1939-08-16 — Page 21

THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 16, 1939.

"His Threats Made BRITISH Me Yield"--Miss X TRADE

A YOUNG WOMAN, referred to as Miss X, wept in the witness box at Sheffield when she told how she had paid a musician more than £100 and had agreed to intimacy with him because of threats.

It was alleged that she had been blackmailed for several years after she had been seduced under the pro- mise of marriage.

come on a day trip to London and again mentioned marriage. Resolved to

give him a last chance to show his

good faith, she decided to go.

"Yet again, and without per- misslon, Thum took from hor handbag almost all the money she had.

Frank Henri Thum, thirty-seven, musician, of Upper Richmond-road, Putney, London, was charged with uttering a letter knowing the contents thereof, demanding money of a certain "Then he took her to a Paddington woman with menaces and without | hotel, where it was obvious he intend- reasonable or probable cause, betweened her to share the same bedroom. May 12 and June 5.

Mr. A. G. Dawtry, prosecuting, said that Miss X wass holidaymaking at Rhyl in August, 1929, when she first met Thum, who was in a band.

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When the holiday was over the cou- ple corresponded for some months, and in his letters Thum mentioned mar- riage and invited Miss X to London for a holiday with his parents. She went; and Thum proposed marriage and was accepted.

"THE FIRST THREAT” "She flatly refused, and it was then that he made the first threat."

"He told her that she could have the alternative of doing as he wished or having her parents or her employ- ers informed of what had happened at Yarmouth.

"Terrified that he would carry out this threat she submitted. "After a while she had a letter from

INCREASE

London, To-day. Considerable increases in exports of the United King- dom goods and of imports compared with a year are features of the overseas trade returns for July Re- Exports declined.

ago,

Exports of U.K. goods were valued

at £40,355,025, compared with £39,895,250 in June and £37,469,909 in July, 1938. The value of imports last month was £78,279,673 against £82,174,759 in June and £73,897,551 a year ago.

Figures for re-exports .were £3,725,253, £4,307,707 and £4,555,- 213 respectively.

For the Arst seven months of the

£5,990,284 up on the corresponding year, exports at £276,618,612 were

decline of £22,306,107 over the first of last year, but showed a

India, where he was, in which he asked for £7, and used a threat. Fear-period It was arranged that the next yearful of what he might do she sent him they should spend a holiday at Yar- mouth, where he would be playing and where they could get married.

WENT TO YARMOUTH Accordingly, Miss X went to Yar- mouth the following year. She was met at the station by Thum who explain- ed to her that he was financially em- barrassed:

"She was willing to help him," said Mr. Dawtry, but before she had time to offer help he took hold of her hand- bag and took £7 from it, saying that he would pay her back.

"She was astonished at his con- duct, but there

second shock.

was a

arrived at

their

"When they roome she found that it was his In Intention that they should share the came bedroom.

£7.

"In April, 1935, Miss X received a letter from Thum asking her to go to London.

Mr. Dawtry said that Thum then took her to a flat in Gros venor-square where he demand- ed Intimacy.

When she refused he told her he hoped he would not be compelled to inform her parents.

"TERRORISED"

seven months of 1937.

Imports at £525,513,938 were lower by £17,005,407 compared with a year ago and by £43,506,128 compared with the corresponding period of 1937. Re-exports for the months amounted to £31,818,330

£5,534,334 less than in the same period of 1938 and £15,526,819 less than two years before.

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The increase in exports of manu- Threatened in this way, she con-factured goods in July, compared sented. He dictated to her a letter de- with July, 1938, was £2,034,464. scribing what was actually happening British Wireless, between them.

This she wrote entirely on his instructions because she was ter- rorised. When the letter was com- pleted he said that now he had that she would have to do as she was told or he would post it to a friend of hers.

"She remonstrated about it, but he pointed out that they were about to be married, and she reluctantly agreed to spend the holiday in the same bed- room. Intimacy took place the first night, but that was the only time in the holiday that she gave herself free-money from her handbag. ly to him.

"After the first day, Thum never mentioned marriage again. By the time Miss X had returned to Sheffield her disillusionment was beginning to set "In 1931 he wrote and asked her to

in.

Children's "Tummy"

Mr. Dawtry related how Miss X visited Thum at Newcastle and Stock-

and ton-on-Tees,

again he

took

Mr. Dawtry added, "Thum's hold over her now became stronger. The letters persisted, and when she said she would not meet him at Colwyn that he would send the two letters Bay she got a threatening letter saying

in his possession to the people con- cerned. She went and he again took money from her handbag.

Mr. Dawtry described an incident in 1938 when for the first time he ap- peared remorseful,

In May this year she received a telegram from Belfast, and decided to do nothing.

By this time Miss X was in ex- treme angulah.

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“MISS X” IN TEAR9

"One would have thought,” said Mr. Dawtry, "that this would be the end, but on May 31 this year Miss X re-

Trouble And The Remedy,ceived a letter in which he threaten-

“A postcard did arrive, and a second postcard was recolved ai few days later""

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Mr. Dawtry added that on July 7 Detective Officer Clarke saw Thum at Douglas, Isle of Man.”

While giving evidence Miss X broke dowtr

She said she agreed to intimaoy agálnát, här' will bedäuse of the threats. Bho had not kept an'ṛao- fcount of the suma, paid to Thum, but thay: must have amounted to more than": 400. }

Detective-Officer Clarke, said that Thum was an accomplished musician, and so far as he knew, a man of good scharacter:Gol was married £ita: 1937.

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