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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1932.

U.S. CONSUL IN RAID ON SUMMER

CANTON.

RESORT.

GUARANTOR SUED IN SHANGHAI.

ALLEGED SPECULATION IN

CALIFORNIA PACKING CORPORATION CALIF., U.S.A.

NEW......

TIES.

.........

"Made of Cashmere and

light Woollen Cloths-

Smart checks and neat printed designs, on white and coloured grounds.

$3.00, $4.00 each

Less 10% cash discount.

MACKINTOSHS TD

GLOUCESTER BUILDING

(THE HONGKONG LAND INVESTMENT CO., LTD.)

Hongkong's

Fashionable

Rendezvous

Old English Bar Overlooking the Harbour

MORNING COFFEE AND AFTERNOON TEA. SERVED IN THE AIRY LOUNGE ON 8th FLOOR.

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Entertain Your Friends

in the cool of the

Evening on the

Gloucester Terrace far above the City's Heatand Noire.

Tol. 28128

Cable Address:-~" GLOUCESTER."

SHIPBUILDERS,

SHIP REPAIRERS, BOILER MAKERS, FORGE MASTERS, OXY-ACETYLENE AND

ELECTRIC WELDERS,

MECHANICAL AND ÉLECTRICAL

ENGINEERS.

P. 1. NEWMAN,

Manager.

-DRY DOCK-

MR. HINKE TRANSFERRED. HOW MISSIONARIES WERE

While Mr. Hinke's many, friends in Canton will keenly regret his departure, they are congratulating him upon his appointment to a position of greater responsibility."

DEATH OF GEORGE GLADKIH

CAPTURED.

BABY HELPS TO FREE

THE PARTY,

GOLD BARS.

AFFAIRS OF MR. H. ́E.

BOOKER,

executed, and delivered by him to plaintiffs on December 18, 1931, and against Mr. H. E. MacIntyre, na guarantor.

BARTLETT PEARS

MUSCAT GRARES

"A Muscat Grape

Always First Rate."

Obtainable at All Comprodore Shops.

Sale Agents; KUNG SHEUNG CO.

HONG KONG

ASSETS

£13,000,000

CHINA BUILDING,

The American Commul-General at Canton has been officially inform ed of Consul F. W. Hinke's trans fer from Cantor to' Mazatlan, Mexico, to take effect upon the termination of his leave of absence Hankow, June 20.--After a very Before his Honour Judge Milton in the United States. Mr. Hinke short captivity, the women and D. Purdy in the U.S. Court for entered the Service in 1923, and children involved in the Kilung China Zee Pino, Sung Jih 'Zeng, aurved successively at San Suisahan basidit, outrage on Sunday, Dzung Zung Tea and New Chuang Potosi, Mexico, and Antilla, Cuba, have been released and arrived in Ching, doing business under the prior to his appointment as Vice- Hankow to-day. Messrn. David W. name of Ching Foong and Co., Consul at Canton on February 25, Vikner and A, E, Nyhus are still brought action against Mr. H. E.Try A Bartlett Pear- 1023. He was promoted to the being held.

Booker in connection with four pro- There's None To Compare." grade of Consul in 3000.

The Chiness bandit raiders weromissory notes alleged to have been first reported on the bill on Satur, day and early Sunday morning, and the missionary people were getting ready to leave when the bandite raided the resort and estried them Plaintiffs were represented by off in a north-easterly direction to Mr. C. S. Franklin and Mr. H. D. a village where the bandits were Rodger appeared for the second stationed. The captives were well. defendant, the first defendant be- treated but were forced to hurry asing neither present nor representea the sudiers who appeared on the by counsel. scene made a pretence ati pursuit, Plaintiffs alleged that on Decem- Although definitely advised by ber 18, 1031, the first defendant, ex- their consular nuthorities not to go ecuted four promissory notes which to Kikungshan on account of the ware delivered to them and which False Charges Alleged

bandit activitica, the captives had were guaranteed by the second de- Hau Taung Won, the third ac-apparently ignored the warning and fendant. The notes were, respec- cused, caused a mild sensation in trusted on the good faith of the tively, for Tls. 3,000, payable 44 the Court when, questioned by the soldiery. Bandits had been setivo days after date of issue; Tls. judge, he charged the French police along the Poiping-Hankow Railway 3,188.40, payable 72 days after date with having brought false charges for several days before they raided | of issue; Tls. 5,000 payable 103 against him and his two colleagues, the summer resort on Sunday morn days after date of issue; and Ts. Speaking in an excited manner, the-ing and appeared in Missionary 5,000, payable 134, days after date prisoner declared that, before he Valley. After pillaging the houses of issue. Each of the notes alleged answered the judge's question, he the bandits carried off the mission to have been executed bore a pro would ask the court the following aries who included Mr and Mrs.miso to pay interest and, in case) three questions-Was the name of Vikner and their three children, of action being instituted on the deceased George Gladkih or Georg: one girl of 17 and two boys of 10 notes or any portion thereof, at- Ladichiaff? Was the deceased with and 12 respectively; Mrs. Eric Sovik torneys' fees. out any relatives or had he a bro- and her son aged 11 and Mr. and ther? What was the actual charge Mrs. Nyhus and baby. brought by French police against Mr. and Mrs. Linder and their In his defonce, Mr., MacIntyre | bim and his two colleagues, assault daughter, with other occupants of admitted having endorsed the four causing death or negligence caus- the hill, were able to hide away promissory notes but, by way of de- ing death i

and after the bandits had left they fence, he alleged. were escorted to Siation and after à journey of 21 hours they reached Hankow.

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(Continued from Page 7.)

Commubist Preachings.

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The Defence.

"

a. That plaintiffs were dealers in futures and speculators în goki bars;

The accused stated that the files kept in his office had only the name of George Gladkih and not that of George Ladichiaff. He, neqused

b. That the promissory notes continued, could not understood

were founded on an illegal gaming. why the deconsed. Russian, whose As the captives were led away, consideration and gambling specu nume was George Gladkih when in conversations overheard indicated lations on margins in gold bars and the detention house, was now known thint several of the soldiers who were therefore void. as George Ladichiaff. When the were guarding the hill were being c. That such gambling transac- deceased was brought into the de- told the benefits of the Communist tions were illegal and plaintiffs,. tention house, he was stated by rube, and there men actually nocom-

as brokers, know the intention of police to be unemployed, homeless, panied the party on the way to the the first defendant was to gamble and without any relatives In village. There is no doubt about

and speculate in gold bars; Shinghai. Now a brother of bisit but that there was collusion be had come out to complain about tween the troops and the bandits, alleged maltreatment of the decens as otherwise it would have been ed. Where his brother had come impossible for 400 odd bandits to froin as deceased was formerly stat have penetrated the 1,500 troops ed to be without any relatives who were guarding the hill, Shanghai Accused asked.

The Baby's Part.

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Phone 28268.

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£40,000,00

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10 HOURS ON CLIFF LEDGE,

d. That, at the time the trans- uctions were made, plaintiffs wel: The following passengers arrived knew that the real intention of the yesterday by the 8.8. Rawalpindi Dartmouth-Three London girl first defendant was merely to from London yin' ports:-Mr and clerks and a yonug French student. speculate in the rise and fall of the Mrs. Broderick, Mr. F. Cotton, were cut off by the tide and maroon- price of gold bars and that the gold Mr. R. Lacey, Mr. J. Glynn, Mr. ed on the cliff face at Rockvale Cove bars were not to be delivered, but, J. Hill, Mr. E. J. Hawkes, Mr. G. ||

from noon till 10 p.m.

one

The accused denied, the charge of

at the time fixed for delivery, McCormack, Mr. H. Palmor, Lt. They were:-Pierre Avril, aged negligence, saying that deceased, Every consideration was given.

party was to pay to Col. J. Rogers, Rev. H. R. Well, nineteen; Sylvia Rimel, aged soven-" when in the detention house, was the women, and even chairs were the other the difference between Mr. J. E. White, Mr. and Mrs. teen, of Dalston; Nora Derzan, aged treated three times by th gael doc provided, but they were well guard the contract price and the market H. C. Watts and child, Lieut. M.eighteen; and Judith Morris, aged

He did not send deceased to od against escape. At night they prices

Westlake, Miss H. G. Grant, Mr.seventeen, of Boutle Hackney. They

tor.

a hospital because, according to the were forced to sleep on boards 'e. That plaintiff's well knew at G. Milne, Mr. and Mrs. McLaren, were staying at Rockvale Cove, gaal doctor, deceased's condition with guards, who were changed the time the speculative future con- Mr. M. Glass, Mr. I, Bradford, Stoke Fleming, with Mr. Roland ras botter the following day after every hour, watching every move tracts in gold bars were made by Mr. W. Crabbe, N/Sister Beresford, Barrett. being brought to the detention ment. There is no doubt that they the first defendant that he was not Mr. S. Smith, L/Cpl. J. Collins, After they had been missing for house. According to the detention were released because they were financially able to pay for the gold Mr. and Mrs. Nalting, Mr. L. home time their coats and scarves more or less of a burden, and it bara which he has contracted to buy, Hum, Mr. C. Men, Mr. L. Skinner, were found on the beach wear the is believed that the small baby of that he did not own and had no tory for persons in charge of the Mrs. Nyhus helped the decision to sufficient means with which to buy Mr. E. Ammann, Mr. C. Cheong, house, and a search was at once detention house to send prisoners be made, as it apparently attracted gold bars which he had contracted Mr. E. la Stowell, Mr. Tan P. instituted. to hospital when they are sick, much attention, For the release to soll, that he was a regular dealer Lint, Mr. A. Brosted, Mr. Lu While the Dartmouth police declared the accused.

the party were escorted to the foot in gold bars and did not need gold

house regulations, it is not obliga

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Died of Dysentery.

of the hill and a message sent up to bars and could not use them in his Ching, Mr. Mai Ng, Mr. S. Siew, cruised in motor-bont, a land the top informing their servants to business, that he had no means or Mr. Fu Mun Mr. R. J. Withrow, party, which included Mr. and Mrs. make arrangements to meet them. facilities for taking, handling or Mr. Lai Chun, Mr. and Mrs. W. Cyril Maude, searched the cliffe The second accused was then This was done and after visiting storing gold bars, and that the gold McCausland, 9 infants and amah, from above. brought before the Court and ques- their houses which had been com tioned. He stated he was a home pletely looted they made their way sold by the first defendant for a and 3 children. Mr. and Mrs found perched perilously on a ledge bars were not being bought and or Mr. and Mrs. F. Bridges, infant Eventually the missing four were trained doctor. On June 17, a sick down to the station at Sintica, real business purpose; and Russian prisoner was brought into where they were conveyed by a

Crighton and infant, Mr. and Mrs. the detention house. He gave him closed track to the first break contracts and speculations in gold Laing and infant, Amah Sojo, Mr.

That all these transactions, Errol-Johnson. Mrs. Laing, Master fifty feet up on the cliff side. some medicine and the Russiau's the line beyond Kwangsi, from bars were the solo consideration for R. Mitchell, Paydicut. and Mrs. condition was better the following here they had to walk a little way which the four promissory notes Twomey, Lieut. Comdr. and Mrs. J. A. W. Douglas, of Bermondsey, day. On June 19, the condition of and then were picked up in another were given, that such were illega W. Keith, Mr. T H Wood, Mr. who was one of the search party, the Russian became suddenly worse. trait composed of two trucks, and and contrary to law, and that the H. L. Lee, Mr. W. J. Richmond, formed a line with ropes, and by He deemed it necessary to send the finally reached here this morning, notes, being based and founded on fra. C. Roberts, Mr. W. T. Brown, this means the four were gat safely prisoner to a hospital, but it was one the torse for the adventure. too late as that day was Sunday,

illegal contracts, were invalid and Mr. Ching, Mr. A. P. Squires, Mr. down.

The accused stated the cause of defofr la still unknown, but it was

What is to happen to the men | void. Ceusod's death was dysentery....

The first accused said he was in that they will be retained to be clear to the party who returned

No Consideration,

-

Three policemen and Alderman.

B. Prax, Sui Pan, Mr. Portella, Mr. Comprodon, Mr. D'arcy I Wetherby, Mr. and Mrs. N. N charge of cells of the detention taken round to the various Com-the case, the second defendant al- 8. H. Patel;. Mr. and Mrs. J. Elizabeth Harungaz, Mra. Yelic. In asking for the dismissal of Mehta, Mr. H. A. Mahomed, Mr. Mr. Marty, Mr. H. W. Clark, Miss house from No. to No. 7. On muniat camps, and probably be Prisoners were four Russian retained ko. Nelson for work leged that he endorsed the four Vella, Mr. G. Chinrai, Mr. N. A. Dedeoglou, Miss Ketty Dedroglou, Mr. Constantina Dedeoglou, MS in the No 4 Mil; in-

promissory notes without any con Gosalin, Mr and Mrs Panel, perfoon of fr cluding George Ladichiaff who was amongst them,

brought in at about: four, pm, that day. Ladichiaff was sick, and he dem

sideration

Kapadia and infant, Mr.II Bea

Zoo Pao, the only witness for grim, Capt. A 8mith, Mr. Ton Kawano, Mr. Farmanand, Mr. plaintiffe, gave an account of the Chow Kim, Mr. J, Laing, Mr. Tand Mrs. Julius Ring, Mr. A. execution of the four notes by the Kives Chen, Mr. and Mrs. W. W Kengelbacher, Mr. F. T. Melwani, first-defendant-and-stated that no Burrell, Mr, H. C. Baker Mr. Cr. Lebrecht Zander, Mr. W. E. part of the notes had been paid, M. Chen, Dr. and Mrs. Wce. although demands for payment has

Departures.

Klippert, Mr.K. E. Dik. Mr. E M. Wm. Bolton, Mr. N. Pliester, Mr. H. P. J. Hoonus, Mr. R. J. Whithrow, Dr, and 1m. J. R.

979 did not eat anything that day. He thiee surnames and that George died on the morning-of-June-10 Gledkih and George Ladjchiaff were Accused denied the charge of as one and the same person sault and said when deceased was The Court adjourned the case nn. in the cell under his control, no-til Monday morning and announced been rande to both defendants. Tho body had assaulted him

date would be fixed for an su kum due, and claimed, was Tls. The following left by the m.e. Beardsley, Mr. C. F. Gordon, Mr. Mr. Foi then asked the Court to topsy on deceased's body as moon 18,118,40, plus interest, costs and Asama Mard Mr. Charles Glauser, Pruessman, Mr. K. Iton Mr hold an autopsy on deceased's body, as the necessary preparations had reasonable attorneys' fees. Mr. B. Lander Lewis Mrs. Gind Mrs K Amano, Mr. and Mrs. in order to determine whether he been completed, The first sceased Mr. F, Youngs gave testimony on Ahkermans Mr. B. H. Lindt, Mrs. Carrion, Ms D. T. Trietermann, had died as result of being as was released on shop security? behalf of the second defendant and G. Dick; Urs. R. G. Cordy, Mr. Mon. 8. M. Hardy, Master E. L. saulted or otherwise Counsel Dr. Faul Prompet, attorney-at he was still in the witness box Julian Ros, Mr. Victoria L. McHardy, Mr. Dorothy Lynch, Minas stated Russians wuslly had two or flaw, watched "the case for the comwhen the Court rosa on adjourn Guire Gutierrez, Mr. J. M. Hood, L. H. Lynch, Mr. 0. 0. Hanson j

Continued at foot of west column,plainant.

(Continued at foot of next column.) Mr R. Hanson,

ment.