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INQUEST EVIDENCE.

JUGGLING WITH A GLASS

EYE.

SINGAPORE, July 14th. The Singapore Coroner (Mr. F. G. Bourne) was occupied yesterday afternoon with hearing evidence bearing on the death of Frederick Crawley, the unemployed European whose lady was found in the Singa pore River on June 18th.

said Detective inspector Dixon that he saw the body on the bank of the river. The deceased's hands

POOI SUN SCHOOL'S CELEBRATION.

BREAKING UP FOR SUMMER VACATION

HIELAND NLING AND SWORD

DANCE.

JULY 20th, 1928.

A CHINESE WIZARD.

CHARMS FOR WANDERING HUSBANDS.

LARGE SUMS FROM CREDU.

LOUS WOMEN."

A Chinese wizard and two of his Before breaking up for the sum-

women victime appeared before Mr. Schofield. at the Kowloon mer vacation, the Fool Sun Eng

Magistracy yesterday morning. lish School at Latchikok Road will

The wizard was in the deck on n hold a celebration this afternoon at three o'clock at the Mongkok Theatre. There will be a Highland charge of having defrauded the Fling and Sword dance by Cor- two women of 8171 and 890 respec- poral Young and Piper Taylor of tively by preteading to be able to the end. Bat. King's Own Scottish Borderers and by kind permission of Lt. Col. L. J Coniyn, C.N.G.. D.S.Q.; these two performers will

tions on the pipes.

recall their husbands from abroad.

Away 16 Months,"

One of the women told the story

were tied with a leather belt, and also entertain the guests with selet of her dealings with the defendant

Wis

there was a wound on the back of

A report on the progress made the head. The Marine Police pro- by the pupils will be read by the Mr. W. Thomson duced papers which showed that Hendaiaster.

will, speak on English subjects and the deceased was Frederick Craw Mr. W. Thomson of the Supreme ley, a Latvian born at Riga. An Court will also give an address.

The school has made very rapid address was given or the papers as

found it aince progress 13-x. Wilkie Noad. There was noth-ed in 1920. Started in a humble ing in the papers found which had way with Mr. Li as the headmaster, a bearing on his death. The doctor two other masters and a mistress, the school gathered in more and who performed the postmortem

more pupils with the result that it examination said that death was had to consider the question of due to drowning but that previous larger premises. to death the deceased had been struck on the back of the hond with blunt instrument which had crused a wound about five inches in length. The doctor also inform ed witness that Crawley had only recently been dismissed from the General Hospital.

by whom she was' engaged as an amah last May. In conversation with her master ehe told him that her husband had gone abroad. 18 months ago. He was very BYTE- pathetic and promised to give her news of her husband if she would supply him with certain data suck as his age and the date when he left her. Having made some mys terious calculations on his Rogers

Mr. Li's brother who had been be announced that the husband teaching in Canton joined the staff had made a fortune, and proposed, and at the same time the post of for a consideration, 3171 for the

taken over by headmistress was Mrs. V. Thomson, who was entrust-purchase of jos paper, etc., to ed with the English part of the spirit him home again." curriculum. She was formerly a teacher in the Diocesan Boys' The much needed extension was School. where Mr. Li was educated. completed by May this year when the roll had increased to 180.

To Materialise A Husband. The materialisation of the absent husband was to be accomplished by meace of spells, and the drinking, flavoured

certain

The School will include hygiene by the woman, of tea and physical development in with the ashes of joss paper on its curriculum during the com; which the wizard wrote ing term. Further expansion and re-organising are under considera-signs. tion and when these are achieved, Unfortunately for her master, the the Pooi Sun School will take its amah got euspicious when, after a place among the best educational/

month, there was still no sign of ber husband. The magician came institutione in the Colony.

to her house one day and she seat for the police. After he had beec arrested a second woman came for ward and made a eimilar charge against him.

HONG KONG MAN'S VENDETTA.

AVENGED HIS FATHER IN

SINGAPORE.

"The deceased robbed my father

The case was adjourned.

+)

DEATH OF THE ACTING BISHOP.

Crawley's Habits. Detective Inspector Fernandez anid he had known Crawley for about a year,

Crawley was seen in the Boustead Institute at 4 p.m. on June 15. He had been dismiss ed. from the General Hospital the same morning at about 11 o'clock. In the Institute he was seen talk- Ping to two other Europeans. Craw ley was robier at the time and ap- peared to have no money. He was also cleanly dressed. He left the Institute and walked in the direc tion of towb. Crawley was marine engineer by profession and of 8100 in Hong Kong. He tried MACAO NEWS" AND NOTES. had been on several local and for to get another 850, and, failing in eign boats as third and fourth en- that, murdered my father, who on gineer, but he had never remained his deathbed confided to me the long with any of the ships. Host name of his murderer. I followed him to Singapore, and killed him." of his time was spent in and out

In these words, uttered without of the General Hospital. He was

A Shanghai apparent emotion, sent to the House of Detention Rome time back as the result of Chinese named Ong Si Chin, dis- closed the alleged motive for kill having been prosecuted for vag- rancy and he had also been im- ing another Chinese with an axe in North Bridge Road on May 15th. prisoned for being drunk and dise was produced before the Fourth orderly on more than one occasion, Police Magistrate on a charge of

When under the influence drink, Crawley was always quar- murder. relsome, but in his sober moments he was very quict. There were two occasions in the past when Craw. ley had been "beaten up" by Chinese. Both assaults were com mitted by Chinese whom, it was believed, Crawley had insulted. His last place of employment was at Grove Estate where, about year ago, he got work as a super- visor of coolies. He was there for three or four months and he had not worked since leaving that em- ployment.

:

It was stated that the prisoner, approaching from the rear three Hylams who were sauntering along North Bridge Road, struck one of the men down with an axe. The

MACAO, July 17th. The late Reverend Dr. A. J. was acting for His Gomes, who

WAS prominent Lordship of Macao during the lat ter's absence figure in church circles for the last thirty years. He was instruments! in rousing interest in the rebuilding of St. Paul's Church, and succeeded in collecting a considerable sum for this purpose, which he held in trust till his death. The late Dr. Gomes an indefatigable public was also other two fed He pursued hem worker, and edited the Macao daily and struck down a second ma, near paper á Patria' till failing health He compelled him to give up not long the Stamford Road corner. athen ran in the direction of the ago.

Hotel President. Esplanade. He was followed by a

The Hotel President is to be ricksha puller, who shouted for the

His Excellency the police as he ran. In front of the opened by Europe Hotel the assailant, who Governor of Macao no Sanday, had thrown his axe away, was cap 22nd instant. Thie edifice is the tured by policeman. One of the first building of the sky-scraper attacked men succumbed to his type to be erected at Macao and is injury.

remarkable for many innovations at Macro. The total cost ie estimated at over $500,000.

Tears And A Glass Eye. Crawley used to obtain money by juggling his glass eye, When be took the glass eye out he could ery as much as he wanted to, there i being a copious flow of tears from. the injured eye and he used to make this a means of inducing people to take pity on him and give him money.

Reference was made to a letter

The prisoner was committed for trial.

MISS CECILIA HANSEN.

GREAT WOMAN VIOLINIST TOURING THE EAST.

f.

Port Works Department. Co. Duarte Veiga. Director of Public Works, ia temporarily charge of the Macao Port Works Department. pending instructions from Portugal. Col. Veiga is an signed by Frederick Crawley and Miss Cecilia Hansen. who has indefatigable workers and as Direc addressed to Dr. Webster at the been described as "the world's tor of Fublic Works has already General Hospital. This letter apgreatest woman violinet," is now shown much ability in the matter peared to have been posted on June on a tour of the Far Eart arranged of improvements that have been 15th. Commencing with an expresby Mr. A. Strok and will play at made by him. sion of thanks to Dr. Webster and liong Kong on a date to be" an the other doctors at the hospital nounced.. the letter went on to say, "I am leaving this port and have nothing for a cold (er) climate,"

The hearing was.adjourned.

HOUSE MAID IN PLUS FOURS.

CHARGED WITH STEALING MISTRESS'S JEWELLERY.

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Macao Fair.

MAN WITH HATCHET."

LY COTTAGE.

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Mrs. Dale, who lives in a lehely cottage near Great Packington, Warwickshire, was attacked by a man with a batchet.

Work in proceeding rapidly in Miss Hansen has recently cop- ended a brilliant concert tour in connection with the Fair which is to take place at Macao in the com- England. The musical corrcepon- dent of the Landa Daily felting autumn. Regulations are now grop writing in the May 10th, available. 1028, issue of that paper saya "there is no questioning the rare accomplishment in the art and craft of the viol'uit displayed by Miss Coia Hansen. A recital this on WOMAN ATTACKED IN LONE- which memory lingers for playing at once a musicianly and so der teron is something to be grateful. for." While the Sunday Times in Edith Emily Bradley (22), a their issue of May 13th, write "it domestic servant, of Ropley, smart was an unusual and delightful ex- ly dressed in a brown tweed plus perience to bave one's attention

Shortly after 9 am. the man ap fours suit, brown shoes, fawn soft firmly held without a suspicion of collar and tie, and presenting a meretricious sentiment being em proached Mrs. Dale and said thoroughly masculine ensemble, was ployed." Such all-round excellence threateningly that she must give charged at. Romsey (Hants) Police is uncommon states the Times of him money. She gave him about Court with stealing articles of May 11th, while the Morning Post £1, but he said that that was not jewellery to the value of £20 be of the same date says of Cecilia all she had" and struck her over longing to ber, employer, Ethel Haneenehe has the rare power the head with the hatchet. Then he Ford Plant, of East Willow of mingling her own personality ransacked the premises and left Bactory, near Romsey.

with the music she plays without after locking her in.

Some time afterwards Mrs. Dale The property included a silver in any way ueurping the composer's

climbed out of a window and stag- half-hunter watch, a gold chain rights." with turquoise attached, a gold It may also be claimed that never gered to the nearest house, some brooch gold diamond ring, a gold has a woman musical genius cap distance away.

Warwickshire police conducted ä chain bracelet, fifteen silver tea tivated her audiences throughout spoons, two silver sauce boats, one Europe and America ae Mite Han-widespread search by motor-cycle Queen Anne sugar basip, two sugar een has done. She can do all that and car during the week-end. essters, one mustard pot, seven any man can do and her playitably dressed and act of the tromp The man is described as respec- white metal coffee spoons, one silver characterized throughout by agree-

or labouring class. cutter, one sugar sifter, and set of ableness of tone. c'ean, secure execution and genuine musical feeling.

carvers,

She was remanded.

Mrs Dale is progressing favour~ ably.

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