TEN HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH, 1918.
SERIOUS AFFRAY IN THE WOMAN'S STRUGGLE WITH
VAUMATI REFUGE
POLICE CONSTABLE CHARGED.
A THIEF
BRUTAL ASSAULT WITH A CHOPPER.
At the Hongkong Magistracy, on Satur day before Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe, three At the Hongkong Magistracy on Batur Chinese, one of whom is a constable inlay, Mr. E. D. C. Wolle continued the the Water Police, were charged with bearing of the case in which a Chinese having assaulted a number of other Chi was charged with robbery with violence nese with intention to commit a felony, at a house in Arthur Street, Yaumati, in The constable was further charged with the curly hours of August 1st.. misconducting himself in his capacity as constable.
Inspector Gordon prosecuted and Mr. M. K. Lo appeared for the constable.
Inspector Gordon applied for a remand
Inspector Gerrard prosecuted.
A Chinese woman, badly marked on her face and head with scars, and wearing a handkerchief round, her head to hide
the fact that the doctors were forced to
na he was not quite ready to go on with cut her hair so that her injuries could be the case.
He said that on Wednesday properly attended "to, said that she was night the defendants, and another con-sleeping in her house on the night in ques stable, who had since absconded, had tion and was awakened by someone pull- boarded a sampaa in the Yaumati refuge, ing at her wristlet watch. evidently for the purpose of looking for
opium, which they wanted to steal. They found nothing on this sampan, and there, fore moved on to another, where a woman protested loudly against their search, as bey were not accompanied by a Earo pean officer. As the woman was talking very loudly one of the defendant's struck her on the mouth with a chisel, with which just at that moment he was trying to
Being frightened, she Torah moment simply stared at the man, who thereupon cut her face, wrist and head with "a chopper, inflicting seven wounds." When she screamed, beramah, who was sleeping| in the passage outside, called out to know what was the matter and the defendant rushed at the amah and cut her also. When the defendant was trying to open the door to get away, witness seized him and wrenched the chopper from him. She When the woman was struck she raised then struggled with the thief and got such an outery that the eccupants of some him down on the ground, where she of the other sampats in the Refuge came pinned bing with her teeth. She held him to her help. What happened next is not like this for some little time, till she quite clear. The two constables and their grew weak from loss of blood and released
hold, when the thief companions seem to have been, badly her
escaped handled by the angry occupants of the through the kitchen window. satapaas., Police whistles were blown and there was a great commotion. Sergeant
prise open a box.
He
HONGKONG MAGISTRACY.
CHARGE AGAINST A SEAMAN AND A CHINESE.
́James' Allen, a seaman, was charged with behaving · indecently on
Friday night in Murray Battery Path. A Chinese boy was charged with a similar offence and ales with offering a bribe of 30 cents to Chinese contable 648 to be allowed his freedom.
The Magistrate stated that Allen and the boy, if found guilty, were fiable to the maximum term of two years' in prison ment each. The case would, therefore, have to be committed for trial at the
Criminal Sessions. He remanded the case till Tuesday afternoon..
KIDNAPPING.
A Chinese was charged, on remand. with kidnapping a little boy from the custody of his parents and detaining him
on board the Kin Shan.
Mr. R. E. Lindae prosecuted, Defendant stated that he went to Canton on August 17th and was living with some friends. He had with him over $10 at the time. The people with whom he was living naked him to buy a concubine for $100 and he refused to do so. The child's mother, who is a beggar in the country, also came to Canton and stayed at his friend's house. His friend made arrangements for the sale of the woman's son, the mother acquiescing. Before the sale could be effected, how. ever, the boy disappeared and the mother lice arrived they took her to the Polite asked him to find her child. He went Station, where first aid was administered.
on board the Kin Shan and found the
When the
Perkins who was on duty in the Police by Dr. Smalley, and then to the Hospital. launch close by, hurried to the scene. She knew the defendant, who slept in a rescued the Arst defendant (constable) cubicle in the same block of buildings. from the sea. The defendant was in an Robbery was the motive actuating defen almost unconscious, condition, this being dant, for she had had no quarrel with due as much to the thrashing' he had re him. ceived as to his immersion in the water.
Witness denied the allegation of the Another Police Sergeant, who was defendant that she rushed at him as soon on duty at the Yaumati Police Station also as he entered the room, She reiterated
boy and then he was charged with kid. Dapping tim.
Mr. Wood said it would be better to
hear the evidence of defendant's friends. before committing him for trial and re- manded the case till to-day.
COMMITTED FOR TRIAL.
A Chinese youth, who was charged with
came to investigate matters and found that she had been awakened by the attempt harbouring a girl, under 21 years of the second defendant, bleeding profusely made to cut off her wrislet watch.
The bearing was remanded.
SEQUEL TO THE SNAKE STORY
A POOR SORT OF A JOKE. The nuke story of last week, which created such comment in the Colony, may now be allowed to pass inte oblivion, for it has turned out that the whole incident
and with his hands and legs tied, in a boat-but it was not the boat in which the woman had been assaulted and in which the fight had commenced. Near this man the Sergeant found a chisel and a match, Inspector Gordon alleging that the watch. had been stolen.. When the two men were taken to the Police Station they were not in a condition to give a coherent Four sert of a joke played on Mr.
J. L. Scott, of Messrs. Mustard & Co. account of what bad happened. Later, Palice investigations prove that the when the second defendant was able to parcel was sent by a Portuguese lad, speak, he gave the name of the third de lately employed at Messrs. Mustard & fendant as one of their party. On this Co. The lad was taken to the Police information the third defendant was ar Station, where he explained that be rested the same night.
had tried to play a joke on Mr. It was stated that the second defen- Scott. He had purchased the snake from dant was a seaman employed on one of an Indian snake charmer for the pur the Blue Funnel launches and that the pose of giving Mr. Scott a fright. He third defendant, who was formerly, the averred that the snake was harmless, owner of a stall, had for the last three because the snake charmer had extracted or four months, been an informer to the its fangs. This put a different light on Water Police. These two men, it was the whole incident, and when the snake, alleged, know that the sampans they which had meanwhile been kept at the searched were engaged to remove eargo etation, was examined it was found that from the Blue Funnel beats. Inspector the boy's story was true.
Gordon said be could not prove the state- ment, but he had reason to believe that
these sampan occasionally carried opium.
age, in No. 4. Ezra Lane, without the consent of her parents, was committed by Mr. Wood for trial at the next, Criminal Sessions.
Mr. A. E. Wood prosecuted.
Defendant stated that the girl was ille treated by her parents and entreated him to take her away from them. Out of compassion he did so. The prosection, however, urged that the girl was not ill- treated. The girl had been brought up by her guardiana since she was one month old. Defendant was a friend of the. family and nad taken the girl away.
HARBOURING A GIRL
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A Chinese youth was charged, on re mand, with harbouring a girl at No. 111, Hollywood Road, without the consent of her parents.
P. W. Goldring appeared for the defence. "Mr. A. E. Wood prosecuted, and Mr. Mr. J. H. Gardiner watched proceedings on behalf of the parents.
According to the evidence the defend aat met the girl and her elder sister at
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SPORT.
LOCAL CRICKET.
IRST HÄIENDLY øker or THE SEASON.
RE DEFEAT C.R.C.
We understand that it has been decided not to organise a cricket league for the coming winter owing to the fact that so many of the Colony's cricketers have left for netive service.
The
friendly games," so that interest in the There will, however, be a series of
first of these was played on the C.R.C. game will not altogether. be lost.
Engineers met and scored an easy victory ground on Saturday, when the Royal over the CRC. by 64 runs, it s 906-
innings match
The R.E. made a good start. Wahl and MacGregor putting up 31 runs between them for the first wicket. Three wickets fall cheaply after this pair had been distälased, and then Corp. Adams came to piled 36 runa. Sapper Purnell's. 23 rung the rescue with an enterprisingly com was also a welcome contribution, and
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Townsend scored 14 not out in vigorous CASEMENT
style. Both Parnell and Townsend in- cluded a six in their scores,
When the C.R.C. commenced their and Heakes, both of whom kept a sne innings they found the bowling of Purnell length, rather too good for them, and it was only an extremely careful exhibition of batting by Cheng Chi, who went through the innings undefeated with 29 runs to bis credit, that saved the side who scored 10 runs, was the only other from making a very poor slow. Ching, double figure scorer. Purnell reaped a rich harvest, getting eight wickets at the hat-trick in the eighth over, and fraction over two runs apiece. He did bowled only three over, in which he did not get a wicket.
The scores and bowling analyses are as follows:--
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ROYAL ENGINEERS. Capt. Waul, c law Jan Taun, b
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C... Hexes, bag 522 Kwong ... LU. Lucas, D Ng ba Awoug Corp. Adamyy b Cheng Lai... Dapper Mullard, b few alan isun "L Dapper "rurosis, e dãà o Lueag
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S.6. Charters, u Ag are wong Lorp. Hoa, e Luing, a dy dz
Kwong... L.C. Townsend, not out
Extras
Total
Bowling Analysis.
Un How Fan
Yew Man Tsun Ng. Sze Kwong, Cheng Chi
CL.C.
0.
9 1
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4
Yew Man Taun, b Purnell Caerg Chi, not out
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14
194
M. Uning, e Macliregor, b Purnet! 10 Ng Nze Awong, b rurnell
Geo. Lec, c MacGregor, b Bela's... Va Hew Fan, run out...
J. Wong, & Lucaą, b Furn........ G. Kew, b Purnell
C. F. Lee, Adams, b Purnell ... J. A. Lam, e and b Purnell ... Ip Ewan, c Reakes, b Purnell
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6/0
Total
Bowling Analysia.
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W.
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L 34
1
9
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The second and third defendants, there- THE BASEBALL AFFAIR IN house in Hongkong, and fell in love, Furnell
fore, devised the plan of asking the help
of two Water Police constables and search. ing the sampans for opiam, which be J. (Inspector Gordon) had no doubt what ever they meant to steal if they found.
Mr. Lo supported the application for
a remand.
The Magistrate observed that from the facts related to him, the case appeared
SHANGHAI
with her; the girl, at the same time, reci. procating that affection. According to
I. EZRA AND FRIEND AND the defence, the lovers had several meet-
AMERICAN OLUB.
ings, through the connivance of the elder sister, with the mutual understanding that a marriage would follow. The girl visited her lover's house on several occasions, the sister acting as chaperon. The sister also made a proposal of marriage between her younger sister and defendant. On August 3rd, while defend. Shanghai.
ant was in Canton, the girl asked him to GENTLEMEN, In view of the action company" her to Hongkong, which he taken in our casen by the Race Club and did. She practically supplied all their other clube, we now stand condemned in wants, rented a cubicle and they lived as the eyes of the public of sesions which man and wife, till the parents traced unfit us to be members of any club.
them. The defence further stated that Any action taken by the American Club the girls were used by the parents as would, as conditions now stand, neces" decoys" as they were under the impres. The family was an undesirable one, the Mr. Lo submitted that even if the
To relieve the Committee and members eldest son being in prison for theft. The second and third defendants had made of the American Club of any embarrass prosecution alleged that defendant took those statements, they were not admis- ment as a result of taking action upon the girl without the consent of her sible. They might prejudice the case our cases, we hereby hand in our resigna parents; that no proposal of marriage against the Brat defendant.,
Inspector Gordon said that these cases beyond shadow of a doubt eventually be would have rejected it as they did not tions in the knowledge that we will made, and, even if it had beep, they were getting frequent, and at the next able to establish our innocence of the think defendant & fit mate for their bearing, Mr. King would ask that the charges against us. and feel sure that the daughter. They also denied krowing de ease be treated in the most serious light. Committee sud member of the American feadaat
The following copies of letters between Mr. Judab Ezra and the American Club were want by Mr. Ezra to the N.-C. Daily ta be a serious one.
We for publication:- Mr. Lo asked that the Magistrate would The COMMITTEE, forget some of the statements which American Club, luspector Gordon had made, particularly what he had said about the sampans carry. ing opium, which he himself admitted bo could not prove. He thought that Inspec tor, Gordon, should not have ventured on those statements unless he could prove them. It might prejudice the case in the
mind of the Harissid he had only sarily follow along the lines of what had ❘sion that defendant was a wealthy man."
Inspector" Gordon repeated what the
fendants bad a second and third de- already been done by other clubs.
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C. Krausch, alias C. Nelson, who was originally believed to be a German when arrested on a charge of complicity in an armed robbery at Shanghai, has been found to be an American citizen. Mr. Earl B. Boss appeared for the U.8. Government before the Mized Court on August 9th and stated that be had cabled to the Naval Department at Washington, as the accused had said he had formerly beed in the U.B. Navy, and had received a reply that he was an American born citizen. The accused, who said he had no objection to raise and wished to retain his American citizenship, was handed over to the U.8. Court for China for
trial-
SNATCHING CASES.
A Chinese was charged with attempting
A lutong stated that whilst on duty ha to snatch a watch from another Chiness in Queen's Road Central. heard cries of thief, thief." He saw complainant with his watch chain bang; ing out of his pocket and arrested de-
The hearing was remanded until next Club as a whole will be only too anxious the Magistrate to have the charge with fendant on complainant's cliargo.
Tharaday.
CANTON NEWS.
jay pocrit ỐP THI "CHUNG NGOI
EIN TO
# PROJECTED LOAS.
* Carrox, September 8th.
We are informed that the Treasurer is consulting with the principles of the *Taiwan. Bank for a loan of one million
dollars.
THE KONKEN GUNBOAT.
The gunboat Kwang Tung, which was sunk by its crew result of a mutiny, has been located near Heung Shan. The bodies of the Captain and other officers who were shot were found in the boat. BWATOW REPORTS.
It is reported that the Canton forces Are approaching Amoy The Tuchun Li How has returned u Foochow
Chan' Kwing ming, has reported that his headquarters have been remsored to Nam Ching (near Amoy).
to assist us in regaining our standing as gentlenen and sportsmen when we can again come before you cleared of the charges now at issue.We remain, Gen- tlemen, Yours faithfully,
(Signed) J. L. EZRA
V. GESEBURGER, F. S. ELIAS.
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Shanghai, August 27th, 1918. Mesars. F. 8. Elias,
J. I. Ezza;
T
Y. GRSBURGER. GENTLEMEN,Your joint resignation
Mr. Wood, or Saturday, applied to
drawa. He said that certain facts 'hed
come to light regarding the girl's family and he thought it best not to proceed with the charge: "He had consulted the com mittee of the Po Leung Kok and they, too, were of the same opinion. No doubt, an offence had been committed under the Ordinance, but in the circumstances be thought defendant should be dis charged.
The Magistrate, addressing defendant stated that an offence had been committed and the law was the same for English, from Membership in the American-Club Portuguese; Chinese or aux person of for the reasons set out in your letter of whatever nationality. No girl, under 21 the 27th Inst. has been submitted to the years of sgy, could be taken away without Committee..
the consent of the parents. If no per In accepting same, the Committee mission had been obtained a man was desire me to convey to you their appreliable to be sentenced to one year's hard cistion of the spirit in which there.labour by the Police Coder and to two ignation was tendered-I am, Gentle rears hard labour by the Bupreme Court, men, Yours faithfall du ved it was a very serious ofence as how (Signed) W. T. FINDLAY, over the case had been withdrawn against
President. defendant he would discharge hirm, American Club, Angust 28th, 1918” (Continued as frat, aj next Cojams.)
Defendant stated that complainant pulled the watch off his pocket himself and then accused him. Defendant said he was looking at picture sign-boards at the time.
Mr. Wood said there seemed to be some doubt about the ease and discharged de- fondantaget
Another Chinese was charged with and citing two gold mounted rattan bangles from the wrists of a little girl in On Tai Streek, an
The mother stated that defendant sistahed the bangles and ran away. Her daughter had sustained an abrasion on one of the wrists consequent on the violence used by defendant.
Canton slow days ago and was out of employment. On the Hay in question, whilst walking along On Tai Street be
Delondant "asid--that He came from.
people canning and followed their examples. Hy was then arrested,
Mr. Wood keltanéed defendant tá sie montka' hard labour.
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