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THE GO.M. OF HONGKONG. SIR PATI CHATER'S SIXTY YEARS

IN THE COLONY..

CRIMINAL SESSIONS.

THEFORE HIS HONDER THE FLISSE JUDGE (M. H. H. J. COMPERTZ)}

MURDER CASE

WITH

HER HUSBAND,

To-day (ÅpĜI 1st) the oflod. Sir Paut! Chater, C.M, G., completes sixty years WIPE CHANGED t residence in thongkong, and we are sure we shall be roieing a universal senti. ment in Hongkong in tendering to the Grand Old Man of the Colony warmest congratulations, Reconnaided by the wish that he may be spared to celebrate mang

nore anniversaries.

Sie Pani has bitch heen referred to as the Father of the Colony," in a more important sense that length of residence, for no single individual has done more to promots its development.

Sir Paul Came to Hongkong in 1804 when he was eighteen years of age, as an assistant in the Bank of Hindustan, China and Japan. Resigning from the Rank bir started business as an exchange

POISONING

A young Chinese woman was arraigned before the Criminal Sessions yesterday on an indictment of hazing murdered her hushamshy poisoning him.

The case for the Crown was conducted by the Boat Mr. H, E. Pollock, K.C." Acting Attorney-General, and the woman I was defended by 31r. Campbell Prosser,

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. TUESDAY, APRIL IST, 1994

MAGISTRATE'S LITTLE TEA

PARTY.

MR. RUSS INVITED TO ATTEND.

Mr. C A. S. Rass appeared before Mr.

Hamilton at the Magistracy to defend a

SPORT.

THE TENNIS TOURNAMENT.

THE 10

RUMJAHNATOR.

The first match to be played on the stand court this season was played off Chinese, who was charged with the pos] Session of a number of pop lottery met and defeated M. K. and M. W La yesterday's when O. and H. D. Rumjaha tickets.

The

Els Worship invited Mr. Russ to attend in the third round of the Open Doubles a little tea party that he hut arranged by threw straight sets. The match at for that afternoon when he had about tracted a large number of people and eight other similar cases to dispose of. He was fall of interesting tennis, expecially intimated that at this little * tea party" the last set which went to 12-10. he would give his decision as to what cont Banijahus secured the first two sets in a stituted a po pin lottery ticket and what convincing manner, 62, 6-3, and 'com- Mr. Pollock, in outlining the facts of did not.

mezeed the final set in an equally con- they case to the Jury, said that on Janu Mr. Rus contended that all his defen-vinding way, having taken the ärst three] ary 25th last the prisoner, was living with | dants hold were receipts, which showed how games beforg the Lo's really rose to 'the her husband in a small village on the law-abiding the Chinese were becquing in occasion and made a splendid fight of south side of Lantro Island and the choosing to do their gambling in such a evidence for the prosecution would show way as cot to infring, the law. that at all events ever since the death of 3R RUSS ATTENDS THE PARTY. their child last year they were on very

14.

They then improved whilst their opponents fell away in a corresponding measure, this levelling matters out.

It

and Jaillion broker in "15 ile was very had ternas with one another. Quarrel! INVITES MAGISTRATE TO BUY HIS was just as much as the Indians could do!

carly convinced of the fature greatness of Hongkong, and some. idea of his

efforts to ronite" it may thered

from the following extenet from " Who's Who in the Far East ̈*:

In 1984 he started a godown business

between then were of almost daily oceur. rence and the prisoner, who was in the habit of jeering at the deceased regard ing his books, had been heard to make On the day of threats to poison him,

at Kowloon, purchasing the sea beach the murder the prisoner went out at s from the Government and erecting go-ani. to drive the cows to pasture. She downs; in 1888 amalganiated with Jarreturned about an hour later and w dine, Matheson & Câ, and established

GYMKHANA TICKETS,

to hold their advantage. They kept one. game in front up to 9-7 and then the Mr. Russ accepted hu Warship's ic-Los made it eight all From thou on- vitation to las family tea party held wards on several ocasions they were at the Magistracy, yesterday afterncon, within a pins or two of taking the st. which was Mr. Hamilton's jocular way The Indians made it ten all and took of intimating that he would be disposing the next two games, which gave them of veral lottery cases that afternoon. the match.

Referring to the ruling which he au

The Ramjabas played very consistently throughout exceps for a period in the shird set when the Los made their final

seen going out again from the house wound he would give in the afternoon, shortly after" noon. About one o'clock | his Worship" told Mr. Bas that he had the deceased's mother and mun who come to the conclusion that provipts for effort. The peas in this set was very hot who were in a hearty house, heard the lottery tickets came within the meaning and M. K. Lo found it very trying but deceased rry out Mother, come and of the Ordinanes. For instance, if a man he played, extremely well especially at save ine! I cannot endure it! The went to his agouts and asked him to pur- the net and in this "set he could be relied women sent qut at once to the deceased's chase some tickets and received a receipt upos to win on his service. In the first house and there they found him trying for the tickets purchased, the receipts, two sets both the Chinese players were

successfully to vomit and evidently used would come within the meaning of driving over the bass line. suffering considerable pain.

The man the Ordinance,

the existing Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., reclaiming fore shores and erecting present goduwus and wharves; originated' the Praya Reclama- tion in 1887 by writing to the Govern ment and submitting a scheme, which was accepted by marine, lot holders; visited England later, and received the sanction of the Secretary of State-to murry out the work. the foundation stone being laid at the eugher of existing cricket ground by the Duke of Connaught in 1880 presented statue of the Duke of Connaught to the Colony in commemora made a certain statement to his mother. The evidence for the prosecution showed tion of the event; work was concluded on and she went and locked into the cook that the defendant was arrested in a the reclamation in 1906, the result being the addition to the Colony of considering pot, finding there two small leaves. enbiels at No. 155. Wu Hu Street, with able foreshore upon which has been Recognising these as leares of a poison. | several tickets in his possesion, and a erected some of the finest hongs east of

ous plant known to the Chinese as Wu largo number of printed forms. The de- Suez: was the first to advocate the acquirement of the present New Terri- Man Keung" or "Ho Min Tang she fallant in the box said that the tickets tory on the mainland of China, writing became alarmed and went away to the were not in his possesion, but had been to the Government four years before the neighbouring village to get some goat's left on the bed on which he was lying at actual leasing of the territory organised blood which is believed by the Chinese the time of his arrest. by a friend." an, anneal to the Government later by the Chamber of Commerce, the China to be an antidote for poison. About 3 Mr. Russ: Our defence also is that Association, and the Unofficial Members p.m. the raan, died and when the trisooerths draw for these po più tickets was to Of the Legislative Council, and success; fully urged the negotiation for a lease

returned about a quarter of au bour later the territory, which was subsequently she was at oner seized upon by the granted by China: has been identified in deceased's mother and aunt and searer Tost public movements since nrrival in ed. Some lees of the same poisonous the Colony was Treasurer and afterwards Chairman of Queen's Jubilee Committee: plant were found in a purse she carried Chairman of Diamond Jubilee Committee on a girdle around her waist and later (then rented CM.G.) erected first Anglican Church at Kowloon; is thair- ruan and director of principal public found in the pot, to fuspector Dorring companies, including Hongkong and ton at Cheungchau. At 8 p.m. the Whampoa Dock Company."

prisoner was arrested.

Sir Paul is the Senior Caoficial Mem-

her of the Executive Council and of the Justices of the Peace of the Colony. For 38 years he has served the Colony as member of one or both of the Councils of the Colony. It was in 2580 that he was elected to a temporary vacancy on the Legislative Council as the repre sentative of the Unofficial Justices of the

The winners are now in the semi-final where they have to meet S. A. and A, H. Rumijahn

No mutch has been fixed, so far, for the stand-court for this" afternoon.

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS"

OPEN SINGLES.-D. J. Allfree beat Kwok Po Kwan, 1-6, 6-3, 10-9. 6-3.4

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP-R E. Worthing- tou best A. D. Hamphreys, 8-1, 0-0, 6-2.

OPEN DOUBLES.-H. D. and O. Rumjaha beat . K. and M. W. Lo, 3, 6-2, 72-10.

HANDICAP DuraLES.-II. Owen Hughes and G. More (+15) Seat 4. Piercy and W. B. Cornaby (5/6), 0-0, 7-5, w

HANDICAP SINGLEN "A"-G: Sewell

take place on Saturday at noon, which was the 25th day of the moon.. It is well known fact that the drawings ke-3/6 beat L. W. L. Thomas (13), 7-5, place on these days. If the drawing teok place at the time I have stated, in Macad there would have been ample time for

TODAY'S MATCHES,

on these were taken over, with the bits the results to have been cabled through Mr. Mitchell (5/6). R. E. Worthing!

before the man was arrested at 2.30 pin This meant that the man could not have been selling them, as the draw was over,

ample, evidence to show that the leaves have tickets of the last Gymkhana in my

Mr. Pollock thought there would be They are just like Gymkhana tickets of this plant, scientifically known as pocket which I have no hope of selling, gelsemium elegans, were poisonous. It is the sanic with the tickets in this Dovey, the Government Analyst, found ingthe stomach of the deceased the sainc

case. They are useless. alkaloid as he later extracted from leaves of the plant. 31. Crook, of Queen's College, who had pude a close study of

Later the Magistrate remarked that defendant may have bad the tickets his possession for the purpose of selling

them.

ter.)

The case was adjourned to Eriday next in order that Mr. Russ might call evi. dence as to the date of the drawing and

also to show that the tickets did not

really Felong to his client.

Peace, though opposed by two other plants for taur years, would give evi Well, your Worship," retorted Mr. candidates. On the resignation of Alt.dence that in his opinion, the leaves F. Sasaoou in the following year. ir found in the purse belonged to the Russ, "if you dquide that way, will you Paul (3r. Chater" as he was then) gelsemium elegans and similar evi-uy my ott lykhana tickets 1" (Laugh although absent from the Colony at the dence would in given by the Chinese time, was elected for the full term of six | head gurdbner' of" the Botanitul and years, at the expiration of which period Forestry Department. Medical testimony he was re-olęstod. He was again. re- would also be given. elected in 1859 for a further period of Mr. Pollock went on to say that in six years. Meanwhile (in 1806) instruc-making the experiments whieh showed tions were received from the Secretary of this plant to be poisonous Mr. Dovey State for two Unofficial Members to be adopted what the aeling Attorney-Gen added to the Executive Council, and Sineral described as "a somewhat heroic Pani was selected as the Senior Member, expedient" in that be chewed the stem and he has continued in that capacity of the plant bimself with the result that. ever since.

although he had previously been in per- feet health, in about three-quarters of an hour he began to suffer from headache. colic and stiffness of the limbs and

Columns could be written of his mani- fold activities in the Colony in the reaims of business and "of sport, and of his bepelictions to the Church and other muscles. Jocal

institutions. One other fact might

The prisoner made two statements and De mentioned and that is that Sir Paul,

in both of them she claimed that she had who has been a Steward of the long been falsely accused us she was away kong Jockey Club for very many years from the house all that day. Sho eng- has not missed attending the annual gested that the deceased's parents caused race meeting once in the past fifty years. his death as they wanted him to die, Sir Paul will attain the 78th anniver-day and night." There was an inherent -sary of his birth nost September. improbability, however, Mr. Pollock argued, than the man's parents would LUCHOW" have wished to bring about his death and the prosecution's evidenco would go to show that the prisoner's statenicht that she was away from the house "eculd not be believed but was merely an ut tempt to establish an alibi.

ARMS ON THE

WHAT A PIRACY PREVENTION SEARCH REVEALED. Sergt. Kirby made application at the Magistracy, yesterday before Mr.

R:

E. Lindselt for the confiscation of one automatic pistol, loaded with six rounda, one magazine and 93 further rounds of ammunition.

The Police Officer told the Court that

be marched the vessel under the Piracy Prevention Regulations, just before sho left for Haiphong. On the upper deck ha found a Chinese ben ersy in which were discovered the automatic and the annual 1ión cleverly concealed in the lining.

tion.

is Worship made the order for confica-

THE EVIDENCE.

The acting Attorney-General then call- ed his witnesses, explaining that he was tendering the medical and scientific evi- dence.first, out of the usual order, because the sailing day of the boat by which Mr. Dovey was proceeding on leave had feen advanced, and he was anxious to get

Away.

D. E. P. Minnett, Goretament far." post-mortem teriologist, who made éxamination of the deceased's body, anid,

WARNING TO TRAM PASSENGERS.

HEAD INJURED BY PASSING TRAM.

MIXED DOUBLES.-F. A. Redmond and

and Misa Owen Hughes (+15) . Jr. and ton and Miss Grace (-30); G. R. More Mrs. C. Stark (74/6).

HANDICAP SINGLES B.-C. M. Wilson

(+1/6). W. Woodward (1/0).

OPEN

BILLIARDS CHAMPIONSHIP

OF THE COLONY.

P. YVANOVICH v. E. W. SPRY. The above match in the Open Billiards, Championship of the Colony was played last night when Yvanoxich defeated Spry by 231 points in a game of 800 at. The highest breaks were: P. Yvanovich, do, 35, 5, 66, 26, 21, 24, 21, 49, 22, 21, 212- 1. W. Spry, 21 and 12

ILL-TREATING A SERVANT GIRL.

The proprietress of a brothef at No. 163, Temple Street, Yaumati, was yester- day afternoon sex to prison for six weeks For ill-treating a servant girl.

From the evidence it was gleaned that when the girl was brought into the Yau- mati Police Station the atmosphere was. polluted with a disgusting smell. Sho On Sunday a Chinese aged 42 years, had to be taken away and given two met with an unusual accident near Cause special baths befäre she was allowed, ta way Bay, He put his head out of a train return to the charge room. The girl her car window and it was struck by a tram wif told the Court that in addition to moving in the opposite direction. He having her head cut open with a Chinese was seriously injured and had be removed; wooden pillow, which the defendant usul. to the Government Civil Hospital.

Mr. E. R. Dovey gave evidence and in stomach and the alkaloid extracted from the leaves of gelsetium elegans were the same..

cross-exaulibution suit the alkaloid in the

to beat her, a tin of night soil was thrown over her. The giri abo alleged that the woman had cut open her head some, days Pryiously with a chopper.

The woman admitted the disgusting act of throwing the nightsoil over the child, that the child had greatly exaggerated but Mr. Hall for the defence' pleaded|

the circumstances. The Magistrato agreed the alkaloid from the plant and it had of her story but so far as the night soil He experimented on gulliea pigs with that the child had told lies in some parta fatal effects alter 23 to 43 ininutes. He incident was concerned there could no also experimented with the alkaloid from | dhubt. the stomach but it did not have a fatul effect.

The alkaloid from gelsemium elegans was so far unnamed 'and there was no reference to it in text books. He could find no reference.

Alr. Prosser, suggested that, it was of the alkaloid from the stomach on his rather a pity Mr. Dovey did not try some self as he did the plaut.

Lity.

Mr. Dovey: I only had a minute quan- Mr. Prosser: Blut on yourself would have been the best test.

I had had enough.

A MIXTURE. COMPONENT PARTS: BRITISH,- GERMAN AND RUSSIAN.

tor Spear at the Magistracy, before bir. Veko Selgen, described by Police Impro

Lindsell, as a British subject, with a resisting at Shanglar, and who had spent British father and a German mother, the most of his life in Russia, was chargeli with stowing away on the ss. President

Mr. Dovey: I would have done so if ancol from Sharship that there was

Mr. Crook of Queen's College said he

in reply to Mr. Prasser, that he could not had made a study of local plants for 20 say, what was the cause of death. He years. The leaves produced he recog would not awear that death was not duenised as those of gelsemium elegans. to natural causes.

The hearing at this stage was nd- (Continued at foot of nezk column.) journed.

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Selgen told his

no work in Shanghai and he came down here with the intention of trying to get to Germany.

The Magistrate; I suppens they particu- larly want you there, do they?

Selgen was seat to prison for 14 days with hard labour.

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