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JOHN CLARKE'S New Hopes
For Release
CASEBOOK
Partners Of Americans
DVERSITY had made
Afriends of them. They Washington, Aug, 21.
came from different parts}
US officials expressed of the country, had different hope today that Russia's backgrounds, and 30 years decision to
separated them in age.
l
But in contron they had tie know!! that each fact adversity and both were very poor,
·
Their names were Cyril and Fred. Cyril was the older, und with Fred he worked in the back regions of a quiet hotel.
RESIGNATION ACCEPTED
i11.
DAY come recently when Cyril, the older men feli
There
release three American prisoners will spur Red China to free the 41 Americans it holds.
Meanwhile, a spokesman said, the State Department has no a diplomatic plans to make protest over the shooting down an unarmed US trainer plane in Korea.
of
He said the matter will be handled by Maj-Gen. Harlan C. Parks, UN delegate to the joint military armistice commission who already has charged the Communists with
"Li provoked und' murderous Btm
nothing WIN
"
seriously wrong with him, but US has protested similar.
he clearly WILL 100 sick to work. He would have to go, the hotel said,
Fred discovered with him- self a sudden and strange and splendid loyally, "It Cyril unnounced oes, gu too," he
to the hotel.
Ifis resignation
incidents in the past through British channels since it does 10l maintain diplomatic relations with Red China or North Korea.
CONVENIENT FORUM
In the case, the spokesman said, the armistice commission afford
"convenient" forum 21 for lodging the protest.
The attack, in
which Cyril packed his bag.
and another packing problem was simpler.meer was killed
was accepted,
Fred's
one
said
All ht possessions would it seriously injured, occurred over the demilitarized zone of Karea. into his pockets,
Other American ofeials the US will try hard this week to persuade Red China to follow the Russin's lead and agree to prompt release of the 41 Ameri- cang held by the Chinese,
The Lwo 112 went to Victoria Station. At the back of their minds was the thought that down on the South Const there must be seasonal jobs in plenty in the kitchens of hotels and restaurants,
FRED'S WORSE SELF
ON the station, Cyril
Left
Fred for 1. few moments. "Ксер an eye on my case, inate," he old, as he went away, "Sure," Fred said.
But in the little lime that his friend was absent, Fred's worze
control self took
of him. "You're a mug, that's what you are," his worse self suid,
"It it wasn't for Cyril, your so-called friend, you'd still be working in that quiet hotel, instead of being on your way to look for a job on the coast that probably doesn't exist."
Fred tried to shake off his growing discontent. His worse Fred self whispered an idea. obeyed.
beg older
He marched off from tho station with Cyril'a that contained all the man's possessions.
FRE
HOME TOWN
RED headed south, over the river. He met a man who gave him £1 for Cyril's and most of its contents.
C3SC
Fred parcelled up what was left, then he made his way up
Lincolnshire, bls
to
The next session of the dead- locked Geneva negotiations
with Red China will be held on Tuesday. Offcials here hoping that the release of the three Americans imprisoned for years in Russia will have some influence on the Chinese Com- munists-United Press.
Kai Tak Scheme
Explained
(Continued from Page 1) ' "The intention is to use locul raw materials whenever prices are comparable (with those ruling
find We overseas).
enterprising there are many manufacturers who are offering 10 supply us with almost any- thing including steel and steel plate.
"Once tip lorries, excavators, dredgers, crushers, compressors and other technical equipment
have been brought in, the rest of the material will be obtained locally except for things that
are
not produced here, like bituiren. The result is the bulk of the labour and material costs will come back to Hongkong."
home Brigadier Westrop sald
he
This
county. On the Lincolnshire expected there would be no coast he felt certain he would langunge be able to find a job.
man
diMculties In project of Anglo-French operation. A sufficient number
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It was no new thing for of men in both companies were Fred, a sad-looking little bl-lingual but if the need for In his middle forties, to know interpreters arose, there would that the police might be be no hesitation in employing Interested in his whereabouts. i them. He hcd
previous eight convictions for petty thefts, and bad several times been sent to prison.
A was not fear of the const- quences of his crime that led Fred to act as he did, when he safely reached the Lincolnshire
resort where he meant to sellle foe the summer,
CONSCIENCE
TE had hardly reached the HE
town before the enormity of the crime he hid committed, not against society but against his old friend Cyril, hit mir and square and numbed him.
Hardly knowing what he was about he walked into the local police strtion and gave himself up.
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Established 1945
MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 1955.
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"Oh, stop worrying, Henry! You said yourself the man who filled in on your vacation last year did a grand job!"
JETPLANES ATTACK
SHIP
DESPITE HER
NINE UNION JACKS
The British freighter Taichungshan (2,171 tons), which had a narrow escape from an attack by unidentified jetplanes south of Swatow yesterday morning arrived in Yaumati Bay this morning.
One of the officers on duty at C.L.V. Dury. Two other Britons the time of the attack said the on board are the chlet mate Mr planes flashed over the ship Frank Spurr and the Chlef machine-gunning it but thern engineer Mr. C.A, Howard, were no casualties and по damage was reported.
Owned by the Shun Cheong 5.N. Company, the Taichunghan The attack toole place despite will leave for Swatow again to- the fact that nine Union Jacks |morrow,
parts were painted on various of the vessel and were visible from every angle.
The Taichungshan was her
from way to Hongkong Swatow with a load of general cargo when it woa attacked. The ship was then steaming of Breaker Point, 40 miles south of Swatow.
оп
Film Star
Passes
Accused Of Killing Evelyn Fung
PROSECUTION'S STORY
The story of a love affair between two young people -one the accused, the other the deceased-was supplied as background in a murder trial by Crown Counsel, Mr Desmond Mayne at the Criminal Session this morning.
Crown Counsel then went on with the sequence of events:
After these telephone mes- saged wore received and after the teller was read by tha Police, of course the hunt was on, and the machinery of the Police force was thrown Into action in or effort to trace the whereabouts of the accused.
"On
the
same day he was traced to
to the Shamrock Hotel. A Police party went there. The Hotel was surrounded and the Poller went to the eighth door und there in Room 868 the ne- cused was arrested
"He was brought to the Police station and on the way there ho sald certain things to the
sta
Police which will be told in murder and cautioned and in
evidence. He was charged with
answer to the charge he made a statement,"
Mr Mayne read ไปs state- ment signed by the accused: "I
did kill Miss Evelyn Fung on
May 20, 1955 at 3 am"
Turning to the Jaw, Crown Counsel said that for the pur➡
In the dock before Mr Justice }. R. Gregg was 22- year-old James Richard Becker, who pleaded not guilty to the murder of 21-year-old Evelyn Fung, alias Fung Wai-lin, whose body was found on a piece of vacant ground adjoin-poses of the present case mur- ing the Tang King Po School in Mission Road on the morn- ing of May 20.
in
Mr Mayne read a letter said to have been written by the accused which he declared his love for Evelyn, confessed to the killing and announced his intention of committing suicide.
to
warn the
accused of
the
course of action he himself would take if the accused con- tinued to poster the deceased.
"Also on May 18 Bowyer and
walk. That
when
Was
the
Becker is being defended by ceased to break off association, for Mr Richard Winter (Instructed with him altogether and did the las, occasion by Mr F. W. Ko) with Maj. not want to see him again. The deceased was seen alive, except,
padre also took upon himself of course, by her murderer.
"Her body was found the on a piece of next morning waste ground at the back of the Tang King Po School which is in
Mission
Road. She lying on the ground and
the died as had asphyxia by strangulation. The time the doctors be most likely when her death occurred was three ог four o'clock in the morning.
Mr
name of came trom
GOT ON BUS
Was
she
quit
ter meant "the unlawful inten- tional killing of the deceased." He said they were not concern- ed with premeditation or motive but with the intentional act on
the part of the accused which
t
caused the death of the girl at the time he intended to kill her,
He asked the Jury
would bring in a true verdict unsway- ed by pity or emotion.
02 the resul
PHONE CALL
and
think to
the Daw
The trial is proceeding.
Doctor Has Lucky Escape
In Double Tram Crash ··
F. J. Williams of the Army Legal Department (accused was on RASC driver) also present.
When
hen the Jury of five men and two women were empanell- ed the Judge, at the request of Mr Mayne, csked them whether the deceased went out for the any of them wished to be ex-rst time. They went for a waik cused on the ground that they arst, and then to a picture, and held such views in relation to arranged for a further meeting the death penalty as to make the next day.
"On May
19 Bowyer called it difficult for them to return for the deceased at her home proper
verdict.
at about 6 pm. They crossed' Nong
of the Jury asked to
by the Star Ferry to the Island excused,
where they went to the Mis-
"You will hear evidence from be
Giving the facts of the case, slons to Seamen. They had an
Mayne
said that the
the sister of the accused that ice cream and spoke to the Rev. he was awakened about this deceased was best known by the Haig Brown and then went to
Lee. Sheung. But, tram Evelyn Fung. She
accused driver, of 9 Tang Lung a film which was being shown time very highly
about in the Becker Street, was found guilty on at the Mission. After the flim moving respected family, the Fung Bowyer and the deceased cross-home.
a charge of failing to stop family, and lived with her three ed over to Kowloon by the Star "The following morning, this brothers at 482 Nathan Road,
Ferry
and went as far as the slater received a telephone call his tram to avold impend- She worked as secretary to home of the deceased.
from the accused in the course ing danger by Mr Thomas the Rev. Haig Brown, a padre
of which he told "Bowyer will tell you that as
her that he Tam at the Central Magis at the Missions to Scamen in they approached the entrance, had murdered the deceased. tracy this morning. Hongkong At the time of her the accused appeared from out!
"About 9.30 that morning the He was fined $50 .or seven death she was 2** 21.
of the doorway and approached accused telephoned the Fing days. The accused, at the time of
accosted and
them. The ac- household. На spoke to the
Sub-Inspector C. D. Mayger the offence was employed as a cused pushed the deceased and amah and gave the same story prosecuted. driver in the RASC and was
ho had murdered the a certain amount of quarrelling that
Dr H, P. Karanjia fold the aged 22, continued Mr Mayne, ensued, as a result of which a deceased and that he was going He came from a very respect-crowd collected.
to kill himself. During the day court that on May 11, he was a able family, the Becker family,
there were a number of tele- passenger in his brother's car who resided of 9 Jordan Road.
along conversations
travelling between which was DEEP
AFFECTION
"It appears that the deceased phone
the accused and the amah when Kings Road from West to East, Crown Counsel went on "You eventually managed to get away
At the function
of Lau Sin he told her how he had done it, by herself. · Bowyer will hear that the accused and upstairs The officer on duty at the time
met for Lat
Catch to
He bus. for the first went
and where he had left the body, Street, the driver slowed down the deceased
fallowed by the accused of the attack said this
"In that same morning the his car and put out the car in- morning
time some two
dicator to show that he was years ago and whe arst of all teled to prevent sister of the accused found on he heard a sudden barrage of
almost at once be
turi Into apparently
the street. machine-gun Are coming tro
came very triendly and saw him from getting on and when the bed of the accused a letter going to She The car
at that moment was the starbe
atarboard
to his
family. She of the side
great deal of each other. The popular Japanese film friendship deepened into what self got on the num
The he was unable to do that, him-addressed the ship.
with
not read the letter herself, motionless on the tram tracks. Bowyer.
did He then saw two Jelines actress, Miss Kyo Machiko, was a very deep affection which There was
Later, A she brought it to her
seconds sweeping over the ship from
a conversation be but the same direction. They made star of the prize winning these two young persons had for tween them thuring which the ac-brother, who is a Sub-Inspector heard a loud noise at the rear of tho car, and In another oused aried only one run and did not come films "Gate of Hell" and
to ascertain what in the Police Force. She and cach other. back. The officer said the "Rashamon", flew into the "In these two years they met
ous noise as the tram rammed reason for 'this was that
he was going the letter as being in the hand-
the rear of the car. pllots of
the aircraft possibly Colony by PAA from Tokyo very very frequently indeed and power was going to do and in the Sub-Inspector both identified moment, there was a thunder-
In the last year the deceased to tell the Rev. Halg Brown writing of the accused." realised they were within range early this morning for a
was away from her home for what had happened. of shore batteries as the ship's couple of hours stop-over some days an
night "A little later some
the accused got
Telling the Jury that some of position at that time was only before proceeding to Europe, and you will have evidence that off the bus and said he was go- about five miles from shore.
the home of the de-
the grammar in the letler 'was on a number of occasions they ing back to Accompanied by Mr Matsu- stayed together at a hotel called ceased. Bowyer became worried not quite correct, Mr Mayne taro Kawaguchi, Managing the Honour where the accuses and telephoned the fat of the
read it to them: Director of the Dalel Motion registered inter
"To my family--Mother, the name of deceased when he got off the
I
SEVERE DAMAGE Picture Company, Miss Machiko "Brown."
this telephoneath sorry for what I have done During is the back-bus
he is on her way to Venice plica
to ground of these
Deard noises of
last night to Evelyn and I am The result of these two crashes attend the Film Festival, after persona in connection with this
young conversation banging and
Indicating sor
sorry for what
will do this was that the car was squashed which she will tour Europe and
that
someone was trying to get
get morning to myself. You see as between the two trams.. the United States.
to the Bat forcibly, "This love affair, friendship,
Bowyer you all know that Evelyn is the damage to the car was severe. or whatever you like to call it, telephoned the Police but tin-
only girl
love and the only but no one inside was seriously was punctuated by fortunately he gave the wrong thing I got to live for. But I hurt and they all escaped with apparently
address and the Police went to
went to her house as you know. only minor bruises and cuts. very frequent and rather violent the wrong address and of course
Defendant And I saw her with a man was
said he did not quarrels and of course with
there which followed It Wha no disturbance there, wa reconciliationE
Bu notice the indicator on the car. walked back to her house." was am unfortunate thing to killed her with my two hands. these quarrels.
but he knew that it was intend have occurred that night.”
And I will be killing myself ing to turn into Lau Sin Street. NOT ACCEPTED : Mr Mayne said that on that
he did apply his for her since I am no good. with Held the night in the Fung house there
Maybe now you, emergency brakes when he saw my love. ax.amah, an
the car was directly in his accused Mak,
tracks Fung's
but the accident was in know why I always get ao.
His Worship
FROM STARBOARD FROM
the
It was a foggy morning, the officer said, and he was not aware of the planes untii ho Westrop said the heard the gun fire. Brigadier contract with the Hongkong The
Taichungshan Government had been initialled between Hongkong and Swatow and agreed to, but had not yet i twice a week. bven signed. Tils was 蠱 She is manned by a crew of formality, he odded, which | 66, commanded by Captain would take place in about a month's time when the agree ment was printed
Jersey Registers
91 Degrees
Cheung Chau Bully
London, Aug 21. The highest temperature re- corded so far this year in the Brlish Isles was reached today
(Channel Islands) at Jersey
to 91 degrees where rose Fahrenheit,
The previous highest tem-tracy. perature recorded this year was He was brought back to 80 degrees Fahrenheit at Kai- London, pleaded guilty to his sington Palace, on July 17..
the theft at Bow Street, and said. A number of places on to Mr R. H. Blundell, the south and west coasts of Britain magistrate: "Somehow I had temperatures well into the
80' today. although thir on my conscience, so
average for this time of the your reported to the police.".
is only about 70 degrees-Ching your Mall Special.
had
1
Through HK
Dressed in a pink coloured cheong-ssm, the 29-year-olch unmarried actress told reporters
in Japanese that she was very happy to be able to moot Western people and to exchange ideas with them.
·Machiko · ahd
ORSE,
This
two
"Apparently, because
THE LETTER
Fung fardly never approved of W and Evelyn old," Mrs Ronald, Boy, Junior and Grace
was
tha
younger
Lew
he
This was not all. The impact sent their car flying, into the track of an oncoming trom on the other side. This rammed the front mudguard of the car.
•
thea
ΣΠΑΣΤΑ
The
into the brother, aged nine or ten years, with you, people because Evliable by old the defend
Wero
werd
out
relationship with' the' socused.. went down the stairs Lateral shell, have anything to do with Reporter Charged
With
Asked if she had any plans for marriage she said that sho
this friendship, the would like to get married · one. Kong Sàng 36, who was do-day but she had no one in mind
never allowed Fung house. Whenever they Her other brothers scribed as a common bully on at the present
is the only thing I got to live for.
a com- the island of Cheung Chau, was "It is a very difficult probe wanted to meet the accused celebrating o birthday,
And now again I am killed her. ant that driving was brought to justice this morning lem," she added coyly.
telephoned and walted outalde DRAGGED DOWNSTAIRS
I shall go with her maybe we plicated matter, but all drivers when he was charged with
had to think not only of them the house. He was never Her favourite American film
As to the amab's evidence of will meet again I hope we an common assault before Mr Hin-actor and actress are. Joseph accepted person for the hand the ringing and banging of the will because up to now I know selves, but of others. shing Lo at the Central Magis Cotter and
Jennifer
of the Jones. Sho
Ho said he know the place. to door that night, he sa according to
will be dying within a few ratos as the 'most enjoyable pic-
ideas. Fung family's
will tell you that the deceased hours I still love only her. Now where the accident occurred was "In May this year there opened the door whereupon the you folk guess why I leave the especially treacherous, but the Defendant is a tenant at 124ture "A star is born". Tai Sin Bork Street, Не уда
Among those at the airport appears to have been a cooling amah saw the accused in the Army. It was because Evelyn defendant must be more care | this" morning to meet Miss off of the friendship, at least on doorway. He dragged the de ordered to pay 1925 compensa»
own you all will forgive me for Mr Kawaguchi the part of the deceased for the ceased out of the Hat and down went out with other man. I hopeful in future. on to the complainant, Chiu
accused. You will gather from the stairs. The deceased gave whatever I have cause the house and in addition,
were members of the local am the evidence that there was an a couple of screams and they for this will be the insting Tin-soon, the was fined $30 or seven days and colony.
urge on her part to break off the
When bound over in $200 for one
to house. About
this
time she became look for them they had gone.
Mother if you like, burn me with a young man friendly The prosecuting officer said
up Just like Evelyn Try to “The next we know of the callat "Bowyer who is in- that on August 10, defendant
come acctated and the deceased Army here, and he frequently ran the evidence of the com
will went to the house of the com-
and try to put me near used to visit the Missions to BOMBERS CRASH
plainant whereupon he was usik-
Seamen. He spent a fortnight'uctor of a bus which runs her that one, ed to pay his rent which was Rhyl, North Wales, Aug. 31.
from Jordan Road towarda Leave at the Mission, stayed Greenville, Alabama, due for quite a long time. The The four young 'Army officers
Aug. 21 hawer the accused gave was to who confessed to a hoaxed there at the end of April. During Kowloon City. He will tell you Graca, for what you both have of indecent assault, Regind
ju
Then Jush But Frod went away Two Air Force B-26 bombers it Chlu on the chest with his on a military came here tart he visits thero he met the that a couple whom he can done for me. I hope Ronald will with lighter step than that crashed in a heavily wooded late. Complainant ran into an week, have been dealt with and deceased and became friendly, identity as the accused and the pass his
will be hk FORCON, 10 clear from the evidence dood got on at "with all bout wishes to the inner with which he had come into area near here last night after the defendant. A report was med tonight that the focused came to low how the atter 11 pm-
room holly pursued by posted to other stations, it was
The time was the rest of the BECKIE family 'the court. Ha was already apparently colliding in flight.
Chati sergeant-major at the camp of the frispship, beginning to be on speaking Three of the four men aboard made to the Cheung
WWE ACCUSED WARNED- suld he had been authorised by you will hear that, on May terms with his belter salt were killed, and the fourth was Police
the be again.
Hi Worship sold that kind of stato inleyend **** | behaviour was highly, irregular, if He would not grid to the sistem Printed and published by WILLIAM ALICK GRINKAM for and that accused should have mend and grebardia and on behalf of South China Morning Port Limited at 115 | mare mestas chân to trit, an ok nam Wyndham Street, City of Victoria, in: the Colony of Hongkong, inwri
"A very mean erime," cald the magistrate, "Go to prison
for four months."
Fred nodded and went rway
to the cells. His crime hod
been mean. The sentence was
listed as missing-United Press.
!
“Hoax" Officers. Reposted
and five accused the War Office in London to the
the
Bria
Out Where Evelyn baby Indecent Assault
Junior
J
thank you
and
Pleading not guilty to a charge
mother ball when he appeared · bør
Gonent, 27, was placed on 1500
got of at Tam Kung With all my luck to you folk
hile
BANANAN TOA will have evidence / Your, son; end" boothing"i:Jame
on the bus they Richard Beckers the
bg. Motto: my mother anch -HEI vus | brother,v Trom your Jugoil*
Mr J 1. Durling, at: Centr thir morning,
"Deferidant, who setail
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