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Mr. Morris' roaches the Ilmit early next year, and his retiremont will become effective

With the departure on retire ment on September 8 of Mr. Joseph Morris, Chief Accountant of the Kowloon Canton Railway, after a period of Home leave. the last link with the Railway His wife and family are at present i 'construction, staff will be severed. in England.

When, at the age of 27, Mr. Keenly interested in sport, Mr. Morris came to Hongkong in 1907, Morris has, for many years, been work had just commenced on the Hon. Treasurer of the, Railway construction of the Colony's only Recreation Club.

overland link with the outsido His succennor as Chief Account- world. Mr. Morris was gazoited|ant at the K.C.R.. will ha

Mr. Chief Accountant of the KC,H,|A. J. C, Taylor, who has been Railway Construction, and when associated with the Hongkong the railway, was opened to trafic Police service for over 25 years, in 1910, his services were retained and latterly has been Chief in a similar capacity.

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH TUESDAY,

FEROCIOUS INVALID PASSPORTS

ATTACK

POST MORTEM

MARINERS DESERT U.S. SHIP

Mian Khan, an unemployed Watchman, Wan this

ON MISS MARUmorning fined $10 or in default 14

INJURIES ALL

·OVER BODY.

days hard labour and an expulsion order was made against him by Mr. Hamilton, at the Central Magistracy, for, having entered the Colony without a valid passport.

Sergeant Russell stated that de- The savagery of the attack on fendant had been employed in the Japanese-masseuse, Miss Canton for the past six years. He

AUGUST 21, 1934.

PRISON ESCAPE PLOT RUMOUR

AL CAPONE AND ALCATRAZ

OFFICIALS KEEP SILENCE

(Special to "Telegraph")

fly Telegraph. Copyright. Telegraphis Riem

Maru, et 566, Nathan Road, had a passport, which had expired, Ordinanes, 2500 Reprived August whore she lived alone in the and he told the Police he had lost 21, 9.35 4.md ground floor flat, was fully, re-it. vealed by க post-mortem examination held by Dr. Smalley

runiours. 7.

Atlanta, Aug. 20. Defendant pleaded ho had lost

Birds of a feather flocking to- yesterday afternoon following his passport fù Canton,

gether to the new prison in San the ducovery of the body.

Francisco Bay, America's Devil's Mr. Hamilton told the man he Island, were plotting a fit away Besides the wound In the centre had no business to come down to before they got there and might of the forehead and another, Hongkong in that case. People have succeeded but for informa- caused by a knife or dagger, like him wore a regular nuisance, tion of the plot reaching the au- which had pierced the skull in thend he would start giving three thorities, according to startling left temple near the eye--the months hard labour soon. early indications of the cause of death-multiple Injuries were found on

head and body, Two Americana, Harry Strick suggesting that a blunt instrument and Louis Paul Warner, sold to had been wielded with unexampled be deserters from the American Prison officiala at Atlanta Prison forocity.

ship the Gold Mountain, belonging to-day declined to confirm or deny Several ribs were broken and to the States. Steamship Company, the rumours, which suggested the the skull was almost battered, in.were also charged with having discovery of the plot. Death, according to the surgeon.entered the Colony without a was due primarily to a fractured valid passport, and were remanded skull and cerebral haemorrhage." until 10 a.m. on August 27 in

As previously stated, no custody.

the

DESERTERS FROM SHIP.

How much truth there are in the reports, it has been impossible to

acertalı,

Another version of the alleged affair rumours that it was the discovery of a plan to escape from weapons were found, and it was: Detective Sergeant Mottram anid Atlants that led to the decision left to the Police investigators to that owing to the fact they were to transfer Al Capone and forty- Beck, in the personal affairs of deserters, the Consul was not pre- two other convicts to Alcatraz. tho dend woman, a possible cluc pared to support them. They to the motive if it were not robbery came to Hongkong on August 10, as has been suggested by signs of The Police were trying to get the rooms having been ransacked them a passage on the President Alcatraz, to which prison he was MONEY OVERLOOKED. Taft and would ask for an exdespatched under heavy guard to-

pulsion order then.

LA

OLD "FRIENDS":

When Al Capone reaches

day, renches the island to serve Investigations have led to the

his eleven years' Defendants pleaded they had the remainder discovery of at least one fact- that the woman was in an insel-registered themselves at the Con- sentence, he will have as compan- vent business state, and

sulate, but had no proper passions, a group of other desperadoes Indebted in a fairly large sum to poris,

Including his rum-running enemics in Chicago.

one person.'

At the time

WAS

of her death she

Although he did not know it. they travelled on the same train.

to

was in possession of a sum in the servants' quarters, and made ready cash, which she kept at herļa sudden onslaught for which the home, and some $50 of this which victim was entirely unprepared. It is reputedly impossible appears to have been overlooked] A theory that he may have been escape from the San Francisco-| when the assallant disturbed a customer, or came in the guise prison island, owing to the danger- articles of furniture in a not top-of a customer, has been discounted) rous swirling currents round its systematic search, was found by by the undisturbed appearance of shores, although an expert swim- the Police.

the couch in the room set aside mer recently swam from the main- The bellef is held that the for her business. The fact is not land to the island and back to de- assailant at some time or other accounted as unusual at this time monstrate that the feat was mado a surreptitious entry into of the year for her lightly elad impossible-Reuter Special the flat, hid himself possibly in condition.

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