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THEFT?

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The

Alleged

EVIDENCE IN BULLION

CASE HEARING

"trial suggestion that a run" was carried out before the recent £3,700 bullion theft near! King's Cross was made last month by: the prosecution at Thames Police Court.

Leonard Ellis, aged 21, Lancing- street, N.; James Francis, aged 48, dealer, DO fixed abode; and William Benton, aged 47, general dealer, Rhodes-street, N., were ac- cused of being concerned, with two other persons, not in custody, in the robbery.

were remanded,

All three men bail being refused. Opposing 'bail,

G. G. Mr. Raphael declared that other ar- rests were imminent. He added:

""There are a number of with! nesses who might be subject to in- ! timidation, if not by these men, at the hands of their friends."

Further Charges

Samuel Frank, above, held by the Oakland, California, police on a charge of petty theft, is pazzling the police of that city. Be admitted that he had received 13,000 letters from women all over the world in answer to his appeal for a “Dixie wife.”

SUN WORSHIP IN MALAYA

Swimming Club "Temple"

HABITUES AND THEIR "SHADOWED LIVERY"

Malayan sun worshippers are mentioned in the annual report on social and economic progress

in

the Straits Settlements published recently.

Mr. J. A. Hunter, acting Colonial Secretary, saFI that a compara-: tively new discovery in Malaya is that the san is not to be feared as it is in other tropical countries. "Not many years ago," he says. with the "the sun was treated greatest respect and. it was con sidered necessary for a European to wear a sun-helmet or terai.

"Now. however, ideas changed and sun worship has be come a local cult, particularly in Singapore, where its finest temple is the palatial premises of the Singapore Swimming Club."

have

Mr. Hunter adds that the regu- lar habitues of the club wear the "shadowed livery of the burnished

Morocco himself." Mr. Raphael, prosecuting, said could not do anything because of sun as naturally as the Prince of that further charges

made the traffic."

Wher arrested Ellis

said:

against the three men were that! "Got To Take The Blame” they conspired, between May 1 and July 15, with other persons known, to steal the box of ballion from a railway delivery van. Ellis and Francis were further charged with receiving between July 3 and 15 a Ford motor car, and with

What have they got on me? If it

is about the barrow, I took it down there, but I do not think anyone

saw me."

11,187 MORE IN CIVIL SERVICE

Later he said: "I have got to take all the blame just because 1 Largely Due To Defence

stealing and receiving a Coster- was the man with the barrow."

Benton said, when arrested:

monger's barrow.

Plans

EXPANSION OF POST OFFICE

All three were charged with re-This not a surprise. I have ceiving a Hillmar car between been expecting it. I will have a May 7 and July 15. and Ellis and go and will take my medicine. 1

An increase of 11.187, or 3 Francis with receiving a Morris hear that you have got Murray.”

the per cent, in the number of Civil car between June 23 and July 15. Mr. Raphael informed

Mr. Raphael declared that ali magistrate that the Ford car and Servants in the year ended April these cars were concerned, in one the costermonger's barrow were in 1, 1936, is largely accounted for way or another, with the bullion the yard of the court. "I do not by the acceleration of the National into Defence programme and the ex- robbery.

want to bring the barrow On July 15, continued Mr. Rap-court," he said, "but I think it pansion of Post Office services. hael, the box, weighing about 58-should be an exhibit."

Ib, was in transit from Marylebone

to Clerkenwell Entering Ayles-- bury-street, the van was immedi- ately obstructed by a car in front. and came to a standstill. Osten sibly, that car was obstructed by. a costermonger's barrow which was being pushed slowly across! the street.

Boy Threatened

Facing the opposite direction

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was a Ford car with the engine Philadelphia. running. Four men came to the Washington back of the van. One of them pull-

ed down the tailboard, threatening

the van boy with a piece of lead- Cleveland piping. Another man gripped the Chicago

box.

A statement issued by the Fin- arcial Secretary to the Treasury shows that the total on April 1 was 338,604, consisting of 251,669 men and 86,935 women.

Only two of the 20 Government} department groups showed decrea- ses, these being Imperial and For- eign, which is down by nine; and Ministry of Pensions, down by 1

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Then all four men ran to the Cleveland Ford car and the box was pusñed: Earl Averill hit a home rla. through a side window, which had Chicago been smashed.

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Admiralty increase 441. to 8,016. War Office increase 657, to 4,663.||| Air Ministry, increase 722,

2,636.

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tion made off, leaving only the New York: barrow, which had been stolen Tony Lazzeri homered. from Caledonian Market, in the Boston middle of the street.

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No one had been able to identify

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Total Defence increase 1,820,!

to 15.315..

The Air Ministry has increased its civil personnel by 38 per cent. to deal with the expansion of the Air Force.

Over 48 per cent of the stafis of whom 13:

any of the accused men as having Detroit was postponed, on account) were ex-servicemen, beca on the spot. In the circum- stances this was not surprising. The prosecution's case was that the offence had been most care fully planned for a considerable,

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Car Stolen

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CANADIAN CRICKETERS

28-YEAR-OLD CONDUCTOR

Mr. Myers Foggin, aged 28, has The Earl of Bessborough, the been appointed conductor of the and Or- Mr. Raphael said that a Hill-former Governor-General of Cana- People's Palace Choral man sports car had been stolen da, recently entertained Mr. R. C. chestral Society for 1936-7, in to Mr. Eric Erough. from Dr. G. Miller, in Soho-square, Matthew's team of Canadian cricke-succession

on May 7, and according to the ters who are touring England, at who was killed in an air disaster prosecution's information this car Stansted Hall, Rowlands Castle in the United States last April was used on June 30 for a trial

Tun over the route on which the

robbery was being planned.

On July 5 the Ford car arrived |

at the garage and false number Girls Escape From

plates were affixed to it.

Two

Man Waving Razor

witnesses,

On July 16. Ellis went to the garage and gave Simpson £1, day- ing it was from Murray for gar- age money. Ellis volunteered the!

Marguerite with him, and be statement to Simpson: "We got Helena Eymer, aged 26, and Mar- threatened her. the job off, but I had to leave the garet Winifred Lee, aged 24, Late one night she asked a barrow behind."

described at a Ramsgate inquest policeman to accompany her and Shortly afterwards Ellis was last month how they were chased Miss Lee home from the restaur- Armed with a razor.ant because Garland had been kid- seen in conversation with's man by aman named Bailey. Ellis was' sub-The man afterwards cut his throating outside. After the policeman

had left them at their

gate she sequently arrested, and Bailey told and died.

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2 273 emerge from the police that Ellis had said to A verdict of suicide while tem-saw him: "I had a slice of luck that porarily insane was returned on bushes. The two was going, due to that gold yester-Alfred Walter Jom Garland, aged screaming, down the road, Garland day. I pushed a barrow across 33, 2 coach driver, of "Arnold-road, following.

Miss Lee ran through the open- the road:"2

His slice of luck, remarked Mr. Miss Rymer said she had known door of a house. She saw a razor Raphael, was about £60.-

Garland, who was living apart In-Garland's hand. He grabbed Ellis also said to Bailey: "We from his wife, for over three her blouse, and the fell down a waited six months for it. The last years Recently she told him she flight of stairs, thus, she believed, three days we went up there we would have nothing more to doleaving her life

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