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DOUGLAS GIFFORD “YOUNG RASCAL

CONVICTED

KIDNAPPED

HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1933.

RIVER STEAMER “SEVEN SISTERS

MYSTERY

Sentence Of Eighteen Boy Who Ran Away Young Chinese Couple

can

Months At Sessions

JUDGE'S REMARKS TO PRISONER

"Douglas Gifford. It is my duty to deter you as far as a sentence de from continuing to de- fraud people and living on your the jury has said in connection with the present case and I am taking note also of your previous record. I feel it is my duty to sentence you to eighteen months hard labour and I hope, after you come out of jail you will lead a new and different life."

wits. I am taking note of what

These words were addressed to Douglas Gifford when he was con- Victed by the jury before the Act- ing Chief Justice, Mr. J. R. Wood, yesterday on a charge of larceny of $60 from a Chinese woman at the Post Office.

Mr. J. A Fraser, Assistant At torney General prosecuted for the Crown, while Gifford wws

not

·legally represented.

The jury were as follows: -, Messrs. P. Younghusband (fore-

many D." E. Carvalho, J. A. Noronha. A. E. Coates, A. A. Stern, Tsang Fook and W. M. Mehal.

Gifford pleaded not guilty to the charge, and, outlining the facts of the case for the Crown, Mr. Fraser said that on the morning of July 12. a Chinese rmed Ho Luk, accompanied by a relative went to the Post Omice to collect a remittance by money or der, of which she had received notice from the Post Office, and

woman,

also by letter from her husband In North China.

The two women on entering the Post Office saw the accused writ- ing at a desk and one of them went up and asked him if the place was the Post Office. There was a conversation" and accused learned the purpose of the visit, and help- ed the women to get their money.

Mr. Fraser explained the pre- cautions taken at the Post Office on the question of identity, and said that there was some question

raised in this case, but the women were able to produce the chop of

A

From Home

SELF SUPPORTING

GANG

The story of how an eleven year-

old boy who, as was beaten by his mother, and then ran away from home and later got kidnapped. was related to Mr. Wynne-Jones at Central Magistracy yesterday, when a young Chinese was charged with kidnapping Wong Fung Tang. Originally three men (including the defendant) and two women were brought before His Worship in connection with the case, but as they were charged on different counts it was decided to try them separately.

..

Disappear

SUICIDE FACT THOUGHT

"PROBABLE

A suicide pact. is indicated from the report which has reached the police of the mysterious disap- pearance of a couple from the a.. Langshan, while that vessel was

her way from Canton to Hong Kong on Sunday night.

FESTIVAL

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Sincere's Make Great Preparations

The maiden's of China are in a great state of excitement and for

CHARGE AGAINST

RUSSIAN

Trick Common At

Home "

Charges of obtaining sums of $75

and 180, from F. Chan and Co. Gill- # very good reason, too, for the

man Street and the Hop Wo festival of the "Seven Sisters" is Loong, shop, Tit Hong Lane, res- fast approaching and the neces-pectively, by false pretences, sary, preparations must be made were preferred. against Stamsiaw for the great occasion.

Kaminsky, an unemployed Russian at Central Magistracy yesterday.

The Story.

'fair'

|

Defendant pleaded not guilty and Mr.Wynne-Jones fixed the hearing for Friday, at 2.30 p.m. bail being granted in the sum of $2,000.

Detective-Sergeant "Fowlie sald that on Friday, defendant went to F Chan and Company and asked for four cases of mushrooms, the total cost for which was $428. He said he would pay $28 balance and Long ago, the King of Heaven the remainder on delivery of the

his

He haggled over the lived happily with

seven goods. daughters and one of them, a very change, and after he had left the diligent girl, married a poor cow-shop, the accountant found $75 herd, who was equally industrious. was missing.

"The festival actually falls on Sunday, but Sincere's have already opened an exhibition which really worth a visit. The will be held for 10 days and from what was seen of the last minute It would seen that a well dress-preparations, it will be one of the ed young Chinese and an attrac-most elaborate of its kind ever tive and fashionable girl, both of staged in the Colony. about 24 years of age, occupied cabin No. 11, and that when the vessel was nearing Hong Kong the discovery was made that the cou- ple" were no longer on board. Standing with his head" just

The two young people had din- above the witness box, the youth-ed on board and had signed a chit ful complainant told the Court for a little over $5. They are that about three weeks ago he ran then believed to have retired to

some reason or other, the At the Hoy Wo, Loong shop, de away from his home at 16, Tin Po their cabin, but when, on the couple grew to be very lazy after fendant is alleged to have ordered Street, Wanchal, because his vessel approaching Capsulmoon, their marriage and this aroused two bags of opions. On leaving, mother had beaten him. He went steward went round knocking at the wrath of the good King to the accountant found a $50 Char- to Moon Street where he lived the cabin doors with a view to such an extent that he decided to tered Bank note and three $10 with several "rascals" (so he de- waking passengers who might be keep them apart and let them see Hong Kong and Shanghal Bank scribed them) of his own age, and asleep and also to collect their each other only once a year-on notes missing" About an hour fending for himself by going to chits, he could got no response and the seventh day of the seventh after the second swindle. & fokl the Praya daily to fish.

the door was locked on the inside.

of the F. Chan Company, recognis- On the cabin bed was found a Town where near a cinema thea-suitcase containing underclothing from their human form into two him detained at the shop.

They were accordingly changed ed defendant in the street and had tre, he met the defendant and a belonging to both the man and

When searched at the Central "boy of about 16 years of age" who the woman." The cabin window stars and they were separated asked him if he had had anything was wide open and on the bed- from each other by the "Muky Police Station, Kaminsky had $431

Path." On the day of days, how-in" his possession. to eat. He replied in the negative sheets there were telltale marks and the defendant then asked him of the soles of a man's and a wo-

ever, they had permission to cross "The trick seems to be common to meet him in a house in Third man's shoes. The indications all

the barrier and meet each other at Home but I have never heard Street, West Point, when he would point to suicide, by drowning.

and it is then that the little msi- of it here" concluded the sergeant dens of China offer up prayers and sented and after waiting for a give him a meal. Witness con,

A five dollar bill was left in the sacrifices in the hope that they time met the defendant and they suitcase, with a message which will be given a good, and hard went for their meal. That night

read:

working, husband!... they slept in the streets, and ear went away, telling him to wait; ly the next morning the defendant

A few days later he went to

for his return. In the evening the defendant returned with his mo- ther, and the latter took him to a certain house, after which he was taken to a seamstress who said that "she did not want him."

"The Deal Failed."

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"We have but a few words to leave behind-and what these few words are will not tell you what has happened or why we have done it. We leave $5 be- hind for what we have taken on board.

Moon.

CHINA'S HIGHWAYS

TO BE FINISHED BY

The name of the couple has as SIX THOUSAND KILOMETRES yet not been disclosed but they are believed to have been residents of Canton. They spoke fluent Puriti with a Fukien accent

The following day the defendant

That the affair must have been and the "boy..of 18" took him to premeditated before the couple Yaumati where they were met by left Canton is indicated by the the second and third defendants. fact that the message was written charged later). They took him to necessary materials are not avail (These two, as stated, would be in Chinese with a Chinese pen. The a house where some people want-able on board the Lungshan,

a firm in Yaumati, which a Posted to buy him, but the deal rail- Office official communicated with by telephone, and thus satkfed himself that the women "concern-

ed were the persons for whom the money was intended. This pro-

cess took the clerk

some afteen

minutes and during that time Gifford is alleged to have brought the two women on to the first floor of the Post Office twice. On each occasion they were asked to wait at a corner while he disap- peared for a while and then re- turned and took them downstairs again.

When the money was eventual- ly paid to the women by the Post Office, Gifford once more persuaded the women to visit the first floor, telling them that the numbers of the banknotes (a $50 and a $10 bill) had to be checked. The women handed the money to Gifford, and waited, but he never returned.

Subsequently a report was made to the Police and on the next day Gifford was arrested.

od.

Later he was taken to Saikung

by the second and third defen- KIDNAPPERS ARE dants and the "boy of 18." They arrived at a certain house where they spent the night, and the next day a man

came and said he wanted to buy him.

His Worship: Were you willing to be sold?

-Witness: No.

run

You knew they were going to sell you why didn't you away? The "boy of 18" threaten- ed me.

After further evidence had been given, His Worship convicted the defendant and sentenced him to twelve months' hard labour. The other 'defendants will be charged next Monday afternoon.

CLASSES IN CANTONESE

COURSE ARRANGED BY CHAM

BER OF COMMERCE.

CAPTURED

Good Work By The

Harbin Police

BANDITS STILL ACTIVE UP COUNTRY

and

NEW YEAR. ·

A "REVIVAL OF

BUDDHISM

Significance Of The Pantehen Lama

REINCARNATION EXPECTED

Nanking, August 15-It is learnt at the Engineering Department of the National Economic Council, that

Cables from the Dutch East In- hai construction of the Nanking-Shang

Shancheng Changshing dies state that Buddhism is at (Anhwei-Chekiang) highways will present in a state of agitated" up- be completed before the end of the heaval. Far-reaching effects on year. These together with the intellectual life and political con- Shanghai-Hangchow, Nanking-Wahu ditions throughout Asia are almost Socchow-Kashing highways certain to follow. The confusion total 1,600 kilometres in length. in China, the unrest in India, and A total of 8,000 kilometres of the rabid nationalism of the highways in the seven Yangtze Dutch East Indian colonies have provinces will be constructed during brought about a state of high ten- sion which demands careful study the next year.

by the European Powers concern-" ed.

and

M. Boudrez, technical expert from the League of Nations, is co- operating in the planning of the various highway programmes.- Kuo Min.

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The most significant feature of" the whole movement is that some time ago the Fantchen Lama, the priest-god and the most mysterious figure in Axia, left his monastery in the heights of Tibet and pro- ceeded to Peiping, where he in- tends to take over the leadership. of the Buddhism of the whole world. This represents a breach The smart work of the Harbin with the principle hitherto follow- ed, that the 'Dalai Lama conducts the temporal and political doini- nion while the Pantchen Lama functions as the spiritual father and lord.

the ransom, which was remanded and which represented a very large sum of money....

has com➡

Harbin, July 31-About three months ago there was considera-detective pollice force ble excitement in Harbin over the pletely upset the bandits" plans capture of a young man named and instead of receiving the ran- Bun, son of Mr. Sun T-chan som that they expected, they will

the Finance-Ministry. of 'probably be executed. Manchoukuo, and though every effort was made by the Police to trace the lad-nothing was heard of him.

of

Bandit Balds.

According to the "Harbin Times"

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Unprecedented Step.

This unprecedented step in the Prisoners Explanation..

history of Buddhism is said to At the time of his capture he the leader of a bandit gang at have been taken at the instiga Gifford in the course of a state-

was walking. from the Polytech-Hantaahetse with ten of his mention of a group of Chinese patriots ment to, the Court, said that after

The Hong Kong General Chamber nique Institute to a friend's house, was found to be residing in a who journeyed to Tibet and be- receiving the money he thought he

of Commerce is advertising the re- when three men suddenly jumped railway house at that town. The sought the Pantchen Lama toi would charge the women some- thing for the trouble he took in sumption on Wednesday, September at him, bound his arms and push house was surrounded by Japanese come to Pelping to rescue China

whole of the from collapse. This was equiva- | the matter. He wanted to take, of classes for teaching colloquialed him into a motor car on which troops and the the $50 note into the Treasury to Cantonese which are held at the they drove him rapidly away in bandits exterminated. Ten rifles lent to recognition of the Pantchen

Chamber of Commerce under the the direction of the suburbs.

and one thousand cartridges beitig Lama by all Asiatic Buddhists, sp change it, but when he returned direction of the Rev. H. R. Wells, he found the women had gone. O.B.E., and which uses Mr. Wells'

The police have been hard at found afterwards. The Comman that now all Asiatic Buddhism is He went to Yaumati to look for

new and simplified instruction book. work on the case for weeks and der of the garrison at Hantao- Locking to the banner of the them but could not find them.

There will be classes for beginners at last their efforts have been hete entered the strong protest Pantchen Lams

All the Buddhist tribes and peo" His Lordship ordered evidence to from business offices, and the crowned with success, and on July with the CER. administration re-

ples of the Far East are stated to be given as to the property found Language School is able also to 29 they succeeded in catabing the garding this Incident.

The ss Tsenchu has arrived at be in a state, of: religious fervour, on the defendant when arrested offer facilities to ladies who may kidnappers themselves and re- the next day, and it was stated desire to attain a knowledge of leasing the lad who had been so Harbin from the river and re- awaiting the expected return of ports that she'r was attacked by the Buddhia. In the throne-room by a Police witness that the only Cantonese. For then classes can long kept in their clutches. money found on him was $3.40. be held during the working day,

From the story given out by the bandits. She had in tow a barge of the Imperial Palace at Peiping, loaded with cargo and passengers, which according to tradition His Lordship then briefly ad whereas business students study dressed the jury, who retired and before nine in the morning, in the vernacular press, the police traced which were evidently the object of thousands of years old is the cen returned in a few minutes within hour, or after five p.m. The the road which the kidnappers the bandit attack. There were tre of the world, the Pantchen verdict that "the prisoner was Language School has been in con- took almost step by step guilty of petty larceny, but he did tinuous existence since 1916, when finally discovered that it led to a only six of these bandits and they Lama has received 100,000 believers afterwards killing the steeraman pire. This belief in the reincarna not set out to steal the money, but it was formed at the instance of private house in one of the main boarded the steamer an passengers, from all parts of the celestial el

Mr. W. H. Bell, kif the Asiatic streets of the busiest part of the with an axe and threatening to lon of the Buddha has had an kill anyone of the crew who dared enormous influence on all "Bud finding the money in his posses- aton the temptation was too much Petroleum Co., Ltd, which Arm, town.

since its inception, has sent many Having made sure that the lad to interfere with them. They dhists throughout Asia, 19 for him."

students to the School.

was in this house, several detec-were joined by other bandits on tives started an acquaintanceship the bank of the river, when the with the bandits and it was not steamer and barges were drawn long before they were actually alongside, all valuables

"

This verdict was amended by them, after hearing the Chief Jus- tice to a unanimous verdict of "Guilty" with a rider to the effect that "when the "prisoner first as- sisted these women, he had no in- tention of stealing.” --

A Bad Record.

1,

and

being

The "Harbin Times" gives fur-

being repeatedly absent from able to enter the room in which taken out of the barge and six duty.

the young man was kept, but they wealthy Chinese merchants being Mr. Fraser also recounted a list had determined to get the whole kidnapped. There is considerable of convictions in court going back of the gang and thus they played anxiety amongst the relations of to 1928 in which prisoner was with the bandits in the manner these men as to their fate." found to have been convicted for of a cat with a Mis? demanding money on several oc- They discovered that one of the ther accounts of bandit raids in The history of the prisoner was casions, his method being to im-kidnappers had formerly been a this morning's paper, such as an then presented to the Court by personate Police and Sanitary De- teacher of the Middle School in attack on frontier guards, four Mr. Fraser who said that the ac- partment Officers.

Harbin and that another had been kilometres to the north-west of cused was born in 1900 and lost

"Mr. Justice Wood: You have a teacher of the Law Faculty of Pogranichnaya and an attack in his father at the age of 17. He heard your record explained by the Polytechnique Institute, where the neighbourhood of Ningut. was educated at the Diocesan the learned Assistant Attorney the boy was studying, thus they the last named case there were Boys' School up till the age of 18 General, do you wish to say any were fully acquainted with his more than 100 bandits while when he joined the Government thing?

habits. The two teachers in con- force that was opposed to Service as a probationer but was Prisoner: No, sir.

function with the actual Hanap was very much smaller and dismissed two years afterwards Sentence was then passed as pers' arranged the scheme of cap- great dificulty in beat

TORN.CDN. when he was found unsatisfactory, stated above.

ture and were to participate

The cables close by stating that this may easily prove to be the initial stages of a vast religious revival throughout Asia; exercising profound effects on the course of world history Trans Ocean Ber- vice

MANCHUKUD GARRISON

MUTINIES

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Mukden; Aug. 15-About Manchoukuo soldiers headed by Bergeant Lin, of the Talpingchuan Garrison in the Liaoyuan área, muffled on August 13-while on hein duty, according to reports here

arms They took" horses,” andall them and munitions and left the towIL

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