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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6. 1931.

Murder At Bridge

by BLACK DIGEON

"THE AVENGING Ősitor", said. "HERDER BACVOTAJDE

DRON HERE TODAY.

that an intruding gunman Special Coventiestor Dundee, investiti ordered Nita Selim.

P. & O. BANKING |CORPORATION LTD

(Incorporated in England 1320.)

had Authorlued Capital ...

Bobscribed and Fald Up Reserva Fund .......

the murder at bridge of Juanita Balim, Lelle Captals Strawn, sworn in, told District Attorney Sanderson hie Andings: Pouble Rumpecia Include fadla Carr, the midbriefly of his being called to the Dexter Sprague, John C. Drake, Jutze Mar scene of the crime, of the activities abail, Nita's inndlord, whom she paid no of Carraway, the fingerprint ex-

n and owner of the zue, and silencer with which she was shot; Polly Brale and pert, and of the exhaustive search Cilve Hammond, who were in the larium of his squad of defectives, Lugether; “Fiona Miles, Janet Raymund and Ralph Hammend.

Hprague came early, to the party, upataire to the room beuant, and shared Lydia followed him. told him he would have to elray out. And stayed behind to clean up after him. Bergue went dawn, at the back and around the bertsoe

Floren Milan admila

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HEAD. OFFICIE

BANKS.

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.

Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1881.

HEAD OFFICE: LONDON,

£1,000,000 Fold-Up Capital

150,000

182. Londonball Street, London, EC. 14.

WEST LONDON BRANCH. 14-1, Cockupar Street, London, B.9.1.

BRANCHES-Bombay, Calcutta, Calicut, Colombo, Monzkena, Madre, Shanghai, Sin

AGENCIESîn all the principal towns of the world.

"Did you frd any person con-

pore. cealed upon the premises, that is, within the house itself, or in the garage or on the grounds 7" Dr. Price asked.

was is Nike's "No, sir." elmans pending note which aku ibierka ja "Did you or your men discover from her husband, Tracey. but which a really from Sprague, Dunder and the diethe weapon with which the de. teles attorney decide to withhold this idene censed was killed?"

the Fortinet, pretending der arrept the theory that a New York kunman did the Joh Dancer bogen lev find out who paid tem $10,000 free her serial in tamitian,

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if

"No, sir."

"Did you question all persons in the house at the time of the crime, us to whether or not a shot had been heard ?".

"I did. The answer in every case was that they heard no shot."

4

- CHAPTER XXII. Bonnie Dundee's whole soul re- velted at the very thought of the barbaric farce of an inquest—the Amail morgue Chapel crowded to

"And you also questioned every the doors with goggle-eyed, blond- loving humanity; the stretcher with person present in an effort to place its sheated corpse; reporters, avid responsibility for the death of Mrs.

Selim ?" for sensation and primed

"I did. I couldn't find that any- with

questions which, Answered by indiscreet wione present had anything to do with

it." Desses, would defent the ef-

"Who were these persons 7" Dr. forts of police and district attorney; news photographers with their in-Price then asked.

"Judge and Mrs. Hugo Marshall, i satintile cameras aimed at every ar-

riving person connected with the Mr. and Mrs. Tracey A. Miles, Mr. and Mrs. John C. Drake, Mrs, Peter Polly Beale, Miss Penelope Crain Duniap, Miss Janet Raymond, Miss Mr Clive Hammond, Mr. Dexter Sprague-of New York-and Ma Selim's maid. Lydia Carr." Captain Strawn answered promptly.

case in any way.

Merelfully, this particular in quest upon the body of Juanita

Canera! Exchange and Banking Busines transacted. Loupe and overdrafta granted on approved security. Current and Fixed Deposit accotinta opened.

BANK ACCOUNTA-Internet SAYINGS

allowed at rate which may be obtained on =pplication.

Passengers traveling Homeward are recom- mended to obtain a Letter of Credit from up.

which can be cashed through the Purser of any P. and C. or t t. 8. N. Steamer or at any of the Branches of the Corporation.

W. J. WADDINGTON,

Acting MoRKET.

PREMIER'S HOLIDAY.

MR. MacDONALD REQUIRES A SHORT REST.

London, Feb. 5. The Premier. Mr. Rameay Mac- Donald, le to take few days plote rest, from his duties. health in excellent, but pressure of work in connexion with the Indian Conference

Com-

Hin

£8,000,000 8,000,000 3,000,000

Nerve Lixblišty of Proprietors

AGENCIES AND BRANCHIA, ALOR STAR

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MADRAS

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DAIRAN

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HANIOT

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XUALA LUMPUN Foreign Exchange and General Banking

| barfsemi tranzaṛted. -

HONGKONG、AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

Authorland Capital ..... Lavored and Fully Falk-up Bonerre Finder

Sterling ................$8,506,49 BUT...........69,500,000

Resurra Ziability of Proprietors

.350,000,024 39,200,000

.$30,000,999

HEAD OFFICE) KONGKONU.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS, 3. A. Zimmer, Kec. Chairs.

Bon. Mr. . 6. 8. Maskin, Deputy Chairman.

W. II. Bell, E.

:

Hon. Mr. J. J. Patersoz

A. 11. Compton, Esq. “, E. Pasos Bay,

D. Lander Lowie. Exc. T. II. R. Show, The

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Current Arceente opened and Fixed Der posits received for one year or shorter perlede JORONE (ni Pulau which will be quoted on sppisestion,

HODE A. I. FERGUBON.

KOWLOON Monger.

KUALA LUMPUR

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED.

and Parliament, Capital (fully paid up)....Y, 100,000,000

| Kroerve Fund

..Y. 118,500,000

НЕЛЬ ОТИСЕ, -ТОКОЛАМА.

Brunched and Axvmešan at

Ka! Yura Karachi

| Leigh Selim promised to be quickly aver. For Coroner Price, in an ference with District Attorney San derson, Special Investigator Dundee

"Did you find on the premises and Captain Strawn of the homi- elde squad, had rindly agreed to any clue which you consider of im rall only those witnesses and ex-portance to this jury?" tract from them only such informin tion or the authorities dormed adder the window you've been talk-British Wireless.

ing about. Here are life-size photo- visable.

And the

holiday at Christmas, has made a coupled with inability to take a few days' relaxation desirable. mouth, his Scottish home, but the Balasia

He intended to By to Louale Alexandría

cold weather in that aren caused an abandonment plan, and he will probably stay at "I did! A bunch of footprints Chequers for a long week-end

Lydia Carr, whose black veil had] Kraphs of 'em, doctor. defeated the news camera levelled rambler rose vines that climb up at her poor, scarred face, was the the outside of the window had been first witness

called by Coroner torn." Price, and she was required for the

han Bombay

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Changchun

Delran (Delay) Newchwang

Fengtion

Hambor

Yesterday. Hankow

EXCHANGE

RATES..

Previous Day.

123.93%

25.10

Oslo..... Helsingfors. Athens..... Buenos Aires...34% Beng

Tork.

After the photographs had been Paris single parpose of identifying the daly inspected by the jury of six, Geneva. buy as that of her mistress, Tor. Price said: "That is all, and Berlin. two perfunctory querthaus Have thank you, Captain Strawn..

Mr. Dundee!" you any information to give to this

As had been agreed between the jury regarding the cause and man-

ner of the deceased's death?" and coroner and the district attorney, "Have you any paremal knowledge indee's testimony, after the pre- of the identity of any person, man liminary questions, was confined to Amsterdam.. or woman, of whom the deceased the offering of Nita Selim's "Inst Stockholm.

toed in fear of her life?"-Lydia will and testament" and the note Vienna answered a far **986,7" und was ihonto Lydia. dismissed.

Madrid The reporters, who had obviously Bucharest Karen Marshall, looking far too feared that nothing new would Montevideo

Hongkong young to be the wife of the elderly Ventunte, sat up with startled in- Tea-judge, Buen Murehall, was the treat, then their pencils flew, as

Dr Price Dundee read the two documents. Copenhagen. serend witness called. guided her gently to a brief recital after he had told when and where Prague for her discovery of the drad bndy had discovered them, An Lisbon

he

Brussels. Milon

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to be obtained on application.

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Nagoya

Tamiai

New York

Tokyo

(Mukder)

Onaka

Paking Itanroom

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123.90% Harbin

28.14% lengkung

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20.43

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92.80% Barrie Funde

34.82ald-Up Capital

104% 108.25

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BANK OF CHINA.

48.16 Routed October 28, 1921, under special

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charter of The National Government na ka

31 INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE BANK. 11 Bubscribed Capital

SAN FRANC1900 SHANGHAI

HINGAPORE

BOURABAYA

SUNGLI PATANI TIENTSJN TOKYO

TBINOTAO YOKOHAMA

Carat Accents opened in Local Currency and Fixed Deponia recaived for che roar of shorter periods in Local Currency and Burling on terme waleh will be quoted on appilaativa.

Hongkong, 19th July, 1880,

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK,

The Basis of the above Bank is co- dueled by the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, Rulee may obtained on kaplleation.

FOR THE HONGKONG, AND SHANGHAJ DANKING CORPORATION.

V. M. GRAYBURN,

Ohlet Manager, Honghang, 18th July, 1910.

THE NATIONAL CITY BANK OF NEW YORK.

HEAD OFFICE: 55, Woll Street; New York.

Capital, Surplus

and Undivided Profits

........U.5.$242,978,146- Branches in:-

ARGENTINE

BELGIUM

BRAZIL

CHILE

CHINA

COLOMBIA CUBA DOMINCAN

RITUULIC

INDIA

JAPAN

ITALY .$26.900.900.00

24.710,000.00

8.120.669.11

HEAD OFFICE. SUANODAI,

HONGKONG BRANCH,

4. Queen's Road Central Owing to our um braache in Chian 12% marcial sizes of the world, we was able to 12.13/16 extend to our clients special facilities for

LONDON MEXICO

PANAMA PERU PHILIPPINE

ISLAND PORTO RICO STRAITS

8#TTLEMENTE URUGUAY VENEZUELA

19

Commercial and Travellers' Let ters of Credit, Travellers' Chequer Bills of Exchange and Cable Transfers bought and sold. Cur rent accounts and Savings Bank accounts opened and Fixed De

cies taken at rates that may be as certained on application to the Bank.

Distrit Attorney Sanderson had Rio.

aid: "Better, give the press Bumbay. something new to chew on, but for Yokohama. .2/0.13/922/0.13/34 and large connections in the important no posits in local and foreign curren- God's make don't, mention the Silver (spot)...13.7/16 chequebook of Nita's. It's dynamite. *1

(forward) 12.7/16 boydynamite!"

of her hostess, emphasizing only the fact that, so far as she could se, the bedroom was unoccupied xcept by the corpse at the time of the discovery.

Be then handed her the photo- Istatic copy of a

While the morgite chapel blueprint of the still in a buzz of excitement, Dun- ground flour of the Selim house,

WILA

-British Wireless.

with a penciled ring drawn around was dismissed, and District At-SMALL-POX QUESTION. # bedroom. Karen falteringly torney Sanderson requested an ad- identified it, as well as the pencil-urnment of the inquest for one drawn furniture, and was imme- week. diately dismissed--to the

The police were urging the crowd- pointment of the packed rows of upon its way before it became fully Spectators and reporters.

disap

fatal

PUBLIC MEETING OF CHINESE

the

domestic and foreign banking and stabanga,

We also handle the issue of Bonds and other Fab.la Punda of the Chinme Gaterament both at home and abroad.

BOU J. CAN,

Manager.

THE HO HONG BANK, LIMITED.

(ESTABLISHED 1917)

BEING CALLED. aware that it had been cheated of

Regarding the decision of the Authorised Capital Dr. Price himself took the stand the pleasure of hearing.

ntrat Sanitary Board for rescission of fad Capital stories of that next and described, in technical, the

resolution permitting terms, the wotan? which had caused bridge and cocktail party, from the treatment of small-pox cases

the Paid-up Capital death and the caliber of the bullet guests themselves.

"Tell the Carr woman I want to been made to the Chairman of the Surplus

the patient's home, a request han holders he had extracted from the dent wo-speak to her." Sanderson directed Tung Wah Hospital to convene a

man's heart.

.................trails $23,000,000

1,000,000 1,000,000

in Reserve Liabilities në Share-

4.000.000 2.628,000

"I find, also, from the autopsy, "Dundee. "She'll thank you for respublie meeting with a view to muk-

ellett

Ax

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HEAD OFFICE-INGAPORE,

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Ersty domeripting of Banking and Fachange; | business transacted,

TAN ENG B001,

We are also able to offer our Customers the services of the Branches of the International cisco, and Spain and also of The Banking Corporation in San Fran National City Bank of New York (France) S.A., in Paris and Nice.

F. McD. COURTNEY,

Manager. Hongkong, 7th May, 1930.

NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPIJ, N.V. (Netherlands Trading Society.)

DANKERS.

ESTABLISERD 1834. Longkong Ofes: 17, Queen's Road, Central Authorised Capital.....Guliders 180,000,000- (17,400,000.) ....Gulden 69,900,000.

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he concluded; "that the bullet tray. cuing her from the reporters."

ing a protest to the Government. Dundee pushed his a downward, slanting path, I shid add. moreover, that I have through the jam he heard a refuz made exact mathematical calcula-porter carnestly pleading with Lois tings, using the position of the body unlap: "But I'm sure you can re- "Mrs. Miles let me care in early and of the wound as a basis, and member the cards ench ninver held to see about that," Lydia found that a line drawn from the in that 'death hand, Mrs. Dun-rupted again. "They can do it this THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD. Paid-up Capital wound, and extended, at the car-lap-"

reet slant. ends

at a point 51.8

inter

afternoon, and you don't need to |worry about the expense. I've got money enough of my own to pay. my girl's funeral expenses."

inches high, upon the right-hand Cheerfully sure that he could side of the frame of the window trust Lois Dunlap's discretion and nearest the porch door. And he distaste for publicity, Dundee went "The will will be probated as soon "Good" Sanderson applauded. obligingly passed the marked blue-on, grinning at the reporter's user possible, of course, but it makes print among the jury. When it was of his own hd phrase. in his own hands ngain, he added:

It simpler if you Two minutes later Sanderson,

will

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"It is impossible to state the exact Strawn and Dundee were closeted [stry expenser now pay the neces-Capital & Surplus over H$8,000,000 distance the bullet travelled, more in Dr. Price's own office with Lydia halted the district attorney as he

"Just a minute, chief."

Total Resources over H$30,000,000 | Dundee nearly than to say the shot was Carr.

Every description of Banking fired along the line have indi- "First, Lydia," began Sanderson,circumstances. I think it highly ad-ed.

was about to leave, "Under the and Exchange business transact cated, t a distance of not

more "I want to warn you to give the visable that we get pictures of the than 15 feet and not less than 10." reporters no information at all re-burial dress. I suggest you have counts in local and foreign cur

Current and Fixed Deposit Ac- Captain Strawn rose and was ver-starding the nature or extent of Lydia bring the things to your rencies opened for clients. mitted to question the witness: your mistress' bequest."

"Dr. Price, that blueprint shows poor girl, beyond her clothes and dress there, from all angles,

"It was little enough she had, office before she lays out the body,

and that Carraway photograph the posit Boxes.

Savings Account and Safe De-

that the bedroom is

15 feet in a few pieces of jewellery." Lydia should also like to have a picture the world.

Branches and Agencies all over with, don't it?"

answered stubbornly. "Are "That in corect."

zoing to let me do what she told of the body after Lydia has finished

KAN TONG PO. me to, in that note?

Not that

[her services."

Chief Manager.

"Have you also measured the height of that window sill from the

hold with burning"

The maid's scarred face flushed "I see no reason why you should a deep, angry red, but she offered "I have," the Coroner answered not take charge of the body, Lydin, no protest when the district attor The height from floor.to s is 26 and arrange it immediately for ere excepted both of Dundee's sug-

mation.

Do you, Captain gestions, "Now, doctor, from your calcula-Strawn?" Sanderson answered.

Then you'll have Carraway with tions, would it be possible for a "No, sir. The quicker the better." his camera at my office in about man crouching in the open window "Then, Lydia, if Captain Strawn an hour?" Sanderson turned to Cap to fire a shot along the path you will send you out to the Selim house itain Strawn. "Let's say 12 o'clock. have calculated ***

with one of his boys, you may get By the way, Lydin, you may bring "It would." Dr. Price answered. the dress described in Mrs. Selim's in with you the few pieces of jew "But as I have pointed out it is note

allery you mentioned. I'll keep them impossible for me to say at ox- "And the curls who cut off and safely in my offices until the will actly what distance from the body had made into switches," Lydin inis probated and they are turned the shot was fired,"

terrupted. "I can't dress my poor over to you."

"I don't know where she kept "What?" exclaimed Bonnie Dun-

(To Be Continued).

EL But Strawn, of course, was amply girl's hair in a French roll without them," Lydia answered,

Aatisfied. And so were Dundee and them!”

the district attorney, for it suited The curls, too," Sanderson their purposes admirably for the agreed, with a slight smile. public to be convinced at this time "as to the cremation--"

"Now dec.

WHEN AT HOME

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