Relations in the Lema family, Boston, have become somewhat tangled as the result of the elope ment of Mrs. Lema with the son of her dead husband.

The couple were married in New York. Mrs. Lema is 31 and her of step-son Is 24. He was the only

by a previous marriage.

the robbers overpowered and tied the Fire Brigade gave evidence child of Mra. Leme's first husband him up, gagging him with a towel: that after examining the remains He was put in a cubicle and forced of the fire he could not find any to produce his key for the safe."normal cause" for its origin.

The notes were

safe.

taken from the

The case is proceeding,

So now Mr. Joseph Lema is the stepfather of his half brothers, John (aged 6) Redmond Laged 4), Peter (aged 8), and his half- sister Mary (aged 2),

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