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WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1937.

“Scandal Dogs

Me" Says Ruby Keen's Fiance

DRAMA OF 2 MOTHERS

"ANONYMOUS letter writers and the cruel tongue

of gossip have made my life unbearable. Scandal follow's me wherever I go."

Ex-Police Constable Patrick Smith, fiance of 23- years-old Ruby Keen, said this after leaving the Old Bailey where he had heard Leslie George Stone, ex-soldier of 24, sentenced to death for the girl's murder in "a lovers' lane" near her home at Leighton Buzzard, Bod- fordshire.

He told, too, for the first time his version of the events lending to his resignation from the police force.

As Stone went to the cells there was a poignant meeting between Iwo tragic mathers-Stone's mother and the mother of the girl he murdered.

When the binel-capped Lord Chief Justice uttered the death sen- tence Mrs. Stone tottered to a form white- in the waiting-room. Her haired husband, leaning heavily on a stick, buried his head in his handy. MOTHER'S OUTBURST J

swing doors Then, through the entered Mrs. Keen, Ruby's mother, Mrs. She stepped quietly over to Stone, laid one hand gently on her shoulder ond murmured words sympathy.

of

nerves

Mrs. Stone's overwrought gave way. She jumped to her feet, shouting.

from "Get away

meri She rushed round the room waving her arms and crying, "Go away from me, go away, get out. Dreadful! Dreadful!"

"It is so sad." Mrs. Keen whispered

to me. "I am so sorry for her. 1 know what such grief is,"

Meanwhile ex-Police Constable Smith paced the hall.

"I should have left the town weeks ago had I not known that Ruby would have wished me to stick," he said:

"What makes it worse is that the gossips have coupled my name with the widowed mother of my dead fiancee. They say that I am to marry her. Only last Sunday

I was asked whether it were true

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Viscountess Astor, spontaneous and vivacious former Nancy Langhorne of Virginin, as she tell the White House, recently, after a 15-minute visit with.President Roosevelt, She is a member of the House of Commons,

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London, July 1.

Imperial airways' flying-boat Centurion took-off from that I had been married the day Southampton Water yesterday for South Africa, carrying

before to Mrs. Keen.

"Can you imagine what such talki means to me?"

"I have lost the woman who was to be my wife, my career-everything I had.

"If I walk in the town people stop and stare-point me out as the man who resigned from the poilce force

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AIM IS PEACE

Shanghai, July 27 (4.30 p.m.).

In a silk mail-bag was carried a letter from the King to the Governor-General. Postman Elliot, of Southamp- it is continuing to act on a policy of Street, ground door, on July 2, two

after his sweetheart was murdered. ton, tied and sealed the bag. ·

"WHY RESIGNED"

"Now, for the first time, I can tell the truth about my resignation from the police. I was so upset by the and the death of my sweetheart Jimelight thrown on me that I offered to resign from the police force. indly superior officer persuaded me not to do so.

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"Later, however, I was 'on the had carpet, and I was told that been reported as being in the com- pany of a man and two women 20 miles from my area, which at that time was Biggleswade.

POSSESSION OF COCAINE

Charged with the possession of 175 The Tokyo Government states that ounces of cocaine at No. 5 Ewo Hill non-aggression and hoped for a settlemen, Ngan Tin-hin and Ngan Hok- ment with China in accordance with chl, appeared on remand before Mr. S. F. Balfour at the Central Magis- the July 11 local agreement.

tracy

afternoon, on com-

Mr. M. J. Abbott, the Assistant while

s.

Piloted by Captain F. J. Bailey the machine roared over the

The Langfang and Pelping attacks mittal deck of the motor ship Medina, where the Postmaster-General forced the Japanese to self-defence for (Major G. C. Tryon, M.P.), the Air Minister (Lord Swinton), the the protection of Japanese nationals Crown Solicitor, prosecuted,

and maintenance of communicationa, Mr. D. McCallum represented both South African Minister of Posts and Telegraphs (Senator Clark-Japan has no grudge against the Cal-defendants. son), and the managing director of Imperial airways (Sir George nese, no territorial designs, no desire Mr. Abbott sald that about a am. to interfere with foreign interests on July 2, Senior Revenue Offer A. Beharrell) and other officials had joined in inaugurating the Em- and hopes that China will act to W. Grimmitt and Mr. H. A. Taylor, Analyst, pire air mail scheme.

wards a speedy settlement-United the Government Monopoly Press.

Recompanied by a raiding party, went to the ground floor of No. 6 Ewo Hilll Street. Mr. Grimmitt knocked on the

"A GREAT DAY *. Colonel Lindbergh was among the guests.

"This is a great day in the history Pont of the Air Ministry and the OMee urid of Imperial Airways," said Major Tryon,

first "We are inaugurating the stage of the Empire air mail scheme, which has been founded on

"I had been transferred to Biggles- wade from Leighton Buzzard after Ruby's death. The truth is that on the evening on which I was reported for a trivial offence-that of not nak- ing permission of a superior officer to leave my area-I had been duty from 4 p.m. until midnight.

"When I went home I found that Mrs. Keen, her daughter, and friend had waited for me to consult taking part in

less than three hours.

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"Evil rumours then began to cir- culate. I was being gossiped out of the town I had come to love.

a great Imperial partnership.

"Fifteen Empire countries arc this first stage; as

He Vowed

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'Spend Then Die'

8ix-year-old

For the start the cost to the Post tween £1,500 and £2,000 Omce of air transport for first-class; mall will be up to £200,000 a year. under hir mother's will last

The flying-boats will reach Durban

Tho

To Maintain Trace Shanghai, July 27 (4.00 pm.).

Japanese Prime Minister, door, but it was not opened until two Prince Konaye, speaking before the or three minutes later, when second Imperial Diet, said that Japan's only accused admitted the party.

The floor was found to consist of a reason for sending troops to China; was to preserve the pence of the Far teng, a cubicle and a cockloft. First Enst. He hoped that China's self-accused was discovered in the cuck- discipline would result in settle-lott, sitting on a bed. Neither of the

defendants

spoke Cantonese, but ment.

second accused spoke a little pidgin The War Minister, General English. In a passageway was

dis- Sugiyama, also spoke to the Dlet. He Japanese bath, in which were blamed China's anti-Japanese senti-covered seven packages wrapped in ment for the current trouble.-flowered material. Mr. Taylor opened

Diet Statement

Tokyo, July 27.

In the Diet to-day the Japanese

tion.

Prince Konoye, Premter, troops

Exeter, Juy 2.

one of the packages and found it to contain cocaine, me. They relied on me to get them many more will come in at the second

W WHEN Harry Norman

Statements Made back to their homes 20 miles away in my car, and naturally I did so. Be-stage, and finally Australia and New

Hodgkinson, fifty-

War Minister, Gen. Suglyama, stated All the things discovered in the cause of the late hour, I did not wake Zealand will complete the number.

bachelor "Nowhere outside the British Em-

of that the Japanese garrison in North Noor were removed to the Imports up a superior to ask formal permiss-

China had decided to take punitive and Exports Office, and defondants ion. I was back at my lodgings in pire is it possible to send a letter by Rock Dene, Moretonhamp-operations against the Chinese there were taken to No. 2 Station to be

hair over such immense distances for

The War Office in Tokyo was taking charged. Both made stead, Devon, inherited be- similar measures. They blamed the there, first accused

statements "I was asked to resign from the14d, a half ounce.

saying, "My force for this, and refused, Even-

friend asked me to do business with Chinese for the present tense situa- tually I did so.

him together. I did not know it was Second said business against the law." were being sent to North accused said, "On May 12 I arrived in in 6 days. It is planned to reduce August, he said:

China to preserve peace and, they Hengkeng from Aracy. I came here "I thought I could hear her voice the time to 4 days. East Africa will

"When I have spent this, I shall hope, to self-discipline the Chinese to visit a friend surnamed Ngan. hang myself."

Government and people to enable entirely do not know what it was all planning our marriage, and then I then be 2% days from London.

voices of the

possible readjustment of the situa- about." heard the terrible

The Centurion arrived at Rame last But his friends thought he was

tion.

Evidence was then called for the gossips, and saw again the poison-

an hour ahend

of Joking.

and Mr. McCallum pen letters which I have thrown on night nearly

Mr. Hirola, Foreign Minister, said prosecution, the fire as they came to me."

the situation in North China was briefly addressed the Court.

He said he was anxious to call Buch that an untoward outbreak was UNMOVED BY SENTENCE

possible at any moment. He hoped Mak Kwong, rent collector for the that the Chinese authorities would Ewo Hill Street houses, before the endeavour to settle the situation, Court. He had learned after defen

dants had been anti-Japan-dant

arrested that the which he attributed to

movements. The

Japanese principal tenant had called on Mak Government was seeking a settle and had demanded the return of his his Worship held that If

a prima facie case to

evidence

Stone stood at attention when he heard the death sentence. Then, as the chaploin said "Amen," he turned, without compressed his lips, and glancing to either side, hurried down the stone steps to the cells.

Mrs. Stone and her husband were taken to the prison for a brief inter- view with their son.

Stone, giving evidence the previous day, said that on the day he lost saw Ruby Keen he knelt down because he thought he had stunned her, and then got up and brushed his knees and trousers.

Mr. Richard O'Sullivan, K.C., for the prosecution, addressing the Jury. said that it had been possible to establish by scientific evidence-by the ttle threads and the marks of the knee that Stone was in the lane where the crime was committed.

schedule.

Policeman Not

Bitten

A

London, July 2 At the hearing of the Harworth Colliery village disturbances, man denied biting a constable. He

who was supported by his wife wald

that he had left his false teeth in their usual place on the top shelf of the larder. Ife had not worn them half-a-dozen times in seven or eight years, she added. Sixteen men and ons woman facD charges arising out of the distur bances, which have been des- cribed as “a night of terror."- Our Own Correspondent.

Ile began to live like a millionaire. He stayed at the best hotels on Dart- moor, in Exeter and in Bourne-

mouth.

He treated himself to the rarest of

wines and flqueurs.

It meant that he had to draw from

his banking accounts`al Bourne- mouth and Moretonhampstead at the rate of £50 a week.

In the last six months he paid out

nearly £500 in hotel bills alone. Recently he went from hotel to hotel

ment of the dispute on the spot, he property, ham ask that Ma

attend

at the

aald.

Speaking of other foreign matters, answer, he Mr. Hirota deplored the elashes on called to give

He Sessions. Defendants' statements in the Manchukuo-Soviet border. stated that two commissioners from answer to the charge, continued Mr.

would be their defence.. McCallum, both sides would be appointed to de-

as a bed-and-breakfast guest with- | rpark the frontier and settle dis- He would not say more than that Go

out luggage,

Funds were dwindling.

Then be found he, had 158. in hits pockets--and three cheque books. In an Exeter hotel to-day he was found hanged-inst ga ·he said he would be found when that £1,500 had gone.

putes,

He added that he hoped for a speedy settlement of Anglo-Japanese relations in the Far East.- Reuter, United Press.

answer.

fendants had no case to ans

Defendants reserved their defence, and were both committed to stand their trial at the August Criminal Sessions.

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