1935-03-25 — Page 3

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

MONDAY, MARCH 25, 1935.

MURDER BY GERM

INOCULATION WITH PLAGUE

TWO PERSQNS

CONVICTED

show symptoms of lockfaw, the con- spiratore; the prosecution alleged, decided on more drastic action.

EXPERIMENTS ON PARTS

At the Haffkine Institute, Bom-

buy, research is (continually going on to find cures for disenses and polsona, So Benoyendra went to Dombay, but found that only n qualised practitioner- could obtain serum from the Institute. Then Dr. Taranath Bhattacharya "came on the scene; Mósily due to his The germ murder ense ended standing, and the fact that he was recently with two death sentences alleged to have said that he was and two acquittals, one doctor and experimenting with a eure, for a brother-in-law being found guilty bubonic plague, the cultures were. and two doctors being found not obtained. guilty. They were Rcessed

Calcutta.

of

murderingman by injecting|x Bombay biri denter said that- plague bacilli into him t the Benoyendra went to him to buy crowded Howrah railway station while rats. He had none at the here.

The case, which contained all the elementa of a "thriller" novel, ha been before the courts, in one phase or another, since December. 1932, It concerned :~

Amarendra Chandra Pande, aged twenty-one, with a large interest in an ancestral estate, who died of plague on December 4, 1932:

time, but the next day · obtained some and sold two to Beneyendra for 78. 6d, and a few days later sold him three others for Ds. The stomachs of these white rats were shaved. The serum WAH rubbed into the skin, and the rats died of plague.

The scene shifted from Bombay to Calcutta. It was alleged that Benoyendra searched for crowded Benoyendra Chandra Pande, his places where a hypodermic syringe step-brother, found guilty of plot-could be used on Amarendra in ting his death to obtain possession comparative safety, because the of the whole of the estate, and press of people would prevent his knowing exactly what happened or Dr. Taranath Bhattacharya, known for research work in Cal-who was the culprit.

cutta, found guilty of conspiring | the murder.

AUNT'S INTUITION, Howrah Station, always crowded, The two doctors who were ne-was selected, the idea being that quitted are Dr. D. R. Char and Dr. Amrendra should de 'at a distance Shivapada Bhattacharya, both well- known here,

CONTINUAL DISPUTES The motive was explained by Benoyendra's desire to chatu poR. session of the whole of the ancestral estate, which he administered, and about which there had been con- tinual disputes between him and his step-brother. The first attempt at murder, it was said, was made by amenring tetanus serum on the bridge of a pair of new spectacles, presented by Beneyendra to Ama- rendra, who returned them na they

from Calcutia, and so give the suggestion that he had contracted the disease on his journey, Ama- rendra went to Pakar, about 150 miles away, but returned the next day, November 29, 1932, as he felt unwell and wished a blood test to be mule. He also described what tappened at the station. Some of the

were

most eminent doctors brought into consultation, but he tied five days later, and his body was barnt.

One of the most interesting wit

Three stalwarts of the British government as they left a'conference on the new parcs treaties being arranged by England and France at No. 19 Downing St, London, home of the British Prime Minister. Left to Right, Mr. Neville Chamberlain, Mr. Walter Runciman and Mr. Anthony Eden.

P. I. CONSTITUTION

MOMENTOUS MEETING AT

WHITE HOUSE

Washington, Mar. 24. President Roosevelt yesterday! approved of the new Constitution! for the Philippine Islands tu the, presence of distinguished

EXPLOITING SUFFERING

MEN WHO POSE AS SPECIALISTS

make up auralists' prescriptions and also diagnose less serious cases themselves. Just, as opticians now

do.

GOING ON FOR YEARS

gathering, which Included M MEDICAL DEMAND only within the last decade

Mr.

FOR AUTHORITY

The exploitation of the deaf has been going on for years, but it is that Janything like a scientific examina- nes was the seventy-your-old (Claro M. Reen, President of the of the dead man, Buni Constitutional Convention,

tion of the ear has been possible. did not fit. The prosecution unt averred that Benoyendra said this rotirmayer Devi, who said she had Frank Murphy, Governor General

The Audiometer. an instrument was nonsense, placed them on his heard of the spectacles insident and of the Phillpplies, Mr. M. Quezon, Juse of the station incident. She President of the P. 7. Senate, Mr. brother's nose, and forced the alleged that for two years he had Cordell Hull and others.

which is a by-product of the Im bridge down so firmly that, le carried on silent battle for the

mense strides made in wireless and witness said Amarendra told him.

afety of her dead nephew against his approval of the Constitution,, In the House of Commons recent-sound reproduction, was frat des "It felt as if a vein in my head had the plottings of Benoyendra. She named Mr. Reets as an Associately.Sir Francis Fremantle asked the cribed in the Lancet" by C, B1. R. burst."

Thad known, by intuition, that there [Justice of the Philippines Supreme Minister of Health whether he was Balbi ten years ago, Although Anakendra began, to was a plot, but could not, foil it. Court-United Press,

The President, in announcing

Child eats big meals...no

MOTHER IS HAPPY NOW longer run-down or cross

DOCTOR, SHE WON'T EAT, WON'T

PLAY, SHE'S RUN-DOWN AS YOU CAN SEE, NERVOUS AND CROSS,

WHAT IS WRONG?

NOTHING SERIOUS, JUST GIVE HER A

LITTLE CASTORIA TOMORROW MORNING,

Doctors know what is usually wrong when a child won't eat, is cross and weak. Intestinal absorption, occur ring even when a child's habits may scem regular, polsons the system, upsets the nerves, impairs digestion

.. Son little Castoria is prescribed.

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MOTHER'S

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HOW SHE HAS IMPROVED!

WHAT IN THE WORLD HAVE YOU DONE TO HER? SHE LOOKS SO

MUCH LIVELIER

·AND----

HEALTHIER,

(GAUL HER CASTORIA){ [ON DOCTOR'S ORDERS

IT'S MARVELOUS!

"NO MORE CROSS

FRETFUL SPELLS.

SHE PLAYS ALL DAY AND BATI LIKE) A LITTLE BEAR!

Then Nature does the rest. Appetite returns. The child can't get enough to eat. Disposition improves and Soun the little growing body fills out and becomes sturdy and strong. Now when your child won't eat, won't play, I cross and fretful-let a Httle Castoria restore buoyant health, Resulta will surprise you,

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(By A Special Correspondent)

London,

jaware that a number of persons

It has since

having no suitable qualifications much improved, and with its nid a were posing as specialists and pur-diagram similar to thy optician's porting to treat and cure deafness diagram can be drawn showing the and head noises, and whether he exact degree of deafness to be'cor- would take steps to protect those yeted. who were deaf from exploitation,

There is no doubt that dear nids

To this Sir E. Hon Young! replied that he was aware of the Would be used more than they are !facts as stated, but that he was if they could be made less expen- inwertesa to take steps as suggest-sive and in bulky. Hulk is un et in the last part of the question. Tortunately necessary-because-the- The National Institute for the Deaf-unly way of applying the proper was, he said, always prepared to correction to the sound amplifier is advise those who were deaton Through the medium of at least one suitable aids to hearing.

wireless, valve, for the operation of which batteries are necessary.

The For several years past there have been suggestions for the "Lancet" expense is due to the small number and other authoritative medical made and to the necessity of using journals that an effort should be very small high-grade parts, made to put the treatment of deaf- The National Institute for the ness, as regards aids, on the same Deaf, 105, Gower-street, London. footing as is the treatment of de- W., undoubtedly does very good fective sight.

work, but the real necessity is, as Opticians are registered after has been stated, for a properly con- Fassing a qualifying examination,stituted body of auricians. Such a and there can be no doubt at all body would give auralists confidence that there should be a body of in recommending deaf alds of qualified auricians who are able to proper design.

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