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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS

CAVE MURDER TRIAL

(Continued from Page S)

that

Dr. G. H. Thomas sald Hon-wang |ther the third accused had done, was in a collapsed condition but anything. the answer was no. was conscious and able to speak Mr. Anderson submitted when he was brought to the Queen Mary Hospital. There were nine wounds in his body and he died on

March 22.

there was no evidence of a common purpose on the part of third ac- cused with the others, no evidence

TRAGEDY ON OCEAN LINER

Woman Found Hanged In Cabin

The P. & O. Uner Chitral, which

GENERAL

MODERN DRILL DISPLAY

ST. MARY'S SCHOOL STAGE GOOD SHOW "A display of modern gymnastics arrived in Hong Kong early yes-was held at the St. Mary's School; of actual aiding or intention to terday morning, brought besides Chatham Road, yesterday after- Cross-examined, witness said the aid, and he asked that the case the many passengers a tragic story noon, when girls of the school per- man'a mental condition was alert against him be gone no" further of how

a married woman who formed in front of a large audience #hen he made his dying deposi-with

boarded the liner in England on of parents and friends.

The items, organized jointly by tions. He spoke clearly and, in his After Mr. Williams had replied, March 23, after having been in

His Lordship said he was. opinion, not incohently.

Lot 111-health for some time, was found Rev. Mother Agnes and Sister Phylis, were very well performed Mohammed Din, Constable B555, satisfied, on the evidence adduced dead in her cabin after the vessel deposed to having been attacked by for the Crown. that he would be had been three days out from Eng-under Miss Leung Wal-tung, drill mistress, with Miss Helen Lo sup- leaving the case four Chinese youths and robbed of justified in

plying appropriate his revolver.

against third prisoner to the jury. Further evidence in support of He therefore discharged him on of the pegs of the cabin by a silk movements of the performers were

dressing-gown cord. the Crown's case was taken, in- that indictment.

cluding that of Huen Cheung. Ce- ceased's clapaman, Sub-Inspector

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land.

She was found hanging from one

LAU KWONG FAI TEŠTIFIES After having boarded the vessel. First accused then went into the the woman it is understood re-

light, fast and easy,

music.

The

Among the many people present were the Mother Delegate 'General

for the Far East. Vincenzina Bel- lacchio, Miss Sawyer, Rev. Fra Granelli, Rossello and Fung, and

Miss Lee.

HG Hallam, Sergeant J. R. Bent-box. Youthful, and with the ap-mained in her cabin and few, ley. Inspector C. Rozeskwy. In-pearance of a student, he gave his any of the other passengers, were spector,L R. Whant and Lai Shul-evidence calmly and collectedly aware of her presence aboard ship. Following the discovery, the wo- yin, interpreter stationed at No. 2 Coming to the shooting, he said

the three of them and the, bro-man was buried at sea the same Police Station...

Mr. A. L. Cole, first clerk at Cen-thers had separately gone to the night, and when the vessel arrived tral Magistracy, proved the de-cave, to pluck vegetables. There at Marseilles the unfortunate hus-Classes: Gymnastic Exercises, In-

asked him for band disembarked. position taken by Mr. R. Edwards Kong-hing had

had some money. He said he none.

second Police Magistrate, from Huen Kong-wan,

Pa Yuk-ching. interpreter, read out the long statement made by first accused and also the state- ments of the other two men.

"When refused his "request," accused went on. "he pulled out

from under his shirt a revolver

which he pointed at me. He said:

Are you not promising me that

(to give him the money on the

WARRANT FOR Classes 1 and 2: Gathering Peas-

WOMAN WITH NO

RADIO LICENCE

VICTIM'S DYING ACCUSATIONS

The dying deposition of Huen morrrow for if you don't I will Mrs. Vera Locke, proprietress of Kon-wang was then read out to kill you. He, appeared to be quite the Macsim Cafe, 21 Hennessy a silent court by the clerk. It was nerce. I tried to catch his hand. Road, was summoned before Mr. Into the form of answers to ques- I got it. There was a bang! H. R. Butters at the Central Ma- tions put by Mr. Edwards. with I warded his hand aside and the gistracy yesterday for having an replies to cross-examination by shot missed me.

unlicenced wireless set on March each of the accused.

19. "She failed to appear to answer! the charge.

"When I realised he was shooting In this the dying man said Lauat me I struggled for Life with Kwong-fal (first prisoner) was him. Whilst I was trying to afraid he would give information snatch the gun from him a man to the police so he shot him with came between us and he shot that a gun on the hill-side above the man three times in succession. Electric Light Company at about

"I got the revolver and 1 p.m. He Huen! had met him afraid he would snatch it back was in the street and had been in-trom me and kill me. I raised duced up there.

my arm. He grabbed hold of the

Mr. J. Key, Wireless Inspector. said he visited the house but did not see Mrs. Locke. No licence

was produced, and although it was promised that it would be taken

The following were the items:- Percussion Band, Junior Classes: Action Song Formations, Junior

termediate Classes: English Coun- try Dance; The Merry Milkmaids,

cods, Class 3; Heartsease. 'Class 4: Six team games by Junior Classes: Gymnastic Exercises, Senior Classes; Country dance we won't go home till morning, Classes 5. 8. 7 and 8: May Pole Dance, Junior Classes

Y'S MEN'S DINNER TONIGHT

Prof. Erwin Reifler To Give Address Members of the Hong Kong Y's reminded that Men's Club are

there will be no luncheon meeting

to the wireless office. that was today, but instead a dinner will be

not done.

"I was with my elder brother." barrel and held on to it. the deposition went on. "He is held I backed and while I was dend. His body is stik up there. backing the gun fired." Lau Kwong-falfas with two Accused also" sald on the way MADE HIS OWN WINE. others. One was Leung Kam-kee. back he had dropped the gun and whom I recognise, as the second

a knife which he had found in the

A warrant of arrest was issued, held at St. Francis Hotel at 7.15 As he and bait of $100 was allowed.

tonight, to which ladies may be Invited.

him.

"

BUT WAS CAUGHT

The speaker will be Professor Erwin, Reiter, formerly of the Chiaotung University. Shanghai, and an authority on the Chinese

For charges of possession of aanguage.

***

CLIPPER ARRIVES

man standing in front of me. He cave wrapped up in a parcel, inth is the man who wounded the hole under a boulder. The only still, distilling. possession of fer- His subject will be "The Tower Indian constable in Kennedy time he had seen that gun was menting material and possession of Babel and the Chinese Lanuage." Road. They took his gun from when Kong-wing produced it. of dutiable wine. Cheng Yuen, 48, and the speaker will also refer to

to In reply cross-examination unemployed, was fined a total of some. recent discoveries in the "Lau Kwong-fat ftred three

by Mr. Williams accused said he $830 or, in default, nine months' sphere of comparative phllogy. times at me He shot me with had taken the revolver and the hard labour. the first and missed with the

knife away because he was afraid, R.O. Warden said that defen- second. It was the same gun that if left in the cave. they might dant was arrested in a raid made he got from the Indian in Ken- fall into the wrong hands and on the premises, when he was endy Road. After that they set further harm might be done. He caught distilling the liquid. fire to the grass intending to burn received no bruises whatever in him to death."

The deposition went on to say that the struggle which he alleged took the other two men had a kitchen place. His clothes, which he now examined, were not torn. The Continuing: "My brother

lasted about struggle is dead, He received one shot minutes. only. I heard the shot fred, He called out 'Don't do it, Ah Fee,' just before he died.

knife.

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The following passengers arrived The China Cupper arrived from in the Colony from Europe via San Francisco, via ports, yesterday

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Wong Chiu, 31, unemployed, was sengers. sentenced to six months' im- Cecily Delny, Borica Stockford, three prisonment shen charged with and Hars Melchers.

breach of the Deportation Ordin- The following will leave on the Following further cross-exam-unce before Mr. Q. A. A."Macfad-Clipper for Manila tomorrow:—

case was adjourned, yen at the Kowloon Magistracy Jose Trillo, Juan T. Gorta, Tu nation. the and will be continued at, 10 a.m. yesterday. Defendant was arrest. Kim-chuy, John Walter Ross, Yao

ed in Arthur Street, near Temple Ah-he and Elizabeth B. Vaughn. Street. on information.

"HE DID THE VALLEY MURDER" today.

"Ab Fee did it. He was the same man who was responsible for Be the Happy Valley murder. shot both me and my brother. i When..he..shot me, he said I will

1 would give Information to the

SHROFF

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Sentence of three months' im

TO PRISON

GERMAN NATIONAL DAY RECEPTION The German Consul-General will

afternoon with the following pasports yesterday by the ss. Chitral: Dr. and Mrs. D. Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Brett and family. Mrs E Cowell, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Crothers and two children, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Guard, Mr. and Mrs. Pollard and child, Mr. and A. MacIntyre, Mr. J Mrs. R. Benallack. Captain W. E Duck- worth, Mrs. E. A. Best, Captain 8. 8. Appleyard, Mr. Dixon, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Art, Mr. E. G. Harris,

THEOSOPHICAL TALK

A lecture entitled "The Invisible Influence" will be delivered today

at 6 p.m. at the lodge room of the Chater Road, by Dr. D. O. de Silra All interested are, welcome.

MAN.

Mrs. Fredericks,

Piercy, E'S...... F. T. Wakcoff,

kill you for, if I don't kill uprisonment was imposed on Bo You will kill me!. He was afrald Miu-chuk, shroff of the Yiu Cheong hold a reception in honour of the local Theosophical Society, No. 18) Mrs. A. Fox, Mr. I. C. Jacoba, Mr. police that he asked me to go and shop, when he was found guilty on German National Day on Monday. join him and do an armed roba charge of fraudulent conversion at the German Club from 11.30 am. bery. I refused to join him:

at the Central Magistracy yester- to 12.30 p.m. day.

"Leung Kam-k! pointed a knife It was alleged that defendant

at me. He said You will surely dle, sooner or later.

The third and 'another fok! absconded with

man, Pak-fu, said "Give him an other shot.

a sum of $450, accounts which they had collected from dealers.

Defendanty returned to the shop "Ah Fee actually killed three persons with his own hands, one to borrow money when the mana-

at the Race-course, myself and ser informed

the police who

R.M.A, DAEDALUS

The RMA., Daedalus, arrived at

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The Nethercole Hospitals Build- Kal Tak yesterday from Penang lag Fund Committee acknowledge with grateful thanks the follow at 4.55 p.m.

ing donations:--

She carried a passenger from Singapore to Hong Kong and had

my elder brother. He has a gun executed a warrant for his arrest. on board 3.000 kilos of freight and

and 1 think he will cause more trouble."

In cross-examination

"Lau

Kwong-fat put to "the dying wen that it was not he who killed his brother. Huen Kong-wang repeat- ed it was; he had heard Iris brother call out "you must not do

It."

Questioned by Mr.

Mr. C. A S. Russ appeared for 239.021 kilos of mali.

the prosecution on behalf of the

shop, assisted by Detective-Berst. CORRESPONDENCE Mevey, who made the arrest."

SALARY CLAIM.· SUCCEEDS

MUSICAL NOTES

[To the Editor, "The Hong Kong Daily Press").

HK. & Shanghai Bank-

ing Corporation Bank of East Asla

A Well-Wisher

BI. Du Tung Sen British American To-

bacco Co. Ltd. Kwong Sang Hong Ltd.

Mr. and Mrs. L. Geddes, Mr. and

K. F. Noble, Mr. R. H. Whitall, Mr. E. L. Peake, Frau Stinnes, Lt.-Col and Mrs. W. Williams, W/Cdr. and Mrs, Fuller, Miss Filler, Mr. S. B. Pain:er, Air-Comm. Norton, Mr. and Mr. A. R. Murray,

Mr. M. E. Hewlett, Misa R. M. Lloyd, Mrs. T. 8. Parry and child. Miss G. Parker, Miss 8. A. Wheat, ar. 15, D. Carter. Mr. D; A. Camp-

$2,500.00 bell, Mr. E. C. Ramsey, Mr. J. P. 1,000.00 Cognill, Mrs Turner, Mr. L. Guld, 1,000.00 Mr. A. F. Handcock, Dr. and Mrs. 1.000.00 A. Mistowski, Mr. and Mrs. R. Hunter and infant, Mr. and Mrs. 500.00 R. L. Conley. 250.00

The following passengers arrived yesterday from Mania by the $6,250.00 F.MLS. Empress of Canada:-

Miss B. Andreani, Mr. J. Carrero, The defendants falling to ap-

Miss M. Carreru, Misa V. Carrero, Edwards. pear. judgment, with costa, was

A meeting will be held in the Mr. T. B Cooper. Mr. 8. F. Gaches, Huen said the third man took no given by Mr. Justice R. E. Lindsell

Sir-I note with pleasure that Great Hall of the University to Mr. L. J. Harvey. Mrs. L. Harvey, part in the assault. He had, in Summary Court yesterday to Mr. your

paper haa introduced a morrow at 5.30 p.m. to consider Mr. and Mrs. R. 8. King, Mr. F. C however, said "Give him one more M. L. Gutierrez in his claim for Weekly Musical Column and, be-the possibility of establishing a Kugelberg. Mr. Haochu Lee. Mrs. 1,000, being three months' salary ing a teacher myself, I would like, local organisation to be amliated E. McKay, Mr. L. L. Rooke, Mr.

sales manager, against the as such, to say that I am keenly with

the Bino-British Cultural R. R. Roxburgh, Miss M. Sheffick, This concluded the case for the the Royal Masbate Gold Mine, Inc..interested, as I expect some sup- | Association. Crown and Mr. Anderson asked Emriques and Bielsky.

shot."

THIRD ACCUSED FREEDD

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port, an do also others in my pro-

A counter-claim by defendants fession, from this column in creat- leave to address His Lordship that for $87.45, being money lent, was ing a better, musical atmosphere.

A dance for seafarers will be there was no case against the ordered to be struck out.

What we need above all, I must held at the Sailors' Home and third accused before Mr. Lo put

Mr. C. A 8. Russ appeared for say, is not only that you take Seamen's Institute tomorrow at 9 his client in the box.

plaintif

notice of us and of what we are m doing, but also give.faiz and con-

After, the jury had retired Mr. Anderson submitted that the basis of the

UNCLAIMED evidence against

the

third accused must be found in

Huen Kong-wan's statement.

Ke

TELEGRAMS

Mr. Ciro Spera, Mr. V. Yblernas, Master "V. Yblemas, Master D. Ybiernas, Mra. Ybiernas, Master Thiernas.

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structive criticism of our work Sentences totalling four months and achievements. Without criti-imprisonment were imposed on a clam and only nice words of com-woman, Chan Ho, when she was

of

Y.M.C.A. ACTIVITIES

The following is the programme activities at the European The following unclaimed tele-mendation, we are bound to be lax /convicted by Mr. R. Edwards at YMCA..for the coming week:- Bunday; Discussion Group in the asked His Lordship to examine grams are lying at the offices of in our efforts; meanwhile, a little the Central Magistracy yesterday that statement and see how far the Great Northern Telegraph Co.:

'whipping' now and again will on charges of possession of 95 Secretary's Office at 9 pm.

Monday; Service Men's Whist it implicated him.

Freshfood: Chongsoon: Engan keep us sitting up and trying to cattles of wild tree wood, valued Asked whether the other men Chongsson: 1128; 5181; 5478, e

give of our best, as then, we at $1.90, resisting arrest and giv-Drive in the West Lounge at 9 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday: ADC. Ead any weapons, the dying man

realise, that people are following ing a bribe of $1 to Constable C577 had said "A butcher's knife.”. On

LOCAL HEALTH

our work with interest and really in an endeavour to evade arrest. at 9, p.m.

Tuesday and Friday: Badminton the question being continued, he

The health returns for the 24 appreciating our efforts.

Sergt. Estall told the Court that had, Bald: "Both men had a

Thanking you in advance for giv-the constable had some trouble in and Mixed Swimming.

Wednesday; Table Tennis. butcher's knife.". Even assuming hours ending midnight, Tuesday, that he had a knife, in the first show the following number of jing, me apace in your paper, which bringing defendant to the station

Baturday: May 7 Launch Picnic.. I had originally, intended to ask as Island Road, where she was

13: Moonlight Dlace. At had passed to Huen eases

arrested, was some two miles away Saturday, May

Picnic. from the station.

trouble before the

Small-pox 9; measles 5; cerebro- tor. Kong-wan started Again, when asked whe-spinal fever 6; dysentery 1.

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