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POLICE TRAGEDY

CORONER INQUIRES INTO. RECENT SHOOTING

NO CARGO LICENCE

JAPANESE SCHOONER - MASTER'S STRANGE: TALE That deconsed had told a dane. afr. W. R. Miller, Chiet-Junk In- ing girl that he was going to poctor, proceeded against Keung Teol shoot himself just before actually wing before. Commander Hole at the doing so, was revealed yesterday Marine Court yesterday. The charge afternoon when an inquiry into was that defendant was found trading the death of Police Lance-Ser- in Hongkong waters without a cargo goant Lewis Valentine Baker was licence. commenced at the Central Magis-Datendant claimed that he was tracy

Japanese subject. He pleaded guilty schooner set out from Keelung for charge, saying. that his Takau, in southern Formosa, but ow- ing to a breakdown of his craft's on- gine he was driven down to Hong- kong in the stormy weather.

The inquiry was held before Mr. W. Schofield, sitting as Coroner, Gasisted by a jury composed of Messra. R. V. Dodd (foreman), | A. R. Tavares and Shing Fu-lam.

to the

Sergeant J. E. Scott, Police Wanchai. Aboard it was a cargo...

The schooner was found anchored Armourer, testified that that

positive revolver

ore.

revolver twaS a 38 short Police consisting of 82 cases of artificial

wilk and 127 bags of wolfram No. 117659. The magistrate convicted defendant, There was an expanded cartridge and imposed a fine of $100. shal in the revolver, which was of

six chambers, five of which wore

empty. The revolver had been roborative evidence of the dla recently fired. He was of the

opinion that the weapon was held covery of the body. not more than one inch from the head.

Liked to Dance,

Mias Nellie Kei, a dancing in- Lance-Sergeant G. Fryer dopos- structress employed in the Majes- ed that on November 6 at 11.30 tie Dancing Academy, tostified) p.m. he left the Central- Charge that she had known deceased for Room in company with Lanco-; over two years, first making his Sergeant Baldwin and proceeded acquaintance at the Paulino Danc up the western staircase of the ing Academy. He used to go there Central Police Station on his way to dance. Outside of the dancing to his room on, the third floor, hall, she had no dealings at al When on the landing, between the with him. second and third floors be heard

Discovery of Body.

sented.

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a sound like a revolver shot. He Witness did not ace him for asconded to the second floor and about a year. She next saw him asked an Indian constable, who about a week before his death. was sitting in the Indian meas I went to the Majestic Academy room, if he had heard any report and danced with her. He went and he replied in the negative.

again the two subsequent up nights. On the Thursday before the tragedy, he asked her to go Witness went to the third floor Hotel with him, but she put him to a len dance at the Hongkong with Sergeant Baldwin and pro-joff as she had a previous engage- ceeded to his (witness'a) room.ment. He asked her to go On arrival at the doorway of the Monday, November 5, and she con- room he saw the eastern half of the door was open and the lights were on in the room. On enter On Monday, she went up to the Ing the room he could smell gun longkong Hotel at 6.30 p.m. De- smoke, and on looking on the ceased naked her why she was late western alde of the room where as their appointment was at 5) · the deceased's bed was, he sawl p.m. She told him that she was Sergeant Baker lying across the sick, but had turned up in order! bed with his feet on one side and not to disappoint him. They then! his head on the uhiform box at started to dance. She told him the side of the bed. Blood was that she could not stay until the gushing from the mouth. He was end because she was not feeling fully dressed in civilian clothes. well and wanted to go home. She A revolver wns in bis right hand. left the Hotel at 6.30 p.m.

Witness called to Sergeant Baldwin whom he had left a ment ago, and asked him to stand to go on duty at 8 pm, that day, by while witness telephoned to and that he had to go back to the the Central Charge Room. Short Central Police Station.

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ly after that the Assistant Super- Intendent of Police (Hongkong) and Chief Detective Inspector Shannon arrived,

Deceased told her that he had

Had Been Drinking.

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left without her noticing it. She that deceased looked rather un-the receiver away from her. She had to attend to other people. Witness went back to work at

happy.

gathered that he thought she was The Coroner: Was there any. 3.30 p.m. and was surprised to thing unusual about him

Whilst dancing with her, deceas- going to ring up the Police Station Replying to his Worship, witness find docensed already there. He night?

that ed said, "I'm going to shoot my-because he said, "Don't ring up to Bald that the room was was dancing with another girl,

self."

the Police Station, I'm not going shared by three Sergeants, name but spoke to witness after the been drinking.

Witness: No, except that he had Coroner: Did you ask him why? to shoot myself." ly, deceased, Sergeant Cashman dance and said that his duty had

Yes, He replied that he was fed, Wilness told him that she was and witness,

Another dancing Instructress of up with life. been changed from 8 p.m. to mid- the Majestic Dancing Academy,

not ringing Replying further, witness sald night. He appeared to have been Miss Pak Ching-wa, told the I didn't pay any attention because

What did you think of that?-- to a friend up to the Station but that he saw no other person in drinking. He later told her that Court that on the night of Novem- I thought he was under the in- with her and said, "You are too the room when he found Sorgeant he had, and naked her not to be ber 6 deceased told her that he fluence of drink, Baker. Before entering the room annoyed with him.

late." She did not know what he he saw nobody in the verandah

had a girl in Singapore but that Witness continued that Deceased stayed in the Academy she was so young that he could then went out with the Intention

she meant by that. or on the staircase.

until after 10 o'clock. He gave not marry her. She was only 17 of telephoning, to

The Inquiry was adjourned un- Sergeant Baldwin

gave cor-her a book of dancing tickets, and or 18, he told her. Witness stated censed followed her out, and took".m.

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