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HUNG TAK BANK

MURDER.

"NO MOTIVE" SAYS THE PROSECUTION.

AEROPLANE MISHAP IN VERMONT.

MARRIED WOMAN SOLD A NEW BOND ISSUE

FOR $240.

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IN CANTON.

TO HELP THE DEPRECIATED CENTRAL BANK NOTES,

Canton, July 15.

A bill proposed by the Canton Finance Commissioner, Mr. Fan Ki-mo, advocating the issue of u

Official Statements.

the

ABDUCTED TO KONG MOON YOUTHFUL FLYER PINNED

BENEATH - WRECKAGE. FOR IMMORAL PURPOSES.

The abduction of a young `mar- court densely packed with

Bennington, Vermont, July 15. Frank Goldsborough, aged nine- ried woman to Kong Moon, where Chinese, who occupied all available socommodation and even crowded | teen, who is the holder of the she was sold for immoral pur round the doorways, listened to a Junior trans-continental flight poses, was related to Mr. Whyte dramatic story of the ghastly record, is pinned beneath the Smith, at the Kowloon Magis- $15,000.000 Government public tragedy which was enacted at the wreckage of his plane somewhere tracy, yesterday afternoon, when loan in the form of Treasury Hung Tak Bank, on May 24 last, in the Vermont mountains. a man and a woman appeared on Bonds, has been submitted to the when inmates of the building were His companion, after wandering, four.charges brought in respect of Administrative Council, which will alashed with choppers in their for hours, has arrived here, but the offence.

meet to-day to discuss the sugges- sleep. The story was told by Mr.

is uncertain of the location of the ' Inspector John Murphy, attach- tion. The meeting will also con- Somerset Fitzroy at the Criminal crash,

ed to the Secretariat for Chinese sider the regulations proposed by' Goldsborough is a son of Brier! Affairs, conducted the prosecu Mr. Fan Ki-mo; to govern

! Sessions yesterday afternoon, when the trial of Ll Man-pun, charged Goldsborough, who lost his life in tion and detailed the eventa con-issue of the bonds. with murdering Fung Sik-chuk, was Mrs. Grayson's aeroplane "Dawa.", cerning the alleged sale of the opened before the Chief Justice, which disappeared in the North woman. He informed his Wor- (Sir Joseph Kemp), and a jury, | Atlantic, in December, 1927, while ship that the complainant had In an interview with a news- with Bir. Cecil Stafford as foreman. attempting a trans-ocean flight. bead acquainted with the female paper correspondent, Mr. Fan KI

Later. "The Crown has been unable to

defendant and, at her suggestion. re expressed the opinion that the Searchers have found Golds the complainant agreed to find any adequate motive for the

BC-stringent financial condition" of crime", said the Public Prosecutor, borough, dive, Reuter's American company her to Canton where the Canton Government was the in his opening address to the Court.Service.

they intended to declare them outecme of continual civil war in "What the Crown does say, is that

selves worn sisters in a certain Kwangaf and Hanan. To bring this man before you killed the de-wards collapsed.

temple.

the Central Bank notes to their ceased."

When the police arrived they On arrival at Kong Moon the normal value the Kwangtung Fin- Accused is defended by Mr. Leo found a gruesome sight. They girl was taken to house where ance Ministry, added Mr. Fan, d'Almada, jun., (instructed by Mr. found the decensed man, and an- she was kept for a fortnight and deemed it expedient to issue F. X. d'Almada, jun..), and Mr.other, whom they rushed off to the, then transferred to another where Hin-shing Lo holds a watching hospital, but who died on the way, she was sold to a woman for the Bonds, and as soon as Government brief on behalf of the Hung Tak and also prisoner himself; who ap-sum of $240, which money Was peared to be dead. He had a severe gash round his neck, and he was also taken to the hospital.

Bank.

Mr. Fitzroy, in opening the pro- ceedings, explained, by means of plan, the manner in which the various floors in the building were situated and of how and where the inmates were sleeping at the time of the alleged, murder.

On the night in question, he said, five people were sleeping on the ground floor and on the first floor, three others slept on chairs and a divan. The prisoner was, or should have been, sleeping on the second floor, together with two other people, whilst four persona occupied bed space on the 3rd floor.

The Furious Attack. ·

was

1

No Motive.

herself to the trade for which she

sanction was obtained the bonda would be issued, which would be about the 20th. instant. The Government will pay eight per cent on the bonds, which will be

distributed among Chinese banks

and firms.

hauded to the first defendant in the presence of the complainant. She was then taken to a. third -place where she had to submit The Crown had been unable to find any adequate motive for the had been purchased. erime, but there was one extra- Speaking of the woman's sub. The Finance Commissioner pre- ordinary thing about it, and that was all the people concerned in the acquent rescue, Inspector Murphy dicted an early resumption of the said that she had written or Silver Exchange for Central Bank tragedy were relatives of the Bank 'caused to be written a letter. to notes of all denomination if the managers and assistants. Two her mother in the country inform-native banks and firms supported men, who were in the one cubicle and who were taken to the hospital, ing her of her plight. A report the Government in purchasing and was made to the Secretariat for accepting the $15,000,000 Treasury were brothers, whilst the murdered Chinese Affairs and through the bonds. The Government will per- man Fang, was the son of the chief local Police the Canton Authori-mit the native banks to use Čen- manager of the Bank.

tica carried out a raid at the house tral Bank notes when purchasing where the complainant had been Treasury Bonds provided that kept and effected her rescue. fifty per cent, of the money is paid Later, Sub-Inspector Kirkby,

in Kwangtung silver. The Fin- had information received,

ance Commissioner expected that a two defendants arrested.

considerable number of Central Bank.notes would be. consumed in this manner which might in time cause a slight rise in their value,

The Crown had no motive to put forward, but the Crown did say that this man. the deceased, was killed by the prisoner.

The case was adjourned.

the

Fitzroy. Dr. Greaves stated that with regard to deceased no bone was broken but bone was broken in the case of Ching Cho-pul.

Prisoner's Injury.

Dr. G. H. Thomas, Medical Of- ficer at the Government Civil Hos-.

transverse cut across

Wis

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Dr. A. V. Greaves, medical af- was that Ching Cho-pui, who was sleeping in a chair on the second ficer. Victoria mortuary, said he floor, was awakened by receiving conducted a post-mortem examina- furious slashes on the face, which tion on the body of Fung Sik-chuk, cut through his nose to the left side on the morning of May 24. when of the fave and finished up on his he found deceased to be suffering shoulder. He saw his assailant. from a wound which passed from who, he would say.

the the middle of the right jaw, across prisoner, and he saw him run away the throat in a slightly downward along the alleyway towards the direction, and finished about two head of the stairs. "At the same- inches below the left ear: It was time, Ching seized the deceased, a wound about six inches in length pital, stated that prisoner

GOVT. WIRELESS' SCHOOL Fung Sik-chuk, and discovered that and was clean cut. It was super-given into his care on May 24. He

FOR WUCHOW... his neck had been cut right through ficial on the right side of the face, had a whilst the body had fallen and lay but became deeper, severing all front of his neck several inches in the condition as shown by the structures in the middle and left of long. The cut had severed all the

Canton, July 15. the vertabrae. The cause of death muscles and tissues down to the exhibit photographs.

An attempt by the Kwangtung The hue and cry was raised, and was hemorrhage from this wound. windpipe and the instrument had and Kwangsi Governments to pro- Cross-examined by Mr. d'Almada. just missed the windpipe. Witness vide efficient radio communica- the Injured Ching rushed out on to the verandah; whilst another man, Dr. Greaves said he would not say said that he stitched up the wound tion between the two Provinces sleeping on the first floor, awoke it was impossible that the wound and after being in hospital for 18 by the establishment of more wire- and saw the figure of a person had been caused by the chopper days prisoner's wound had com-less. stations in Kwangs and a whom he followed, He saw this having been drawn across. Wit-pletely healed. THE EUROPE HOTEL Ltd. figure draw a chopper across hisness continued that he examined Dr. Thomas went on to say that

own throat. The staircase was wounds on three other people and, lighted by electric lights, which speaking generally, he would say were sufficient to see what was they were the same type of wound happening. Another. man then as he had described. came up and found the prisoner ly- ing on his back with his hands atretched out, in one of which was grasped a chopper. This he took away from the accused, and the next time the prisoner was seen, was by two people, who, awakened by the cries, were coming down from Mr. d'Almada pointed out that the top floor. They passed the ac-one of the choppers had two big cused whilst he was going up the notches and two or three small

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You would not like to say de finitely, in the case of these three, whether the wounds were caused by direct blowa or by drawing the in- strument across the threat? No, I would not say definitely.

Broken and Clean Wounds.

nicks. He asked witness. whether, assuming the chopper was in that condition when it was alleged to have been used, the notches and nicks would leave any trace of a tear.

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This chopper would cause broken wound rather than a clean one?-It probably would.

Was the wound on deceased a clean and clean one? It was straight.

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the wound could have been caused the supervision of the Canton by a chopper and it could have been Government, has resulted in a re- self-inflicted by prisoner drawing presentative of the Canton-Gov- the sharp edge across his neck. ernment, Mr. Leung Chung-wal, witness was of opinion that the being commissioned to proceed to

Wuchow. wound was caused by one main stroke. He said if there had been other strokes they were so amall as to make no difference.

Mr. Leung was formerly con nected with the wireless adminis tration attached to the Kwang- Referring to Ching Cho-pui, Dr. tung Army. His mission to Wa Thomas said he had a deep cut chow is to proceed with the forma across his left cheek, extending tion of a wireless school. The over the bridge of the nose and into Canton Government hopes to train the mouth cavity. Witness said efficient wireless operators within that in bla opinion that wound could the coming six months or so when have been caused by a downward it will be possible for the Kwang- si Government to open wireless Mr. FitzroyHe made a very stations at Kweilin, Liuchow, Nan- slash with a chopper., good recovery, didn't he?--Yes. ning, Poseh, Lungchow, Sunchow

And his faculties are quite all and Watlam right and not impaired 7-Yes.

Mr. Fitzroy:-A very great credit to you, Dr. Thomas.

Improved Communications.

It is the official opinion that Mr. d'Almada said he would re-telegraph wires in Kwangsi have serve his cross-examination.

time and again been damaged by Ching Cho-pui was, then called. bandits aiming to interrupt the He stated that he was a clerk in the exchange of official' information Hung Tak Bank and usually slept among the military commands in on the second floor of the premises. Kwangsi. It is hoped to over- Prisoner, he said, also slept on the come this practice, by replacing On the night in ques- the telegraphic communication, second floor.

Struggle for Choppers. The prisoner then, apparently, forced his way into the kitchen through the grills, picked up an- other chopper, and taking it in both hands, drew it across his throat. The cook then rushed up and struggled with the prisoner for the two choppers. The accused stag- gered away with them, but in doing so tripped up and they were sent flying over the banister to the

Dr. Greaves, at this. stage, in floor below. He and the cook then entered into a struggle for a third timated that his answers were given chopper, which also found its way on the assumption that the wounds over the staircase, and the cook had been caused by the instrument then went down, collected the having been drawn across. Hetion witness went to bed a little with a net-work of wireless sta- choppers, and, without being seen added that a direct blow with the by accused, hid them under the chopper would not necessarily show

jagged edges. The prisoner, apparently, was

Mr. d'Almada: you think it not so badly burt, as he followed possible that these broken edges the cook downstairs, and went over were caused by an assault on some to u tea basket to try and find an-human being?-I think it unlikely. other chopper, evidently still bent I probed all the wounds and found on finishing himself off. He was no bits of metal. unsuccessful and shortly after-

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after midnight but as he could not tions. An order has been placed. sleep very well he descended to the with foreign firma for a large second floor where he lay down on consignment of radio equipment camp bed. Before he left the for the use of the new Wuchow ELECTRIC BATHS second floor, he saw prisoner lying School. A big wireless

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