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THE HONGKONG' TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1931.

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One of the most spectacular stunts over attempted by a dirigible in strikingly pictured above, a the Graf Zeppelin came to rest on the surface of Lake Constance, near Friedrichshafen. control cabin and the rear gondola were equipped with pontoon bumpers to rest in the water, and Dr. Hugo Echener, without the aid of a landing crew, brought the huge craft down succesk fully to the position shown.

Note the extremely narrow clearance between the under part of

dirigible and the lake's surface.

YAUMATI BOMB OUTRAGE.

CORONER'S INQUIRY CONCLUDED.

$10

UNKNOWN PERSONS.

After Hitzen hearing 4. inquiry into the death of a maARE ne Laf Wan sang, who was killed when a "bomb explored 30 the vestibule of the Peking Hotel Youtati, on the aura of April 22, rake the a nachusios at the t Kohon Magistracy yo.derduy afternoon, with Mr. Braser sitting na Coruner.

The jury. composer of Messrs. G. K. Oliver (foreman), E. Mit- ford and Tam Sul-peng, after haring the evidence, returned a verdict of murder meainst a joke son of persons unknown,

At the outart of yesterday'a pro- i ceedings. Mr. H. J. Armstrong in formed the Coroner that he had been asked to watch the cuse on be- half of Lin Ping-chuen, one of the witnesses.

ed

Mr. Leo D'Almada, Jr., instruct- by Mr. M.A. da Silva, watched the proceedings on behalf of Yeung han-u, who was alleged by Liu Ping-ebuen to have thrown bomb. which resulted in Lui Wan- sang being killed and several others winded,

the

Recalled to the box, Lio Ping- chen, in answer to Mr. 'Almada. said he realised the seriousness of the charge he had made against

hu Kwan-in. but

still Young adhered 10 his allegation that Yeung threw the bomb into the vestibule of the Peking Hotel on the night of April 29.

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Liu Ping-chen for seven or eight The second was the directly con- years, having been introduced to tradictory statement that Liu made him in Hongkong. He denied ever to Sgt. Fitches when that officer having

Ereatened Lia with interviewed him in the Kowloon violence. On the day of the bomb Hospital. Liu had then not received explosion, he was playing mah medical treatment, and it was sug- jongg in his house with three other gested that he was not in a normal stil! after the explosion, bat Sgt. During the game, he heard ition, being probably port which be attributed to the Pitches had said in the box that He Liu was conarious enough at any bursting of a motor-car tyre. He himself and the other this mon rate to make a perfectly coherent. went out to the verandals to have statement.

but they

could not me any. The only way that Mr. D'Almindu thing. After his friends had left roult reconcile the statement Lin his house aduut 11 p.m., be heard made in the hospital and the one people talking about a bomb et he made in Court was that he did plosion in the Peking Hotel not know in what form to accuse

counsel's client. Young.

Shum Man-garn, one of the men in the mah-jetrg game, cury,borat-j

Mr. D'Almada then pointed out! to witness that if he adhered to his statement that Yeung threw the tomb, he would show that witness! bad made a few statements which, ed were in contradiction to his allegn-i tion againat Yeung.

Alleged Contradiction.

Miss Heather Thatcher, fam- ou London actress, who is like- ly to become a talking-picture

star,

Yeong's evidence.

"Extraordinary Charge."

Another feature of the inquiry www the complete absence of

nny corrofurative Evidence ascinat Yeung. The only possible corro- borative evidence was that one of the two men who were seen leaving the hotel immediately after the ex- plosion was wearing a kres suit, and Yeung himself had said in the box that on that particular day he was wearing a grey sult. Accord- jing to Mr. D'Almada, this point!

counted more in his favour against him.

ing

Litigation Pending.

than

The gentlemen of the jury must | have observed from the evidence that the two men, Liu and Young, were not on good terms. In fact there was certain litigation pend-

between

them.

Would the gentlemen of the jury think that Yeung could stoop to auch a crime in order to settle whatever differ- ence there was between them-such ja cowardly, inhuman crime?

Continuing, Mr. D'Almada said that since May 19, when Yeang made a statement to the Police, he had been able to do as he pleased. It was another point in his favour that though he was perfectly free, he did not go to Canton or janywhere outside the Colony.

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The inquiry was on the death of mau and how that death eme about. The only conclusion that Mr. D'Almada could come to I was that a bomb was thrown by In his address to the jury, Mr.some person into the hotel, but that D'Almada said that a feature of Yeung had nothing whatever to do Under further cross-examination the inquiry was that an extraordin; with the throwing of the bomb. He by Mr. D'Almada, witness said heary charge had been made against reminded the jury that if they remembered being carried to the his client. An analysis of the Kowloon Hospital after the ex-evidence given by the various wit- plosion in the hotel. In the hos-nesses would show

LIVO peculiar an-1 pital,

witness was interviewed by pects. The first was that, accord- European officer, but he denied that ing he had made any statement to the Kwan-in was foul

to walk effect that he saw Yeung Kwan-iu up and down the door of the Peking outside the hotel, pointing to wit- Hotel in full view of the people nes and directing a man behind insi

inside before actually throwing a him to throw a bomb.

bomb with the intention of killing Sut Fitches was

also recalled, or Injuring Liu. The gentlemen' from the jury could see and in the box, said that he saw of Liu Ping-clon at the Kowloon Yeung's demeanour in the box that Hospital soon after the explosion, he would not be fool enough to do and obtained a statement from him a thing like that if he was intent on regarding the outrage. Witness talking Lia's life.

went on to say that Liu Ping-chuen

suid that he saw Yeung Kwan-iu

come up to the entrance of the

hotel, then point at him (Liu) and

exclaimed "That's him to an-

to Liu Pichuen, Young

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