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THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 2, 1937.

TILLED PEOPLE TWO BRITISHERS

DEFRAUDED KILLED IN SERVANTS PHONED AUSTRIA

FOR DEPOSITS

TRICK IN ABSENCE

OF EMPLOYERS

GERMAN'S WARNING,

IGNORED

They

Two English doctors were drown Two Irishmen who obtained from ed in trying to shoot dangerous ra the society columns of newspapers pids on the Salzach River at Golling, the names of title people who were a few miles from Salzburg. away and then perpetrated frauds were Dr. John Henry Stothert, aged on their servants were at Maribor-127, and Dr. Eric Martin Kee, 23, ough street sentenced to hard la- both of London. Bour

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The tragedy occurred on one of sent to prison for five months, and the most dangerous parts of the Thomas Costello, 28, porter, for 10 river, the Salzachoefen, where the months, after admitting a series of Salzach has forced a passage through frauds

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Dr. Stothert was only son of the late Sir Percy Stothert and In the case of Lady Craven, who Lady Stothert, of Mount Beacon left her town house in Chesterfield-House, Bath. He studied at Univer- gardens, S.W. on July 26, a man sity College Hospital London, and rang up asking for a messenger to Magdalene College, Cambridge. be sent with $4 to an address in Stanhope-street, W. A. maid took for some time was a house physi- He took his B. Ch. in 1935 and the accused, no reason being given feian at the Royal United Hospital,

A similar fraud was carried out

Bath. About a year ago he was ap on a maid employed by Miss Locker- Lampson in Markham-street, Chel-University College Hospital.

pointed lecturer in pharmacology at fired Deposite received for one year) or sea, it being stated that the money was "needed for the Customs.”

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Dr. Kee, of Blomfield-road, W., The two men were arrested after the son of Mrs. Helen Kee, of Hav Lady Ludlow's secretary had become erstock Hill, Hampstead, N.W, was suspicious about a message received educated at University College, Lon- In statements to the police Downey (don.

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among other charges admitted by HE WAS PUTTING ON

Downey was one of obtaining £4 from Brig. Gen. Sir Smith Hill

Child by a trick.

• Costello desired six other cases to be taken into consideration, includ- ing stealing 23 from Lord Denman

a trick, and obtaining money from Lord Melchett and Gen. Smith Hill Child.

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