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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

SATURDAY, AUGUST

BERNARD

DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM MORRIS

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RAN AWAY FROM HIS "MYSTIC BETROTHAL" ' TO-DAY Mr. Bernard Shaw tells the story of his "mystic betrothal," when he was a poor and unsuccessful young man, to the daughter of William Morris.

In a characteristic prefurn to "William Morris, Artist, Writer, Socialist" (two vols.: published to-day by Blackwell, 528, 6d. b the daughter, May Morris, he writes of the time when Morris and he were fellow Sobjalist Agitators:

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1936,

SHAW'S

SECRET

LOVE

Executed After Two Confessions

FREDERICK HERBERT daughter, confessed to both crimes, CHARLES FIELD, the 32- and in eneh čaks later withdrew his

confession. year-old aircraftsman who con fessed to two murders and with- In the case of Norah Upchurch. drew both confessions,

WRS') even hanged at Wandsworth Prison last month for the murder of Mrs. Beatrice Sutton on April 4.

A woman in a motor-car addressed the paves rowd of about 200 on ment opposite Use prison. A minute before nine o'clock she said "Take off your hats, you men, Have you no respicet for death at all?"

A voice-Go hear. How would you like your sister'strangle?"

appeal to remove their hats.

Few of the men responded to her

Among the growd outside the pri Aun were the sister of the dead won and a number of her friends.

CONTEMPLATING SUICIDE

his detailed statements could not be sufficiently corroborated to secure his conviction at the Old Bailey.

Hy his second confession he xot foot inquiries which led to convic tion.

SENT TO SHOP

One of the leatures la the murder of Norah Upchurch was that the dis. covery of her body was made by Field himself and the manager of the Arm which emplogert him.

Field - wns.sent to the chep where i The erin was romtaltted to remove! some signs,

When inquiries were begun, -Field ¦ KAY a description of the man in whom he said he had given the keys of the shop.

Field hod declared that he mar Later he identified 'n man in the idered Mrs, Sutton to "put himself on custody of the police, but this man "Now it happened that among the the spat." as he was contemplating was able to clear himself with many beautiful things Morris'a suicide but “could not bring himself | nubi. two beautiful houses WIN B very to do the net.” beautiful daughter, then in the flower of her youth.

"I was a bachelor then, and likely to remain so...I was so poor that 1 could hardly have supported Morris's | daughter for a week on my lovmno for a year...

NO WORD OF LOVE "One Sunday yening, after lectur ing and supping, I was on the thres- hold of the faminersmith house when I turned to make my farewell, al as this moment she come from the dining-room into the hall.

"I looked at her, rejoicing in her lovely dress and lovely self; and she looked at me very carefully and quite deliberately made a gesture of assent with her eyes.

was immediately conscious! that a Mystic Betrothal was regis- tered in Heaven; to be when all the material should melt away."

fulfilled į obstacles

Mr. Shaw goes on cheerfully to ob serve that he did not think it nece4- sary to say anything" because his own fortunes were certain to be made soon, since "subconsciously I had no doubt of my rank as a genius,"

Besides. it would have been İme. parsible for "a coarne-Communist

into

Then on July 15. 1933. Field Marlborough-street Police Station and said that he wished to confess to the murder.

One passage from the repindlated walked confession wh

"1 had never seen the waman before in my fe, and had not the least intentions

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At the Old Bailey, however, Field towards her. | repuliated his confession.

I just murderest her because wanted to murder, someone.”

Mrs. Sutton was murdered at her flat in Clapham.

A girl called Nora Upchurch was found dead in an empty shop in Shaftesbury-avenue on September 26,

1931.

Field, a married man with a young

said,

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His "confession," he ninde in order to force a trial and clear his name from the suspicion which had remained ever since the inquest.

Mr. Justice Swift tried the case, He pointed out to the jury that, ex leept for this confession, there was

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evidence against Field. A ver illet of Not Guilty was returned.

JOINED RAF.

Field then joined the R.A.. ns store-keeper, but on March 24 this year he deserted."

On April 1 Mrs. Beatrice Sutton, who was 48, was found dead on her beef at her duc in Edgeley-road Clap- ham. There were no lgns of a struggle

It was thought that her death-was a natural one unul a post-mortem examination revealed that she was the victim of a dircase which would cause her death if only slight prea- sure, were applied to her throat.

The examination showed that, in fact, she had been stranglesi.

IN CUSTODY

At that time Field was in the custody of the R.A.F. authorities at Hendon in connection with some missing cheques, and in relation to thin was seen by a police inspector. To the inspectar Field made a con- fession.

"I was fed up with being short of money," he said, "so I thought

would Ket what dough I could and de myself in, but when it came to the time I hadn't the guts, so I thought I would stick myself in the position where some- body else would do it. I went to her

and place

done her in, and, as you might say, put myself on the spol."

Field of

Once again Frederick peared at the Old Bailey on a charge of murder, an once again he re- pudiated the confession he had made,

osat Morris du THERE'S AN HB COMING OFF THE ICE IN A MINUTE

desperately insolvent marriage."

"BREACH OF FAITH"

So I made no sigh at all: I had no doubt that the titing was written on the skies for both of us.

#BODVOJGCSCECECEUNCHENGSEJDONDA tion, and I suspect to that of Morris

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"Suddenly, to my utter stupefac.

alve, the beautiful daughter married one of the comrades,"

This, admits Mr. Show gaily, was "entirely my own fault for taking the Mystical Betrothal for granted; int regarded it, and still regard it in spite of all reason, as the most -monstrous-breach of faith in the

history of romance."

But this was not the end. The Young Shaw, ruffering frem overwork. wde invited to stay för n Boliday with the young couple.

"VANISHED"

"Everything went well for a tim in that enage a traia But the viointed Betrothal was avenging 11- self....Her legal marriage had dis-i solved as all illusions do, and thei mystic marriage asserted itself irre sistilly I had to consummate it or

vanish."

I was evident,, apparently, Abat; "the Betrothal would not suffer the | menage a fruit to be an janorent arrangement; and a scandal would

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damage, not only them Eat the Cause.

"The more I' rensoned, about situation the worse it was doomed to appear. So I did not argue about it. I vanished,"

THE OLD spell

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And the husband vanished too! What caused the rupture Mr. Shaw does not know, but there was A divorce and the abolished him root and suming her

fameus maiden nane. Forty years ter Mr. Shaw was motoring through Gloucester when: "the spet of Kelmscott Manor cume #pon me." The deer was thrown open to him as if I had been away fur ten minutes or sa; and presently the beautiful daughter and I, now barn- Jess old folks, met again as if nothing had happened."

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