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SHANGHAI POISON TRAGEDY.

INQUEST ON CAPTAIN K. W. POWER.

TOOK NARCOTIC FROM A CABARET GIRL.

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DOUBLE MURDER

CHARGE.

THE HONGKONG "TELEGRAPH,

BROTHER OF VICTIMS GIVES EVIDENCE,

GRAPHIC DETAILS.

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MUSICAL JOTTINGS.

A Breezy Australian Critique- The Best Columbia and Victor Records of the Month.

[BY "ALLEGRO."]

THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1929,

THE K.O.S.B. FRAUD

ALLEGATIONS.

DISTRICT COURT MARTIAL PROCEEDING.

INDIAN'S EVIDENCE.

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MISSED TREASURY CHEQUES.

CLERK'S EVIDENCE IN THE BANK CASE.

was turé.

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After reading a bright and

HAD NO SUSPICION. breezy critique of an opera por The case against Chau Kau, formance in Adelaide, as publish-

When the District Court Martial The story of the discovery that charged with having caused the ed in an Australian paper, the which is enquiring into the alleged cheques were missing was told by death

of two young girls, the ordinary storeotyped accounts of embezzlement by Corporal Charles Tenng On-wing, the Treasury clerk daughters of a junk-master, on playa and concerts, such as we Hendry of the K.0.9.B. of sums during the hearing this morning of March 18 last was continued be-aro accustomed to, will seem very amounting to over $1,300, the the case in which the Government TO CURE HEADACHE,

fore Mr. E. W. Hamilton to-day dull and uninteresting to me in property of the P.R.I., was resum is suing the Hongkong and Shang- at the Central Police Court. future. Among the comments on od this morning, the Judge Advo. Bank for the recovery of $200,000,

The principal witness, a 14-the performers there was Shanghai, Apr. 26.

a re-cate, Mr. Someraet Fitzroy, again alleged to have been wrongly de Evidence that he had taken of the girls, anid that on the day times her tripping about the stage evidence he was calling was free that when he received a cheque year-old boy, who is the brother ference to Miss Enid Besanko, interrupted Mr. Wadason, for thebited as the result of the Yco

who was "A merry maid though at prosecution, stating that

frauds. some white powder from a Rus-in question he had come

the stan cabaret girl and had drunk from school and waited on the was slightly reminiscent of alevant to the case.

Taang On-wing stated to-day it with his whisky soda was, waterfront with his sisters for the ference to one of the performers Rakka, the regimental barber, and Sametimes he checked the book

playful elephant." The only re- The brought out at the inquest, at the arrival of the dinghy which was

book from the Bank he looked at prosecution called Alla the first and the last numbers. British Police Court yesterday, on to take them back to the junk.

was that as the night was not he was asked by Mr. Wadoson if page by page. After checking he Captain Kenneth William Joseph Power, of the Chinese Maritime from the Wing Lok Wharf at about ly that. Scotsmen had chosen.R.I. on account of rebate, rout in to Mr. Messer, for his signa- They pushed off in the dinghy warm he must have wished heartilhe had made any payments to the initialled the receipt and sent it. Customs.

Mr. A, J. Martin, the Registrar, with the younger sister, Cheung work of the orchestra was fine the Judge Advocate ruled it out, known the Bank to send a book

8 o'clock in the evening, he sitting something else beatdes kilts for and light. The witness

their national

costume. The proceeding to give his reply when Mr. Sheldon: Have you ever sitting as Coroner, brought in a Fo, amidships, while the older sis-but slightly marred at times when painting out that the charges containing cheques, which do not verdict that death was due to ter; Cheung Fo Kam, was plying the chorus dechlod to sing two or against the accused were specifle, tally with the numbers on the re- pneumonia brought on by narcotic the oar at the bow and Chau Kan three bars ahead and the orchestra poisoning..

busylug himself with the Captain Power returned to oar.

alera had to step on the accelerator to opinion that the accused was

Mr. Wadeson expressed the coint?No. Shanghai recently and was living

catch up." The junk was lying alongside breezy part of the account came books of the P.R.T. and that there the two books from which cheques

But the bright and charged in connexion with the at the Palace Hotel. He was the a.s. Shantung, but it appeared after the comments on the per-

What happened to the covers of found unconscious in his room at to witneas that Chau Kau was formers, nearly as much attention fore the evidence of Alla Rakka were the hotel last Tuesday morning taking a different course, heading being paid to those present in the was relevant. It was up to the off and put them in the waste- missing-I cut them and was removed to the General for the north-west. Without beaudience! It must have interest-prosecution to show that money paper basket. Hospital where he passed away ing asked, he informed them that ed readers to know that "Frank which should have been in the two days later.

the junk was lying off Kennedy Villeneuve Smith and his golden-P.B.I. account was missing. Found Unconscious.

Town, and when Cheung Fo hatred wife occupied their usual, Mr. Fitzroy expressed his doubt suggested that they should make seats, and Mrs. Richardson wore permitted the evidence of the Dr. O'Driscoll, who was one of for the Shantung, he got up, and, silver-bended apple-green

barber to be taken. the two physicians who attended scizing hold of a bottom plank gette and brought pale-blue-clad

Examined by the counsel for the deceased at the Hospital, dis- with both hands, dealt her a blow daughter Yvonne along with her."Prosecution witness stated that he closed to the Coroner a conversa- across the face with the flat side The Hon. Hugh Grosvenor was paid about $300 to the PRL in tion which he had with Captain of the board. Cheung Fo did not "in attendance" as

well as "Dr. 1928. He paid from $10 to $15 a numbers to print upon the choques, So that the gnol will know what Fower. The latter told him that utter a sound but dropped to the and Mrs. Harold Davies, Mrs. month for rent, $15 for rebate and what stops in you take yourself' the evening before he was found bottom of the bont.

Davies wearing black silk lace," alss small mounts for lighting with the cheques when you send unconscious he was in the Alcazar Cabaret. He had a herdache and tack his other sister who had call if she had donned blue georgello been paid by him Inough to look at the book in use, to ascer Chan Kau then proceeded to at- What readera would have thought All these amounts had personally them for printing?- usually asked a dancing girl for an ased back from her position at the I really

cannot imagine! "Mr. Corporal Hendry the accused. Hetain the last number and put down pirin. She gave him some white fear at the bow, enquiring, "What and Mrs. Gilbert Lawrence proud-had obtained receipts for all these the following number on the first powder from a package which was is the matter, Fo?" This was allly watched their daughter" and amouals and had handed them in her bag and told him that it that she said. The next moment the "RI Menz couple were great over to Iman Din, the son of the cheque of the new book. Witness was aspirin. He took the powder she was stabbed by Chau Kau interested, and Mrs. Menz hook-proprietor of Gulam Nabi and Son, added that he also did the name. which fusted bitter but felt no with a knife: Both aisters lav fed a large scarlet flower on to her He did that because the Adjutant age of each book bears your| So the counterfoil on the first) effects,

black georgette frock."

Curional had asked that this be done. That handwriting of the Treasury serial wonder what she did that for! was the only reason, "Mr. Helpnian wore black Cross-exatained by Mr. Surellett number? Yes. georgette with beading in silver witness stated that he handed Do you also enter those inm- and Mr. and Mrs. Liennu enjoyed over he

the receipts to Iman Din bers on the cheques themselves?

seems to be more interesting than told him that the Adjutant wanted things from the stall" (What because a strange man in the Yes, and the words "Colonial sort of things? The audience camp, whom he did not know, had

Treasurer" and "Cashier." the show.)

Witness was then referred to

think this is the best example: three receipts. He had lost some it to the gaol on December 2.

But for real snappy comment handed over to Iman Din two or

the receipts, and he therefore the cheque book Exhibit "P" say- "Ada Bonython rested her weary of the receipts. He kept them

ing that he remembered sending hands by the defendant. He was ba from the selling of sweeta conscious of being picked up by and other things, and sat in the xampan and the next thing he re-cafe sipping orange drinks, after-another he must have lost some on a string and when he membered was being in hospital.

was moving from one house to wards joining Mrs. Bonython.” The case da proceeding.

Really, there is material here of them.

still, after being struck, and wit- ness assumed that they both had been killed.

Witness asserted that death was due to hyphostatic or insipid pneumonia or a blockage of the Chau Kau then seized hold of lungs due to artificial respiration witness by the throat, but administured. This was substant- Holding on to the loose end of and the oxygen which had to be struggled and fell into the water, iated by the testimony of Dr. painter which wa trailing Remar, who, was called by the from the side of the boat, ho managor of the Palace Hotel to at. was forced to let go his hold tend the deceased on Tuesday on being stabbed in the head and Dr. Reimer thought that denth was alan due to heart weakens and asserted that penumonia had nothing directly to do with the poiaming but probably indifcetly. He had called in the police after discovering that the deceased had been poisoned.

Girl Not Traced.

goor-

filed

During the proceedings, the corner enquired from one of the witnesses, Detective Sergeant Ber- INCREASED NUMBER OF MEN her shoulderstrap and Mr. Then-He had other receipts, he said.

Dr. J. A. O'Driscoll, in his evi- year.

Txang On-wing went on to any to the gaol printing works, after that every cheque book was sent being received from the Bank, for the Treasury serial number and the words "Colonial Treasurer" and "Cashier," to be printed."

hers of the cheques on Exhibit 30 Cheques Short, When you were writing the num- "F"dil you make any discovery with regard to the book?--Yes.

What discovery did you make? --When I put down the Treasury serial number on "P" I found that Exhibit "E" (the previous book) was 40 cheques short.

for Hongkong reporters to draw He identified a receipt for $33 upon in their endeavour to make which was produced from the STEADY RISE IN COAL critiques a bit more interesting. Gulam file in Court, but denied What about a few comments on that it was the only receipt he OUTPUT.

Mrs. So and So wearing the same had received up til June of 1928 old dress, Mrs. Whatsername and that it was the only receipt hooking a kind of hottie-brush on which he had handed to anybody. ton, of the Central Station, whet- her the pollee had been able to

EMPLOYED.

gamijigg resting his weary limbs It was not true that it was the locate the cabaret girl and he

in a ricksha, dashing to the Club only amount he had paid to Cor- The official returns of cpal out for a brandy and soda, afterwards poral Hendry up till. June. He elicited the reply that they had hot put and men employed in the min-joining the ladies? There is no paid la accounts every month, but expect to do so. They had ing industry make comfortable end to the possibilities visited every paburet in French- reading from the beginning of the foresee brighter

and and all were paid in person to the town.

and breezier accused. Jollings next concert season, pro- The case le proceeding. work was 4,654,300 tons, and the proves!

On December 1 the output for the vided, of course, the Editor ap- number of men employed 894,500. Since the beginning of the year the weekly figures have been:

Tons Men. January 5.4,700,300 January 12...6,214,000 January 19...5,247,000 January 26...5,251,500 February 2

..5,312,300 February 2.5,429,100 February 10...5,139,000 913,500 February 23 .5,444,000 917,500 March 2 .3,404,200 020,406 March 36 ...5,062,200 *029,300 March 23...6,681,600 033,000 Je did not feel the effects of it Not only have the output and the and returned to the Palace Hotel number of men employed steadily about two in the morning and Increased week by week, but the went to bed. He had been drink- Improvement began before the cold ing, Dr. Driscoll informed the snap came.

Exhibit "P"?-Yes, I did..

Did you look at the cover of

What did you find?I found that the altered numbers on the cover tallied with the last cheque, Witness said there was also a mark which he took to be an inf Linl. He concluded that the Bank had sent 30 cheques short. It did not strike him at that time that told by the local music shops that the cheques had been extracted any special recommendations by from the book. When he looked "Allegro" bring in their train a up Exhibit "F" in order to number During last winter I had several demand for those records which a new book he found a similar requests to devate more space to often results in their becoming thing had happened and that an- 808,500 reviewing gramophone records. sold out. This is rather a diff- other 30 choques were missing. 903,200 Such large batches arrive each eult reputation to live up to. He again found the numbers on 906,600 month that many people who, buy However, now the summer is upon the cover altered and again enme 007,000 their one or two records per month us there will be more opportunity to the conclusion that the Bank 908,500 like to be recommended certain for devoling space to records and had sent 30 cheques short. 910,400 discs

without having to try hope to be able to comment on through large numbers, and I am (Continued on Page 8.)

dence, suld when deceased had fully regained consciousness he had asked him what he had been, taking the previous evening Captain Power replied that he had A headache and was in the Alenzar Caburet where he asked a girl he had been dancing with for an 8- pirin. She produced 4 white powder from ng which she told him was aspirin and he took the powder which he said tasted bit- ter.

Felt No Effects.;

coroner, which might have slowed The weekly output is now greater the action of the narcotic. Wit- than at any time, since the strike, ness suspected that the narcotic was heroin or some derivative of oplate.

and the number of men employed larger than at any time since last May, when the output was nearly 1,000,000 tons less, the reason being that then the men were working short time, whereas now they are on full time,

In answer to further questions. witness said that a person got used to drugs. A quantity that might not effect an addiet would consti- tute i poison for one who was not In the habit of taking drugs, when witness again called he was Heroin would in his opinion re- lying in bed reading a newspaper. lleve headache or any pain. Death Witness put a few questions to in this case was due to hyphostatic him and he related that on the or insipid pneumonia or a block- evening of April 15, he had been age of the lungs due to the arti- to several cabarets in Frenchtown ficial respiration and oxygen which but could not give their names had been administered to the debut only recollected that of ceased that indirectly had to be Alcazar. Deceased remarked that done to counteract the poison. He he did not know Shanghai well. had known the deceased for 22 or Sergeant Barton

23 years. Captain Power had re- cently returned from leave. Wit ness had not seen him for the past five years,

stated in answer to the coroner that he had made Inquiries at Alcazar and all cabarets in Frenchtown but was unable to find which place and girl it was. There were quite a number of girls in cach cabaret, about 30. The coroner wanted to know whether witness had heard of cabaret girls carrying heroin and witness replied that he could not say for sure.

Detective's Evidence, Delective Sergeant A. G. Barton, of Central, stated that he went to the Palace Hotel shortly after 9 am. on April 16, in response to a telephone call. On arrival he

After a few minutes' dolibera- was shown up to room No. 415 where he saw the deceased lying tion the Coroner returned the In bed under medical attendance, following verdict: "I And that The following day witness sald Kenneth William Joseph Power he went to the Hospital to see died at the General Hospital, Captain Power who was uncon- Shanghai, on April 18, of pneu- "acloue. At 11 am, on April 18, | monia brought on as a result of

narcotic poisoning."

AND SHER, BY DIKA SERVICE, Lapto

REA. U. PAT. OF

"Why couldn't you have made the date for some other night? You knew I wanted to use the evening dress

Triday."

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Witness then went on to say that he ordered 200 cheques from the Bank for the remainder of the year, but they sent 400, together with a note that they could not, supply 200.

Reported to Mr. Black,

What happened next?-I report- ed the matter to Mr. Black saying to him words to the effect that he had ordered 矗 book of 200 cheques and the Bank had sent 400. Bince I was 60 cheques short he thought I might require a little more than 200. I asked Mr. Black if I should make use of this book or send. It back' and ask for 300..

Witness' continued that us he was speaking to Mr. Black, Mr. Messer came along and asked what the matter was, Witness then told Mr. Messer the same thing: and Mr. Messer told him to keep the book.

When you spoke to Mr. Messer did you tell him that 60 cheques werd short or that 60 cheques had been extracted from the book?- 60 cheques short,

He had always thought that the Bank had sent the books short of cheques and he did not realise it was not so until the frauds were discovered. He had mentioned the matter to Cheung Man-kuen, his assistant a few minutes before reporting to Mr. Black, Witness stated that If he had had any suspicion that the cheques had been extracted, he would have immediately reported the matter; to Mr. Black.

Witness was then handed the three disputed cheques and slated| that they were not in his hand-i writing.

The case is proceeding.

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