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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1931.

NIGHT PASSED IN 'HAUNTED' CLUB.

LIGHTS TURNED ON BY UNSEEN HAND.

OBSERVERS BAFFLED.

MR. BILLY MERSON'S AFFAIRS.

£8,190 LOST ON "MY SON JOHN."

The public examination bankruptcy of Mr. William Henry London, May 13, Thompson (Billy Merson, the of the comedian) took place at Kingator- weirdest nights of my life. I have on-Thames before Mr. Sackvilla a perfectly open mind about ghosts,

I have just spent one

Bell, the Registrar.

Mr. Thompson, in evidence, said 1901 and recently had been earn-

poltergeista, and psychic manifat that he had been an actor since tions, but there certainly were hap ponings which are hard to explain

at the Moulin Rouge Club, in Brix-ng between £1,500 and £2,000 a He was now earning, £35 ton, S. W.. during the early hours year.

a week. of yesterday morning writes

The Omein! Receiver (Mr. G. correspondent to n London paper.

Built on the site of an ancient. Waterer)-Do you attribute pingue pit, it is said to have been your insolvency to litigation you the scene of some strange events have been involved in, losses on the Stock Exchange, the stup in brief during ita

It existence.

the theatrical profession, and your fully lived up to Ita reputation.

extravagance? Seven of us sat in the club all

Mr. Thompson--You may day it night-threo oficials of the club, three journalists, and a friend of extravagance to try to keep up one of the latter. At midnight we our prostige and so try and over- turned out the lights in every room come the alump. If you get fur- one by one. Every room was lock-ther into debt, it is extravagance: ed, and the holder of the keya did not leave his chair for an instant until we were all brought to our feet in varying stages of shock, aur account. I had to pay £6,000 to be rolensed from my contract.

prise, and bewilderment.

realise that now.

"In 1928," said Mr. Thompson. I had the idea of working on my

I paid £500 deposit and actually

It was dark except for un ocean all about £2,000. sional blaze of passing light from an all-night traincar. Twice a We

When he had obtained his re- lease, he continued, he produced a

policeman ratfled the door. play entitled "My Son John." It gradually relapsed into semi-som-was the first theatrical show he nolent silence.

Then at exactly 20 minutes to 3 produced himself. He lost £8.199 'clock every light in the building is losses on the Stock

Exchange were 2500 or £600 suddenly went up. We dashed to! the switches and the mains. The

switch with a main was "on" at every

Joti metallic lick thei "tumbler" down. At midnight wo lights went on. With two othe had turned them all up. Le, turn i went straight to the main switch ed the carret off,

building. 11 is situate

If it was a hoax, it was one of of the the most involved and ingenious about ten feet from the ground in

ever prepstrated. If t

Bewildered.

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I have never considered myself "witch "an."

Room by room the whole place' a cynic was psychic, but I un not

examined. Every light This experience in the

Brixton witch was found to be turned on. chib on Monday night has left ing The switch which I had turned off completely bewikleret. With not half an hour before was "on.” Pume, knowledge of electricity and: Suggested Explanations. its ways, and after a full wil ex- A time switch, wireless control, i haustive examination of the pre-wired control from outside the main, then in some way enter every searched us thoroughly as it was mises lasting about two hours, building--all these were surgest-locked room and turn 011 the in the small hours of yesterday must give the spirit or theel as explanations, but none of switches. Then at 240 he must morningt

them seemed to solve the problem have turned on the main sudden I am assured by the local fer- honxer- "best,"

I had or the individual switches. At quarter past, two

Ky Ag was in the room whitehitricity company that it would have! turned out ene of the lights for a human agency was employed-annuses the main within 30 seconds been impossible for the mains to moment, and so the main was eer- retain quite an mind alat of the light going on, and ns this be tampered with in any way.

this- there is a "uper-eat burg tainly "on" at that hour.

abrend with the suite 1 trend was lucked and has to win-1 These are seated by the supply dow-only # ventilator- this company. and upon examination The premises consist of one

would seem impossible.

were found to be intact. large room with a number of salud the nimblest fingers of all his

The police are equally Bon-

Beanwhile the "Morning Post" ler rooms, milt on the cubicle There is ne possible way in plussed. Four time

now they is continuing investigations imo principle, round its walls. Thus which he could have worked tris

have seen the phenomenon from this strange affair. Other repre- it is possible to ascertain from the trick. Some time after 2.15 am the street. and have summoned the gentatives were in the building) big room whether there is a light | when I tested the light circuit secretary of the club by telephone. Inst night with Mr. Harry Price,

turning on anywhere or not,

On each occasion the building has of the National Laboratory Most of ust were dozing when would have had to turn off the boen surrounded, and then Psychical Research

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