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Eyes diesing, flat pounding "You have got m And," said Bottomley," that I had the intention to

steal the money of poor devils, such as ex-soldiers."

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THE CHINA MAIL SATURDAY OCTOBER

HONOUR „¿ JJAKE No.8

THE MAN WHO WORKED MAGIC

WITH WORDS

acquittal Bottomley

from the shadow of the with popularity confirmed possibly enhanced.

walked dock

and

Why

ho therefore should worry to excess when, in the faces carly part of 1022, Bo criminal proceedings once again? Objectively, be calculates his

Charm a bird off a tree?

have found it child's play. Horatio Bottomley

gab. personiti

misdemeanor: 150 fraudulent conversion.**

Where GRAPES greet a car that NEW to Tito-land

JOHN MONKS ho ti on ku way by road from

LONDON to. MELBOURNE

Salonika Organisation ofcini in the blink

· striperia," singlet

fiind in dose

ho

WATER melons; honey- and white

askod me

dow moloña, rock' melons, and grapes big

I told

but

bunches of green and purple floored me by bringing out a Juicy grapes. Our dusty copy of Byron's "Don Juan" in little sports car la loaded mng beneath a stern-faced pla

English from the cabinet stond- with them as we pass from ture of Tito, and asking: "Did"- Yugoslavia into Greece on you enjoy this?” our 18,000-mile trip to Aus- tralia, by road.

Football officials who drive Rolls-Royce in Hungary would have been Jealous of the re- wo got in Tito's Yugo. coption we got in

•

E stopped for the night at a camping site near Luju bijam. I had the out of my pants torn by a young wolf which Had "Had it been so, my Lord"

not board about Tito's bo-friendly polley, Bottomley replied, "I would Everywhere, people who had

The road to Zagreb was full have had something rather never socú ́a: British sports, car, öt nothout wo did not offensive to say

about your before stopped to tape. Tramo notice R-WO waved to the Bumming-up-***

shovel was halted in the ellios and - pretty girls who wore villages, anxi grey-uniformned It was the last flicker, the last polico moved us on even before gift of the gab. The rest of we had time to ask the way. dismissed appeal, the purgatory of prison, and an emergence

that lasted until death. penury 1

The moral is too obvious to in the tumble-down little villages Ping bricks from the scaffolding. autobahn from only of South-Eastern Yugoslavia. If Zagreb, to Belgrade Is one of formulate in words. I wonder what the moral would wo did not stop, laughing the best in the world but, al- have been had Botionley died peasants patched, baggy though we cruised at 80 miles Turkish-style rousers would pelt them at the car. So after hour for a long way, the

going was hazardous. a while we always

Flocks

By EDGAR LUSTGARTEN icy agony the purantory

at the summit of his powers. He knows the ropes-bath legal and "Rubbish," he cries emphatic financial-botter, far better than ally, as Hupphreys contends over he has done. He can draw that part of £5,000 withdrawn upon the vast fund of good will

from the club's account, was created by his patriotic wanted for the upkeep of his speeches during the Great War. borste at Osterid.

HE gift of the gab— figure reached its height, acts. He is 63 years old and that is the English these .prizes constituted a name for it, and glittering array. we put on a mean-

A Riviera villa, a string ing smile whenever we hear

racohorses, a yearly the phrase. Not to be of fooled, our smile says: we champagne bill large enough aren't anyone's suckers; no for a hotel, reflected Bat- good trying a lot of empty tomley's personal profit out

his promotions.

words on 18.

A widely discussed periodical, And yet there is no John Bull, reflected his conquest country in the world where of the ordinary mind, and served the gift of the gab can as a valuable vehicle to carry exerclas more devastating its proprietor's words beyond the scope of oven his stentorian In supposedly voice. power than phlegmatic and unimpres- sionable England.

For proof, I would cite the case of Horatio Bottomley, Bottomley was the gift of the gab Incarnate and per-

has Bonified; there

been nobody quite like him this half century. Charm a bird off a tree? He would have found it child's pay,

He could charm a bunch

of lifelong pacifists into &

flerce mob loudly clamouring

A sent in Parliament-as an Independent for South Hackney

elected

political prestige.

accession

Immense effect

he

They couldn't beat him before. What rouzon is there to imagine thoy cua beat him now?

So Bottomley as usual, his for own advocate - prepares battle with jaunty confidence, not sensing that his long run 19 coming to an end....

of club

"Don't interrupt, please," says the magistrate.

"But it is boo utter donsense,"

The jury took only half an hour to find him guilty. The judg with en ac comment on his callous effrontery toolt a deal 1983 to "send" him great down for seven years.

Bottomley flushed from nervous agony and shock. But, at this moment of crisis, the gift, absurd. It is did not entirely let him down.

"I was under the impression Travers Humphreys-who is

put to an Accused case through that it is going to see this to its end in the Court of parson Have you anything, to Criminal Appeal, and who is say before sentence is passed?" " "It is not customary," said later to become an outstanding

case of a the judge, "In the King's Bench fudge-does not recrimination. intend to get involved in mere

The Crown case against him essence; is simple enough in that, having founded a so-called in connection with the Government's Victory Lean, he

"I say Mr Bottomley wanted has helped himself freely to that

he goes on cod- that money," club's subscriptions and turned varsationally, "for the purpose the money thus abstracted to his of keeping up his horses at

вого Or, in the privata uso.

Ostend because I have that Zechnical terms of the indict-

under Mr · Bottomley's 'own hand...

enviable ment, he has committed the Tposition had

offence of fraudulent conversion.

The production of this docu-

Indeed he had; in the shape not been attained,

declaration Necessary however, without But though simple in 'essence, of challenges and set- in detail ti is complex; so intri- under the old Defence of the monetary Realm Act-bofore money could backs on hia up- ce are Bottomley's ward path.

In affairs, with a network of com be despatched abroad. addition to panies real and notional, with a for uniforms and guns. He a period as a bankrupt (which chain of bank accounts in this could charm a hard-boiled did not overwhelmingly affect name and that, with cash con- ment came as a blow to Bottom- London Special Jury into his living standards) he could stantly transferring from one of lay but there were many others giving a verdict rooted in already look back on at least them to another, that only a also that Humphreys held in two prosecutions respecting some steady and penetrating eye can swre, Industrious icidly, he emotion, not in facts. He of the companies he launched so follow the progress of cach could charm a gathering of readily.

Into cheated shareholders applauding and finding fresh money for the cheat.

Not only could, but did.

manipulation.

Cuo

metler

to

to

La

́and aboye ali

batches from coffers of the club Bottomley's

companies, But both prosecutions had

This

the gives

for Bottomley's wine-merchant, Ignominiously failed.

Bottomley's tactles before the the account of one of Bottom- magistrate. He cross-examines, joy'a lady friends. Bottomley a lay lawyer of not to make things clear, but to consummate skill-appeared on make them

more obscuro. He each occasion in his own behalf; cracks jokes in the trope of dif Bottomley spurned none and, exploiting

at the intitude tracting attention Jokes

his trained supporters who which prizes always allowed to of the material

uproariously. He tre- brought within reach by this defends in person, he employed laugh

interrupts Travers the his gift of the gab in feats of quantity exceptional gift. In

prosecuting, Wi- years immediately follow- demagogy aimed at those out Humphreys,

court as much at pecially when a point is being ing

the 1918 Armistice, those within. The effect was miado that cannot be misunder- when his career as a public immense, and after each stood or re-interpreted.

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Next Saturday

When Parliament

investigated the

Police

who

road motal into the holes. The children were hard

at work too. One house wo passed, was being built by peoplo E metons and grapes were with Grandma mixing cement, looked like the family Giles, piled on us every time we and mop-hafrect children drop. stopped to let a bullock cart pasa 2

evers

fr

The concrete

of geese, herds of cattic, and droves of sheep also use the autobahn and, as there, are fow cars in Yugoslavia and not many, tourists drive that for, ox-cart drivers think it is safe to sleep while the oxen" find their own way home.

the mod stopped. No

ragged child would accerst D dinah about 14 farthing for the fruit.

“Be kind to tourists," Tito has ordered, so every ywhere we were greeted with a smile and a suff, precise guard's salute, ・

"Have you rond Oliver Screaming brakes soon wako Twist? I have just finished the drivers and stir them into

Government it," the

Tourist action,

BERNARD WICKSTEED teams up with PERCY HOSKINS

thought of a

ever.

sin

One hope now

T

H

"AVE you

of shuắt. They were

crawl? It is just the same

williest

could not be

screened by clouds

ramble or crimé

in a NEW series to

Find Out with Fun

mong the crooks

AND

Off we

go on a

CRIME CRAWL

proof against the as a mature ramble with his handicap down. It is no

but afterwards

manger's

of Jokes Chapman Pincher, only in good just throwing a brick e soll- Only one hope rostead of birdwatching and at a Jeweller's window and estor got up mained; and when

little hoping for the best, Bottomley studying the dear course addressed the jury at his trial, stinkwort you go out with a

duo

and naked t

hia client

fish backi

he pulled out every stop and criminologist and learn You have got to use just could have the let them have it untiluted about the wonderful under the right force otherwise not renzoning, not argument, but just the gist of the gab, world.

Fish shop

We

- BEVRE

paper in front of your face you want to watch "out" for your byenat pocket,

I think, the police have been. spreading myxomatosis among the pickpockets in the West End because Percy and I did not get watching he told of: ene,' but wile we were

the broken glass will cover When I have

me a lovely story about the late So if you had been in the be able to grab.

the jewels and you will not been out with

Pincher

Patrick Hastings Betonding «You, kidve got to And," he

have lain be

woman accused of murders said, hla massive shoulders West End. one night last.

bind bushes hoaving, that I had the inter-week you might have seen

George Arliss was in cours Jewellers begun and When the

and Hastings, fixing his eye on tion to steal the money of poor a couple of us at work. There putting up grilles in front of and watched

and foxes and dovils, such as ex-soldiers, wito

was Party Hoskins, who has another idea. He fitted a sort of BoT asked Percy 1 we could this

their windows this chap got other kinds of nature of work, not come here as actors to study Subscribed to the club"

Aragle woman's emotiona glance to see how that's going been a crime reporter for anchor on the end of a chain to

same with sin

and adapt them, for profit on down, and then a rising note: 29 years and put on set. in the back of a car, hooked li to not do the

'harder to Held in war the

the miske belleve starele pel сукв blazing,

grille and then singing rust the course of his studies, Anchors Aweigh, he let in watch than badgers, but we the blighter sald Arlins to chest and chin thrust out. *

And there was the willing the chutch.

"might"

ht hang around a bus stop Ferry beside him, ""He invited and see if the pickpockets were me bevel": you have got, to and that student Wicksteed. Horatio Bottomley, editor of

The clue John Bull, member of Parlia-

bit late The beauty of crime,"

He thought it was a ment, the man who wrote and said Percy, "is that you

for them as they had very tem / 8 we drow a blank with the. spoke throughout the war can find It, anywhere. Look HERE was another follow

gular habits. A dalective look A

4 pickpockets 1 thought it wa won't jag them forget

over a bus queue at: Straight Bush a cat burglar, there ing over a ̈ with the sale object of inspire at this jeweller's shop. What who used to take his fence Martin-in-the-Fields was once was once a cat burglar With

the troops

and keeping visions of villainy it brings or receiver along to look at the rewarded with one of the rarest wooden legt: He was called For up the morale of the country to mind. Smash and grab Jeweller's shop first. He liked to signs in sin. It was an entire Top cesenething and be used

Daxi may something still more the confidence trick

get an estimate for the Job in

bus queue at pickpockets on 10 "woodeix-lcg as a brake whi important

they

advance.

way home to roost, sliding down roof remember who went out To the double cross

Percy was full of happy little All he had to do was tell theThe trouble was he left the Front to do his best to cheer

stories like this. He ever had bus driver, to pull up outside a splinters behind and the góp the lads you have got to find The maestro was off and one when we passed a fish shop. police station, and be grabbed matched them up with the

by the whole

164 their money,"

was madly taking notes. The

not make out who was shopling Dramatically his voice broke first chap to put smashi-and- his fish, so he had the place. ⠀ "God fordel he murmured grab raids on a scientific watched and found there was hudity: "God forbid!"

basis, said Percy, was a something faby about one of the clearing woment When she was At the close of this speech, at fellow who put up plate searched they found that under leset / coo" pinson wept without glass windows in his back her clothes she was covered with restraint. Horatio. Bottomley garden.

Sun Doyer soles. and haddocks in on hlinedit,

Then he would practise for

tind

must

14

thist that man intended to stealWicksteed with, his pencil fran fahmoriger, he said, could and all500 with their loot on his leg Bath 1 BUT

"

á For uthera,, the gift of the mb

That was all right. She was senmod to have lost its magic hours with a brick, getting taken to count and convidiad,

MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN

WARS ARE NO LONGER FOUGHT. FOR A WOMAN-

IF HE DOES WANT TO FIGHT:

now, says Perty, because und incidentally Perry says that the National Health Schem

at mon do not ket their pockets ho has got so aluminium leg picked so often da men. It that does not leave ¿splinters

hard to get at their wallets behind without being noticed.

l

The worst place to koop.

Pocketbo

with) w; Cunog, jakas. Best plače is

a trouser: Docket in's frant, Zfm. man in a crowd openia dla naw#-