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THE HONGKONG" TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1936.

STARR FAITHFULL CRIME REOPENED

When you wish to be

Sailor Grilled About Murder Of Society Beauty In 1931 WARM & FREE

This elephant, which belongs to the Maharaja of Mysore, is satuting its master on his return'.

from a visit to Europe.

King's Marriage His Private

Affair,

Erasmus' Counsel 4 Centuries Ago

New York. a private matter of their own. It is A King's marriage is his own called the greatest of human affairs, private matter, and, whoever will so that we too often, have a recur make him £ good wife is rence of what happened to the honourable

enough whatever her Greeks and the Trojans because of birth. This counsel, nlong with Helen. much else pertinent to 1936, was written four centuries ngo by the great humanist, Erasmus, to his pupil, the future Emperor Charles V of Spain: It is contained in Eras- dom,

her birth, who will make a good wife for the good prince."

Erasmus added that a good prince "does not consider his own affairs prosperous unless he looks out for the welfare of the state.” Warning that unwise alliances with foreign princesses often produced wars, he added:

"But if you please to make a choice becoming a prince, your wife should be selected from all women for her integrity, modesty and wis- one who would be an now re- would bear him children worthy thought it best to give my advice in

of Christian Prince Education obedient wife to n stood prince and

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"Although I am aware that this custom is too long accepted

BETRAYED BY

UNDERWORLD AND TATTOOED HAND

From C. V. R. THOMPSON,

New York, Doc:

A SLANT-EYED sailor with the words "Hard

Luck" tattooed across his knuckles was ar- rested at Baltimore to-day for questions concerning three murders at sea, including that of beautiful socialite Starr Faithfull, whose battered-half- clothed body was washed ashore at Long Island five years ago.

One night, in June 1931 Starr Faithfull attended a play in the liner Mauretania. She was never seen again. A letter was discovered later which indicated suicide be- cause of the collapse of a love affair, but the final belief was that she had been murdered..

The sailor arrested to-day is Gail Gilmore, aged 36. He was discovered in a waterfront board- ing-house by detectives who had trailed him for two months as a suspect in the killing of yachts- man William Mortiz, whose bullet-torn and stabbed body was

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found floating in New York Har bour last August.

The detectives grilled their pri noner relentlessly while they brought

him by train to New York.

They asked him’about his where- abouts at the time of the Starr

Faithfull murder and also the murder of Benjamin Collings, eccentric inventor and mechanical engineer.

[Collings was scized by harbour pirates who bearded his cabin cruiser and attacked him, When Mrs. Collings went her husband's aid the pirates had disappeared. The and inventor's body, shot, stabbed bound, was washed up on Long Island shore a week later.]

BLOODSTAINS IN SLOOP Collings's murder was just thrée

Police believe Starr Falthfull was

to hope to be able to uprted for one CUNARD-WHITE STAR WERE for the Starr Faithfull crime. directors are, it is under-killed aboard some craft and thrown

published in its first complete Eng- both of their parents and the state. case things should turn out beyond stood, negotiating with the lish translation by Columbia Univer-She is honourable enough, whatever my hopes." sity Press. The translation, with an -introduction, is by Lester K. Born

for

The work was

centuries a textbook for the education of Euro- pean rulers, sind Erasmus himselt sent a copy the much-married Henry Use Elgith_of_England, Ills advice to Prince Charles on picking

bride was this:

YOUNG WIDOW MURDERED IN RIVIERA EXPRESS

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Cannes, Doc. 1.

"For my part, I should think that It would be by far most beneficial to the state if the morrlage alliances of princes, were confined within the limits of their own kingdoms or, I they had to go beyond their boun- daries, with only their nearest ANDS and feet chained, her face partly covered with a chloro- neighbours, and then only those who warrant faithful friendship. But,"

form gag.

strikingly beautiful brunette was found strangled they say. It is not right for the on the seat of a first-class carriage of the Strasbourg-Ventimiglia daughter of a king to marry anyone express as it approached Monte Carlo this morning. except a king or a king's son. Those

She was identified as Mme. Suzanne Carola, aged 35, a widow, are merely the fancies of individuals to raise their own kin to as high n manageress of the famous "Marquise de Sevigne" luxury sweet position as they can, and the prince shops branch establishment at Cannes. should have no sympathy with them the shop became the tea-time social centre of the town, especially Under her management at all.

The marriage-of-princes is really

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Mme. Garola appears to have been the victim of train thieves. Her three suitcases were opened, valuable rings which she always wore were gonc, only a few coins were in her handbag. Tho com- partment showed signs of n violent struggle.

PRESENTIMENT OF EVIL

When she-boarded the express at Lyons last night after visiting a sister she noticed, two suspicious-looking men on the platform. She told her brother-in-inw:

"I wish I had not to leave to- night. I would not like to travel in the company of such men. Flud me an empty compartment where I can sleep in peace."

She was seen in the corridor when the train stopped at Marseilles. An hour later the guard noticed her lying on the seat, apparently asleep. When the train approached Monte Carlo he decided to awaken her, but discover- ed that she was dead.

GUARD'S STORY

IIe told the police that once when he went to waken the wONTRI elderly-man in the corridor Gold: "Leave her alone, she's asleep."

Mme. Jean Michel, mother of the

murdered woman. Enid to-night that with her grandson she went to meet the train this morning, Whon her daughter did not appear she thought she had missed the train.

"My daughter had no enemies," she said "and there can be no question of a drama of passion."

SETTLER

Government for money aid. in their £10,000,000 recon- struction programme.

Six express liners of medium size are planned,

The Government, it is thought, may be influenced by the fact that the ships will be of a type which could in war he rapidly converted fais troop-cartlers or armed merchant vessels,

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overboard.

Gilmore was traced by the words "Hard Luck" which he had tat- tooed

"across his knuckles during a drunken waterfront orgy,

Mrs. Glimore told detectives that her husband; who had worked for the dead yachtsman William Mortiz, had gone to Boston by molor-car just before his employer's body was discovered.

She told them his tattoo marks and directed themi to his fishing sloop.

Bloodstains were found on some dushions In the sloop, and the police also discovered several un- to the opened. leiters addressed nephew of a New York poller in- spector.

A tip from the underworld told detectives that Gilmore might be at Baltimore.

The promotion of a Bill is pro-i posed similar to the North Atlanticj Shipping Act which empowered the Government to advance £5,000,000 ILL a low rate of interest for tho sister ship. building of the Queen Mary and her

FOUR TENDERS

NEW MYSTERY

tlready been received by the com- front Boking for a man with "hard- For weeks they went through the Tenders for two new ships have bars and cafes of Baltimore's water- pany from four of the principal luck" tattooed on his knuckles. ders are likely to be placed in the were looking for. They followed Gil- British ship-building Arms and or At last they saw the man they New Year.

ly arrested him. more to his lodging-house and quiet-

The ships will be of about 20,000 tons and similar to the motor. Uners

Georgic and Britannic, except that. they will be steam propelled.

The cost has been estimated at £4,000,000.

ARRESTING

LIKENESS

Montreal, Dec. 1. Harold Benment has a talent for drawing.

In his bedroom in Montreal Harold was asleep when he was roused by the opening of his door. A man came in and tip- toed about the room.

As the intruder bent over desk and drawer his nashlamp lit up his face.

Mr. Beament made no effort to stop him—no attempt to call the police. Ile lay in his bed, ores focussed on the features that ho glimpsed so fifully.

"AS SOON D5 the man left-Mr.Beav ment snatched pencil and paper and sketched him. The harsh lines and delleate shading of the impression were unmistakable. -

He handed the sketch to the police. It was circulated among the force. And

The man was recognised, arrest- ed and sentenced.

He was a burglar with 25 previous I convictions.

SHOOTS

BEAST OF LEGEND

Nairobi, Nov. 20:

WHITE-SETTLER Jesse R Coope, hunting in the Man forest, 100 miles from here, has shot a huge lynx-like.creature which local people here bellave to be a Nandi bear.

For more than 20 years natives and others have reported seeing n Nandi bear at rare intervals, but never hos. one been shot or 'catight before. The animal has achieved on almost legendary reputation,

Cantain A. T. A. Ritchie, the Kenyn game warden, says the Thot beast resembles an outsize lynx but pergosses significent points of difference. It has dark mahogany coloured for. Local experts say they have never neen anything like ft before.

The skin end skull are being sent to the British Museum for examira Hon and possible identification.

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Said the detectives: "This may result in revelations regarding the Faithfull car

They suid nothing more.

Another mystery was provided by navigator's licence found in a wallet the defectives took from Gil- more,

It bore the name "Carl Shultz, yachtsman."

Shultz, was reported missing from New York Harbour several months ago.

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