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THE

HONGKONG

LATE SERGT. SCOTT

INQUIRY INTO SHOOTING TRAGEDY

TELEGRAPH.

WEDNESDAY,

AUGUST

4, 1937.

TRAINING PLANE

and

ma-

LATEST ADDITION TO LOCAL SCHOOL'S EQUIPMENT

Expert evidence that the revolver Following the latest developments which caused the death of Police in the art of teaching pupils how to Sergeant Jolin Edward Scott, aged 38, handle un aeroplane, the Far East late pollce armourer, on July 2, was Flying Training School has just pur-

was chased

a Hornet Moth. This defective in its mechanism was chine, which is due here on August by Armourer Sergeant-Major Smith,

the Radnorshire from R.A.O.C., at the Inquiry into the cir-10 aboard

will be dying by cumstances of Sergeant Scott's death England. -held at the Central Magistracy

is August 21,

cabin monoplane scaling two yesterday afternoon,

persons side by side. Mr. W. Schofield sat as Coroner, The cabin arrangements cut out and was assisted by a Jury compris- the need for wearing goggles or hel ing Mesara. J. R. Leitch (Foreman), met, and conversation between pilot H. Korner and L. J. Castilho.

pupi! has no longer to be carried Chief Detective-Inspector J. Mur-on through:

The advan- telephone. phy conducted the inqury, and Mr. tages of the pilot sitting beside his A. K.

A.S.P. was also pupil

pupil are many

but here the main present in Court for the Pollee. advantage is expected, to be in the Dr. I. S. Begbie, Medical Omeer case of pupils who do not under- In charge of Victoriu Mortuary, said stand English well Pilots will now about 0.30 am. on be able to teach by demonstration after death had taken everything orally from a back seat.

sed

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Headquarters, place. Deceased's condition was con The rapid growth of interest in sistent with death having occurred flying and the growing number of between 8.45 n.m. and 0 a.m. Wit-pupils who are attending the Train- conducted a post mortem ing School at Kal Tak have neces- examination of the body on July 3 sitated the purchase of the Moth, at 9.15 am, and identified the body, which will be the fifth member of the

•with Sergeant together

Taylor. Wit School's fleet of planes, apart from ness found a

wound in the

demonstration skin in the midline of the forehead two planes which are used solely for one Incl: above the ridge of the nose, ground. about half an inch in diameter. The This plane has not been purchased edges were charred and brulsed, and to replace the plane damaged by one the wound was surrounded by a zone of the pupils when he landed it on.

the edge of a river In Kwangs! some of discoloration with powder,

After describing further the nature time ago. That plane is belog com-

purposes

on

the

of the injuries, witness suld he found pletely rebuilt by the pupils at the the bullet lying beside the open bone school, and will again be in service

in de-

at the back of the head. There was within a month. no evidence of any disease ceased's Internal organs. The cause of death was the bullet wound and

Ce

The R. M. A. Dorato

The R.M.A. Dorado, making her

months, arrived here at 10.45 a.m. yesterday from Penung with one,pas- senger and a large umount of mail.

laceration of the brain. The distance frst night to Hongkong in some of the muzzle of the weapon from the skin must have been between The nature of two and six inches. the injuries were consistent with the accidental discharge of the weapon while examining it. It was not quite inconsistent with ॥ self-inflicted wound, but was more consistent with accidental discharge.

One

The passenger was Mr. J. B. Lun- yon, Manager of the Ocean S.S. Com- pany department of Messrs. Butter- old and Swire, who returned from

business trip to Singapore, The plane, which for some months of the reasons for saying this following her annual overhaul has was that deceased's brows must have been on the Singapore-Karachi ser been furrowed when he shut one eyevice, also carried 274.265 kilos of

to look down the muzzle of the mail and 2.5 kilos of freight. weapon. It was unlikely that the

wound was inflicted by another per- son, as no-one could get within inches of

deceased

without

six

him

Eurasia Air Line

The Postmaster General of Hong- kong has received a telegram from the north to the effect that Eurasia

reach Pelping.

**vidence was given by Airline planes will not be able to

The Talyuan aerodrome will be removed to Paoting from August 3,

IT'S CHOCKFUL O' NUTS!

It's as dizzy as a merry-go-round,

as wild as the zool

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THORESEN AND COMPANY TAKE OVER AGENCIES

The States Steamship Com- pany will adverilse to-day that they are closing their Hongkong Office on August 31. Thereafter they will be represented here by Messrs. Thoresen

Sergeant G. C Taylor, who testifled ID identifying the body, and by Ser- Kent H. N. Moran, police lice rapher, who deposed to talking three pictures of the body and scene of the and from that daic Eurasia planes & Co. Ltd., as their agents.

Tragedy.

Expert's Evidence Armourer Sergeant-Major H. W. Smith, R.A.O.C., said he accompanied Sub-Inspector L. R. Whant to the police armoury about 3 p.m. on July

will not fly to Peiping.

The Pelping-Hongkong and Pel- ping-Lanchow lines will connect at Paoting instead of at Pelping.

C. N. A. C. Plane The C.N.A.C. plane which was due 3. On deceased's desk, he found two from Shanghai yesterday afternoon live rounds of 38 Inch ammunition, did not arrive as the trip was can- and three fired Caseg

of the same celled owing to the typhoon which calibre.

ore. On July 5, witness received threatened the coast about Shanghai. The plane is expected to arrive rounds of am- a revolver and the rou

The this afternoon. munition from Sergeant Moran. Bred cuse of

of the bullet which causer Sergeant Scott's

was still in death

extraordinding to

The Company was organised in 1919 by a group of capitalists in Port- land, Oregon, under the name of the Columbia Pacle Steamship Company, operating a number of Government- owned freighters.

They opened on calce in Hongkong in 1925. In 1928 the Company was re-organized under the name of the States Steamship Company and they purchased from the Government 12 freighters for the Oriental trade, and 17 for the inter-coastal trade. The vessels in the Oriental trade were that all angiven the names of the various states the revolver, and its position was Murphy, witness sald

as it was not in the armourer would do if he wanted to in America. chamber

to the barrel but test a revolver which had recently In 1932 they entered the passenger was in the chamber next after to the been red was to break the weapon trade, chartering three steamers from

and look up the barrel.

the United Fruit Company, General entrance of the barrel,

Sherman and Witness agreed that the fall of the Pershing, General revolver to the ground may have General Lee. They placed these on been responsible for the position of the trans-Pacific run as one the discharged cartridge case being in ships, and although they were small, the chamber of the revolver after the carrying about 80 passengers at re- duced rates, they became very popular.

This abnormality could only have been caused in two ways, first, by a second pressure of the trigger by deceased after the bullet had entered his skull, which was most unlikely, and second, defective mechanism of; the revolver. Witness examined the revolver in detail and found defects

mechanism.

may

barrel.

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OUR BRITISH

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result 1 Ring. or danger may

from the musician (hyphen, 5, 7).

9 Doubtless it has carried many

a Venetian blind,

Lance-Sergeant C. Blackbourn said

Owing to cancellation of subsidies he hud occasion to use the revolver The first was the defective trigger which caused deceased's death a few on June 30 and the refusal of the stop, the second, irregular wear of days before, as it was his. He had Government to grant new subsidies the third, been ordered to hand li to the police under the 1936 shipping act it was decided discontinue the passenger the

ratchets, cylinder

armourer by the Inspector-on-Duty protrusion of the pawl slightly below Shamshulpo Police Station. Wit- ships and to re-organize the freight normal, and fourth, a damaged pawless had previously found nothing service, especially to Japan and the Philippince from Pacifle coast ports. passage. The third defect was

Steamship Company are The States little consequence to the present wrong with the revolver.

Kam, assistant Trang

also agents for the Oceanic & Oriental inquiry, while the fourth defect have been occasioned by the fall of armourer, said he saw decensed vind Navigation Company, who operate a

service regular

of cargo steamers to the revolver to the ground from at his desk when he entered the office

July 2. Witness South China, Indo-China, Siam and deceased's hund. The possibility about 0 a.m. on

summoned

Sergeant the Philippines, also the American

10 Type of modern contest in thai the damage existed before the immediately

Inter Informed the borne in Russell and fred must be

which cargo on the return is shot was

The former service has been Inspector-on-Duty at Central charges pincer Line from the Atlantic Coast

⚫ carried. mind, said witness.

The second defect was verified by room. Witness hind known deceased discontinued except for occasional

11 Strive. Aring several rounds in the revolver, for a long time. Deceased was very calls, but the American Pioneer Line

good

tempered, and witness It was betrayed by the lack of cen- trality of the hammer impression on never known him to be depressed or motor ships will continue to call here Com- the cartridge cap. One of the fired worried. Witness often saw deceased as heretofore. Thoresen and Com- cases which was found outside of examining pistols, and he always pany will represent all three

Mr. David J. Fraser, local Agent Scott's desk also showed the hammer looked up the barrel in doing so as panles.

well in other waya,

113 position to be out of centre.

Sergeant F. E. Russell testified to for the States S. S. Line, has been Serious Defect

having gone to the armourer's shop transferred to the Manila ofter, where The first defect was of serious on being called by Tsang. He found he will become manager. importance to the inquiry. The Scott bleeding from the head, and function of the trigger stop was to heard slight sounds from his throat. was then uncansejour. prevent any movement of the cylin- Deceased

1

without

had

SAFE RIFLED

LARGE SUM STOLEN FROM LYEMUN BARRACKS

der until cocking action was started Witness saw the revolver on the floor by the firer. The defect allowed the and the rounds of ammunition and cylinder to move before any pressure empty cartridge cases on the desk, on was applied to either the trigger or which was also a piece of paper, on Lummer. A cylinder which could which deceased seemed to have been

It has been reported to the police change its position in such away making notes. Witness had known that between 11.30 a.m. on Friday

of the ald

the proper deceased for some time. Scolt was and noon on Saturday a safe in the mechanism would delude the firer as always in high spirits and never offee of the Officer Commanding the to the position of the round in the appeared to be worried. He had 12th. Battery, R.A., at Lycmun was revolver. Such a pistol was unsafe. never mentioned wishing to commit rifled.

The safe

had apparently been uffected the suicide to witness. faults Euch of the rotation of the revolver.

The inquiry was adjourned at this opened with a key, and cash total-

ling $1,028,30 was stolen, Replying Detective-Inspector stage to 2.30 this afternoon.

to

IT APPOLNIMENT

OVERHEARD AT THE CLUB

WHAT-DINING AT

THE CLUB AGAIN?

YES-MY NEW COOKS ABSOLUTELY

HOPELESS

CHY HIM TO GIVE YOU VOLLEY BAUGADES *** HER CAN'T DO WRONG

OVER THEM

GOOD IDEA - BUT AS A MATTER OF FACT, THAT 6 WHY IDINE HERE-WALLS BAUSAGES ARE ALWAYS ON THE SEENU

WALL'S SAUSAGES

1 WALL & GOND UMITED. THE FRIARY, ACTON, CHELAND.

Wall's delicious Taungan are obtainabla at all good stores.

12 About the only thing a little

bird ever told me.

13 If this one's unlucky, it's all by

itself.

14 Provides cover in a certain

quarter, though slippery.

16 Dear.

18 The mother, you note, is visible

in the girl. 20 Where Jack finds a horse.

22 Dealing

horses?

24

20

A

successfully

day to day occurrence.

with-

27 Dislikes with fervour.

the beer-containers in de- mand? No!

30 Lady's companion.

31 A can in

nest in it.

tree-but there's no

32 Makes the best defence by little

nails.

33 Event Involving pursuit, but

not up a church spire.

DOWN

2 What do the little brooks play-

fully suggest?

3 An upper room: high up, in

fact.

4 Put the chairman's little bem- mer out and Tnd all of it on the drive.

It might be denied, in fact,

CROSSWORDS

6 Creed.

7 Are sons required?

8 They dig up trees.

• Visitors

1

one does not expect (hyphen, 4, 8).

14 Found in the R.N.? Yes. 15 Fiat,

17 In this these la quick. 10 Clean.

21 They put the top-hat on you!

23 These creatures are divisible

in classes.

25 A column on the march passes

this, and each sqldier has two. 20 Who said, "Virtue is a medium

between two vices"?

28 Take care, this may make you

lose your head.

20 Puss starts to make it, and

generally succeeds.

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