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THE COCAINE AND. MORPHINE CASE.

OPENING OF THE DEFENCE.

Before Mr. & N. Orme, at the Magis tracy, yesterday, the hearing was resursed

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEM SER 10m. 1914

Your contention, remember, is that be | · DIOCESAN GIRLS' SCHOOL. secretly let them in and told the people where they could pack morphine and cocaine 7-Yes,,

Have you had trouble with the office boy before 1-No.

This evening at 3.50, the new Diocesan Girls' Schol in King's Park, Kowloon, pilo be formally opened.

The Diocesan Girls' Sebooi is a deseen dant from the Diocesan Native Female School which was in existence at least 50

roonis.

$

The

West side is a small private class room. concerted attack by several persone, but At the South end are the Superinten only the vaguest information as to how entrance and consist of waiting room, for obtainin dent's quarters which have a separate the murder was committed has been su

Information has been given with refor sitting room, two bed rooms and bath any

Behind there are the kitchen,cace to one man concerned, and be is said pantry and two large drying rooms or to have returned to the native eity

immediately after the occurrence. store rooms heated by the kitchen flue.

At the North-East end of the great hall deceased is said to be the son of a soldier, An inquest on the body was opened and principal are the nuin entrance

Kwan by Magistrate

and Mr. Matron and teachers.

Garstin (British Assessor), On the first floor aae 3 large airy domi- proceedings were adjourned, torbs two of which are 20 fert by 30 feet and one 30 feet by 30 foot, and 3 small bedroonis over the great hall, and a sick ward and a toneber's bedroom over the teachers' sitting rooms.

to examine marks on cases in the passage way, and witness bad the impression that he was looking for something special. Witness asked him if there were special marks he, was looking for, saying he could probably assist him. He said, Nothing special. I am having a look round." The officer subsequently said he witness called the compradore for the key- to the door. There were two keys to this dour, the compradore holding one and the office boy the other. Ho called the combim about it pradore becouse he was, nearest. The Yes Woffee boy held the key to the room with

I suppose you have dismissed him? No, not yet.

It depends how this case goes -No. Why should the office boy do this thing

did not reply, bat laughed brondly,

It is a rather serious matter, is it not? Why should the office boy tell you any- thing about it at all? Because I tackled

o the case in which George Leopold | would like to see the strong-room, and ! and say nothing to you about it 7--Witness | Fears ago when a Crown Lense of the site staircase, and two Kitting rooms for jyesterday morning at the Publie Mortu-

Duncan, of Mosers. MacEwen, Frickel & Co., stands charged with being in unlaw ful possession of 188 lbs. of morphine and

510 ounces of coening.

:

The Crown Solicitor (Mr. P. M. Hodgson) prosecutod, tad Mr. P. Goldring appeared for the defence.

Inspector Wilden was recalled

at

the request of Mr. Goldring, and explained the position of the the photographic pintes in defendant's office. He said that they were behind where he usually sat, and also on the window sill, Bio did not mean to say that they were concealed at all. The witness also produced the Government Analyst's reports on the contents of the

The bottles were cases and bottles. found to contain cocaine, and the tins were filled with norphine.

this case

Was

confusion,

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ho

Was BUT.

the

Canton,

The first consignment arrived on the 8th, and was stored at the office on the 21st in Yoh

a

of the present Diocesan Boys' School in Bonham Road was granted to the Female School

The il servants are accommodated in quarters at the South West corner of the site communicating by a covered way with the kitchen and pantry,

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and the

ARMY AEROPLANE RECORDS.

COLONEL HEELY'S REPLIES TO LOND QHARLES BEDESFORD.

Parliamentary payers recently con- tained Beresford to the Secretary of State for a question. by Lord Charles War, asking what is believed to be the longest possible non-stop fight, measured beth by time and by mile, that tho bast of the military or naval seroplanes are capable of, carrying not less than tho persons, including the pilot; what is the longest distance flown in one non-stop fight by an Army or Nagy aerop carrying two people, including the and the longest time that an Art wall to secure its privacy, is a full-sized carrying two people including the In the garden, which is enclosed by Navy aeroplane has remained in

Colonel Seely stated in reply chiman tennis court, and sufficient plots to provide ample playgrounds in B.E. 2 machines are fitted with fine weather, whilst the verandaks are for approximately four hours' fi

rafu.

fight carried by au officer of the M The upper flour of the building will Wing. without landing, is 2491 accommodate C0 or 70 boarders, 1 teachers, which took 4 hours. Another officer, a matron and superintendent,

unaccompanied by passenger,

His actual The schoolrooms (excluding the dining about 510 miles in one day, room) contain an area of about 1,800 flying time was 0 hours, and he landed. quare feet, providing suficient seating twice-for-fuel In reply to the last part accommodation under the regulations of of the question Colonel Seely states that the Education Code for 150 girls. the time for an army aeroplane is

except

Krass

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INTIMATIONS

THE BEST

few

In 1888 the name of the School was And then he told you the whole story-changed to the Diocesan Female School.

In 1970 the Diocesan Boys' School was You did not suspect anybody else, on witness' consent. The keys of the offler, your staff, did you?-I would not like to started on the same site, and the girls All thus dormitorios are accessible from the East and West verandahs by French were transferred to "Fairlea where a windows as well as communicating inter- witness thought, were ordinarily kept in adinit I did not. I have no proof.

Do you say your compradore at Canton very successful school was carried on by nally so that the contral by the Matron the locks of the doors. Bervants quarters is implicated--No, not to my knowledge, the late Miss Eyre and Miss Johnstone and enchers is very complete. All the were at the back, and as far as he knew

Do you deal with this Po Hon firm and others..

rooms are lofty and well lighted and the office boy was the only one who slept | No, I do not know them.

In 1809 under the late Bishop Hvare vratilated. In a separate block at the in the office,

They are friends of your office boy, and Mrs. Hone it was decided to revive North and, connected with both floors by la regard to the strong-

I do not the Diocesan Girls' School as an English covered ways, are the night and day room, it was used for the storage of I suppose I hardly think so.

School for the education of girls of Euro- The premises were formerly occupied as sundry office papers and old records. know.

Can you explain to me why these pean and wired parentage and to contine Javatories, wash room and amahs' room a bank.

Witness seldom went to the strange prople should go and cart this Fairlea to Chinese girls. A lease of Rose strong-room, and if he required any old stuff into your office? No, I cannot Villas (opposite the Boys' Schoul) was I am not quite sure whether obtained from the late Mr. Granville book for reference he called the office boy explain it. to go there. Witness had no key to the the ran who brought the ensos is a friend, Sharp, and the School was carried on room himself. It had never been used relative or a servant or anything else the Chaplain of St. John's Cathedral and there under the supervision of the Bishop, for the storage of goods to witness of the Canton empradore. knowledge. It was closed by

a very Hnt you say the Canton compradore is Committee of ladies, with Miss Skipton heavy dour, and an inside gate which was

as Superintendent. Mr Goldring paid that the defence in locked. After receiving the key from the compradore give permission? Why should not implicated. Why should the Canton

Recently Rose Villas were bold

to that Messrs. MacEwen, compradore, Inspector Wilden and wit Frickel & Co., of which firm Mr. Duncaniness proceeded to the room, and witness they not approach the Hongkong com, Chinese, who proceeded to build a number suitable for recreation in extreme heat or about 280 miles in stil! air. That

of houses on the old garden which had pratore Probably they know the Canton formed the children's playround, and was the sole-partner in Hongkong at the turned up the light. The place was in

this and the extraordinary amount of compradore batter witness *and

INW Probably 1 Ye) do not know? We are what

the neighbourhood at

buildings in present moment, know, nothing whatever prised

Evon Saw. witness had

a. licence I not dealing in probabilities. Where was rendered the site unsuitable for a girls' about this consignment which formed the ! when

school. strang-room had never been ased for the Canton comprador at this time. subject matter of the charge. He mastering or packing Latterly all packing Up and down between Hongkong and His Excellency Sir Frederick Lugard posed to prove to his Worship that on the of cocaine and morphine would be under

was approached with a view to obtaining 8th and 19th of August two shipments the supervision of the Imports and

a new site for the School and took up the and Mr. Wilden

proposal with much sympathy, marked “S. & Co." and B. & Co.," arrived Exports Department.

The walls are of red brick plastered hours. energy, with the result that finally the by the steamers Belgrave and Scandia, picked up certain tins and open certain

cases, and found cocaine in some sardine Where were the goods stored from the sanction of the Secretary of State was and colom washed, the schoolroom floors obtained to the grant of 33,000 square feet of Mirabou hard wood on concrete, the consigned to the Po Hon Company, Ltd., tins. The cases were marked B. & Co." 8th till the 21st -I do not know. of Canton; that these cases were taken After rtain amount of inspection the Did not the Canton compradore tell of land at the Western edge of King's floors of all the other rooms of leak, Park, Kowloon, in the angle formed by whilst all verandahs, bath rooms, lava- delivery of by an agent of the Po Hou officer asked witness if these cases were you?No.

his property, and witness answered in. You do not know where the cases arriv- the junction of Gascoyne and Jordaŭtories, &c., are laid with Belgian tiles on concrete. The rooms on the ground floors Company of Canton--and be would pro- the negative. Witness, went to the coming on the 10th were stored until the 31st? Roads

The question of building funds was have no ceilings, the upper floors are duce the bills of lading in the custody, pardore, and afterwards said, "I am

-No. afraid you will have to hold me respon- They must have been stored somewhere then considered by the Committees of the carried on steel joists, and the uppor of the Hamburg-Amerika Linio, chopped! sible in the moantinus, or words to

Boys and Girls' Schools, and in February rooms are ceiled with wood under a --Yes. Inspector Wilden said it by the Po Hon Company, Ltd., and one that effect.

Committee of the Diocesan pitched roof. Now I want you to explain why the 1012 "the

All woodwork,

the sliding an arresting matter, and witness. Leung Kam Tong; that the Canton was

cases were stored in the office? Well, 1 School and Orphanage, recognising that compendors of Hewer. MacEwen, Friebel hid Mr. Hushion, and the deleting and tung the foveam because 8. Zeland), age, the adhesion out if one, a need to main THE BREWER'S

for

subsequently all that godowns were ablutely full, its scope thut of boys, decided con & Company employed a man named the cases and tins were removed to the

So these strange people eme to this tribute $10,000 out of its reserve, fund Police Station. Mr. Wilden asked Loung Kan Tong as a broker in Canton;

Committee was in that he (the compradore) was requested witness to unlock cupboard in the strange office and stored them and packed towards building fund. In making this en externally, and the walls are

strong-room, and the office boy answered them. They left right cases sunding in contribution the by this man to allow certain goods-to be witness call and opened it. After tiffin the passage under your very noseYes. Bened by the fact that whilst the Boys And then the office boy, knowing that School had been enjoying the advantage stored in a private godown, such as that witness went to the godo man to get you wors in the babit of returning to the of the land and buildings originally of Messrs. MacEwen, Frickel & Com- information about the goods, use the office on Friday night, allowed them into granted to the Diocesan Female School

Hongkong compradore said no knew.

the strong-room to repack He would further nothing about them.

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rent free for many years, the Girls pany's premises.

The godown was

Mr. Goldring protested and rid that School had been handicapped since its prove that it was not altogether unusual locked and there was no one there.

Witness for the Canton compradore to have cases returned to his office and questioned the his friend was cross-examining on his commencement by the payment of a heavy

The fors are arranged so as reader the opening and before evidenced been rent. office boy about the matter. He gave

called, and they had no evidence of hours The Government also promised a Build- stored in transit, and in fact, in some

witness certain information and ass 。

ing Grant under the Education Grunt cll generally self-supporting if no allowance is made for cost of land and cases, to be re-packed on their premises, result witness telegraphed to the Canton at all as to when the cares were packed.

The Crown Solicitor said he wanted to Code of not more than $10,000. He and that on this particular occasion-in compradors to come down at once.

Mr. A. Dryer, of Messrs. Leigh & building, but as orphans and children of get Mr. Duncan's views on the matter.

new buildings indigent parents are received either free respect of these particular ouses on the came down on Sunday evening, and wife had to justify the presence of these Orange, designed the

ness received information from him

including a principal's house, dormiur at reduced rates it is necessary for Thursday proceding the seizure, some regarding one Leung Kami Kong, who goods there."

It further cross-examination, Witness tories, school rooms and sick wards, but the Committee, to appeal to the chari cases, the number of which his client did was connected with the Canton office said he was in his office the whole of owing to a dain put forward by the table public for support of these casos. not know, and could not check, were Witness told him to return and find out Saturday morning. He knew how that Military Authorities operations

to

It may be safely stated that the brought in shortly after five o'clock, after all he could about this man, and

some cases had been packed overnight and delayed for nearly nine inonths. endeavour to bring him down, but the

that there were strippings on the floor. Finally it was found necessary to pay majority of schools in the Old Country Mr. Duncan had left the office; and that man had absconded. Witness made cer- He saw no coelies come and put these to the Military Authorities a premium and this Colony, except rarely private the office coolies, on the instructions of tain enquiries, and ascertained

He supposed that the of 12 cents per square foot for the land, the Canton compradore, stored these cases those on the cases produced arrived.

what steamers goods bearing marks like cases on trucks.

Wit cases must have been taken out of the and it was decided to proceed with a part schools run for personal profit, are housed in the passage way, outside the strongness was an enthusiastic amateur photo-strong-ronta in the night and left in the of the original design only, and in the in buildings which have either been given

passage till the following

It beginning of November last a contractor erected by public benefactions of out It would be given in evidence grapher, and had a special consignment pole have been impossible for the cools was signed with Yik long to erect the of the public revenue, so that (apart from the provision for orphans above men- $30,000 of photographic plates for himself. They

tioned) the Diocesan Girls School should that certain persons, including the man

were all unpacked, some lying on the to have taken the cases from the strong building for ........

To this must be added cost of.

me described as a "Charity School," **1,125 land Leung Kam Tong, returned, and that the desk and others on the front window-sill.room in the morning with the krpwledge.

and no parents should refrain on thur Architects Commission about 1,050 offee coolie was asked where the cases Witness did not notice that any were only of the office boy. The compradore

ground from availing theinselves of the could be re-packed. He said he did not missing until Mr. Wilden held up a box knew nothing about these cases, and made. no note of them. Witness did not think The plates were his own pro-

..845,075

first-class English education provided by Making a total of...

this school in & refined environment and know, or words to that effect, and even-perty, and had nothing whatever to do that anybody else had been using his pre- tually he was induced for a consideration with the fra. His firm had no business mises before in the safe manner. At any

Or allowing a margin for con-

a Christian atmosphere tingencies to allow these men to use the strong-room cocaine or morphine at the present rate he had never had any suspicion of

time at all, nor would anybody employed any such thing for the purpose, He would also prove in the firm dent in them with their con- that the packing continued on the Friday seat. It was not the custom of the firm to warehouse goods of other firms, and night, and that on that night there was a for goods to be brought in by the Culon certain amount of hurry about the opera compradore was most usual, tions, as Mr. Duncan was expected back. at 9 o'clock. He would prove that the office boy gave the key of the strong-room to theman Loung Kam Tong. Mr. Goldring then dealt with the arrival of the Inspector on the Saturday, a detailed in evidence below, and declared that Mr. Duncan knew nothing about the

rooxi.

cases at all.

His Worship called Mr. Goldring's attention to a point of law as to whether

or two.

CHROYS-EXAMINATION.

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by

polished, is painted white internally and

whole building an appearance of airiness colourwashed a light shade, giving the and evoluss. The whole puilding is lighted throughout by electricity supplied by the China Light and Power Co., Ltd., the water service was installed by Massrs.

E. Warren & C., and all the brass

was obtained from England. furniture of doors, windows and shutters

were as the school has no endowment,'

...$17,000.

The Crown Solicitor pointed out that It was found necessary to transfer the there were 90 ting found, and that 68lbs. contract from Yik Loong to Messrs. Wong were missing, and asked him to explain Tong Kee and Cheung Kum Po who took it. Witness said he thought they must up the work with great energy and have been moved out before, but thought snecteded in completing the school at the it most probable that there had been end of August, when the Superintendent another shipment.

and staff transferred from their old The Crown Solicitor-Assuming that home in Rose Villas to the new building.

Thanks are clue to the Architects for there was a third shipment, it would have been kept in your office?-Yes, I reducing their commission, to the China believe there must have been three ship-Light & Power Co. for installing electric ments at the same time, but it is impos-light at cost price and charging & reduced sible for me to say. If you can give no rate, and to Messrs. Lane Crawford & the marks on the cases possibly I shall be Co., and Messrs. C. E. Warren & Co.,

for reduced charges. able to trace them.

I cannot give you the marks, because. My contention is I have not got them. that these tins were got out of your office. Your office boy, might have been doing another little trick -I do not believe it.

think it was all one movement. Witness denied, in Answer to further

In cross-examination by ile Crown Solicitor, the defendant said the office boy mentioned in the case had been in his employ for about eight or nine years. He could not say what anlary he received & month, as the compradore had the list. He thought it would most probably be about $12 or $15. He did not receive $10,

The Building Committee is compused He spoke a little "pidgin English," and

of representatives of the Boys and Girls' would be called as a witness. The strong- room was constantly in use, and the inside

Schools and consists of the Bishop, the gate as always locked with a padlock.

Chaplain of St. John's Cathedral, Mrx: The office boy only possessed the key to

Montague Haraton. Mrs. Tiedall, Misa

(the Skipton

Superintendent) and the defendant would not be liable for any the strong-room to witness knowledge, but

Messrs. Henry Humphreys, G, F. Aucott goods stored on his premises, and for an he had since ascertained that he had the

of cocaine, that he sent a man along to being selected as Honorary Treasurer, nous had seen two separate keys for the Mr. Hutchison to confess, neither did he list of subscriptions has been forwarded room, but he could not produce them, as send a man along to explain. He sent to us for publication: the total amount Leung Kam Tong had taken one away the man because Mr. Hutchison wished collected to date is $10,176.47. with him, with other keys. He could give to see him in particular. He was a mor will appear to-morrow. no reason for the man taking the Keys phine broker, and one of witness' best away, and thought he probably took them cn. away in the confusion. The office boy. told witness that this man took the keys

of

ANOTHER STARTLING CRIME AT SHANGHAI,

AB ALLEGED POLITICAL PLOT,

A startling case of murder, in the

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ct of his servant, and Mr. Goldring said key for a cupboard inside the room. Wit- questions, in regard to a certain seizure and F. B. L. Bowley, the last named which revolvers vero drawn and the NEW CONSIGNMENTS

he thought he would satisfy his Worship that there was no special provision in the laws making the owner of the premise liable, Unless the office boy was acting within the scope of his authority in allowing the cases to be stored, the employer could not be held to be

responsible.

away.

The Crown Solicitor Assuming you knew this was going on in your office, would you have allowed it to continue Certainly not..

You, as manager, I suppose are well aware of the cases which arrive at your office-To a certain extent. We-

The Defendant (sworn), said he had been a merchant in Hongkong for the past 29 years, and was now a partner in Messrs. MacEwen, Frickel & Co. His firm had held licences for evenine and

No. You yourself, not "we"?-Occa norphine for many years for the latter

sionally. up to March of this year and for cocaine

And where are these cases put as a rule? up to 1911. The firin had also had spirit-Most of them go to the Duddell Street-

Wo have also a small room licences and arms and ammunition godown. licencos, sa well as a licence for morphine leading out of the office, for use as a Cumposary godown. It is only on occa sions of extreme pressure, like the present. through the Canton trouble, that we store cases in the passage-way or office.

in Macao. They had been in their present premises for about six or seven years, und there is a branch on the Shamcen

You would know that these cases were at Canton. They had compradores at thero?-Yes, I should see them as I pass Canton and Hongkong. The name of the along, to the compradore's room.

Do you visit the compradore department former was Leung Lai Ting and the

very often Yes.. latter Wong Kit. On the 3rd Augus And Wong Kit (the compradore), is Inspector Wilden came to the office and nearly always in himself Nearly always. said he had a warrant to search the He is seldor absent during business premises. Witness said, "Yes, certainly, hours,

Hany of your staff or the compradore's. with pleasure. The officer did aut at staff were dealing in this illicit traffic- that time sak for any keys. After a would you dismiss them-Oh, yas.' cursory glance round witness desk, the officer went to the passage-way, where the surplus stock was stored. He began

Now, did the office boy speak to you about this matter before the stuff was found --No.

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SILVER WARE.

politicnt assassination occur, is Circumstances of which strong suggestions reported in the NC. Daily News. The erime was committed in Chungking Road (near Great Westem Road), and the ce came to the notice of the police through the information of a countryman who MAPPIN&WEBB, found the body of the victim lying on piece of waste land acur an alleyway. It was reported that the decossed man had heen one among a number of soldiers a quarrel broke out, in the course of walking along Chungking load, and that

deceased received a number of wounds. Upon the matter being investigated by the police, it assumed a more important:* aspect than was suggested by the first | STERLING

A Chinese police constable was called The building occupies the Western end intimation of a common street brawl. of the triangular site, and is designed so

to the scene by the countryman who as to be capable of extension along the discovered the body, and the constable

It is built in two semi-conscious state, Northern side of the site so as to form found that the man' was alive, and in a though suffering an L shaped block. stories and consists of a large central hall from more than twenty wounds. He was eren able to answer a few questions which Mr. Guldring thought that was hardly 74 feet by 30 feet on the ground floor,

into tlice large rovins were put to him, and his answers must sliding partitions, or a proper question, but he would leave it divided

capable

have an important bearing upon a case as a single hall. The Crown Solicitor-It was obviously of being used

which at present is somewhat of a both a gamble, your Worship. We all like a This ball is well lighted on

THE DYING MAN'S CHARGE.. gamble. (Laughter.)

sides by French windows opening on toystery. The hearing was further adjourned the verandahs, and at both ends from

Asked by the constable who he was, the until Saturday morning.

large bay windows. In the contre of the

"A member of the deceased replied: Kuomintang, and to the question' as to win bad attacked him, his answer was: The "An emissary of Yuan Shih-kai." deceased afterwards gave his own name as Taa, and added that of his assailant was Tsang, & man whom he knew. well. and, with whom he was walking at the tinić he was set upon, As quickly as

St. Eliza possible Ten was removed to beth's hospital in Avenue Road, but he died before the hospital was reached,

The Crown Solicitor-I suggest to you Mr. Duncan, that you and your com- pradore were having a little gamble in this case?

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