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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY,

DOCTOR WITH SABRE IND

HOTEL

STORY OF "I WILL KILL YOU” THREAT

Carried From Court By Four Policemen

Dorchester, Oct. 3.

AFTER a midnight struggle on a lonely country

road, a middle-aged doctor, with a sword, a knife, and a gun in his car, visited an hotel and slashed with a sabro at a 23-years-old waiter.

This was stated at Blandford (Dorset) to-day, when Dr. Charles Carrick Brewis, of Mappowder, near Dorchester, was found guilty of assaulting Edgar Ken- neth Geale, and remanded in custody for a fortnight.

The chairmari said

Brewis

would be under observation while) in prison.

To this Brewls repiled: "But I have" got to go to the British Medical As- soclution to-night."

SWORD IN COURT

During the hearing Brewis asked

if the magistrate would like to see the sabre.

Taking out of a brown paper parcel, he unsheathed 11.

It has "It is a Japanese sword. been banging on my wall four years,

he said.

Genle's solleitor, Mr. Chieveley Wil- liams, said that on August 15 Brews dined at a Blandford hotel.

Later, at 11.30, Geale sow Brewis at the wheel of his car. using had Innguage.

As Brewis was apparently unẞt to

·

BODIES STILL FOUND ON BATTLEFIELDS

London, Oct. 1.

A very interesting account of the work and policy of the Imperial War Graves Commission has just been published. It is written by Sir Fablon Ware, who has been Vice- Chairman of the Commission since its foundation.

He

gives s

detailed account of the work of the Commission during twenty years, 1917 to 1037.

It is revealed that bodies found on the battlefields are still being buried. Since 1921 no general search has been undertaken, but 30,000 more drive. Geole eventually pul his bodies have been found and are still bicycle in the back of the car and coming to light at the rate of twenty to thirty a week. These are found by farmers, metal-sencehers, and others. It is still possible to identify

discovered.

drove Brewis towards his home.

KNIFE THREAT

pocket knife.

Ife told Geale he had been. "carving human bodies 25 years

SCENE

2, NOVEMBER

1987.

CHINESE COFFIN

BOATS

This funereal procession on the river at Shanghai shows coffin-laden boats bearing away bodies of bombing and shelling victims in the ancient city. Small coffs on boat at left in- dleate some of the victims we to children. Bodies et uncounted other victims were merely tossed into the river or burned, while disease ravaged the area.

Civil Servant Major Denies "Subversive" Work Among Soldiers

M

MAN WAGES A PRIVATE

WAR'

Mr. Lawton: Have a look at this

MAJOR WILFRED FOULSTON VERNON, a civil servant with a position in the Air Ministry, was questioned at Surrey Quarter Sessions, Kingston-on-letter. The opening sentence of the Thames, recently, about his alleged association with subversive Communist activities in the Army.

allegations were emphatically denied.

The

letter from a friend is "Dear Wilfred,

If you have turned into a very

good voting Red, I take it, then, you will be satisfied that the book ieft behind at Green Hill has fulfilled the purpose." Do you still say you

Four men were bound over for, wards the car near Major Vernon's are not a Communist?--Yes, year for stealing books, documents bungalow.

£17 159. from and articles worth

Major Vernon. They were found not

MET VERNON IN BOOTSHOP

ROYAL WEDDING

'CURIOSITY'

There is a document I want to put guilty of breaking and entering his Mr. McClure referred to a state-

to you, You can identify it, and home at Old Park Farm, Farnham, ment which Ford made to the police tell me if you have seen it before. In this statement, which was read Is this a document which a loyal sub- After five miles Brewis took out from 10 to 15 per cent, of the boding Surrey, and of being in possession of i

an Imitation firearm when arrested. in court later, Ford sald he joined jeet would have in his possession the Royal Army Medical Corps in one moment?--It is headed The The men were:-

January 1834 at Colchester. He had Royal Wedding. The Greeks had previously been a member of the Re-word for it. Gold-digging ex-royal break."It is a curiosity. publican Army in Ireland, and, hav-ties get ing resigned, he thought he would Mr. Lawton later handed a bundle Join the British Army to propagate of letters to Major Vernon. Major Vernon said that the addresses on them were addresses of people he met in Russia.. And these are Com-

Mr. Lawton: munistie songs of yours?--Yes.

and was now carving up dogs with Dog Dead: Son Goes On this knife." Brewis demanded that Genle should

London, Oct. 5. stop the car. They exchanged seals, Swansea Jack the seven-year-old and after 50 yards Brewis drove into blick retriever, who has saved the the bank.

lves of twenty-nine people and two dogs from downing and other perils, has died through rat poison which he 1picked up. He won innumerable cups, medals and other mementoes of his heroism. But his Son Swansea Bob, "Geale closed with Brewis to save now old enough to carry on the himself, overpowered him, and being family traditions, says frightened, left him there," said Mr. Mr. William Thomas, of Trobneth,

Turning to free the car, Geule bending down when he heard Brewis say he was "going to kill him."

Ue found Brewls grasping starting handle, which he swung at Geale's head.

Williams.

Next day Brewis arrived at the hotel...saying to Geale, "You are the little who nearly killed" 'me-Inst night. Now I am going to kill you." He produced a pocket-knife and then a sabre.

Ile slashed at Geale, who side- cm- stepped, and the sabre was bedded in a pillar of the porch. Brewis struck the post again before the head walter told him to stop.

"CARRY ME"

Denying the accusation and pro- ducing a bloodstained shirt, Brewis declared: "I am going to charge Geale with attempted murder."

After several exchanges with the de- magistrates, durlag which he clured: "You must bear my case. I will keep you here to seven o'clock," Brewis was remanded.

Saying "You must carry nie." be

policemen.

Swunseo.

the owner

D'Arcy James Mann, twenty-five, labourer, of Glenoch-road, Belsize Park, N.W.

John Charles Preen, twenty-six, Communism. labourer, of Westbourne-grove, W.;

When in Ireland he had informa- Dawson, tion about calling at a bootmakers' Reginald Alexander eighteen, labourer, of Carlingford- shop in Aldershot. It was there that road, Hampstead, N.W.; and

he met Vernon.

Thomas Jonallian Ford, twenty- six, agent, of Sinclair-roud, W. Mr. G. B. McClure, prosecuting, said at the four men were arrested in a car after they had been seen carrying a bundle and a suit cuse to

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"Safe Pilot" Killed After Friend's Accident Dream

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The chairman had told him:

"It is

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Major Vernon said that he had They met later at Vernon's hut. met Ford before inadvertently. He and Vernon spoke of the various ac-agreed that he met him in Aldershot tivities which could be carried out in in a boolmaker's shop.

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some time was a prominent Com- who might be useful for the cause. munist worker in this country. Ford "The first time I met Vernon he did not talk Communism with him. gave me ten shillings. to assist me. Mr. Lawton: Why did you instruct knowing the Army-pay was very counsel to hold-a-watching brief- for. little," added the statement. "Sub-you? Did you not feel something sequently he gave me more, on one like this would be brought out? occasion £2.'

Like what?

Mr. Lowton: That you were dis-

Vernon gave him Communistic Ilterature to distribute among the loyal, soldiers, and he dropped it about the camp.

Major Vernon did not reply.

Mr. Lawton also asked weather Ford's statement was true, and The statement went on!" It worried

Major Vernon replied that some me, as I liked my comrades, and I de- sentences were true, but not many.

Police Constable

Tanner, cided to desert. Vernon gave me ten

who shillings. I ceased my activities as a arrested the four men, agreed that Communist worker, went to Ireland they "seemed happy and pleased and returned to England in May 1035.with themselves." and gave myself up.”

Mr. Lawton: They thought they

He was sentenced to three months had done something very great.

In the "Glasshouse" (the military de- In evidence Ford sald that the facts, tention establishment at Aldershot). as set out in his statement,were truc. and was finally discharged from the His purpose in going to Farnham Army,

was "to secure seditious and Bol- Major Vernon gave evidence and shevist literature" which was in Mr. told of identifying articles which had į Vernon's house and take it to the been taken from his bungalow. He Secret Service department in White-

major in the Royal hall. said he was a

Naval Air Force and held a fairly re- Ford said that he had joined the for the International Gand Prix crashed at Tonge rail-sponsible position at the Air Ministry. Fascist Party len days before this

Mr.

F. H. Lawton (defending): incident, but did not collect his You were acquainted with the con- friends from the headquarters of the dition of the Civil Service that its Fascist Party in London. He was members should not participate in not acting on anybody's Instructions. uctive political work?-I know the

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The victims were:-

ton, the home of Mr. J. G. Shields. Mir. Derrick Cilye Howell, of in whose field the 'plane tell. Countess Cress House, Colne Engalne, } One of the first people on the Essex, the pilot.

scene was the pilot of a plane from Londen, who had landed at Doning-

on a few minutes previously.

Mr. Jolm Wally, aged twenty-four, and his wife, Jessie, of the Fairway, Upminster, Essex,

Sa completely did the 'plane burn out that only a small pile of wreck- Villagers who rushed to the rescue nge remained. were unable to reach the machine, Among the relics was found a which burst into flames as it struck plate bearing the inscription: J. P. the ground, and burned so fiercely Wakefield, Esq., Sedgwick House, that the bodies of the victims when Kendal, Westmorland, and the let- afterwards found were unrecognis-ters GAAEER. able.

You get paid by his Majesty's Government, don't you? Are you loyal to the Government?-Yea Would you say there are some peo- ple who might think you were dis- loyal to his Majesty's Government?- Oh, there are some suspicious people. Mr. Lawion said: "Let us see some

of the things on which they might

ON REDS'

to Asked what right he had organtse a rald on "anybody's house, Ford anld:

"It may not be justified by the Jaw, but in some cases things which cannot be justified by the law can be fastidied by a good mative. I

waging, more or icss, private war on Bolshevism." Preen said that he thought it was

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he could do to expose Major Vernon. The imitation firearm found in the car belonged to his small boy..

It is understood that Mr.. Wake-found their suspicions." They were taken to Melbourne

He called for a suit-case, which his duty as a loyal citizen to see what railway station, which is nowadays field, who sold the machine a short was opened and contained a number

time ago, is now in Italy. used only for mineral traffic..

While the bodies were being The plane had been kept latterly of books and documents. removed, after the fames had died down, the roar of the racing cars, Aweeping round the wide circuit of Donington Paric could be plainly heard,

The machine, n bius B.A, Eagle three-seater cabin monoplane, way seen circling round for some time. apparently in dimeuilles.

It appeared as if the pilol War searching for a landing place.

"It was about five hundred feet up." mld Mr. Tom Burton, a farm hand, "when suddenly dipped.

nowo

"Then it fell like a stone. When it hit the ground, if burst into amake and flames."

As soon as the crash WR Been Police Constable Clarke, of Breedon. was rushed to the scene in a cor 00000000' from the Manor House, Isley Wal-

at Southend.

You are quite certain that you do

Mann said that he associated him- not indulge in active political work? Mr. Howell was a member of the -- om a member of the Labour self with the evidence of his code- fendants. Dawson said he did what Bouthend Flying Club, and was Party. regarded as one of the cleverest Merely a member who pays his sub-any other patriotic Englishman would

have done. and safest as well as one of the scriptions?-And attends

the meet- ings. most enthusiastic of pilota.

He was training for a B Hence, and intended to become an Instruc- tor.

And helps to spread, Socialist propaganda? Come, Mr. Vernon, not A dificult question. What is the answer?-I think I

After binding the men over the chairman said: “You won't go and make these raids again?" They replied in chorus, "No."

Mr. Mr. B. A. C. Duncan, for Vernon, sald, "In view of the serious and extremely damaging statements which have been made in connee- tion with Mr. Vernon, in the courne of this case I wish to deny emphati- enlly that he has been engaged in any way in any action of a subver- sive character.

a man "Ito la

of the highest Mr. Lawton then produced a letter

with and served which he stoled was from the Union character

Mr. Wally was a director of a nottery Arm in the Stoke-on-Trent i have some influence. district, and was managing a brick

The chairman (Mr. J. H. W/PI- works for his firm at cher): "I think I have come in- and clay Upminster.

fluence" with whom?-With people whom I meet.

Mr. Lawton: Including, soldiers in 1s Majesty's Army7-No.

Ife learned to fly at Southend this summer, and held an A licence.

Ills wife was also learning to fly. Two nighia AKO a fellow member of the Southend Flying of Democratle Control. One state- Mojosty's Forces, and during the last Club dreamt that Howell would ment he read was: "As to the L.S.T. twelve years he has beeen employ- crash, and mentioned it to the club Instructor.

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