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THE HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH.

SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1921.

W. S. BAILEY MURDER BY HYPNOTISM?

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CONSIGNEES.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

"BEN" LINE OF STEAMERS, From LEITH, MIDDLESBRO,

LONDON and STRAITS, The Steamship

"BENLEDI " Consignees of Cargo are hereby informed that all Goods are being landed at their risk into the hazardous andfor extra hazardous Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ltd., whence andfor from the wharves delivery may be obtained.

No Claims will bo admitted after the Goods have left the Go- downs, and all Goods romaining undelivered after the 13th inst. will be subject le rent.

All claims against the steamer must be presented to the Under- signed on or before the 20th April, or they will not be recognised.

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Strange Theory of Castle Crime.

Is it possible for a little girl to be hypnotised and in that condi- tion carry out a command to commit murdor and suicide?

That is the extraordinary theory advanced to account for the erime in tho Castio Klepelsdorf, where millionairess was shot dead.

An aged grandmother inherits the money, but it is alleged that the platters had arranged for her death by means of poisoned brandy.]

The theory of hypnotic Fog- gestion is advanced as a solution of the mystery of Cis le Kiepel- sdorf, the feudal mansion at the foot of the so-called "Giant Mountains" of Silesia.

The principal figures in, this terrible drama are:-

Dorothy Rohrbeck, the young and beautiful millionaire pro- and prietress of the castle neighbouring estates, who was found lying dead in her dining. room with bullet wounds in the head and cheat.

Ursula Schade, her twelve- years-old cousin, who died from a shot in the head without recovering consciousness, and in whose dross pocket was a lotter saying she was going to kill her cousin and then shoot

Drself.

Peter Grupen, an architect,! stepfather of Ursula, and uncle by marriage of Dorstly, arrested on suspicion of murder or complicity.

RICH, BUT BROKEN-HEARTED.

Another and pathetic figure is the old grandmother of both the dead girls, who, as the nearest! blood relation of the heiress, suddenly becomes enormously

All broken, chafed and dam-wealthy, but is broken-hearted. aged Goods are to be loft in the Godowns, where they will be examined on the 13th inst. at

10 a.m.

No Fire Insurance has been effected.

Bills of Lading, will he counter- aigned by

GIBB, LIVINGSTON

& CO. LTD.

Agents. Hongkong, 6th April, 1921.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA.

From HAMBURG, ANTWERP via SINGAPORE

THE Company's Steamship

Whilst convinced that Dorothy Rohrbeck and her little cousin were victims of a plot for gaining possession, of the estates and authorities lack fortune, the direct evidence.

Grupen, who was also a guest at the castle, asserts his inno- cence and la porfectly cool, whilst the police are further buffle.1 by the fact that an examination of the bodies and the nature of the wounds leads them to believe that the fatal shots were actually fired by the twelve-years-old girl.

MENTAL TELEPATHY. Convinced, all the same of the guilt of the architect, they sub- Imit the following explanation of]

the crime.

It has been generally known that Grupen was very interested

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On examination it was dis-

woman.

"ANDES MARU" having arrived from the above ports, Consignees of Cargo in mental teiopathy and hypnot-covered to be poisoned, and it is are hereby notified that their ism, and had experimented on thought that this was intended to bring about the death of the old goods are being landed and placed relatives. at their risk in the Hongkong and

They suggest that he hypnotis- Kowloon Wharf and Godowned Ursula into first writing the Company's Godowns at Kowloon, letter, and then killing her cousin where delivery can be obtained and shooting herself. as soon as the goods are landed,

Goods not cleared by the 8th inst., will be subject to rent.

Damaged packages must be cartridges which had been dis left in the Godowns for examin-charged. Unhesitatingly Graper ation by the Consignees repre- admitted that this was his pro- sentative and the Company's Perty, and cooly said he had fired Surveyors, Messrs. Goddard and with it two shots at sparrows in Douglas, at 10 a.m. on Wednesday the park, and unwittingly left it and Saturday. All claims must lying on the table.

Found in the rooms are volver. in which were several

PRINCE LINE LIMITED.

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A search for documents has brought to light letters showing that Grupon, who is separated from his wife, more than once proposed marrige to the dead To NEWCASTLE (N.S.W.) and EUROPE, sailing from millionairess and was rejected.

A warrant has also been issued Hongkong on or about 14th April. ACCOMMODATION against Dorothy's guardian, un- for 12 FIRST CLASS PASSENGERS. uamed, but said to be owner of an estate near Berlin, and the police are also searching for a female relative.

The latter ostensibly left Ger- many some time ago for America, but detectives have reason

to

be presented within Ten days of Ursula, he said, must have the steamer's arrival here, after picked it up, accidentally killed which date they cannot be re-Dorothy, and then, frightened, cognized. No claim will be ad- had written the letter and shot believe that she did not do so, but is in hiding somewhere in the mitted after the goods have left herself.

country. the Godowns.

No fire insurance whatever will be effected.

Consignees are requested to send in their Bills of Lading for countersignatures immediately.

OSAKA SHOSEN KAISHA,

Y. YASUDA,

Manager. Hongkong, 2nd April, 1921.

The grandmother would, in any event, remain

an obstacle to Grupen inheriting the property but the police believe they have evidence also of a plot to murder

her.

DIABOLICAL PLOT. Correspondence seized by the police is said to inculpate both these persons with Grupen in a diabolically ingenious plot for murdering Dorothy Rohrbeck, her In the cupboard they found a cousin and her grandmother, and flask of cognac. The contents

thus obtaining and dividing were untouched.

POISONED COGNAC.

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St., George's Building.

TELEPHONE QUESTION, among themselves her enormous property.

By a large majority the City The really puzzling question of Londen Corporation decided therefore for the authorities is: against sending the Sheriffe to Who fired the fatal sbots? The the House of Commons with a theory that Grupen exercised petition requesting the appolat- hypnotic influence is being exo-ment of a Royal Commission to mined and tested by prominent inquire into the internal adminis psychologists and other experts tration and organisation of the whom the police have called in. Telephone Deyartment.

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WAY!

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