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THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 13, 1940

WEDDING PLAN UPSET-

GIRL DIED

Men-

Next day Miss Spicer read a letter written by Mr. Barradale, and did not appear distressed.

A girl who loved a married man he was very fond of Miss Atkinson. and hoped to marry him as soon as Miss Spicer came to her flat and said he was free was told, when his mar-she had not slept for four nights. She ringe was dissolved, that he wanted gave Miss Spicer brandy. time to reconsider the matter. tion was made of another girl.

The disappointed girl sat astride the rails of a balcony and fell thirty-five feet to death. Whether she commit- ted suicide or merely went to the bal- cony to frighten the man she loved will never be known.

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An open verdict was returned at the inquest at Hammersmith, London, W., when the man, a young solicitor, told how he tried to save her as she fell.

EXPECTED TO MARRY

When Mr. Barradale, whose address was given as Elm Park Mansions, was called to give evidence he was told by the coroner (Mr. H. N. Stafford) that he would have to be asked "some rather personal questions" and as a legal man would understand their

She was Sonia Spicer, aged twenty-significance. seven, a land girl, who died four days after her balcony fall at Elm Park Mansions, Chelsea, S.W.

"I cannot possibly discuss what will happen in the future," the solicitor, Mr. John Alfred Crease Barradale, said afterwards. "This ghastly thing is still hanging over everything and has driven all other considerations out of my mind,

Was there an understanding that you should be married when you were free? Yes.

Miss

Did you recently write to

on the Saturday Spicer?-I wrote night but did not post it.

The effect of this letter was that you would analyse your feelings to- wards Miss Spicer?--Yes.

Describing how he found her just before her death fall, he said: "She was up on the balcony, straddled over the rail.

"The question had not arisen of any marriage to Miss Atkinson (Miss Spicer's friend). This has been a ter-

"She was leaning forward and seem- rible tragedy."

1 dashed up Miss Joyce Mary Atkinson, of Ken-ed to lose her balance, sington-close Estate, Kensington, who and just managed to get hold of her by the forearm, but could not stop her had known Miss Spicer about four or five years, said that they went several fall." times to Mr. Barradale's flat.

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Miss Atkinson was asked about letter which Mr. Barradale showed her-addressed to Miss Spicer. In the letter Mr. Barradale mentioned that

ABLE TO PREDICT SEX

Mrs. Mary Hoyer, the Sydenham sex diviner who last month forecast the sex and weight of babies pected by 19 mothers, has been prov- ed right a third time.

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On April 26, she-forecast that Mrs. Eric Williams, of Knighton Park Road, Sydenham, would have a girl.

Mrs. Williams at her mother-in- law's home in Kent House Road is to-day being congratulated her оп her newly-born daughter, Dawn Lil- ian, a beautiful baby with blue eyes and, light brown hair.

EIGHT POUNDS: Dawn's father was shown the list of 19 mothers with forecasts. He ex- amined the entry beside his wife's name: "A girl, weight 81b."

"Dawn weighed exactly alb," he said.

This is their first baby.

sex

Mrs. Hoyer states: "I do not re- gard my discovery of the method of forecasting sex so valuable as a sec- ond discovery of mine by which par- ents may select the

of their child beforehand.

"Six married couples are trying out my method, which involves only the mother and has nothing to do with diet, All the experiments so far have been successful.”

THERE A

DOCTOR IN

THE HOUSE?

3-23 (Holunded by Mröe Best Byndíɗlla, Ine.) When the doctor told the mon- tally sketchy girl-friend he was a practising physlolan,” she said, "She didn't want a beginner-the needed a real dostor.”

FRANK EVIDENCE

The coroner. said he had been im- pressed by the frankness of Mr. Bar- radale and Miss Atkinson.

Perhaps Miss Spicer sat on the rail- ings to frighten Mr. Barradale. There was the other possible explanation that she deliberately overbalanced and took her life, but there was insufficient evidence to determine how the fall occurred.

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