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THE CHINA MAIL.

Misterious Death In Percy

Street

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than anyone else, and yet no one presumed that he stayed for pur- poses of work. Suspicions soon rose to certainty when Mrs. Owen and "Medical assistance came 200| Arthur Greenhill were seen by one late; the unfortunate woman 'Was of the glass-workmen dining Indeed dead, frozen to death, inside together at Gambia's Restaurant in [her' own room Further examina-Tottenham Court-road.

tion showed that she had received "The workman, who was having a a severe blow at the back of the cup of tea at the counter, noticed. head, which must have stunned her particularly that when the bill-was came out of Mrs. and caused her to fall, helpless, be paid the money

Owen's purse. elde the open window. Tempera-

"Irregularities such as these were ture at five degrees below zero had bound sooner or later to come to the done the rest. Detective-inspector ears and eyes of Mr. Allman, the land- Rubens Studios; and a Howell discovered close to the win-lord of the

month after the New Yeax, without dow a wrought-iron gas bracket, the further warning, he gave her a week's height of which corresponded exactnotice to quit his house,

ly with the bruise at the back of

Mrs. Owen did not seem the least Mrs. Owen's head.

bit upset when I gave her notice, Mr. Allman doclared in his evidence at the "Hardly, however, had a couple of inquest; on the contrary, she told me day clapsed when public curiosity that she had ample means, and had W&N

whetted by a few startling only worked laterly for the sake of something to do. She added that she head-lines.

had plenty of friends who would look "What had happened was simply after her, for she had a nice little nile to leave to anyone who would this:

how "la get the right slide of "At the inquest a few-certainly

"Nevertheless, in spite of this very curious facta connected with

erful interview, Miss Bedford, the Mrs. Owen's life had come to light, tenant of No. 6 Studio, had stated that and this had led to the apprehen-when she took her key to the care sion of a young man of very respect-taker's room at 6.30. that afternoon able parentage

a charge of she found Mrs. Owen in tears.

"Twenty-four hours later she was being concerned in the tragic death found dead. of the unfortunate caretaker.

on

"The coroner's jury returned en öpen "To begin with, it happened that verdiet, and Detective inspector Jones her life, which in an ordinary way was charged by the police to make some Inquiries about young Mr. Green- should have been very monotonous! hill. and regular, seemed, at any rate "The detective, however, pushed his more than investigations as far as the Birkbeck latterly, to have been

Bank. There he discovered that after usually chequered and excited.

her Interview with Mr. Allman, Mrz Every with who had known her Owen had withdrawn what money in the pas concurred in the state-she had on deposit, some £800, the ment that since October last a great result of twenty-five years' saving and

thrift chance had come over the worthy and honest woman.

But

the immediate result of Detective-inspector Jone's labours was that Mrs Arthur Greenhill lithogra- "I happen to have a photo of

pher, was brought before the magis Mrs. Owen as she was before this trate at Bow-street on the charge of great change occurred in her quiet being concerned in the death of Mrs.

nesker of Owen, caretaker and uneventful life.

American Mahatma

William Gooda!!

Two years of studying the credo of Mahatma Gandhi, India's man of festiny, Convinced William Harri son Goodell, that there's nothing ike simple living. He's shown on Arrival at New Orléans, La., in Gandhi miles. He plana a nation- wide tour to convert America to the cospel of "simple living."

CONSIGNEES.

LLOYD TRIESTINO. NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES..

the Rubens Chartered Motor Vessal Studios. Percy-streisterial inquiry is "Here she is to the life," added "Now that

" HILDA" the funny creature, placing the one of the few interesting opes which photo before Polly-"as respectable, 1 had the misfortune to miss," can-

of

COLOMBO, PENANG & SINGAPORE, Via SAIGON.

as stodgy, as uninteresting as it is tinued the man in the corner, with From TRIESTE, VENICE, BRINDISI, "But PORT SAID, SUEZ, MASSAWAH, nervous shake of the shoulders. well possible for a member of your you know as well as I do how the ADEN, KARACHI, BOMBAY,

attitude of the young prisoner Impress charming sex to be.

"Nevertheless one day all the ed the magistrate and police so un- favourably that, with every new wit- tenants of the Rubens Studios were ners brought forwards, his position CONSIGNEES of Cargo are beraby Informed that all Goods are being 24th Mar. surprised and shocked to see Mrs. become more and more unfortunate.

"Yet he was a good-looking, rather landed at their risk into the Godowns Owen, quiet, respectable Mrs. Owen, sallying forth at six o'clock in the coarsely built young fellow, with one of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf

those awful Cockney accents which

Company Ltd, at Kow and Godown afternoon, attired in an extravagant iterally make one fump. But he took foos, whence and/or from the wharves bonnet and a cloak trimmed with painfully nervous.

delivery, may be obtained. Tha

police had built up a fairly limitation astrakhan which-light-

Optional Cargo will not be landed strong case against the lithographer.here, unless notice has been given 48) ly open in front-displayed a gold Medical evidence revealed nothing hours prior to vessel's arrival, bat 3rd Apr. locket and chain of astonishing pro- new; Mr. Owen had fled fro, J excarried on from port to port to the

portions.

norure, the blow at the back of the final port of call to which the option | head not being sufficiently serious to extenda. "The plot thickened when from

Cause anything but temporary that day forth a complete chance ablement. When the medical officer No claims will be admitted after the came over the worthy caretaker of had been called In, death had inter-Goods have left the Godown, and all the Rubens

vened for some time; it was quite im- Goods remaining undelivered after the Studios. While she

possible to say how long.

26th instant, will be subject to rent. 5th Mar.appeared day after day before the

The appearance and state of the All claims against the vessel merang 6th Apr. astonished gaze of the tenants and room, when the fortunate woman be presented to the Undersigned on OF the scandalised looks of the neigh-was found by Mr. Charles Pitt, were before the 8th March, or they will 6th Mar.bours attired in new and extrava-again gone over in minute detail. Mr. not be recognised.

Owen's clothes, which she had worn

-All broken, chafed, and damaged gant dresses, her work was hope during the day, were folded neatly on Goods are to be left in the Godowns, lessly neglected, and she was always a chair. The key of her cupboard 'out' when wanted.

was in the pocket of her dress. The where they will be examined or the "There was, of course, much talk door had been slightly ajar, but both 28th instant, at 10 a.m. by our the windows were wide open; one of surveyors, Messrs. Goddard & Douglas, In the case of dutiable cargo, con- and comment in various parts of them, which had the sashline broken, the Rubens Studios on the subject had been fastened up most scienti-ignees are requested to inform the

Beatty with a piece of rope.

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very naturally the theory). little magik how. together, and after a very

Boon made d 25th Feb. while the general consensus of the

Bill of Lading will be countersign. No one fated by 4th Mar. opinion because firmly established of an accident must be

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wide apa windows "After

statements week, almost day for day, with

the young Greenhill's establishment in and he related the caretaker's visit at la mirkbeck was calledi cashier of the No. 8 Studio.

the bank. "Everyone had remarked that he It was then about one o'clock, he] stated. 'Mrs. Owen called and pre- stayed much later in the evening sented a cheque to self for 2827, the

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