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AN INSANE DEED.

FATHER MURDERS HIS AILING DAUGHTER,

The story of a father's monta! depression, aggravated by the critical condition of his daughter, which led to the subsequent mur. ler of the child and an attempt to commit suicide, was relate by Mr. T. S. Whyte-Smith before Mr. W. Schofield at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday afternoon.

The father was arralgued on a charge of willfully slaying his 15-year-old daughter,

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1927.

OBITUARY.

FUNERAL OF THE LATE MR.

J. M. G. PEREIRA,

The funeral of the late "Mr. J.M.G. Pereira took place at the Catholic Cemetery on Tuesday, the ceremony being conducted by His Lordship Bishop Valtorta assisted by the Rev. Father G. M. Spada, the Rev. "Father F. R. Noval, Rev. Father L Rossi and others of the French and Spanish Missions. The pall bearers wore Messrs. G. Botelho, J. Baptista, F. L. Marques and V. F. Soares. Mr. Whyte Smith prosecuted on

Among those 'present were behalf of the Crown and in de-Messrs. F. M. P. de Graca, P.M.N. talling the facts of the case he da Silva, Chev. J. M. Alves, J. K. said that it was a very listrera- Shaw, O. Baptista, J. M. de Graca, ing one. The accused, his wife A. Baptista, A.J.C. da Rocha, and their only child, a girl 15 V. F. V. Ribeiro, the Superioress, years old, lived in a cuticle on the the Rev. Sister Paul and Sisters first floor of No 83, Canton Road of the Italian Convent and Or The accusei was a tallymanphanago, Sisters of the Italian but bad na Axed en ployment. He Convent and many others. seemed to work fairly regularly on ships at the Kowloon Godowns. Both father and other ware de- voted to their daughter and lived in harmony until September 16. when their child fell seriously ill.

Two days later a Chinese med sal practitioner, wh summoned and he diagnosed her illness as Lyphoid fever, but intimated that it was not the typhoid, fever that Europeans were subject to. Dr. Dovey, who performed the port mortem examination, would tell the Court that she had a malarial apleen and other organic disor ders.

ment.

Disbelief in Prayers.

Floral tributes included those from Mesars.. Jardine, Matheson and Co. Ltd., the Hongkong Fire Insurance Co. Ltd., Canton In- surarice Office Ltd., staff of Jar- dine, Matheson and Co.. F.M.P. Graca, KA, Mason, J. K. Shaw, Miss C. M. Gonsalves, Mrs. E. Antonio, and Mr. and Mrs. J.M.P. da Silvä.

A STREET CHASE.

CITY ROBBERY.

PIECE GOODS DEALERS VICTIMISED.

How the arrest of two suspects wis quickly effected by the police. soon after the occurrence of a big armed robbery in the city, was re lated at the Central Police Court yesterday afternoon.

The two prisoners were charged before Major C. Willeon with tak- ing part in an armed robbery, on the night of the 14th of last month, by means of which a sum of $5,200 was stolen from the Hung Hing piece goods shop at 129 Queen's Road Central. Over $2,000 is said to have been recovered on the per- sons of the suspects who were ar rested on the Po Tak Wharf the

same night.

facts. He said that when the Sub-Inspector Carey outlined the police were informed by one of the fokis of the shop, who had suc- ceeded in loosening his honds, they made a wide search of the town. Shortly afterwards, word came through from Sergeant Humphreys, in charge of a search squad at the Po Tak Wharf, that he had de- tained a man who was boarding one of the Canton night boats with a large sum of money..

Sergeant Humphreys had not heard of the robbery, and it was while he was searching the would- be passenger as a matter of rou tine, that the fact struck him as being peculiar that the man should have such a large sum, amount- ing to several hundred dollars, in

PIG DEALER ASSAULTED AND cons on him, in addition to $400

ROBBED.

notes. He accordingly telephoned to Police Headquarters, was give

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From the time that the girl first developed her illness her father was in a state of depres Lo Pui, a musician, was yester-a description of the escaped rob- Ision and did not go to work day afternoon remanded on bers, and held the man in custody again. He went a great deal and charges of stealing $325 from a until other officers arrived to take always maintained that his daugh-pig-dealer and offering a bribe to him to the Police Station.

Half-an-hour later. ter was going to die, despite the Chinese detective.

second fact that she showed some im- The story told by the prosecu- man was arrested. on the same provement after the medient treat- tion was to the effect that the pig-whart while endeavouring to board dealer, who recently arrived from the steamer with a large sum of Kwang Chow Wan, was on a num- money in his possession. As with On September 21 she had arzer of calla on local dealers and the first man, he was taken to the had collected' money. Hi buai-Station, where the next day they lapse and the father sat up all ness being finished, he was strol were put up for identification, and night with her in his arms. Heling along Des Voeux Road with then charged. lamented throughout the night, $336 in notes done up in a parcel

The hearing was adjourned. saying that his daughter was not and, clutched in his left hand. Of going to recover. On the follw a sudden, he was struck in the ing day he did a very curi ce face.The blow made him dizzy, but thing. He packed up all his wife's that was nothing by comparison jewellary, consisting of bangles with the fact he had lost the and other articles of value, and money. Starting after the thief, handed them to a neighbour for who had come up from behind, and HHHH safe keeping.

having galt, the uppercut had His wife would say, continued Snatched the money, the pig-dealer! Mr.. Whyte-Smith, that the rea- raised ahue-and-cry. A Chinese! son for "this was that he was defective caught the defendant Imports into Britain of tobacco afraid she would pawn them in after stern chase down Mul grown within the Empire have in- order to pay for, prayers to be Fong Feet. When seized, the creased rapidly during the past said. It appeared at first that he defendant is alleged to have press-year amounting in ten months to approved of prayers but later loated a handful of notes into the de-34,000,000 pounds weight, as con- faith in them and came to the remark "Let us understand each pounds weight in the corresponding tective's pali, with the significant pared with less than 18,000,000 conclusion that prayers were mak-

other," ing the daughter worse, Sub-

period in 1925, and 26,000,000 in sequently, however, he got the

the ten months of last year. The jewellery back and returned it

primary cause of the increased con- to his wife.

sumption of "Dominions tobaccos preference of two shillings and a up to the present is said to be the half penny per pound in duly con ceded to Empire products. Rho- desla. Nyasaland, and Canada are growing tobaccos which are prov tish Wireless."

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The case was adjourned until

On September 23 he was out teen il. The mother could see was each night since the girl had for a great part of the day, re that her husband was bleeding at turning to his house at about 6 the throat, she could see in fact p.m. His wife would say that hehat her child's throat was cut. had a peculiar look on his face. She tried to stop the bleeding, at

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He left again at about 7 p.m. and the same time shouting "saveing increasingly attractive.-Bri-

did not return to his house until 4 o'clock the following afternoon. Witnesses who saw him would say that he looked silly.

That day he and his wife had their meals together and the daughter had recovered sufficient- ly to partake of something She tried to santhe her father telling him not to worry as her condition, had improved greatly. but that did not cheer him up.

The Murder..

life."

The Police arrived soon after- wards and found that the father their throats cut. and the daughter had both was found the pccused's razor.

On the feor

After doing what they could for the two, the Police had both taken

the Kowloon Hospital. It was believed that the girl was dead before the Police arrived

scene.

on the

THE TEAPOT DOME.

CRIMINAL CONTEMPT OF COURT CHARGED.

of the

Now York, Nov, 20. Mr. H. F. Sinclair has been After the evening meal he re-injured and was later transferred with the, surveillance

The father was not seriously derved with a citation for criminal tired for the might, his wife going to the Government Civil Hospital, jury in the Fall-Sinclair con- contempt of court in connexion to bed shortly afterwards.

With the assistance of photos, Valentine, who would say that on Service.

where he was examined by Dr. Mr. Whyte-Smith explained the arrival he was "out of his mind

spiracy trial-Reuter's American positions of the beds, remarking and violent." After being medically that the accused slept by himself treated the father in the course while this wife and daughter oe-of three or four days became cupied another bed.

The wife would say in evidence that about an hour after retiring the was awakened and saw her husband crawling from the end of her bed back to his own. He sat on his own bed for few seconds and then collapsed.

The electric light was on, re- marked Mr. Whyte-Smith, as it

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