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GIRLS NIGHT RIDE TO LONDON.

MEN ACCUSED OF

ABDUCTION,

STORY OF "A HING.

HEAVY DECLINES IN RUBBER.

CRASH IN THE NEW YORK SPOT POSITION,

New York, April 20-Rubber prices hit new low levels as a result f the trading on the New York rubber market today. So 'pre-

The circumstanes of the discipitate was the decline that at the appearance and return home frozu close the April position was quoted «London of twe Brighton girls, aged at 5.90, off considerably, from "Jast-

15 and 14, were related at Brighton Saturday's close at 6.20. Police-court last month.

Charles Alfred Piper, 29, was charged on remand with abducting Vera Grave Moore, 13, out of the Fossension and against the will of her mother, and William Pearson, 24, was accused of a similar offence in respect of Muriel Tey Beard, 14. Both Piper and Pearson were new further charged with grave offences against the girls.

The accused were committed for trial, bail being refusel

Both men asked for bail, and Piper said that his father would be surety for bin,

Ife is rather a big business man in Brighton," ne

17ded.

Detective-Inspector Wells said. that the Father had refused to be come a surety.

Piper: n very surprised. Mra, M. E. Beard, Little George.

‚' street, Brighton, mother of one of the girls, said that she knew neither

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of the men in the deck. On March

The declines were

general throughout the entire list. At the close nu, position was"quoted (at a

vel higher than 8,3,

Trading was exceedingly tetive with the contract turnover for standard No. 1 rubber quoted at 102 lots as against a contract turnover of 39 lots for this grado on Satur- day and 40 lots on Friday.

Following are the closing futures price quotations for standard No. 1

rubber -- Month.

April 18 April 20

April

0.00

3.90

May

C.20

5.00

June

0.30

·6.00

July

6.48

6.19

August

6.56

6.27

September

4.04

6.35

October

6.72

6.45

November

4.60

0.55

December

6.50

0.03

January

6.93

0.74

February March

*.00

0.84

7.18/ 0.95

The London Price,

London, April 21.--Rubber reach-

IT her daughter left home, did noted a new low record yesterday when retayn, and was reported to the it touched 2d, per lh, and closed pelice as missing. On the follow-

al 2.15/10d.

At one time diflenlty was found ing Saturday night she returned home. She was tired out and hun-in selling owing to the senreity of gry, and hard had nothing all day Pxcept a cup of coffee.

buyers.

One of the contributory causes of

After giving evidence Mrs. Beardsterday's weakness was an ag fainted in court and was carried

ont.

Bertha Grace Moore, mother of the other girl, of Little George- street, Brighton, said that her

ouncement of Port of London authority figures showing an addi tion of 2,771 tons to rubber stocks here since last week

"We went for a stroll round,”

daughter left home with Muriel went on, and then we decided Beard on the day both girls dis appeared. On the following Sun- day she wow her daughter Brighton police station.

at

Piper: Has your daughter been

to go back to the apartments the men had for us. We decided to pair off I asked Mr. Murray if it was absolutely necessary to do this, and he anid it was. He said. that they would not take single

Ladly treated at home 1-No, not atkirls in London without luggage

Ali.

.

That is the reason she gave for vanting to leave Brighton im- medintely.It is entirely wrong.

Before Vera Grace Moore gave evidence the public were cleared from the court.

Moore reinted, how she, her little eister, and Muriel Ivy Beard, met on March 10, and on Madeira Drive got into conversation with two men whom they knew as Don

Murray and Jack Pearson.

ad not spoken to them before.

"The Wanderbugs." -

She

We spoke about their travels, sho said, and they said they were long-distance travellers, and known As The Wanderbugs. Mr. Mar rny offered to show us next time we met his log book and cuttings.

"We understood that the next day the non might be about the Hune place in the afternoon, and

or some kind of a reference.

"Muriel agreed to this, and I aid too. Muriel went into one.

went house with Pearson, and into another with Mr. Murray.*

When you went in with Murray, did he give you this ring? asked Mr. Owen, holding one up.

"Yes," replied" the girl. Ife said, Wear that, as you could not pot a wedding ring.""

The following day, continued Moore, they all went out together. Because of a newspaper placard which said, "Hoported two missing Tighton girls," Pearson bought a wspaper. They all read the re- port, and Murray told me be tould not have got headlines like we She and bad," added witness. Murray spent another night at the He said he loved me, and hotse. told me he did not want me to go away."

Cycling Outfit.

we then met Pearson, who was Witness, continuing, said that the nano with his bicycle. He said best day the two mich went shop. that Lofty Mr. Murray, I unplug, and on their return. Murray derstood-would be along later, and handed to her a new cycling outfit ve two. and Pearson waited until a khaki shirt and a pair of he arrived.

eyeling knickers, saying, "They night it you.”

Then we all four sat on the bench; and Murray showed us he Jeg-book and the magazine with his travels in it. I saw a story in the magazine of their travels and ane er two photographs of the men,

They did," added the girl, and I put them on until the next day. On the Friday night Murray asked me to go on a eyeling tour, saying that he was going to Austra- a.. I said he had better wait and

"Mr. Murray, I think, said that le and Pearson had to go to Lon-see"

don. I asked him if he would take On the Friday night witness and me. He asked my ago, and I told him I was nearly 18

That was not true, anid witness. who proceeded: Miss Beard said. You are, going to London. I'am Ling with you.' 1 told her not to be so silly, but she argued, and I onid, Very well, you shall

come.

Ziuriel slept together at one of the houses, and on the following day both men called on them.

Mr. Owen: Was anything said about Muriel going house - add

that Muriel had told me she wanted' to go home, and Mr. Murray.sai: that if she, had said that she should

A re.

The two men, said witness, went Murray, I think, asked Muriel to get a bus ticket so that Muriel how old she was, and she told him could return to Brighton. that she was nearly 17. The two roark was passed by Murray that men said that we chould go with they wore all going to return to Theni

Brighton on the Monday. After tes Miss Beard and I got She and Murray spent the third ana bus going to Tatcham right together. The next day two Murray said that he thought it politemen entered the room, and would be better for us to wait at they were taken to a police-station. the terminus until they came along. Pipar, asked if he wished to The men came along on bicycles.question tho giri, said, "I only. Both of us got on behind the want to say she has spoken the bicycles, and we set out for Lon-uth all the way through." don. It was than eight pan. Two landladies from Vauxhall

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