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REBELS ATTACK COAST CITIES

(Continued from Page 1.)

the son of General Dellano, disguised us a sailor, bark to the warship,

The cruiser landed "the refugees" at Tangler.

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SOLDIERS ON GRAVE

CHARGES

(Continued from Page 1)

torch and showed the meter. which said $1.10. The passengers got out of the taxi and walked to the rear where they had a discussion.

AUGUST

18, 1936.

Harker's own interest I advise you to leave well alone.

Third accused when asked if he hud any questions said: When I halled your taxi, do you say you were moving

Witness: Yes.

Third accused: You were station- ary, though the engine was running.

IDENTIFICATION

CHINA COTTON & YARN CO.,

brokers for

CHINESE COTTON AND YARN `

as dealt by the

Chinese Cotton Goods Exchange Ltd.,

of Shanghai.

DAILY CABLE QUOTATION SERVICE

ENQUIRIES INVITED

One of them called out "Come

Mr. W. Le Bart Sparrow, A.S.P., The driver turned to look but here." did not get out. The tall man now testified to having held an identifica- came to the left of the taxl, opened tion parade at which 17. persons the door, putting one foot on the attended, including the three accused, ruaning board and the knee of his the art printer was picked out by Bank of East Asia Building.

taxi driver Without warn other leg on the seat.

ля the "man who ing he struck the driver a violent blow Jumped to the left hand file of the

Room No. 107. with his fist on the loft temple. The axl and struck him." He failed to driver quickly pulled out his whistle, identify the other two accused.

Chang Kwai, rickaha-puller, raid. which was on a small chain and blew

that on the

6, when morning of July 6, he was Street and Laichikok. Road, he saw

at the junction of

Nanchang the direction of Nanchang Street, three men coming towards him from

his whistle twice. **

The other two men then appeared on his right and blows were rained on him from both sides. One of the men natched his whistle, breaking the chain as he did so. The driver, ed the ignition key from the dash- with great presence of mind, extract-t! board and put it in his mouth under his tongue. He then lost conscious-

TIERA,

TIED WITH TIES

Some time later he regained con. sciousness and found himself on the hillside about five yards below the level of the road. He was gagged with a piece of cotton waste in his mouth, held in position by a necktie. His hands were Recured behind his back with another tle and his feet were bound with a third.

After a struggle he released his hands and then cut the tie which bound his feet. He was feeling very dazed and sat for a little time to recover. He felt in his pocket for his watch, but it was gone. It had

This allen is sall to have follow-bren in a celluloid case with a strap ed the loyalists threats against the attached. He also discovered that $11 in nates was missing from his Consul whom they accused of assist-

jacket pocket. inst General Deliáno, to esempe Tetuan-United Press,

Armies In Contact

Burgos, Aug. 17..

A detachment of swarthy Moroc cans paraded Burgos to-day, lu- dicating that the northern and southern armies have made complete contact.

Franco

Generals

and Mola, Cabanellas held week-end conteren- the and reportedly discussed advisability of using a new and powerful instrument of war, hitherto not brought into action.

"i am inore confident than ever of rupid and complete victory." General Mola exclaimed. "I cannot say the precise date.

taxi near the Ife saw his own prison which he reached at 1.25 am. and any it had been searched. An electric torch was missing.

GUARD'S STORY

་

They hired his ricksha and two and asked to be driven to the motorboat wharf. Оп arrival the men gave them a dollar, One of the accused was carrying a suitcase similar to the one produced in

Court.

After Chan Sam, another ricksha coolie, had given similar evidence, Liự Yau, a canvasser for the Kwong Tak Sang Motorbont Co. at the old Yau-

ferry wharf, recalled having been awakened by noise shortly after 3 a.m. on July 6. He

Anw three Europeans, dressed in elvillan cloth- Ing. Ons of them was carrying

uitense. He asked the coxswain of the Tin Les motorbont to take them to Hongkong. He could not identify the accused as the men who hired the motorboat,

CORROBORATION

Corroborative evidence was given by Chan Tung, the coxswain, after which Ghulam Nabi, assistant worder Lachitok Prison testified to

at

having

* seen a taxi stop outside the gaol on the morning of July 6 when he was on duty. The taxi came from the direction of Castle Penk Road, and stepped almost in front of the Kate to the female prison. Three men came out of the car and walked

To go back a little, an Indian guard quickly towards Shamshulpo.

on duty at the Women's Prison, Lai- chikot, saw a taxi come down the a.m. and Costle Peak Rond about 2.30 stop. Three men got out and walked off towards Shamshuipo. Three men were then seen by ricksha

and the junction of Laichikok und taller Nam Chung Street. One wis than the other and one carried a suit- case, They went by rieksha to the where they a motor boat. This

However, the innet-entreed 14 Ferry

vity of the enemy continues and the advance of our troops indicates that victory. The Tinison between Gener- a Franco's forces and my own is now complete."-United Press.

Cartegena Taken?

Lisbon, Aug. 17. An intercepted radio message says the rebels have taken Cartagena United Press.

Weds Before Execution Madrid, Aug. 17. Just before he faced a fring sqund at dawn to-day, General Fanjul, the monarchist, married the, woman he Joved. Senorita Luisa Aguiada.

Newspapers are prominently and sarcastically chronicling

the alleged the discovery by

milita

of a safety deposit box belonging to convent,

100,000,000 containing

pesetas, partly in cash and partly in bonds, and also a large quantity of gold coins..

The box was rented in the name of the Little Sisters of the Poor, and the treasure has now been confiscated.— Reuter.

Evacuation" Arranged

London, Aug. 17. Evacuation of foreign nationals from Granada by aeroplane, under made with the two arrangements sides in the civil war in Spain, hus continued. Three of eleven British subjects have been brought out of the eity, which is held by insurgents and invested by the Government troops, but the other eight have decided tu stay on at their

own risk British Wireless.

SUNNING WRECK GUARDED BY ONE BRITISH OFFICER

(Continued from Page 1.) rock that towers hundreds of feet above the ship. That all the passen- gers and crew were landed without mishap is a remarkable drama in it- self. I followed the trail of the rescued; went from ship to shore just as they did, down a swaying Jacob's ladder into the solitary Hiebont that carried 149 people to safety and then, by a succession of leaps from rock to rock, to the mountain's side.

MOUNTAINOUS TRIAL

I tried to follow the trail to the top of the mountain, but lost it and was forced to give up the attempt. How all those pepole reached sanctuary will always remain a mystery to me. Some of the passengers saved their most treasured personal effects from the wreck, only to abandon them on shore. On one rock I found a small bag of peanuts, an empty wallet and a trinklet of Jade.

Another rock stored a brass Buddhu and a prayer book.

em-

ployee noticed their shirts were open and on the way over a torch was flashed by one of the men.

At 4.10 am. Military Police stopped accused as they were going up Seven and Sixpenny H, questioned them and took them to the Guard Room, Second nccused struck at one of the police on the way. When searched a torch and whistle were found on second accused. The case contained clothing and letters. The accused were taken to Yaumati Police Station inter in the day and charged.

First accused said, "Nothing to say", Second accused said, "As regards the $31 I know nothing about that. That (meaning the watch) was thrown away. These (the electric torch and whistle) were found in my suitcase."

Third accused sald, "I have nothing to say, that's-all."

IDENTIFIED ONE

On the following day the men wer put up for identification in the usual manner. There were 17 on parade. Second accused was wearing bandage on his injured right hand. Sergeant Goodwin told him that he could himself choose whether to take it off or keep it on, Second accused took it off and at the same time he said "He was hard. I became wild when he blew the whistle and gave him an uppercut."

case

the

The

The

L/Cpl. N. F. Barchmen, of the Military Police, said that on morning of July when he was on duty at the gate of Wellington Bar racks, opposite Seven and Six Penny 1. he saw three Europeans, dressed in civilian clothes, standing at the foot of the hill. They

were hesitating as If to up or not. Finally they went up. He followed and eventually overtook them. three men were the accused. first prisoner was carrying a suit-

questioned them what they were doing, and the first accused replied that they had been out for a walk and were fed up. He took the men to the Guard, but on the way the second uceused struck out at him, but missed. Later, the samne prisoner complained that the back of his right hand was swollen and was hurting him. The accused

subsequently searched Rifleman Bust: in his presence, and a torch from his pocket. He saw the second prisoner produce

case.

were

ns

by

SEARCHED ACCUSED Rifernan T. Bush testified to hav-| ing searched the accused and of having examined the suitcase. In cigarettes and various articles_of the suitcase he found several ties, clothing. No money was found on any pr the accused. The first prisoner had nothing on his person connection with the case, but the second voluntarily produced a torch and

a police whistle.

תו

In reply to the first prisoner, wit- ness said he was wearing a bow le ut the time.

were do-

That all the accused initely sober was testled by Regi- mental Provost Sergeant H. Brad- ford who said that when he saw the urisoners on the morning in ques-

were in civilian clothes. tion they wer

Detective-Sergeant C. H. Goodwin said that on the morning of July 6 he saw the taxi-driver in the charge room of

of Shamshulpe Police Station.

At the parade the driver pleked out first accused the tall man-but he did not identify the other two. The ricksha coolies, the motor boat canvasser and his fok! were also The man was in a dazed condition: brought on but they, made no identi fication.

the left side of his face, from the temple to the mouth, was awollen, and his left eye was discoloured

and practically closed: He went with and there found the taxi, the seats the man to the scene of the robbery

of which were in disorder, Hult-

The crown case, concluded-Mr. Wil- liams, was that the three accused were the three Europeans throughout the case and the fact that they were not identified was due to the poor way between the 5% and 0 mile- light under which they were when the incidents happened.

мест

stones, he found the key tax!,

TORCH MARKED

100

of the

L/Cpl. Patrick Gregory said that he saw the accused holding a con- Versation on the verandah nt 10.20 In consequence of a message re- .m. on July 6 and at 5.40 the next ceived luter in the day, he went to morning their beds had not been Victoria Barracks where he saw the

The slept in. In reply to His Lordship prisoners,

second accused witness said nccused often wore claimed the suitcase as his, and in civilian clothes but he could

not it he found a torch which bore the Identify their Kes,

mark "tax No. 744." He then men- mark" he was

looking tioned

for that pocket watch, whereupon the second thrown accused said that it was away before they started.

Subsequently, the prisoners were taken to the Yaumati Police Station where they were charged. The first accused said, “Nothing to say." The second replied. As regards the $11 I know nothing about that. The watch was thrown away. The eletrie torch and police whistle were found in my suitcase." The third prisoner remarked: "I have nothing to say. That's all."

Kwok Fung-cheong, taxi driver, who took three Europeans from the Star Ferry to Mongkok Ferry anid ho could not identify them but one carried a suit' caso.

the wrecked forehold of the ship, second accused his profile now.

03

The following day, about noon he' took the prisoners from their cells to the Indian constables mess room, in preparation for the identification him he could take it off if he liked. parade. The first hand of the second accused was bandaged and he told The prisoner took it off and as he did So, remarked: "His jaw was

RECOGNISED PROFILE Leung Yiu identified the torch and whistle found on second accused as his own and said the auitcase pro- ducca in court, was Emilar the one his fares carried. Ho corroborat td Millions of lalchoes, which have

Mr. Williams' statement and add- burst from their sea-soaked bags in that although he did not identify at the identification atrew the water below.

Garade bo HUMAN VULTURES

as that

the of man who sat next to There is much of value aboard the him in the taxi.

as I left in the gather- Sunning and as I ing darkness last night dozens of garding the finding of the taxi outside First accused asked a question re- #ompans and junks were, hegering Lalchikok prison after the incident. like vultures pround the wreck. A Hix Lordship said to the jury: lone British officer, who had already Accused is suggesting that witness been without sleep for 40 hours, was has told two different stories but I hord. I became wild when he blew aboard to look after the ship. Half have looked up the depositions and the whistle and gave him a blow." a mile away, however, was an en- they are exactly the same.

The case is proceeding. campment of British soldiers, and ns we came through Lycmoon Pass, No. 4 Police launch passed us on her way to keep an all-night vigil against pirates.

Her arrival must have been a wel

sight to the one. European aboard a ship which, in the years she has been on the Chinese coast, has never before had less than hundreds of people aboard;

come

he was sure he was one of the three Second accused asked witness if who was concerned in the assault and robbery and, witness repeated his remark mude above..

Mrs. Janie B. McCarty, editor of the Altadend Press, California, has been on a brief visit to Hongkong, in Second becused: Well, are you the course of a vacation in the Far sure that third necused, was one of East. She is accompanied by her the men?.

little daughter, and leaves for Manila -His-Lordship: Witness has not by the 8.x, President Cleveland to identified third accused and in day, en route to the United States,

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THE HONG KONG TELEGRAPH

SIXTH

ANNUAL

Amateur Photographic Competition

Details have been unavoidably crowded out of this edition but the list of sections, rules and Entry Form are printed below.

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