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A CASE FROM" TIENTSIN.
WEALTHY MERCHANT IN BALE OF BLANKETS.
TIENTSIN, Dec. 15th
CHRISTIE AND BLUHM.:
LESLIE HAYNES GIVES EVIDENCE:
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WORTH $1,000 TO ATTEND
MEETING.
DR. STRAHAN FINED.
SPEEDING IN CONTROLLED AREA
SHARP PASSAGE WITH POLICE WITNESS.
At the weekly hearing of traffic enses, held yesterday by Mr. R. E Lindsell, at the Central Magistmey An incident reminiscent of the Further evidence was taken yes Dr. S. Seguin Strahan, of Alex- Thousand and One Nights has oeterday before. Major C. Willson andra Buildings, was summoned for curred in Tientsin daring the last at the Central Magistracy, in the driving recklessly and speeding in lew days.
case in which James Christie, an PERING, Dec. 12th.
a. manner dangerous to the public In the small country town of San-ex-Colonel of the British Army, and at Caine Road on the teth inst. The following is part of the ex Jo, about 200 li west of Tientsin, Christopher Bluhm, a Latvian, who In view of a recent ruling the haustive review recently published" of the Railways of China built there has been living for many years are held on a charge of conspiring Magistrate asked Dr. Strahan, the wealthy Chinese named Lu. Ths to defraud Chinese of a sum of person named in the summons, it under British auspices or jointly
unsettled" state of the country of $300. by Britain and other Foreign recent years has had its reporcus-
he were the actual driver in quea. These two defendants, it will betion, and the doctor having ngreed Pomors. Of the four railwaya mensions even in San-Je and the little remembered, were originally charg that he was evidence was taken. tioned only one is not in default town is now said to harbour several ed before afr. R. E. Lindsell with to shareholders:-
daring robbers who have had their procuring 20 kilograms of morphia.
Traffic Sergeant S. C. Saunders Imperial Ballway of North China
eyes on Lu and his money-bags for The case fell through as there was stated that at 1.50 p.m. on the 16th (Peking-Mukden Railway).
not enough evidence to register aust, he was riding his motor-cycle Ia reference to the loan of several months past.
conviction, and the new, charge was £2,300,000 of 1888, this railway
therefore taken against them.
Lu soon became aware of his enjoys the distinction of being the danger, and thought he would be
At yesterday's hearing the Chi- only line of those under review far safer in Tientsin. So he hid which has not defaulted. This his more precious possessions, and nese police reservist who posed as a buyer, was subjected to a search lona, however, is far from repre- taking a supply of ready money. senting the real capital value of he set off for the Treaty Porting cross-examination by Mr. J. A, Tientsin, took a small house in the ex-German Concession, and settled himself comfortably to await less exciting times in his home town.
Overtaking Spood.
this prosperous railway, which has About a week ago, Lu arrived in Gordon Leask for the defence. He Defendant had to swerte to the
carried out extensive developments and enhancements from revenue
and from advances by the Chinese Government in the past. The sur- plus earnings are normally far in excess of the requirements for the service of this loan and it was
natural that they should have been pledged as security for other loans. Default in meeting these collateral
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Heatly Roped Up. His peace was soon rudely dis- turbed, however. About ive days ago, five or six men called at the house during the evening and were admitted, on making some plausible
said that the first time he heard of Christie and Bluhma was when they were mentioned to him by Haynes and Mr. King. C.I.D.
Mr. Leask: Were you then told that the two defendants were trafficking in morphia I was told and would sell morphia to me. that they were unlawfully trading.
Mr. Lenak: So that at your first
had in your mind that you were interview with the defendants you to look out for morphin 1 Yes.
Mr. Leask: Were you not intro-
along Caine Road in an ensteriy direction from the Police Quarters. Near the Ladder Street junction, a car, driven by the defendant, came up from behind and overtook him.
Witness was going at 13 miles an hour, and to overtake him defend. ant must accelerate, and drive at a speed of at least 20 miles an hour. right of the road, thus blocking it for any vehicle approaching from the opposite direction. Witness viewed it as an exceptionally dán- gerous case. He endeavoured to pass and stop defendant, but was not able to do so until they reached Government House. Defendant's speed between Ladder Street and Government House varied between 25 and 28 piles an hour.
car
Witness stopped the
nt Government House and told · Dr. Strahan that he proposed to sum-
obligations has taken place becausexeuse, by Lu's servant. Once induced as a wealthy Chinese from mon him Defendant maintained.
|otherwise disposed of.
The amount of principal standing is £978,000.
side the house, they locked up the
servart, and then took Lu and outagged him and tied his hands and feet together. They pulled a pile the unfortunate man up in them. of blankets, off the beds and rolled
The next repayment of principal due August 1st, 1928-£57,500..
Interest payment due February 1st, 1998, £23,450.
The loan agreement provides for payment of interest and repayment of principal to be made in equal monthly instalments to the bank charged with the service of the loah, and these payments have beën made at due date to the present time. The Loan is unconditionally guaranteed by the Chinese Govern- ment and is further secured upon
as well as its revenues,
The Peking-Mukden Railway-has not been the scene of actual civil war sinee the middle of last year and has bad time to
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Mr. Leask: Do you think that it Inspector Alexander pointed out is likely that to a complete stranger that there was a red triangle put a foreigner, would say "You wan up at both ends of the control chee morphia." This was arrangaren, one being at Pokfulam, and ed by Haynes. I was introduced the other a little to the west of the
Main Gate of Government House. The whole parcel was neatly to the defendants by him... roped up to look like luggage and you was not surprised because Mr. Leask: Did it not surprise a rickshaw called to the door. The I had been told that we were to men and the rickshaw then proceed talk about morphia. ed down the street but the police- men at the corner of the street was surprised to observe that the luggage" appeared to be moving
An Alert Policeman.
He drew near and said: "What
Mr. Leask: Do you not now think that it was very unusual for a foreigner trafficking in drugs to be so outspoken to a stranger --No
Answering further questions, wit ness admitted that morphia was in
is that?" "Oh, that is our lug his mind at every interview he had gage," replied the men. The police had with the defendants. He also
I have always understood the Dr. Strahan: I wish to say that triangle to indicate that there is a corner there. There is nothing on the triangle to say it is a speed limit.
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Inspector Alexander said that the H.M. King George V. speed limit was, indicated on the triangle at the Pokfulam end. Cutting "Across The Road:
Dr. Strähan: I should like to ask the Sergeant whether it was not
at the Police Quarters at about 20 miles an hour in front of my
car.
Witness: Yes; but my speed on coming out of the Police Quarters could not be more than 10 miles an hour
the property of the railway itself man was not satisfied, and suspect-admitted that Blubm had remained a fact that he cut across the road ing something was wrong, he silent throughout the various inter whistled for assistance. The men views he had with them. then ran away leaving the rickshaw Witness also said that in one of coolie with his unusual luggage
the interviews, Christie had shown in his rickshaw. The police took him thank receipt for $100,000 This was recover. the rickshaw to the police office deposited in Swntow Although the line is not in first where they opened the bundle and done when witness suggested put class condition of maintenance found Lu, much relieved to find ting the money which Christie had owing to the prosecution of new himself in safe hands. With the asked for into a bank Christie in works and extensions at the ex-assistance of the rickshaw coolie, showing the receipt to the defend pense of upkeep and other Labili- the First Special Area police traced ant, was alleged to have said that ties, better discipline has been and arrested a man named Lu Ping to him, as the receipt would bear money put into a bank was no good maintained during troops move-Wen (21) who confessed the names ments, and the line and rolling of his accomplices and three more
out that he had been done in the stock have suffered less damage men were speedily arrested.
eye to the extent of $100,000. than on other railways. Its future
Mr. Leask: Did Christie tell you where the drugs were coming from -No.
possibilitica are very great, provid- ed that it cacapes the fate of be eaming once more the objective of rival war-lords.
Feking-Mukden Hallway-Double' Track Loan. .
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On the morning of December 10th, the First Special Area Police went to the French Concession and ar rested a filth, man named Wang Neng Yang (9) who was found at & Japanese factory on the French Bund, where his brother is working In 1921 the Ministry of Com a coalie, in this presence of the munications contracted a loan with French and Japanese police.
All five men will be put on their the British and Chinese Corpora tion for the amounts of £500,000 trial by the Chinese authorities on and 82,000,000 for the work of a charge of attempting to kidnap doubling a portion of the railway Lu.-P. & F. Times.
BANKRUPTCY IN PEKING.
20 SHOPS CLOSE UP DURING NOVEMBER.
Mr. Leask: Did you ask him
No.
Mr. Leask: As a police reservist given the special job of detecting the traffic of morphia, would it not have been more satisfactory for you
Dr. Strahan: But you accelerated in order to get in front of me..
His Worship: Did you cut across
he got out on the roadway from Witness replied that by the time the Police Quarters, Dr. Strahan. had hardly passed the Indian on point daty at the junction of Hos pital Road, and by the time witness
the road in front of the cur
got on the proper side of the road there was still a gap of at least 20 yards between his cycle and de- fendant's car.
Dr. Strahan: I remember I had to slow down in order to let the
Sergeant get in front of me. I con- to find out the source of supply sider I had the right of the road I was asked by Mr. Kinz to buy but he wished to get in front of from Christie and Mr. King had me, compelling me to slow down. already told me that the morphia was coming from Shanghai
......
Dr. Strahaa. then said that he was entitled to pass the Sergeant. by virtue of this right of the road, and suggested that the whole sum-
3 was due to the Sergeant being passed him. annoyed with him, because witness
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Mr. Leask: Did you ask fnt trafic. It was agreed that the loan
samples 7-Yes, I did.... should be repaid by monthly in-
Mr. Leask The money asked stalments on the security of the
from you by Christie, was it for the surplus earnings, which were en-
samples1-No. it was for Bluhm's hanced by the provisiod of double
expenses to Shanghai to bring the line working, and the Ministry on
whole cargo down Christie said Alexander stated that the whole behalf of the Chinese Government,
that I need not have samples for of that length of Caine Road was when the goods arrived in Hong within the control area where cars guaranteed full repayment. The
PERING, December 8th. - inonthly instalmenta were paid for
Kong, I could test them with water
were not allowed to be driven at According to the Shop a period by the railway but were
Tax or acid or anything I liked.
more than 15 miles an hour.. Mr. Leask: stopped an account of depletion of have gone out of business during the word Swiss from 3-Christie driven for over ten years in that
Bureau more then seventy shops
Where did you get Dr. Strahan said that he had earnings owing to military occupa November as a result of the con- asked me if it was Swiss brand aren and he had never known that tion af the line, and no provision tinued trade depression. Of this I wanted and I also said "Swiss." to meet them from other sources fifty per cent. were restaurants,
Mr. Leask: Were other brands of there was a speed limit set there. was made by the Government. twenty per cant tailors' establish- morphin mentioned 1-Two mor
Defendant was fined $15. Subsequent to the return of normal
and the ments, conditions, re-payments remained laundries and carriage companies. not remember them.
were names were mentioned but I could suspended awing to appropriation Many have suspended operations Mr. Lenak, Did you know that said that he memorised the details and diversion of the surplus earn but failed to report to the Bureau. Swiss was a brand of morphia le-1 and then made an excuse to get PINTS ings for new construction works
A large number of the shops did not at the time.
away and jot them down in his and other purposes, and, after an which are still carrying on have
BABY To further questions, witness remote-book. interval of two years they have now effected drastic retrenchment and plied that the receipt for the $300 Witness also mentioned that been partially resumed.
are maintaining skeleton staffs only. which he gave Christie in spurious Christie had told him that it would One-fifth of the disorderly houses notes, was drafted out by Christic he worth 81,000 to him (Haynes) in Chienmen closed down last himself and was typed by: Haynes.if he were to attend a meeting month while another one-fifth eas- He could not account for the dif which Christie was going to have pended but maid the monthly license ference of two days allowed for the with some Chinese in regard to the as usual-Kua Wen.
delivery of the goods. In the draft alleged deal in arms. Haynes was it was mentioned that delivery asked to pose ins man from would be made in 12 days, and in Saigon.
He went to sec Christie on a the receipt given to him, only ten days was mentioned,'
Saturday, and after that interview,
The amounts in default on this Joaa to June 30th, 1927 with accrued interest were 100,600, and 81,240,550,
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Advances to the Chinese Govern-igned in March, 1914, and as a police trap for the defendants, the matter before Mr. King Wit 6, Queen's Rd.
the case of the Pukowinyang amin gave evidence yesterday. He nees also added that he had not ment, aggregating £207,256, were Railway was perer inned and that he is a private tutor given Christie any definite answer made by the Chinese Central Rail Advances to the Chinese, Govern- and a free lance journalist. (In the either in connection with the arms ways, Ltd, for survey and other ment, aggregating Taels 2,500,000, last hearing, he described himself deal or the traffic in drugs, because preliminary expenditure under the were made by the British and a schoolmaster at St. Joseph's at the interview, their conversation provisions of the Agreement to be Chinese Corporation, Limited, for College.) His evidence in the main was abruptly terminated by the repaid from loan funds when survey and preliminary expendi was the same as was given before entrance of a Chinese and Christie HONG KONG HANSARD RE isaued. Interest on these advances ture under the same conditions. Mr. B. E Lindsell, but he also asked him to leave.
of the MEETING has been in default since 1924, and Interest on these advances had been mentioned yesterday that when he The various details regarding the of the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL the total amount due to the Chinese in default since 1925, and the total first rij across Christie in Hong laying of the trap which led to the for the Session 1999. Central Railways Limited,
amount due to the British and Kong in the lounge of the King subsequent arrest of the defendants Barised by Membert respect of unpaid interest up to Chinese Corporation in respect of Edward Hotel. Christie gave him were then gone into by Haven October 31st, 1927-aqounts to sp-unpaid interest up to October 31st, some details of the arms deal which These have been fully reported in
FRICEA proximately 250,000.
1927 amounts to approximately he was about to close. Witness the Daily Press. (Continued on next Column.) 600,000 tools-Beuter.
(Continued on nest ColumITI.) The case was again adjourned..
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