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The Bidding.

The hand was played in an aug- tion champianship match. South, the dealer. passed, West bid one no trump which bought the con-

Tract.

At contract bridge, the bidding would be South pass, West one no trump, North pass, East bid four no trump inviting partner to go to a alam, but as West holds a mini- mum, he must pass.

The Play.

VILLAGE ROAD MURDER

ZIMMERN UNDER LONG CROSS-EXAMINATION

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The Public Prosecutor (Mr. R. E. Lindsell) is for the Crown: Mr. G. K. Hall Brutton for the accused, while Mr. Peter Sin is holding a watching brief in the interests of

Edward Zimmern, the principai

we alighted and walked down to the Chu Han Club by a sloping road.

Cheng was not the man as I bad known him before. He was ner-

vous and shaky, and his face was pale.

The Public Prosecutor: Did he the pre-give any reason for getting out of the the Austin car at the Kwong, Hol Keo and going by this route to West Point?-Not that I can re. member.

Was the Austin ranning all right as far as the Kwong Hoi Koe?- Yes.

witness for the Crown.

Continuing his evidence from where he had left off at vlous hearing, Zimmern told Court that after arriving at Village Road on the night of the murder, car in Cheng drove the Austin which Zimmern and Lau were also seated, right round Happy Valley,

On the

way: and then to town. oald Zimmern, Cheng turned round twice, as though he felt that some- one was following him. He turned round once at Daibutsu's (Arsenal Street) and witness asked him if someone was following the Cheng looked nervous.

Mr. Lindsell: What exactly do you mean by nervous?

Witness: Pretty shaky with hia hands. I naked him what was the matter and he gave me no reply. Rupper. At 1.30 a.m.

Witness, answering further ques- Club. Mr. Cheng was still there tions, said the accused drove the when I left, and he did not leave

car.

hour

car at about 25 miles an which was faster than his usual After passing the military speed. barracks. near the Hongkong Cricket Club's ground, Cheng gave Lan a dollar and said he was unablo to take him to the Chu Han Club that night as Lau might have A little trouble with his mother. further on, he gave Lau $10 and this for yourself, said: "Use

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spend it in the morning." Witness suld that the then driven to the Kwong Hoi Keg firm in Queen's Road Central. There Lou got out and went away; Mr. Lindsell: Describe, in exact detail, as well as you can remember, what happened Inside?

North has the opening lead. His two long sade are lath hended by kings, and while we hesitate to open from a suit headed by a king, there are times when this, is the only opening in the hand. As the heart Buit is the longest the fourth best heart is led-the seven spot which the, declarer allows to ride around to his jack. The declarer then starts the spade sult, leading ace and queen from

Witness: First he told the his hand, and then the three spot. "boy" to get someone to park his winning the third trick in the car in the garage. He closed the dummy with the jack. On the main entrance himself and locked three spades. North follows with the door. He then peeped out the 10 of spades and discards the into the street through, a shutter six of diamonds and the six of in the door. Then he got hold of clubs. South follows with theme by the front of my jacket .... five, six and seven of spades, The king of apades is returned from dummy. West, the declarer, dis- carding the deuce of hearts. North dropping the four of hearts.

Doclarer then starts the clubs suit from dummy, leading the king and queen of clubs and then the seven of clubs from dummy. South discarding the seven of din monda. Declarer wins the trick with the jack, and North discards the eight of hearts. The ace of clubs is then led by declarer, North dropping the three of dia monds, dummy following with the five of clubs and South playing the deuce of diamonds,

You will notice that South first played the seven and then the deure of diamonds in order to ad Vise partner that he held queen of diamonds, as the dis carding of the six and three of diamonds by North showed South

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"Fung is Dend."

Mr. Lindsell: Notice anything about him at the time?

A Little Gamble. We arrived at West Point at 11. Mr. 10.30 or a quarter to Cheng took over ten per cent. of the bank in a game of paikau and made 351. The game, lasting for took us to 11.80 about an hour,

After or a quarter to midnight. that he watched other people gambling. At

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I left the

The Public Prosecutor: Describe the circumstances of your leaving the Club.

to

go,

Zimmern: Mr. Cheng took me out "Here is fifty on to the verandah. dollara," he said, "I want you to go to Canton." I asked him why, and he replied: "The trouble is that you drink and talk too much." told him that it would be very but foolish for me he insisted, telling me that he would follow me afterwards, 1 asked him "Why Canton?", and he remarked that there was the long distance telephone with which he would be keeping in touch mo. He gave me the names of two Chinese hotels at one of which I was to stay at Canton.

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Ile gave me the fifty dollars, and i asked him how about Christie, He told me not to say anything to Mr. Chriatic and gave me a further ten dollars to hand to him, for his yaak faan 1.u, rice eating,

A week or ten days before this conversation I had told Mr. Cheng that there were no prospects for mo with this business of following him I to the cinemas and gambling places, and that I would be going to Canton.

Witness: Just as he entered, felt his hand. It was icy cold. I asked him what was the matter and said, "If someone is trying to look for you and give you a hiding, I am here to protect you" and he replied "No, follow me." It was then that we went into the Kwong Koi Kec.

What happened inside?-He got hold of my coat and told me "Fung is dead." I was surprised and asked "How do you know?" and he In my replied, "Lai rang me up house and Sworc vengeance." Witness said that accused went on to say "I warn you not to speak to anyone about this, because if you do, you know what the consequence will be." I said "All right, all right, won't talk, I won't tell."

Left for Canton.

On leaving the Chu Han Club at 4.30 am. I went back to the Tung- shan Hotel, and found Christle sleeping in Room No. 50. I roused him and, saying something to him, We went Christie gave him the ten dollars. out and had some congee. returned to the Hotel and I left that morning on the Faishan which sailed at 8 o'clock.

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Prior to boarding the I bought a newspaper from a seller near the Hongkong Hotel in order to find out if what Mr. Cheng had told me about Mr. Fung was true.

At Canton I stayed at the Tung Room No. 632. I was there for four or five days. The fifty dollar bill I received from Mr. Cheng I changed with a gentle- who had gone up for his Easter holiday, Mr. Percy Edwards, (Continued on Page 10.7

Ah Hotel, in I had at that moment a cigarette where the king of diamonds was. In my mouth, and searching for Declarer leads the four of din match in my waistcoat pocket I monds and North, disregarding the found the receipt given by Messrs. information obtained from part-Lo and Lo, and asked Mr. Cheng ner, plays the nine of diamonds, what he was going to do with the dummy wits the trick with the paper. He took it from me and ace, and then returns the eight of threw it into the back yard of the diamonds which North la forced house.

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