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THE HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31st, 1927.

CROSS-EXAMINATION OF HAYNES.

"WHY DID HE TURN INFORMER?

SUGGESTED GRUDGE AGAINST CHRISTIE.

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James Christio and Christopher Bluhm were again before Major C. Willson at the Central Magistracy yesterday on remand on a charge of criminal conspiracy to defraud Chinese police reservist of the

explained, witness said, that Khan Sahib was "one of our telegraphic addresses, but no question was asked as to who Khan Sahib was.

The Decoy, Au Yeung, You met the first witness, on

ROUND THE POLICE A SUGGLER FROM MACAO.

COURTS.

Acting on certain information" Chief Preventive Officer Clarke BRINGING ARMS INTO THE searched fishing junk No. 5018 in

COLONY:

TWO ARRESTS.

Among the minor cases before the Magistrates yesterday, there was little of interest. A boatman who

Aberdeen hariçur on Thursday evering and found eq jare of dutiable Chinese wine and 77 lbs of tobacco hader the deck boards. On being questioned by the revenue officer, a man on board stated that the goods came from Macao and belonged to his mater, Lad Kwong man, however, either would not or could not find his master.

sum of $300 on the pretence of 1 November 9th for the first time 1 attempted to smuggle dutiable Fa, who was in Hong Kong. The

supplying him with 10 kilograms of

morphia,

The whole afternoon, was given to

the cross-examination of Leslie Ernest Haynes by Mr. J. A. Gordon' Leask, in the course of which de tails of his life in England and Shanghai were revealed.

Questioned by Mr. Leask, Haynes stated that he was now a private. tutor and "freelance journalist," but no longer a schoolmaster. He re- ceived notice from St. Joseph's College on November 20th.

Mr. Leask: You are staying at the King Edward Hotel-I left yesterday. I am staying at the Carlton Hotel.

Why did you leave the St. George's Hotel, where you were staying -Because your circus per formance in the other court serious ly embarrassed me.

I suggest that you were allowed to leave without paying your bill, because you said you would pay with the prize money after the cara 1-I emphatically deny it.

The Meeting In Hong Kong. The question of the meeting in the King Edward Hotel Lounge wa then raised. Haynes said that Christie mentioned the arms deal, and asked him to pose as a man from Saigon. He took down the details on the back of an envelope: 1,500 Mausers, 3,000,000 rounds of ammunition, 98 machine guns and pistols.

Mr. Lensk: Did you report the matter immediately 7-Four days afterwards.

His Worship: To whom 1--Mr. King-

Mr. Leask: Were you told it would be worth $1,000 to you to DORC as the man from Saigon -At

least.

I suggest you wished to undertake

-No.

Were you financially embarrass

ed 1-No.

At the same interview Bluhm was mentioned. Was be ever intro duced as the oil man"-Never. I never heard oil mentioned until Mr. Lindsell's Court.

Yes, he was introduced as a broker. From the Struita -That was my own invention.

He was your decoy-Yes. On the next day when Blahm came to St. George's Hotel, were samples asked for I pointedly asked for them,"

Was morphia mentioned 1-It was mutually understood.

Did Bluhm say that, of course, they could be produced, but Christie was very cautious—Yes.

goods into the Colony had to pay heavy fines in addition to losing his bant. Several Chinese returning emigrants were charged with carry ing firearms among their luggage.

TAMPERING WITH A TELEPHONE BOX. Chinese coolie employed in the Hong Kong Hotel was charged be fore Major C. Wilson at the Central Magistracy yesterday with attempting to extract money, from a telephone box in the corridor.

"You Wantches Morph?" Haynes said that Christie pressed for a bank reference, a house ad dress, or somewhere where Au Yeung could be found, and Haynes gave his club address: the Hong Kong and Kowloon Property Pro- tection Association, Queen a Road Central. Christie was not really interested in bank references, but wanted ready cash. He said they could communicate with the buyer in Malay or pidgin English; Chinese box. was impossible as there was no interpreter

Mr. Leask: And then the cau- tious man promptly said "You wantchee merph? Yes..

What followed immediately - Practically simultaneously in came K, the interpreter.

You are not sure if K was in the om when the words were said 1-

No.

Then there was a discussion of brands and prices 1-Yes:

And Christie asked for $1,000 for Bluhm to go to Shanghai for put ting it on the ship." What is it Morphia

Guarantees were mentioned, and Christie said he was the largest that dealer on the coast, was morphin 1-Yes.

This evidence was given by Mr. Clarke in charging the man before Mr. R. E. Lindsell at the Central Magistracy yesterday with being in possession of the wine and the tobacco.

The defendant repeated his story. And added that he was asked to re- turn to Macso after delivering the goods

Mr. Lindsell remarked that it was perfectly clear that the defen dant was amuggling the goods into the Colony on behalf of his master. In addition to fines of 8500 or three mouths on the first charge and 8200 or six weeks on the second, the Magistrate made an order for the confiscation of his boat.

Evidence was given that the de fendant extracted a ten-cent piece with a piece of wire, but when this POSSESSION OF FIREARMS. was noticed by a telephone inspec tor, he put the coin back into the

Two Chinese who arrived in the Colony, by the ss Empress of Asia were arrested on Thursday for un- Mr. A. M. Braude, of the Telelawful possession of arms. The phone Company, stated that he first man, Li Cheung Sin, a passen- found two foreign coins obstruct-ger from Vancouver, had in his ing the passage in the box. There was a Hong Kong onin on top of the two foreign coins, which meant that the telephone wasiout of order when the subscriber attempted to use it. The inspector went to the Hotel as a previous call disclosed that the passage was choked.

Major Wilson:-For all you know, defendant might be trying to clear the phone 1

Witness:-No one must touch our telephones They are maintained by the Telephone Company

His Worship-I understand And mention was made of a that, but defendant, might have $400,000 deal with the Chinese Gov-been genuinely clearing the tele erament, was that morphia-No, phone

guns.

Why were these things mention ed-To impress "the buyer with his bond fidet.

In the telephone conversation with Christie or Bluhm were the You said there was a question of wards" your man has not sufficient heroin, and you ware asked to: intro faith in you as guarantor of his duced a buyer Yes fides." Whose bond, fides Assuming that Christie has been Christie's bona fides us a eller. on the China coast over 28 years, would he be likely to ask you, to introduce buyers to him for any thing earth Under special circumstances, yes.

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Birds Of A Feather.

Had you met Christie before Shanghai 1-No, but he knew a lot

about me.

Do you suggest that what he knew about you was good 11 Aug- gest that he acted

the assump- tion that birds of a feather flock together. He knew that bis friends in London had roped me, into a *windle.

So he meant you to be in the alleged conspiracy 1-Yes, he offer ed to pay me.

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And four days afterwards you reported it to Mr. King --Owing to two fruitless attempts to find him.

When did you first think of turn- ing informer-The same evening My first inclination was to write to Christie that there was nothing doing, my second to tell Mr. King. Did you feel it was a public duty -I thought it was the right thing to do.

I suggest that the real reason was that you had an envelope in your possession with details of the arms deal on it 1-Certainly not.

The Arms Deal,

Haynes' Finances, Christie promised you $100 if you could get $1,000 out of the other man. Didn't you want this 8100 very badly-No.

Hada't, you asked Christie for $100, following an intimation from the Official Receiver 1-No.

Had you had any communication from the Official Receiver in the question of the bankruptly of the Café Parisien. I owed about Did you ask "Christie to help in that 1-Certainly not.

$83.

The Last Meetings.. On the night of the 15th Haynes went to 480, Nathan Road. He found no one there but looked in all the cafés till he saw Bluhm in the Bombay Café. There was again

talk of samples...

Mr. Leask: Did you think they, could produce the samples 1-Yes, Bluhm said they could.

од noon

You did not know whether they could supply the goods -Ton certain point I took Christie's word that he might produce the goods.

At the meeting, at November 16th there was talk of the delivery, of 10 kilos of morphin, but he was in such a dither that he could not be sure morphin was actually mentioned. A

Haynes stated that in the inter- view of Saturday, November 5th, probably Es per cent. of the converto sation was about arms.

Mr. Leark: I put it to you that you reposted this because you were not allowed to proceed with the arms deal i-Certainly not. ...Did the first mention of morphin occur on November 5th 1-Yes.

Your report to Mr. King only men- tioned arms and heroin Yes.

Were prices mentioned at this interview 1-Yes.

In England And Elsewhere. Mr. Leask: Have you ever tried publish any books1-Pamphlets. Did you not propose to publish a book in Shanghai A Scamp" t The whole thing was a joke...

Was it a joke when the British Consul took it up I never heard of such a thing.

Who was Mr. Enever -A London Company promoter..

Where you Enever's secretary for certain bogus companies 1-Yes.

You got a sentence of imprison

What do you understand by fivement Yes, thirty Hong Kong currency Five The charge was the same as in hundred and thirty dollars.

this case, conspiracy to defraud? Yes..

Could five thirty dollars mean fine dollars thirty cents Not in dealing with drugs.

A Journalist's Interests. There was a telegram addressed to Gorgie" mentioned, at this inter- view: who mentioned it 1- I did. I had seen it advertised in the papors.

What interest had, you in a man called Gorgie -None

Do you remember the

Talbot

Was it a scheme to, send people to China on bogus businesses -

1-Yes.. You got a job in Lond But the ex-officers sent out here did not get a job at all-No.

Why were you dismissed from the Shanghai Mercury A quarrel over a leading article,

Haynes Motivas. During the course of this case or casu in. Shanghai in which you were of the previous one, have you at interested wasn't interested in tempted to borrow money from any

it. I wrote a report of it. Journ-out in this Coust-Yes, alists are not interested in every You wanted $600 to start a news thing bey report,

paper I don't call that beriów

1. Khán Saha

Haynes said that at an interview at noon on November 8th a tale gram was brought in. He could not recognise it again. It was address ed to Khan. Sahib. It was decoded on a slip of paper. Overstocked M. 540 dollars Hong Kong Christio

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Mr. Leask then put three diffêrens motives to Haynes, to all of which he replied in the negative.

(1.) That trouble in Shanghai had « caused him to bave a grudge

against Christie.

(Vontinued at foot of nest column.)

possession four Luger pistala, two revolvers, ten automatic magazine clips and 1,372 rounds of immun tion. The other mah, Wong Shiu from Chiu, also passenger Canada, had 80 rounds of rifle am- munition.

Both cases were mentioned before

W. Schofield at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday, when the man who carried the armoury with him was remanded till next wednesday for the case to be tried before two Magistrates

found On behalf of the passenger with the ammunition, Me. L. R. Andrewes entered a plea of guilty. The defendant explained that he had been sick during the voyage and had not seen the notices requir Witness:-We have lost a good ng persons in possession of arms to declare same to the captain. He deat of money recently by sub-further stated that he was ignorant "scribers using bad money.

of the local lass A fine of 8250 was imposed.

His Warship-That does not concern this case.

The defendant stated that be was coolic in the Hotel and he observed a man comag out of the telephone box, after a fruitless at tempt to call up. When the man saw defendant, he explained to de fendant how, the telephone could be cleared by & it of wire. Defend ant found a paper clip and straightened it out and handed it over to the man who had been dis appointed. He failed to clear the passage and defendant them made an attempt. While he was working His Worship adjourned the case at it, the inspector arrived. until this morning so that evidence regarding the defendant's charac ter could be taken.

CHINESE DISTILLERY CASE,

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Before Mr. W. Schofield at the Kowloon Magistracy, the manager of the Sze Lu Wo Distillery was charged on four counts under local Ordinances governing the Storing and distilling of Chinese wine. A Chinese boatwoman was also charged with aiding and

CHRISTMAS AT MACAO.

THE FAMILY FESTIVAL,

In the calender of the Portuguese republicar, régime Christmas Day. is the day set apart, as the great, family festival. In Macao, where the majority of the people are of the Roman Catholic, faith, the public observances took the form of attendance at church including the Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve. The crowded congregations at the various churches showed the regious fervour of the people of Macao.

The Macno Protestants met for divine service in the little chapel Old Protestant Cemetery; the time- honoured custom of carol-singing forming a part of the devotions.

Parties for children were held in all parts of the colony, one at the Macao Club for the poor is worthy of special mention. This generous practice of spreading a

abetta K. Lo appeared for the spirit of goodwill during the fer

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defendants, and Mr. G. R. Sayer, of the Imports and Exports Office. prosecuted.

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After legal arguments, the woman was discharged, but the manager of the distillery was found guilty on all counts. He was fined $300, on the first charge, and 8250 on the second. He had to pay 8250 and $100 on the third and fourth charges.

GOLDSMITH AND CORROSIVE

ELUID,

tive season has become a feature of local philanthropic work during recent years.

Hockey, football, and terms teams from Hong Kong: met in friendly encounters, with local clubs, and the weather was ident weather for all forms of outdoor support. Among the visitors were

Chinese football contingent, ten- ais players from the Indian Re creation Chib of, Hong Kong," and a large number of tennis and hockey players from the Hong Kong University. Good games were witnessed in every case and The Chinese goldsmith who was the visitors acquitted themselves charged with throwing corrosive well winning in some cases und al- fluid on a Chiness saman and who says proving themselves very was committed for trial at the Instworthy antagonista. Sessions, was again before Mr. W. A special number of A Patria," Schofield at the Kowloon Magis the Macao daily paper, helped to tracy yesterday. It will be remem-

complete the atmosphere of Christ- bered that when the case was called mas at Macao this year. at the Supreme Court last Sessions, it was sent back to the Kowloon Magistrate for a re-hearing

At yesterday's proceedings, his Worship told the defendant that he was very lucky as the amount of damage done to the woman's cloth ing was only put at 823. If he had injured her be would have got five years hard labour,

Defendant was fined $90 and ordered to pay $15 damage

(Continued on next Dolumn,)

(if.) That his altengt to get rich quick over the arms deal was thwarted.

(iii.) That he wished to make him- sof safe with the law as he

• had details of the arms denis. in his possession Haynes replied that he realized the danger of waking sleeping dogs, But he felt it was the right thing

He had, hot, the faintest idee what he would get, out of his action.

The case was then adjourned until 11:30 this morning.

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MACAO PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION.

ENTRIES ACCEPTED UP TO

JANUARY 18T

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on the 22nd Janmary, and to no cept work up to the 18th January, 1928.

The pictures received so far are of rather unequal merit, some are ex- cellent examples of photographie art, and others are medicore, but

A decision to postpone the forth on the whole the work can be con

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coming Photographia Exhibitionsidered extremely satisfactory.

at Macao was come to in deference The Judges for the Photographic to many requests from Hong Kong Sectio arg Mr. C.-H. Blason photographic cathusiasts. If his Major Wright, and Mr. K. Sameda, been decided to open the Exhibition all of Hong Kong.