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CONTRACT BRIDGE

By W. E. McKenney

When playng a hand against the declarer, it is necessary to play the cards in such a manner as to give your partner a correct picture of your hand such as playing a deuce on his ace as a discouraging card, asking him to switch, while if you play a seven or eight spot, and the lower cards cannot be ac counted for, it is an encouraging card and asks partner to continue that suit. Or it he is running his own suit and you drop a high card of another sult, it shows that you would like that suit led next.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1932.

RUSSIAN GUARD'S

SUICIDE.

ALLEGATIONS IN LETTER

OF DEAD MAN

Allegations contained in a lotter which was left by a Russian Police guard, D. V. Mikhailovsky, after he had committed suicide at the old No. 7 Police Station on August 24. were investigated by Mr. Schofield and a jury at the Central Police Court yesterday afternoon when a Coroner's inquiry was con- of ducted into the circumstances the man's death.

The jury comprised Mesars. J. R. Brower (Foreman), E.M.H. Castro and Fung Yue-chung.

Ho

ap-

Addressing the jury the Coroner said: The present inquiry is into the death of one of the Russian Of course the declarer can make guards in the Guards' Quarters at

the old No. 7. Police Station. use of this information also, there had been shortly before discharged fore in the play of the hand you from the Police Force and WAS should watch carefully every card found on the morning of August that is played either for defensive 24 in a position giving every purposes or it may be the key to n

pearance of having shot himself. certain nice and play as was the case inHe left a letter in which the following hand.

allegations are made, and this in- quiry is being held in order to con- sider these allegations. He had been invalided from the Police only twelve days before. What these allegations were will come out in the course of the evidence.”

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Dr. R. S. Begbie, officer in charge was the of the Public Mortuary, first witness called. He described extensive injuries to the decenacd's a gun shot head resulting from wound. There was also marked and extensive tuberculosis of both lungs and tuberculosis of the whole surface of the liver and spleen.

Wound Self Inflicted.

In reply to the Coroner witness said that the wound was such that it was almost certain to have been self-inflicted.

tuberculoals The was in an advanced stage and show- South, the dealer, started the con-ed no signa of having been arrested tracting with one diamond. West

but was very active. Witness was passed and North bid one no trump of the opinion that the deceased East bid two spades. South passed would have died from the disease and North bid two no trump. Southwilian a year, and possibly within carried the contract to three no three months. trůmp.

The Play. Even though the declarer had showed the spade suit stopped East had no better opening than his fourth best spade-so he played the four spot. West covered dummy's nine with the ten and the declarer need not hold up, but correctly won the trick with the jack. A small diamond was played by the de- clarer and the queen finesse taken. West winning the trick with the king. *

Asked how the disease affected the mind of a victim witness said that it depended upon the person's

disposition. If he were cheerful it would make him more cheerful, and if he were melancholy it would make him more melancholy.

C.

same

the

A Russian guard, named Borovenko, who shared the room with the deceased on ground floor, told the Court that he knew Mikhailovsky about a year ago when he joined the guards, and that they had been on duty together on the Empress boate.

West returned the six of spades,

Discharged from Service. declarer played the eight which

Mikhailovsky, said witness, was forced East's king, a heart being

he discarded from dummy. East suffering from a cough when cashed his ace of spades upon which went into hospital several months dummy discarded a club. West ago. On his discharge from hos. now echoed in hearts, dropping the pital, he slept for two nights in the took the shooting room before eight spot.

place.

Mikhailovsky had mentioned that

dis.

East could see that there was no use trying to set up the spade suit as he had no-entry card. He there he was going to Shanghai, on the fore decided to abide by his part-next day, August 24, and he was

not in uniform, having been ner's request and led a heart charged from service. playing the nine spot. When East "I last saw him allve at noon on did not continue with a spade, heAugust 23," continued witness. also informed the declarer that he "He was then sitting in the room. had no possible entry, so West was That day I went on duty at 6p.m., now marked with the king of clubs and on my return at 10 p.m. as well as the king of hearts. Deturned into bed. I did not then see guard, clarer therefore went right up with Mikhailovsky. Another the ace of hearts in dummy and E.1, who shared the room with us then led a small diamond which he two, was sitting up. He also went wan in his own hand with the jack. to bed. He cashed the queen of spades, dis- carding a heart from dummy

Shot with Riße.

"I didn't carry a rifle when going He then led the five of liamonds on duty that night. It was kept and won with dummy's ace. Two on a rack and was still there when good diamonds in dummy were I turned in. I had no rifle am- cashed-on one of them West dis-munition, and did not know of any carded a club. This left him within the room.

the king and ten of hearts and the "During the night I heard a loud king and alx of cluba.

noise or explosion like the bursting

street. Such

noisco

arc

He made the mistake of discard-of a motor car tyre.. I did not open and ing the ten of hearts. All that the my eyes, because I was tired declarer then had to do was to thought it was merely a noise in lead a small heart from dummy.the West was forced to win with the king and must lead to the tenace position that the declarer and dummy heid in clubs

declarer's hand so that the squeeze play could not have been worked.

West had two golden opportuni- Secondly, he should not have dis- in- ties to defeat the hand-frat, if he carded the ten of hearts, but had refused to win the queen of stead should play the king of hearts diamonds when the finesse was to prevent the declarer from get- taker he would have blocked off the ting a position play on him.

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LATE MR. ROONEY

LAICHIKOK WARDER BURIED YESTERDAY

The funeral of the late Mr. Michael Rooney, warder at the Laichikok Gaol, who died on Wed- nesday, took place.yesterday after- noon at the Roman Catholic Ceme- tery at Happy Valley.

There was a large attendance, which included Mr. J. W. Franks, Superintendent of Prisons, Mr. F. A. Hopkins, Assistant Superinten. dent, Mr.J. C. Fitzhenry, Superin- tendent of the Fire Brigade, and a number of colleagues of the de- ceased.

frequent there.

"At 5.45 a.m. I woke up, got out of bed and took a towel in going to the bathroom. The other guard E.10 was still asleep. It was day- light, and I saw Mikhailovsky lying on the bed with the rifle beside him. There was a big hole under his chin.

"After the rifle had been taken away from the deceased by a detec- found it W23 mine. tive, >1 Mikailovsky never told me that he was going to kill himself.. I saw the letter (produced) lying on the bed beside the accused."

The inquiry was adjourned.

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