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HE MADE HIS BET AFTER

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But his dark horse became a nightmare!

THE

HONGKONG

SUICIDE VERDICT

TRÁGIC DEATH LEAP OF

FORMER EDITOR

A jury's verdict of "Bulelde, with no evidence to show the state of his mind,“ closed the last chapter in the fragedy of Willam Lewis Plow who, on July 19, throw hira self from the eighth floor of the stantaneous death, on the crowded parement below.

TELEGRAPH.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1934.

at the Y.M.CA. He did not seem depressed, though he had failed to get work. Jie sald ho had been living at the Hotel Cecil and was going to live in a flat at Happy Valley.

Lator the same day Ploy naked witness to cash a cheque but was not upset when he refused to do so.

PIT SCRAMBLE

PRICE OF GRAINS SENT SOARING

Chicago, Aug. 7.

Gloucester Building to crash to In- for some time. He might have beents of a fresh heat wave

The Inquest was conducted by Mr. Q. A. A. MacFadyen at the Central Magistracy yesterday, with a jury comprising Messrs. Chong Tze-yu, Jeremian. Lam Sulman, and Ng Ch Wan.. Before summing up," tho Coroner went with the jury to the parapet to assure themselves that deceased could not have fallen over accidentally.

Inspector J. Murphy was present on behalf of the police.

The first witness called was Dr. i. D. Pringle, medical afleer in charge of the Victoria Mortuary,, who de poned as to a post mortem examina tion of the body,

Terrible Injuries.

! In his evidence witness said Plew was about 88 years of age. Bia skull was very extensively fractured; all liis ribs wore broken; the spino, right shoulder, elbow, and ankle were frac. tured, and the internal organs were lacerated. Death was caused by mul tiple injuries.

"He was not of a jovial tempora- mont, but was usunily quite normally Scenes reminiscent of the crazy contented. don't think he was descones of the 1929 stock market pressed by his wife leaving him, as stump which cast their shadow he had probably boon expecting that around the world, wero onacted to-day in the Grain Pits. depressed by lack of money and

ap- work," said witness.

Hongkeng Daily. Press, doposed elt coupled with Mr. F. M. el Arculli, Journalist, of preaching the American "Corn advices of that he knew Plow 10 years ago, but Rotterdam, and Buenos Aires, sent

rison sharp

in prices from only came to know him well when he joined the staff of the newspaper the prices of all grains soaring,

The result was a stampede in in 1930 as Night Editor.

the Pita. Enormous trade AWAR done, amidst the most hectle con- "Ile was a nice fellow when he was fusion. As the trading soared, so sober but he was very partial to did the prices. Buyers, many of drink," witness said. "He was given them with three monthe notice and loft in and tumbled over themselves and one foreign connections,

Dismissed His Job.

Ile hail asked for another chance mid

this was given on condition taat be another in order to make pur- would do lile work properly which chases, and the price rose rapidly nivant regular hours in the offico-but and steadily towards a new season- he refused to be treated like ajable high level.

school-boy' and naked me to typo a After a visit to Illinois and Iowa letter for him, to the Managing a Chicago crop expert reported that Director, saying that he could not corn there had deteriorated rapidly stay under those circumstancea.

His notice expired at the end of many sections during the last and he belloved the May, but he actually left before few days having turned up for work one night senson's yield would be scarcely 75 in an incapable condition, when I had per cent, of the amount consumed to take over his work. He was given in the past season. his cheque the next day and told to when he came to the office under the leave. I saw him ten days Inter. He said he had

Mr. Alfred J. Palmer, of the Union Insurance Company, and living at 453, The Peak said ho had known influence of drink. Flow for six years. In May last, no money and had had to sell his

furniture, Flow, lant his position as Night Editor of The Honglong Daily Press and wit- nesa lost sight of him until June 7, when he called at the office for chat.

"He said his wife had left him and he was going to xut a divorce. He was very drunk and I could not say whether ho was depressed or not. Plow was suffering from an injury When sober, however, he was men to his ankle and witness took him totally sound." the Matilda Hospital, where he re- Witness formally identified deceas- mained until July 10.. Witnesa anw.

mones.

hlm occasionally in the hospital and Wong Kwong, room boy at the posted some letters for him, includ-Gloucester Building sald Plow booked ing ona to "F. Plow, Craigmont, a room on the sixth floor about 11 Peebles" containing a request for Pm, and turned in after drinking a

Several times afterwards, whisky. Plow had to be reassured that the Wong Hung, dining room bay, anld letters had been posted and he was Plow was sitting in the loungo en the disappointed not getting any reply, top floor about 8 n.m., reading a paper Mrs. Plew. left for fonso a week and as witness passed he ordered n after her husband had been admitted gin and tonic. to hospital. After he had been dis- charged, Plow visited witness at the office and suld he was going to try ta give up drinking and get a job.

Heavy Drinker,

"I was aware that he was a heavy drinker," added witness.

Continuing. Mr. Palmer said he saw Plew on the evening of July 18. He looked very well, but it appeared that he had been drinking, and witness suggested that he should go and live

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Letter Tragedy.

Ho declined to alga a chit then and said it could wait, About half an hour later he made a similar order, which was supplied, and then ordered a third drink and como cigarettes,

He still did not sign the chit book. Witness went into the dining room and when he returned, Plew had dia | appeared. Witness reported the matter, as he thought Piew was avoid ing payment and that the drinks

I

This expert added that the situa- calamity for the farmers-Rou- tion was nothing short of a

ter.

would have to be met out of his own pocket.

Sergt. T. J. Hemsley gave evidence of enquiries be made which suggested that Plow had jumped off the eighth door. A letter, found on the body, was addressed to Mrs. Ple

The Coroner said he could confirm from other private letters and from a bank that Plew had written for money. The letter from the bank arrived at Matilda Hospital shortly after decensed was discharged.

The jury and Coronar then visited the scene of the tragedy and the latter summed up the evidence.

Mr. MacFadyen sald there was no evidence to show that any person was in any part responsible for Plew's death. The jury had seen that the parapet was too high for him to have fallen over. If they agreed on a ver diet of suicide, they must remember that there was also no evidence to show the state of his mind.

The jury returned verdict In ne- cordance with the direction of, tho Coroner, and said that if it was prac teable the parapet should be aur- mounted with iron spikes with fan spikes at the front corners.

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