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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1927.

Mr.

THE DEATH SENTENCE FIVE TIMES.

OFT-RESPITED MURDERER HANGS HIMSELF.

THE FASTING WIFE.

Russell T. Scott, formerly known as a rich Canadian contractor and speculator, who was five times sentenced to death for the murder

of a drug store salesman in Chi- cago in April 1924, has committed suicide in the County Gaol, in Chicago by hanging himself with

his belt.

Scott's career, both in and out of prison, was a most remarkable

one,

GERMAN GLIDING

COMPETITION.

IMPORTANT CONTESTS IN, THE ROHN.

INTERNATIONAL BASIS.'

The gliding competition held annually in the Rhon Mountains has acquired 72 international significance. It has, indeed, be- come a regular sporting and aerial event of the first rank; and, as usual, this year's event was

characterized by some remark- able successes both in the per- formances themselves and in the contrivances exhibited.

The competitions were grouped in three divisions, namely, one for training, one for advanced pupils, and one for performances,

When he was 20 he was an actor. Later he launched out ag 4 promoter of big engineering enter- prises. He established a concern in Toronto, with branches in an arrangement which permit. dozen other cities, and sold to the ted great freedom of exhibition in public shares in an enterprise for regard both to the individun the construction of bridges, to costlyers and to the various ma- £6,000,000, to connect Canada and chines. the United States,

When he quarrelled with his associates he was forced out of the concern, which was subsequently

wound up.

Eleventh-hour steprieve.

Ile came into public notice again, after the shooting of Joseph Maurer, the drug salesman, while tring (with his brother, Robert Scott) to rob the drug shop.

in 1924. when he was arrested

Russell. Scott pleaded Guilty when arraigned for trial in April

1925.

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His counsel, in tears and on his knees, implored the judge to be allowed to withdraw the plea of "uilty insisting that his client

was innocent." -

To this the judge consented. The case went to trial, and Russell Scott was found guilty and sen- tenced to death.

In the performance competition, the used a "Darmstad" machine and winner was Nehring. He glided from the Wasserkuppe to Bad Berka-a distance of 52 kilometers. This glide involved

exceptional capacity in the ma- instincts on the part of the per- chine and the very finest flying

mountain to mountain, usc being formers. The flight was from continually made of the upward current of air It constituted the first really great, overland glide that has been accomplished.

With' the same Nehring also won the so-called machine, Heidelstein Prize. He glided Heidelstein which is only a from the Wasserkuppe to the meters lower than the starting- few

point. As the crow flies, the dis- Just before the execution, a

tance is 8 kilometers. Nehring sympathetic telegraph operator in glided round the highest point of Detroit sent a bogus telegram to

the Heidelstein and returned to the Governor of Michigan State, the Wasserkuppe all in one glide, signed in the name of Roberta performance of the very first Scott," and purporting to confess rank and one reflecting the great- to the murder.

est credit both on glider and on machine.

This resulted in a reprieve pend- ing a search for Robert, which was fruitless.

Then Insanity" was plended, and Russell Scott was sent to an asylum.

Subsequently he was declared sane, and was again tried and sen- tenced to be hanged.

To raise funds for his defence, his wife publicly exhibited herself on a "starvation strike."

With funds obtained by 3rs, Russell Scott's enterprise in De- troit, and with other money con- tributed by influential Detroit women and others, four successive reprieves were obtained.

Several New Machines, Among the planes entered for the competition, there was a far higher proportion machines than on previous occa- of unexceptionable sions. This circumstance proves of every individual in purely the extraordinarily high training constructional questions.

Besides the highly developed: standard types, there were shown, in the so-called technical com. petition, quite a number of ab- solutely new gliding planes.

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The Research Institute of the Once again Russell Scott was Rhon-Ressitten Association ex- about, to he led to execution, but hibited last month the "insanity" issue plane, i.c., one with the elevators canard or tail-first was again raised; and till yester-in front, the rudders consisting of day Scott was awaiting the

out-dises attached to the ends of the come.

wings. In a number of unexcep- tionable lights, Herr Stamer, the head of the lying-school, proved this machine to have solved the canard problema matter of great interest now that the question of traffic planes has as- sumed such importance."

Meanwhile, his brother Robert has been captured and condemned to penal, servitude for life which sentence he is now serving.

MARTYR'S BODY FOR LONDON,

PRIEST WHO WAS EXECUTED AT TYBURN.

LOST RELĪGS ROUND,

Permission is being sought to bring the remains of the Ven. John Southworth, who was martyred at Tyburn in 165-1, from Douai to -England-for-réburial.-

Further, o so-called tailless plane was shown which also had its rudders on the wings. This. type, with the body omitted, can be enlarged into a great plane with cabins and motors in the wings Flown by Herr Stameri and Herr Nehring, the plane manifested highly satisfactory qualities, and naturally aroused great interest in circles devoted to traffic flying with giant ma- chines.

Another noticeable plane--was The authorities at Westminster the single decker "Lapruvo" of Cathedral are now seeking the Herr Kirchner; it demonstrated necessary leave from the French the possibility of reducing the Government with the help of the size of the plane by systematic British Foreign Office.

construction without placing tool great a strain on the wings.

In the course of the whole com- of 500 flights petition, upwards were undertaken, those performed both by pupils and flyers being most praiseworthy.

John Southworth belonged to an old Lancashire family. Educated at Douai, he returned to England) as a missionary in 1619, and work ed zealously until he was arrested eight years later and imprisoned in Lancaster Castle.

He was sentenced to exile, but Altogether it must be admitted went on working in London. He that this year's gliding was high- was again arrested, advised to ly creditable both to performers plead not guilty, but refused; it is and to constructors. It demons said that the Recorder who pro- trated that the entire flying pro- nounced he death sentence was blem, when attacked from the so moved that he wept.

standpoint of the gliding plane, The body eventually passed into is capable of expert solution. the care of a member of the Duke of Norfolk's family who sent it to Douai.

of

The Discovery.

An extraordinary series Recently the lead coffin contain- angling matches reached a climax ing the remains was found on the with the awarding of a handsome site of the English College at trophy and 14 medals of the Douni.

Middlesex Angling Workmen who were ex- Surrey and cavating thought it was buried League for a catch of a small English treasure.

gudgeon 5% inches long. Twenty- Father A. B. Purdie, M.A., O.B. eight men fished all day, and this E., who visited Doual, describes in was the only sizable fish landed. "The Table" how. X-ray photo Chertecy team were accordingly graphs showed that the body had declared victors in their match with been quartered, and that the hand Twickenham. A fortnight pre- had been cut, off, probably by an viously Godalming beat Farnham by a solitary fläh; while on the fol- In 1666, the recovery from a ser

lowing Sunday Chertsey beat ious illness of Francie Howard, Godalming, only one fish being son of the Earl of Arundel, was caught. On each occasion the all- attributed to the relics. The important fish got smaller, until body was secretly buried at Douai the last of the trio was the smallcat in 1798, during the French revolu- winner of all. The one angler, tion, and until the recent excu- among 28 to land the solitary fish vations Its location was unknown, In each instance won the com

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