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Mysterious

Death of

Magistrate

WOMAN COMPANION

QUESTIONED

occasionally received presants from Mr. Allen and referred to two choquae for Swan & Edgar's within

week, totalling 26 gulness. Mrs. Jackson said that Mr. Alion chose. clothes which he liked in catalogues and, bought them for her: he also paid all hor living expenses.”

NOT ALLOWED TO SPEND Mr. Walker: Don't think I attack you on this matter, but I niso made some little Investigation into the pass book, and I notice that whon you are with his cheques drawn to 'self' are greater than when you are not with him. May we take it that you were receiving, money 7- Yes, he bought me a lot. I was 'London. not allowed to spend my own money

UNUSUAL PROCEDURE

Lively passages marked the in- queat on Mr. Jefferys Charles Allan, at all.

an 86 years-old J.P. who was found) On some occasions you even dond with his face in the fire on atopped him buying you things? November 18 last at his home, Mill-You

House, Upwey, near Weymouth.

Was

Mr. Walker then referred to Mrs. Audrey Jackson, late com-ether cheques drawn for Mrs, Jack- panion-socretary to the magistrate, son including one for £300 and one "cross for £1,400, the latter being given intensive under examination, which became ao tense her to pay the rent and all nursing at one point that Mrs. Jackson's and living expenses for one year. representative declared: "It has He questioned her about Mr. Allen's come to this now-that the cross-income and Mrs. Jackson said she examlastion has developed into a had no idea of the amount of capital

he had apart from annuitles. trial for murder."

Mr. Walker referred 10 Mr. After half-an-hour's absence from the Court, the Coroner's jury Allon's alleged Intention to give brought in a verdict of "Accidental Mrs. Jackson £8,000, and Mrs. death and in our opinion no!ther Jackson said it was correct that Mr. Mrs. Jackson nor Mrs. Lawrence Allen wanted to provide her with not sure (her mother) had anything to do a week she was

whether it was £6,000 or £8,000. with it."

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

WEDNESDAY. JANUARY

1935

Don't be vague

ask for Haig

French Forces ware drawn up up outside Consulate recently to pay their respects to M. Jacques Meyrier, the Consul. General, who sailed for France with his family one hour later, The top photo shows the troops at the salute, while inset and below are to be even M. Moyriar and M. Wilden, the French Minister, standing at attention listening to the stir- ring straine

Mar. of Th.

Kušilnica.”

dispatched.

On my going to lift one in a clover

I have oft-times come across a

meadow, in this trance-like state, of the opinion that "given any time rabbit or a hero crouching and it suddenly zig-zagged and escaped between 20 and 30 minutes it would then simulating death as a means by laboured flight over the hedge. In the Coroner's summing-up

be possible for the head to be of escape. This can be under-I think most birds practice this EVENING OF DEATH

charred as the portion of skull I Major Symes (the coroner) Anid:

I am stood, for we all know how a dog feigning art, for I have noticed "It is not usual for a coroner to Mr. Walker then went on to quer saw, with that intense heat.

when the cruel sparrow-hawk In- allow counsel to address a jury.tion her about the events on the of the opinion that if Mr. Allch was turns up its nose at a dead thing.

sitting in that chair as represented

vades their haunts they immediate- My reason for deciding to do it was evening of Mr. Allen's death.

On Sunday Inst as I was ambling

ly "silence and freeze." that I was perfectly certain the Mr. Walker: I put it to you, Mrs. In the photograph, the Injuries evidence would be put more clearly Jackson, supposing you did intend which have been described could down my favourite green, loaning,

Many species of insects, I and, counsel had the opportunity of to put Mr. Allen on the fire, that have been caused in a certain man- a large frog (evidently not yet addressing you. This method of you could not have thought to nor accidentally, by his attempt to hibernated because of the mild feign death when you seizo them, weather), crawled and leaped in spiders notably; while many birds dealing with it has not constituted choose a more favourable moment rise from his chair. this in any way a trial. It is not in the week?-I have not thought

Mrs. Jackson is the wife of a front. Immediately I touched it it which appreciate a live beetle will trial. What you are here to do in about it. to inquire into the circumstances Mr. Walker: Do you realise It Rangoon pilot, at present on leave became perfectly rigid. I lifted it, give a dead one the go-by. Most In England. She originally joined of the death of Mr. Jefferys. Charles now? Yes, I suppose It Is Mr. Allen in 1930. Several times but It remained quiet, not a beloved of all our insecte in tho humble-bee. Watch him, top- motion, not even Allen." Turning to Mrs. Jackson's correct. suppose any night of

In its суев. evidence the Coroner sald: "You any day of the week.

she tried to leave him but he always when I laid it on a grassy spot it heavy, rolling and toppling from

to slay. She got have had unfolded to you a very Mr. Walker (referring to Mre begged her long and curious story. In so far Jackson's absence from the house married, however, in 1931 and. ro- fled precipitately. as her evidence has been verified it when she went to fetch Mr. Allen's mained with her husband for 16

months after that without having I have seen pheasants flutter and will foign death in order to elude has been found to be perfectly male nurse): I must put it to you true."

that you knew perfectly well that any communication with Mr. Allen drop as if shot dend, only to rise your grasp. So it' is that Nature at all. She went out to Rangoon again when the unwary sportsman Mr. Allen was on the fire, and that with him in the autumn of 1931 but made to claim his prizo. The shy in her quaint ministry is ever you were particularly agitated be cause you had not been able to get 1s a result of many letters from elusive coracrake is another adept yielding instruction to the teach-

when at bay. able and listening mind. Bigwond the nurse) and had in-Mr. Allen asking her to return tot felgning death tended Bigwood to make the dis-31rs. Jackson said that Mr. Allen him she eventually did so, in 1933, Mr. Walker during his Interroga-covery? No, I did not know that told her he wanted to be certain of tion of Mra. Jackson, asked: You Mr. Allen was on the fire,

When Mr. Walker sat down hoher fature and that he said he was said that Mr. Allen Interfere with

leaving her enough money so that she could live in England if she

Mr. Bldge appeared for Mrs. Jackson and Mr. W. Maitland Walker represented the police.

COUNSEL'S QUESTIONS

the maids. Did he also interfere had been questioning Mrs. Jackson with you 7--He told them what to for an hour and a half. Major wanted to.

Symen the coroner then put several do and how to do it.

Was it something physical? No,estions to her. Ile referred to I think he wanted to take care of the bottle of whisky which she hard me. When we were away in hotels left with Mr. Allen, and asked her I must not speak to anybody, I whether she thought he had had too must not go out alone, I must not much to drink, to which Mrs. Jack-

son replied in the wear short-sleeved dresses and I

must not have my window open in my bedroom at night. If I opened it ho would come and close it.

Mrs. Jackson Bald ahe had never had any improper relations with Mr. Allen. She said that when she first went to Mr. Allen as his secretary he paid her £5 a month. "He did not pay this for very long" sho added, "because he did not want to treat me as his secretary and did not want to pay me wages.”

for Mrs..

It has been sug Mr. Ridge gested that Mr. Allen was on the fre before, you left the house. Your baby was in bed 7-Yes.

BABY PUT TO BED

Mr. Ridge: Would you have left your baby in the house where there was likely to be a fire? -No.

Dr. Deveroux anid that certain experiments had been conducted at Mr. Walker asked her if she {MIH House and he said that he was

ANIMALS FEIGN DEATH

By J. T. AITKIN

During my wayfaring in the quiet country places I have en- countered many instances of the cuteness of animals in feigning death when cornered.

The other morning while 1 wag crossing a field with a farmer friend a wensol bolted from an old stone dyke. We went in hot pur suit. After an exhausting chase we cornered the weasel in a cul- de-ane. Here to our surprise it Iny motionless an if dead. Re- treating to a distance, we watched. The weasel, seeing that the const was clear, bounded over a wal! and escaped,

once saw a

poor fox when cornered by the hounds felgn death to elude the dogs. It lay inert, completely puzzling the dogs, whe stood still. The fox made a bound away and holed in an adjoining plantation, only to be dug out and

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