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NEW SERIAL STORY

THE MERAFIELD MYSTERY.

CHAPTER XXV.

two results.

been drowned.

By R. A. J. WALLING.

(Author of "The Third Degrea," "Fatal "Clove," ets.).

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taken

the waterside was not much indenth." itself. But add to it a motor-boat waiting for the owner of the cap, who never turned up, and you had an absolute presumption of fatal

mishap,

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

So far as public developments were concerned, that was the end of the Morafiold caso. Of course, the public were not satisfied with the meagre revelations made in the Court room, and the journa lists got to work and soon ferreted' out n good many more or less re- Hable details of the story, includ ing a version of the vendetta of Radley Vinson against Sir Charles Merafeld.

He asked me how I got started on a career that might have led to my undoing--"terrible fall of a respected family solicitor, horrible story of a magistrates' clerk," and all that sort of thing."

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"I'm not argning, said 1, "I want to know. Of course, there is justi fable homicide known to law; but don't think this comes under the legal heading."

MONDAY,

NOVEMBER 14, 1927.

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Happily, however, for the peace of mind of Lady Merafield, and particularly of Newland and his daughter, they had to be satisfied with much less than a full account. The explanation of such of the Crozon, in Brittany, and for legal trust дле in proper form. facts as I had not been able to why they were deduce from the events of the To me, of course, the Merafield The

in that place and previons few weeks was given to Mystery had for a long time been

There in that way is that the deponentine by Ronald Greene, who did me! very little mysterious. wore points in it which I could lay at the point of death, and has, the honour of lunching at Rose- not quite pick up, but the main in fact, since died. He was being bank before he returned to Lon- nutlines of the truth were clear. cared for in that place by a friend don.

Morafield had been killed. not of my own.and the deponent him- by Overbury, but by somebodyself was well known to me. else, for reasons which 'gaessed friend, realising that the dying at, was protected by Overbury, by man wished to make this deposi- Quance, by Professor Newland tion, begged me to be present in

"Lady Merafield," I said, "I did and by his daughter. He was the order that the matter might be man whose deathly figure I had made quite clear to this court and not think her guilty. Overbury- seen on the deck of the Relieninced beyond the shadow of all I did not believe he was an ass. Merafield's murderer was doubt. I left London three days Quance-I saw there was mystery Rose. now well on his way across age for Brittany," and returned behind Quance. Of course, it was Channel towards Professor New during last night. The deposition easy to get the hypothesis of a fourth party who had not appeared land's refuge on the coast of was taken yesterday morning, and

In fact, the hypothesis I have learnt by telegraph that the in sight. Brittany.

MOTOR MISHAP. I necessary. But could I never Rossiter left me at the gate of deponent died at four o'clock yes was Rosebank. I slept long. "Before terday afternoon, after I had left. not deduce Vinson. I was up in the morning Mary'have. satisfied the police; and the heard of him till you produced his

COLLISION WITH 'TRAM CAR.how rapidly her appetite will. in- ercase, how she will desire to join Newland (1 still thought of her as necessary documents will be for- deposition. But I got very near

him when I was last at Chittle NEW SEASON AT THE STAR. warded in due course."

However, you're "Mrs. Briscoe") had left,

SUMMARY COURT ARGUMENT.

Mr. H. J. Love, wireless superin- Everybody in the room followed hampstend.

Encores were so numerous at The first consequence of the "plant" was that Rossiter dis-Greene's dry and formal words in going to tell me all about it,

Why is it that half the Star Theatre last night when

Argument as to whether a bill tendent of Messrs. Butterfield and covered the Belle Itose, as I meant dead silence and strained atten- Greene.

dozen people, excellent citizens."Our Cabaret" presented an en-of sale was void or not, took place Swire, was concerned in a motor

accident on Saturday. He him to do. In searching the tion.

"The court know, or the learned and some of them eminent" (here tirely new revue "Hey, Hey" that in the Summary Court this morn- estuary for Overbury's hody, he was bound to come neross it, and clerk will advise the court, that a bowed to him) "have been it seemed the show would go on ing before Mr. Justice R. Wood, driving motor ear No. 2269 along he did. I calculated that the find-dying declaration taken under conspiring to secure the safety of until the early hours of the morn- when the case, concerning a claim Praya East at about 1 p.m. and, ing of the Belle Rose would have even less formal circumstances man whom they all knew to haveing. This high-speed vaudeville for $1,000 in respect of two motor when nearing Lun Fat Strect, company managed to give their en-cars, was continued after having Wanchai, a hand truck suddenly

out of the street than these may be admitted as committed a murder 20

"You're it dry-as-dust

The plaintiff. Ip Pun, proprietor obstructed the road. First it would lend conviction evidence so long as the declarer

"Isn't there dne condi.ber of other items within their

Mr. Love had to swerve to avoid to the theory that Overbury had undoubtedly entertained a settled lawyer, after all. Franks," hire programme and a large numbeen adjourned from last Monday came

expectation or replied.

suing hopeless A cap found on and

tion you can imagine which, in scheduled time and the audience of Messrs. J. Gibbs and Co., motor your opinion, would justify hom was treated to a swiftly-moving accessory

entertainment of all round excel- Sapooran Singh and Kartar Singh collision and at the same time 1. nodded assent to this.

cide?"

for $1,000 damages for the convert was found necessary to stop the fence. "Here," "Greene proceeded,

Chief among the items were two sion by the defendants to their far as soon as possible in order exists no doubt at all. The de-

in own use, on September 23 last of to allow the truck to pass. In ponent had been told by the

sketches "Iloneymoon Hall" Varna played as newly-wed of which the plaintiff claims to be the opposite direction, struck the "Next, it would start a new hare doctors who attended him that he

which Charles Mason and Muriel two motor cars to the possession doing so a tramcar, coming from for the police. It would not he had not long to live, and he

"As a lawyer," said Green, "couple, striving to appear as an old entitled: Mr. L. D. Turner is for motor car and damaged the right The damage is estimated at long before the identity of the actually died within a few hours.

agree with you. As a man, I tell married couple, and "Tut, Tut" the plaintiff and Mr. D. McCallum mudguard and wheel,

The plaintiff claims to have ad- Belle Rose was disclosed; Lilli-The statements he made were crap would tell his story, and a therefore uttered under conditions you I never knew of a homicide or "The Trial of a Frothblower is defending.

written by Charles Mason. The vanced $1,000 to the proprietor of $150. A report has since personage would be brought into solemnity, which guarantee, if with clearer justification than this. a highly diverting little comedy

Can Let me tell you the story." the inquiry who could certainly anything in this world

guarantee, the truth."

"I can save you some time," latter is noteworthy for its origi- the Wanchai garage, before its made to the police.

bill of sale, the schedule of which) not be Overbury.

Then Greene read to his breath-said, "I have guessed the fright-nality and maximum amount of bankruptcy, on the security of a When the It happened precisely so.

the Merafield my less nudience the following deposi-ful crime that Merafield commit- humour,

Singing and dancing also find contained four cars. two days

|tion:--

ted-the betrayal and the deser- stery was again the 'staple, sen-

They "1. Richard Manley. Radley Vin-tton of Miss Vinacn on the eve of places in the revue and the art garage went bankrupt the plaintiff

'SENT TO HOUSE OF sation of the newspapers.

murderer son of 13, George Street, in the his marriage, with the result ofistes now well known to Hongkong found that two of the cars were

DETENTION, learned that had been in hiding in the very Parish of St. Charles, in the dis-her death and the death of her acquitted themselves well and pro in the possession of Sapooran

Thomas Sharpin, a Britisher, was house where he committed histrict of Paddington, London, being child at Chittlehampstead, and the duced a vaudeville entertainment of Singh and Kartar Singh, who I pierced through all hamier, Billy Bray and allThey would not hand them over. crime. With the help ofan in full possession of my mental subsequent serious illness of Miss a quality rarele seen here. Char-stated that they had bought them. in good form, Mr. McCallum contended that accomplice (who could not be faculties, but Ixing in settled and Newland.

while Mile. Henkina proved a the bill of sale was void and the charged this morning before Major Quance, because Quance was in hopeless expectation of death, do this except the names of the the others were

parties some time ago."

a destitute. gaol) he had attempted to get make oath and say as follows:.

"Then you have practically the notable addition to the east, her case was adjourned for considera-C. Willson with being vagrant and Sub-Inspector Elston, prosecuting away in a disguised motor-boat,

spécially praiseworthy. This morning. Mr. McCallum but had fallen into the water and at or about 2.30 of the clock in whole story," said Greene. "But rendering of excerpts from operation of argument on this point.

the morning, at Merafield Tower, you can hardly know how it affect being

He had he was under the influence of liquor There were lots of missing links in the county of Devon, I shot anded a little group of friends-New Miss Aileen Woods sings and again suggested that the bill of said that the man had been to pri-

a Persian Gar- in the Statutory form. in this story, but it was good killed Richard Merafield of that land, myself, Quance and Vinsonlances excellently, one of her best sale was void, because it was not son for disorderly behaviour while quoted cases at the last hearing The defendant had at one time been enough. It switched off the police place. I declare that no person Radley Vinson was man in items being "In to search for the missing accomhad immediate cognisance of my hundred thousand. my very dear den:"

This new revue will be repeated when billy more or less identical employed on an American ateamer plice, and it turned public senti-intention to kill the said Richard friend, almost a brother.

und on a British vessel, but defendant ment in favour of Lady Merafield Merafiel, but I declare that I be- lovely girl was his only child. to-night. It can be recommended with the bill in question had been and he had missed his ship.

attempting to seize the ears and Quance. Where there was so lieve my intention was suspected by He was an artist of genius, and as a thoroughly satisfying vaude-held to be void. The plaintiff was ployment was then found for him The Magistrate committed Shar- much cloud in the solution, the Bertram Quanee, and that the said scholar, and a great gentleman ville show of well selected items because the defendants had refus- was too drunk to take up his duties.

company which

ed to surrender them, under the dogmatic certainty of the police Bertram Quange endeavoured by Ann Vinson went to school with presented by a

knows variety entertainment

plaintiff's supposed power of sei- pin to the House of Detention. about their original theory seemed all the means in his power to pre- Mary Newland and my daughter.

vent me from killing Richard Quance was in love with Mary through and through.

zure, he was treating the defen- When this Newland. stupid.

reptile

dants as having couverted thei I think it highly probable that, Merafcld.

ears to their owr. use. without the revelation of Over-"" further declare that I had Merafield squeezed his way into

On Saturday, a Chinese woman,

Addressing his Lordship on the bury's innocence which came, no accomplice and no agent or the girl's acquaintance he became Lady Merafleld and Quance would assistant, and that the act of kill the serpent in a paradise. soon have been set at libertying Richard Merafield was my own tunately for her, my girl saw residing.at No. 34 Tai Yuen Street, question of fact, Mr. McCallum through him. Mary Newland had was sent to the Government Civil said the cars were used in the or-

Ann Vinson Hospital ordering from the effects dinary course of business, But, as everybody knows, the re-uhaidet and deliberate act.

narrow caerpe. "I do not repent or regret myj

of e der bite. The animal helong-

AWARD. velation came in less than a week

invariably such proprietors sold from the raid on Merafield Tower. act. 4 believe it to have been a became his victim.

"The Vinson vent beserker, ed to a Chinose living at 151man was a garage proprietor and When the case was called on just punishment of the said the next remand date, there was Richard Meraheld" for "a erimee did not know the man who Queen's Road Central and it has ears, either for the makers, their

was responsible. The girl dis-since been removed to

Charles H. Lowe, an Able Sea- own account or an agent for own Vinson's whole life Town for observation.

man of HM.S. Seraph, has been something in the air that promised which the Law could not punish.

Grainger was declare that 1-deliberately re-appeared. unusual events.

Mr. Chai Laj-chuen, a merchant, His Lordship remarked that the awarded the Royal Humane So- full of an " told you so surt fuse to state the motive of my act was darkened.. Those of us who of importance, Rossiter was glam in any other than these general dit know what had happened-we

Ronald terms, as the account between me knew it through Mary Newland of 35 West Street, reports the loss evidence was that the garage pro-ciety's bronze medal for having and subdued. Beside

DISTRIBUTORS, Greene appeared a learned counsel and Richard Merafield is settled, were afraid to tell him; especially of 8278 in money, jewellery and prietor had never sold cars, and saved from drowning, at Hankow, Reiss, Massey & Co., Lid. who had been sunt down from and I desire that the memory of when Merafield had married Mary clothing, as a result of a robbery told Mr. McCallum that he thought on June 21, Henry G. Webster, a Mary Newland went to in his house sometime between Sa-the only ground he could rely on stoker on the same ship, who fell was law: He added he did not in between the Seraph and the London by the Public Prosecutor, certain persons shall not be sullied Sheen.

the distant nursing home to lock turday and Sunday.

think that Mr. McCallum could Butterfield & Swire hulk and was Exchange Bldgs, and there was much whispered by the revelation of these facts.

"I make this declaration in after her friend, We hoped we

convince him (his Lordship) that being swept down by the current. or- Lowe slid down rope and, consultation before Lady Mera-

that persons wrongly might save Vinson's mind if his field and Quance were ushered in order

Lady Merafield had a higher accused of being privy to the daughter could be restored to him four deaths, and the least of them the transaction was in the

a small tender, where he colour, and her eyes were brighter death of Richard Merafici may when it was all over; but she died, was his own. Now, Franks, close-dinary course of the business of a having got Webster, took him to

and he had to be told of her death. tiled, what do you think? Was it garage proprietor.

hauled on board by a bowline. with dealt Mr. Turner There was a glint of amusement no suffer by my silence."'

"Given under my hand, in alle vowed his life to the discovery an execution?"

Ал "I think," said I, "it was

Hugh Grout, a Petty Officer of In the look of the imperturbable

settled and hopeless expectation of of the man who had ruined it. Quance.

"Newland, Quance and I could execution; "and I should like to the subject generally and quoted death, this 12th day of Septem-

was not void as offending against ed the Royal Humane Society's ber, in the Year of Our Lord, 1925.ee awful, tragedy staring us in know exactly how it was carried authorities to show that the bill H.M.S. Despatch, has been award-

presence of the face. We sent Quance to

Chinwangtao, "Signed in the

"Ah! there I'm afraid I can't the statutory form, and submitted parchment for having saved from July 28, William H. Boissonade, a Ronald Greene, Stanley Newland, Merafeld to tell him of the danger,

and the scoundrel was frightened satisfy you. I have not heard the that far from being void the bill drowning, at

Poor Vinson was in was very active, Arnolphe Peticolas,

Petty Officer on the same ship, to death. Any one, of us would details. "R. M. Radley Vinson."

Judgment was reserved.

who got into difficulties whilst The stunning effect of this sur-have willingly killed him, but we extremis when I saw him, and it

bathing, prise upon the Court has already did not want to see the horror would have been cruelty to try been sufficiently described in the of a trial of Radley Vinson for to get anything out of him. Rut murder, and we were certain that you'll be seeing. Quance or Over- produced his newspapers.

You can get it all from Then Greene

Greene added a few words tu as soon as he traced down Mera-bury trump card, with the preliminary

"Haven't

enough we had remark, that he was going to ask round off the official story. He field he would murder him. Then them." the magistrates, with the assent of said that the question of the we heard that Vinson was in the prosecution, to discharge the motive for the, crime might be Devonshire, and we thought it was tragedy?" my wife asked. "I was prisoners that morning.

that neither he nor the prosecu-qui vive to prevent a tragedy.executioner away, Since the last hearing, he went one into if the Court pleased, but time for somebody to be on the glad to help to get the poor

tion thought it necessary unless So the arrangement was made for sorry he has died, But now... A Chinese goldsmith was charged NUMBER OF BOMBS EXPLODE the Court wished.

been drowned.

.."

The learned counsel for the Crown, as soon as I had read the charge, rose to say that he hoped the proceedings might be much shortened, and with that purpose in view he would ask the bench to allow his learned friend, Mr. Greene, to make a statement at

одсе.

on, the real facts of this. crime

"On the 20th of August, 1925,

His

For-

Quance to go to Merafield Tower."

out.'

Kennedy

I am very

ers. "

The

VITRIOL THROWING.

A CHINESE GOLDSMITH

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BRITISH BLUEJACKET'S

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PLOTS IN SUMATRA.

PREMATURELY.

on

loon Magistracy, this morning, with Newlands make a match of it?"

Batavia, Nov. 6.・・ "It's all quite clear, Greene" won't that nice chauffeur and Miss before Mr. W. Schofield, at the Kow had come to light, and there, was

I wondered somewhat at the

A plot was discovered in the now evidence to show that both

"Overbury had no business in it smiled, thinking of the little throwing a corrosive fluid over, a scene at Highcliff Farm between female inmate of 125, Temple the prisoners were perfectly inno attitude of the prosecution, for said 1, "except about Overbury."

Street.

Korintji district, Sumatra, laid by a complication."Mrs. Briscoe" and her "Boyo." cent victims of circumstances, and they might have gone on with the

Sub-Inspector Fallon appearing the Contract Labourers Trading should not be longer subjected to case for complicity after the event. at all. He was

"And won't Lady Mernfield and subsequently But the fact that he was in it The But the ·reason' confinement or suspicion, prosecution agreed that this was appeared to be that if the full shows the foul mind of Merafield. Major Overbury be able to forget for the prosecution asked for one Society "Amsterdam," to create correct view of the matter. The facts were made known no jury You can hardly believe, can you, the past, and pick up their story week's formal remand as the com-disturbances last night. Nine

where they left it in France? she plainant's clothing was sent to the

It was be arrests were made. Government Analyst. went on..

In the Siloengkang district on essential evidence was contained would convict, in spite of the unthat at the very time when he was in the sworn depositions which he doubted evidence of complicity warned of the danger be ran through his own beastliness he

I smiled again. "You're an in-lieved that the fluid was vitriol.

In reply to his Worship, Inspector handed in, and of which he would which existed.

Greene went into the box and should be plotting to trap his own curable sentimentalist," I told her.

"Yes," said Greene, "ladies do Fallon said that there was no actual the ard inst. 40 bombs buried in spontaneous combustion. There read a copy.

"Thiey were," said Greene, swore to the circumstances of the wife with Overbury? But he did:

4th. There were no people in "taken under, circumstances with deposition. Counsel for the pro-and he got down that Ponsonby-like everything rounded off. But, I injury done to the complainant al petroleum tins exploded through which I need not worry the court, secution announced the withdrawal Fernside, thing an old mistress

jured and no damage was done." in my presence, before a juge of the charge, and Lady. Merafield of his own-to help him in the think you know the answer to both though her clothes were all burned. was a similar occurrence on the d'instruction, of the District of and Quance were set at liberty. plot. That man was the cause of your questions, Mrs. Franke."

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(To be Continued.)

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