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SUICIDE VERDICT

RETURNED.

INQUEST HELD ON LATE MR. CATHRICK.

AFTER EFFECTS OF INFLUENZA.

the

was still warm, The mark of a goose was on the neck. Above that

mark the face and neck were con-

SINGAPORE RAID. DEMONSTRATION IN

WHAT POLICE FOUND IN JAPANESE HOTEL.

WOMAN AND GIRLS ARRESTED.

poro Second Police Magistrate, and charged by Mr. E. Tongue, head of the Detective Branch, who carried a local Japanese out a raid on Hotel.

PEIPING.

NEWSPAPER OFFICE BROKEN UP BY STUDENTS.

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Peiping, March 13.-Significant na the Grat, open challenge to the position of the Kuomintang since The drive against brothola and the Manchurian authorities took

The adjourned inquest on

prostitution in Singapore under over control of the Peiping, area, Inte Mr. H. B. (Berthram H.) new Women and Children's the recent raid on the ita Pei Ji Fav, official organ of the Central Cathrick, who was found hanged Protection Ordinance which began Kuomintang, which resulted in the #tb Kinochow Road, Shanghai, recently is being vigorously porking of the newspapers's plant

Aued by both the Chinese Protec.nl the injuring of soverh on the night of March 19, was con.

ployees has given point to rumours eluded in H.M. Police Court lasttorato and the Singapore Detective of developing friction between the week before the Registrar' (Mr. C. Branch. Already several notorious party's representatives here and houses in various parts of the town

the appointees of Mukden. II. Haines), sitting as Coroner. A

Pross reports of the occurrenea and suburbs have been closed and varied considerably as to details verdict of "Suicide while tempor.

the keepers prosecuted, and a large but it appears that at about seven arily intano" was returned.

Giving medical evidence, Dr. A, number of women and girls of the o'clock last Sunday evening a group of about 40, including a number of unfortunate class rounded-up. D. Wall said that he had been call-

young men and women of the stud- The majority of these so far have ont type, attacked the Fun Fei ed to 84 Kinochow Road at about 12 midnight on March 18.

Leen Chinese but last week six Jib Pao promises, smashing up the The

office furniture, destroying A Siamese girls and an elderly quantity of type and clubbing the decense was lying on the floor of an upper room and had been dead Japauese woman were produced be employees, four of whom had to be Ond version for only about one hour. The bodyfore Mr. G. E. Clayton, the Singa och to hospital.

sites that the intrudors afterwards liked up in the courtyard shouting "Down with the Kuomintang!! And Long Live the New Nationa- liera Party "An anonymous lettor convoying a threat of assassination gested, which indicated that death

has since been sent to the editor in had resulted from: asphyxia from hanging and that life had been The Japanese woman, who gave chief of the paper, Mr..Au Huai- present when suspension took place, her apie aa Oven, was described as

The Police Kept Off. being the proprietress of the Sin- Artificial respiration was Unstic-

Though the affair, took place cessfully resorted to. The appear. Haya Hotel at 47-2, Rangoon Road.

within less than 20 yards of the ance of the room and tits Position She was charged with being the ust

central district polico station, in which the body of the deceased cupier of the promises and know-situated directly apposite the na had been found suggested suicide.

Pei Jih Pan premises on Morrison further examination of the bodyingly permitting such premises or

Street, only one man was arrested had been made at the parlours of phrt theroof to lie used as a brothel; and his connection with the busi the International Funeral Diree with being the keeper of a bôtel ness still remains to be established, tors when it was found that there was an entire absence of snaks of sind failing to comply with the pre- The police are and to have been cloverly hoodwinked by two girls violence.

visions of the section by not enter- who singed n realistic street brawl In answer to the Coroner, Dring in her register particulars of in front of the station, so attract Wali added that although he could not definitely state without percertain aliens staying there; and ing a large crowd which acted as an effective screen for, the raiders, forming an autopsy whether or not with failing to require certain per but it seem incredible that they the deceased's neck had been broksons staying in her hotel to furnish could have been without knowledge on, he thought it extremely un likely due to the short drop. In information as prescribed by the of what was afoot. At any rate, it is being suggested in many quar Any case, if the neck had been section.

ters that the raid was carried out broken, there would have been no

with the connivance of certain such congestion of the face and

Mukden officials connected with the neck.

municipal government whom the Hua PeiJih ̈Pao had recently at tacked for their alleged connection with the so-called "Hsin Kuo Chin Chu I Pai," or "New Nationalism Party,'

yin.

:

One Day'a Imprisonment. Oyen pleaded guilty to the best Hanging From Transom.

charge but claimed trial on the Mr. G. Kiles; the next witnesa, second and third. She was, how. said that he had shared the house at 84 Kiaochow Road with the do-

ever, found guilty and sentenced ceased for about six weeks previens te $250 or three months' rigorous to March 18, On the night of imprisonment on each of the Grșt

Beyond the fact that it has a con- March 18 ho had returned home

siderable following among the tao charges and 81 or one day'subordinate ranks of the Mukden about 11.45 pm, and as he entered anw deconsed hanging from the simple imprisonment on the third, transom between his (witness) bed the sentences to run concurrently. room and the sitting room, sus-

The six Siamese girls were charg pended by the thong of a leather hunting ship. The thong had berned with being aliens, and failing looped around the frame of the to furnish the Chief Police Officer transom and a slip knot was with particulare Bail in the sun around the neck of deceased, whose feet were fint on the floor with theuf 82 each was allowed and the knees slightly bent. Bubbling case against thein, postponed. Well Police Station was notified.

The first witness called by Mr. He had last seen the deceased alive Tongue who conducted the case for at about 8.30 p.m. the sama night

visited the Singaya Hotel at 9.43 on Wednesday night with Mr. Tongue.

at the Shanghai Race Club, when the Crown, was Detective Inspector ho saw no signs of abnormality: C. Bembroke, who stated that he Ho know of, no worries that could have caused the deceased to kill himself, nor of any financial dir ficulties. He had, however, born told that the deconsed had had fu. Buttering From "Flu.” Dr. E. L. Marsh said that the

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The accused was there and be in- terrogated her and asked for the She produced it hotel register. and also a pile of forms relating to the Aliene Ordinanec. Witness tients, auffering fron influenza.

next inspected the hotel and found had sent him to the Country Hos pital on February 28, where he

seven Siamese girls, two Siamese remained until March 6, when he

men and three soldiers in it. The left against his (Dr. March's)girls showed him four rooms which wishes. Docensed was not in a ot they occupied between them and

Kis their respective helongings condition to leave, but he had pro mised to continue his convalesconce nt home and not to go to his office, The type of influenza from which the deceased had suffered was quite Bovere, He had, however, attend ed his office on March the day following his release from the Hospital and intimated by tele phone that he felt quite well. The type of "u" from which he had auffered was quite likely to enuse extremo depression and mental and physical debility. The depression wash characteristic of influenza and usually enme on acutely and suddenly.

Talked of Puture,

One of the grla, who gave her tame as, Kulap, stated in evidence that she was born in Bangkok, and Win a Siamese miliject. Sho had lived at the Singnya Hotel for the past two months, paying a rent f $25 per month for her room. For merly, she was a registered pro stitute but now she was the mistress of a man who paid her room rent..

party and that its influence is stendily growing, not much infor- mation regarding this organization can be gathered. Apparently, however, it, has some connection with the party of the same name. which Wa Pei-fu and other Nor thern militarists formed several years ago as a counterblnet to the Ruomintang. Though its objects have never been clearly stated, these are understood to be mainly

the establishment of popular gov ernment and the ending of Knom intang domination. The activi tien of the "New Nationalists" will bear close ratching, well-informed Chineas declare, especially in view of the reappearance of distriot

hero and "ang Dus"

there throughout the province. By many thoughtful observera Sunday, night's raid is regarded as an in- diention of what may be expected to happen on a large scale unless Nanking can succeed in keeping ita: Northern outposts under rigid control.

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Forgot to Get Names. Boon Nah, another of the girls, úlsó a Slainese subject," anid that

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acldiers in her hotel that night as business men, who had previously Mn. T. G. Strubell said she was asleep and she was inforn been-interested-in-the-promotion that bo had been with the deconseded of their presence by the police. at 84 Kinochow Road on the night Eikichi Mikudome, of 75 Middle of his death until about 0.30 p.m.Read, said that he was the hut They had Jet the Shanghai Itacond of the accused and helped her Club at about 8.40 p.m. The de- to keep the records required by the crased was perfectly normal and law. His wife and not he was the very cheary. Ho had talked about proprietor of the hotel.

things in the future, such as Questioned by Mr. Tongue, wit. the purchase of a polo.panye asil that ho vodid not say wny, The last witness, the deceased's inany local people came to his oook, said that ho had last seen wife's hotel

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