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Lorella Sayers. Richard Cromwell

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1932.

HOTEL TRAGEDY

INQUEST HELD IN KOWLOON YESTERDAY

AQUATIC SPORTS.

|R.A. FINALS DECIDED AT THE DEATH

V.R.C. YESTERDAY 4. It

bath

OBITUARY

OF WORLD-FAMOUS GYNAECOLOGIST

The tragedy at the Trocadero The finals of the Royal Artillery

London, Sept. 16. Hotel, Kowloon, on Augus, 4, when aquatic sports were decided at the One of the world's leading Mr. John Kanis, an agent of the V.RC.

yesterday afternoon, Commercial and Credit Informa- before a large attendance of apesta-gynecologiats, Bir Henry Simson,

At the conclualon of the meet- tion Bureau, was found dead in the tors. bath-room with the gas turned on, ing. Mrs. Dunstable, wife of Lt. Col. is dead in London. Sir Henry find a sequel at the Kowloon Magis. Dunstable, D.S.O., R.A.,, dintr-attended the birth of Princean

buted the prizes, tracy yesterday afternoon when

The full results were as follow: Elizabeth and Princess Margaret.

Miss an actress, Ho married Coronor, Mr. Fraser, sting na

25 Yards Dash-1, Gr. Olver; 2, conducted an Inquiry into the clr Br. Williams; 3, L/Br. Dolmer,

Unit cumstances attending his death.

Relay Race1, 12th. Bnt-Lena Ashwoll,, and closely asso- The deceased, the Coroner sald, tery; 2, 20th Battery; 8, 24th Bat- cisted himself with theatrical pro- was of Dutch descent, and had been tory.

ductions-Reuter's Special. Novices Race-1, Gr. Connor; 2,j married several weeks before his

Sir Henry John Forbes Simson, death. He lived with his wife at Gr, Trovett; 3, Gr. Ward.

100 Yards Free Style (open to Lock Road, a little distance away H.K.S.B.R.A.) 1. Inda Singh; 2, the aminort British surgoon, was from the Trocadero Hotel.

Dito;

born at Bareilly, India, in 1872. Jaswan Singh. AR Mrs. Kanis was not in the Colby 150 Yards Championship.1, Gr.

His father was a member of the at present, but her statement had Olver; 2, Gr. Harris; 3, Gr. Hyde.

Henry already been laken. In her state- 160 Yards Championship (W.O.'s Bengal Civil Service. Sir ment, she said she met deceased and N.C.0.)-1, Frost; 2, Br. Simson was, however, sent home to

Shanghai and married him in bod Harris.

Officer's'

Birt In-

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Hongkong. They lived quite hap- 100 Yards Open to Services.-1, Edinburgh for education and took pily until August 3, when he said Private Jamieson (A. and S. H.); 2, the M.B. and C.M. degrees at the he was going to a party at the Private Campbell (8.W.B.).

Race Capt. A. H. univeralty. After holding posts in Peak and asked her not to expect Musson; 2, Cant. F. W. Webb; 3, Lt. some of the chief hospitals of the him back for the night.

travelled Scottish capital he The next morning she was 50 Yrda Dash1, Gr. Williams; abroad for about a year to gain formed that her husband was dead. 12, Gr. Oiver; 3, Gr. Salmer,

wider

HB. experience, making After her husband's death, ahe Girls Race-1, Marjorie Williams; discovered that he was in financial 2, Derine Williams; 3, Miss Fleet longest stay in Egypt. He then started practice In London. dimcultica. Ho left a letter as-wood. king her to forgive him.

Boys' Kacc-1, D. Burns; 2, Hex Specialising in obstetrics, he was appointed surgeon to the Hospital Medical evidence confirmed that Burns; 9, H. Ciak. deceased dled of cont gas poisoning. Officers' and N.C.O. Relay Race-for Women and the. West London Hospital and was also made 1, Officers.

Battery Relay Race,-1, 12th Bat-examiner in obstetrics to the Con- cry; 2, 20th Battery.

Joint Board, London, and the

married.

Police Evidence,

Lane of being summoned to the

Evidence' was given by Inspector

AS.BL.A. Relay Race.-1, 5th University of Leeds. In 1903 he

Trocadero Hotel on the morning.

2, ith Battery. Diving, Gr. Hyde; 2, Gr. Olver;}

of August 4 and of finding deceased 3. Gr. Gardner.. dead in the bath-room. The gas

Breast, Buck and Free Style Race.

had been turned fall on, and all-1, Gr. Selley: 2, L/Br. Harris; 3, the little openings in the bath-Gr. Hyde. room had been stuffed with paper.

Lying on the floor of the bath- room, the

The Bedside Manner.

Sir Henry Simson's professional manner was particularly happy and even his colleagues were sometimes surprised at the ease and rapidity with which he gained the confid- Police found P. G. He occupied Room No. 16 and

ence of patients. A tall, sTim, clean- Wodehouse's famous comedy. "The fabout 11.30 p.m. he heard someone shaven mon of distinguished ap- Man Upstairs.".

in Room No. 17. Later he heard pearance and with amlling eyes, he Several letters were later found, somebody walking on the verandah. seemed to dissipate dread by his one to his wife, one to Mr. Lowe, He fell asleep between 2 and 2.30 mere approach. He was probably the proprietor of the Ilotel, and a.m. and woke up at 6.30 am. He the only eminent doctor who had threo to various people.

went to his bath-room and came out preached in a London church. One Opening some of the letters, the about 7.15 a.m. At that time there afternoon he found awaiting him a Coroner said they revealed that was a strong smell of gas, but he did letter from "Dick" Sheppard, the there seemed to have been nome not know where it came from. He misunderstanding between the de- told his bay about it, but the Intter ceased and his employers, whom he did not make inquiries. He oven- accused of deception. Deconsed tually traced the smell to another appeared to be under the impres: bath-room, which he found to be suicide, Coroner said deceased had sion that he had not been fairly closed. He knocked at the door, obviously made a plan beforehand. dealt with.

but receiving no response, pushed It was very, doubtful whether de- Mr. F. Lowe, of the Trocaderoit opon. He then saw the back of ceased was in a normal state of Hotel, deposed to seeing deceased, a man's head lying in the basin. mind, and he (the Coroner) who engaged Room No. 17 on He informed. Mr, Lowe, who in thought he was justified in assum- ing that the deceased was not. He August 3.

turn informed the Police.

would therefore return a verdict Mr. H. O. Davies, a clerk in the Government service, said he was a Referring to the case as a very of "Sulcide whilst of unsound resident at the Hotel on August S. determined attempt to commit mind."

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fargous vicar of St. Martin's-in, of York gave birth to her second the-Fields, inviting kim to address daughter, Simaon was her chier the congregation. Come in your medical attendant. Whether he ordinary kit,” the letter ran, "and "was responsible for the composition don't let the fact that you are in of the bulletin announcing the .n church cramp your style". happy event is not known, but d Going at once in bis "ordinary kit", contained a homely Scottish-ph he ascended the pulpit and deliver apropriate to the Duch ed an eloquent address, concluding nationality which he mi with an appeal for London's hond Udve written. It calighte pitals me danoundingstratie

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