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FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1929.

MR. SOLLY JOEL'S DENIALS.

There was a large array of coun sel in an action which came before Mr. Justice Luxmoore in the Chan- eery Division recently. It concern- ed the purchase of 2% acros of land In Tottenham Courtroad, formerly the site of Meux's Brewery,

The plaintiff was Mr. Frederick Alfred Tomlinson, of Thorley-Ilane, Timperley, Cheshire.

MAN'S DEATH MYSTERY

STORY OF HOSPITAL CRUELTY.

London, July 5.

LONDON'S NEW BEAUTY SPOT.

CHISWICK HOUSE OPEN TO PUBLIC.

Serious allegations concerning] Londoners are .now free the treatment of an ex-Service man to enjoy another magnificent plea-: at the Ministry of Pensions Hospl-euro ground with old-world gar- tal at Cosham, Hampshire, were deng, sweeping lawns and avenuos made yesterday at a Portsmouth of noble trees. inquest on Ralph Whitfield Gid-

den, aged 38, of Dupont-rond, This is Chiswick House, which, has Raynes Park, S.W., formerly of with its park of 66 acres,

the public by the Queen's Royal Regiment (West) been opened to

Prince George. Surrey),

Situated but a mile and a half from Hammersmith Broadway, the mansion faces the Thames, ni- though the river is not visible

The defendants Included Mr. Solomon B. Joel, Austin Friars, London; the Beecham Trust Com- pany (in liquidation), the Strand, London; Mrs. Doris White (widow of Mr. James White); Mrs. Agnes Hickley, Park-street, Westminster: Barnato Brothers, Austin Friars; the Parent Trust and Finance Com pany, Ltd., Park-pince, St. James's; Mr. John W. Dennis, St. James' square; Kleinwort, Sons and Co., Fenchurch-street; Mr. 1. S. Knott, Hook Heath, Woking; Mesero.

As Gidden was being taken lo- Chiswick House was built in the Bernhard Schoole and Co., Ltd., wards F ward he showed violence. early part of the eighteenth con- Austin Friars; Mr. Samuel Wil- Hum Cooley,, Old Jewry; Comihan-It was alleged that he was carried tury for the Earl of Burlington to der Louis Grolg, Austin Friars; in a manner known as the "frog house the art collections he had Messrs. Hirsch Stokes and. Wilson, march." Seven members of the gathered on the Continent, and for Pinner Hall, Austin Friars; and Mr. staff took part in the effort to get which room could not be found in W. 1. Good, Newhall-road, Birming him under control, and it was al-the earl's other home, Burlington ham.

loged that one of them kicked him House, now the Royal Academy. in the stomach.

It came into the possession of the Duke of Devonshire through his wife, the daughter of the Earl Was soon It was clear that Gidden died of Burlington, and from rupture or perforation of an known as a centre of Whig so ulcer in the stomach and after his ciety. death it was found that he had Georgiann, the beautiful du- also a black eye and other inchess, was painted there by Rey jurice.

nolds, and the Prince Regent, Fox, Grey and Sheridan were frequent Dr. David Paul, medical super-visitors. Fox dled there in 1806 intendent at Cosham said that and in 1827 another Prime Minis- when he examined Gidden' the day ter, Canning, passed away in the after he became violent he saw same house. he was critically ill, and that there. The Tsar Nicholas was enter was something pbnormal in his tained at Chiswick House in 1844, abdomen,

Royal Gardeners. Sir Thomas: Has a man named

During his early married life, Whitehead been hend monitor in FKing Edward VII. occupied the ward ever since the hospital was house for some years. In the'

Sir Thomas Bramsdon, the coro- ner, said Giddon, who was suffer ing from neurasthenia, was remov. ed from the Ministry's hospital at Orpington, Kent, to Cosham. He from it.

In one part of the grounds a appeared to be auffering from a form of insanity, and it became classic temple looks down on a necessary to place him under res-stune basin sunk in the grass. The gardens are rich with rara traint.

flowers and shrubs.

Sir Patrick Hastings, K.C., aald that the real fight was between Mr. Tomlinson and Mr. Joel and the Barnato Brothers. The Beecham Trust was largely the concern of James White, and Mrs. White and Mrs. Hickley were the administra tors under the will of Mr. White, The Parent Trust and Finance Company, Limited, had intimated that certain facts having come to their knowledge they no longer disputed the claim. They would benefit to some extent with Mr. Tomlinson if the latter succeeded.

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In

Nominal Defendants.

There was no serious issue be- tween Mr. Tomlinson and Messrs. Kleinwort und Mr. Knott, and no charges were made against them. The remainder of the defendants mere merely nominal that they were all membera of a ayndiente with Mr. Tomlinson, and they might have been either plain- tiffs or defendants. Their interests were the same as those of Mr. Tomlinson. Substantially the only lasue now before the Court was the clair against Mr. Joel and the Barnato Brothers.

A Black Eye.

opened 7-Yes.

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gardens are five plots which were allotted to the royal children so Have you had any complaints that they could learn gardening. about his conduct?-No.

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Kicked Three Times. Thomas Grice, a patient, whose home is at Burton-on-Trent, gave evidence. He is deaf, and ques tions bad to be written on paper. He said;

To-day each plot bears the name of its royal cultivator, "Clarence," "George," "Louise," "Victorlu," and "Maud." In the ground are trees planted by Queen Victoria, Queen Alexandra, and King Ed-

ward.

Since 1892, the house and grounds have been, leased to Dr. Opening the case, Sir Patrick anid I was standing on the gangway Tuke as a mental home.. it was alleged that some years near ward when three orderlies The property was not secured ago Mr. James White became aware were taking Gidden from G ward without a struggle on the part of that Barnalo Brothers were thọ to P ward." One of the orderlies the local authorities to find the owners of the land referred to, and put his arms round Gidden and purchase money-a sam lower conceived the iden of collecting, a tried to hit him but could not than that which might have been few people who would find the neces- Then F ward door opened, and obtained by the Duke of Devon- sary money to pay the deposit on Orderly Whitehead rushed out and shire from a syndicate of bull- the purchase price. Mr. Tomlinson pulled Cidden's feet from, under ders. was approached and agreed to come him. into the symllcate. He sent £10,-) 900.

The proposal was that the Bee chata Frust should purchase two acres and a half, comprising Meux's Brewery site, for $650,000, and should syndicate the deposit on the lines that the participants should not be liable for more than their share of the deposit.

Letter From Mr. White. Mr. White wrote to Mr. Joel in 1925: "The purchase price to Barnato Brothers

be the to

sum

as the

The Middlesex County Council Jing contributed £61,000, the Then they carried him in. three CC. £5,000, the Borough of Ken- at the head and one at the feet,sington £1,000, Chiswick Council feet first, stomach downwards. £5,000, the Poulter Trust £2,500, As soon as Whitehead had stopped and the London Playing Fields As- walking he advanced and kicked oriation £1,000. Au patron of the Gidden three times underneath in | Metropolitan Gardens Association, the stomach.

the King sent a donation of £50.

If Gidden had lived I should never have spoken, but when 1 knew he was dead I spoke out.

Alleged Bribe,

heard Gidden moan and groan with pain.

On the following Friday even- Richard Marley, of Florence- ing he saw Whitehead at a public-

Middlesbrough, another

house in Cosham, and' said to him: "I am sorry. Jim about that affair. I saw three orderlies carrying] am going to take my discharge Gidden into F ward. They were over it. I saw that kick go in." frog-marching him. I saw White-Whitehead replied: "Don't be silly. head kick him in the side of the Here is a tanner sixpence]; ro stomach, and then I turned away and get yourself a drink. You because that sort of thing upseta stand by me."

The inquest was adjourned. me.. It was a deliberate kirk. I

of £475,000, the deposit, street, being £55,000, completion within patient, said: 1welve months or earlier purchaser wishes, Barnato Bro- thers to remain in possession of the land and receive the rente until completion. It will be seen that the syndicate pay £75,000 more than we pay Baranto Brothers for the property. Barnato Brothers and they will then pay to me the sum to be divided as to £37,500 to yourself and £37,500 to the writer,"

Sir Patrick-1 can only say, be ing ignorant of commercial moral- ity, that that seems to me to be a shocking document, and it was a document that was deliberately and purposely kept from the know- ledge of the syndicate.

was

Sir Patrick Hastings mentioned the defence of Mr. Joel and the Barnato Bros. It was that the purchase price to the Beecham Trust

£550,000, and not £475,000, an contended by Mr. Tomlinson. In consideration of Mr. White having nogotiated the deal, it was agreed by Mr. Joel that he should receive £27,500 out of the purchase price. It was a commis. sion which a vendor Mr. Joel was entitled to pay. It was denied that they were eliaring a secret profit of any kind.

Mr. Tomlinson gave evidence in support of his case, He said that he had neither received his £10,000 deposit back nor had any profits. He trusted Mr. White,

No further evidence was called for the plaintiff.

Mr. Solomon Barnato Joel, 'one of The defendants, said that there was no fraud so far as he (Mr. Joel) was concerned. That White should get £37,500 for his services seemed to him (Mr. Joel) a straightforward

reasonable arrangement.

Mr: Gruene-Dld it ever cross your mind that there could be any suggestion in this transaction of fraud against the other members of the syndicate?—No,

Mr. Joel denied that the £37,500 wes & socret profit,

The hearing was adjourned

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