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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1938.

GUNMAN CHASES GIRL: SHOOTS

SHOOTS INSPECTOR.

Hunted by Armed Police, He Kills Himself in Field

From A Special Correspondent

Kirton (near Ipswich).

Fifty policemen, many armed with shot-guns lent them by farmers, an acroplane and scores of civilians engaged in a three-hour man hunt in and around this tiny Suffolk village recently.

When they rounded up their quarry he had already twice shot at a girl and then severely wounded a police inspector. As they closed in on him he shot himself through the heart.

The principals in the drama were a young couple both residing in the village, Arthur Smy (24), a gardener, and Miss Violet Cone (21). They had been walking out for some weeks, but according to the man's relatives had quarrelted a few days ago.

Firat indication of trouble was the sound of smashing glass and a gunshot. Smy, appearing at the back of Miss Cone's house, had broken a window with the butt of his gun and fired through the hole at her as she was washing in the scullery.

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Ile missed, but ornaments on the mantelpiece were shattered, and the girl rushed screaming from house. She ran down the street and into

the local co-operative store, with Smy close behind. Apparently he had not yet reloaded his single- barrelled gun,

Miss Cone, still shrieking for help, dashed through the shop into a small room behind. Smy was so close that he saw her enter and shut at her through a window, agala missing,

DRAMA IN THE SHOP

"1 was in my shop," Mr. Perkins, the manager, said, "when a girl dusted through screaming. She was most intmediately followed by Smy, who fired.

Posed As

Grandee To Girl

-Court Allegation

Passionate letters said to have been written to a girl of 15 by a married man who. It was alleged, posed as a Spanish grander, were read at Leeds recently.

Henry Alfred Lupton (32), de-

"I don't know how he missed herscribed as a plasterer, was sent for Then he pulled a cartridge from his trial charged with an offence against pocket and reluated, pointing the the girl, Bail was refused, at me. I thought it was all up. I

was trapped behind the counter, for It had all happened in a dash,

"But I said as forcefully as i could, 'Get out of here. He looked at me queerly, mumbled, turned and rat out of the shop. I locked the door and telephoned the Ipswich police.

"Then I locked my assistants, a young boy, and Miss Cons, fithe) warehouse and waited for the police. Inspector Rumsey. and Police-Con- stable Arbon arrived by car from Ipswich and I let the men through the shop door.

"It seemed certain that Smy had made oft. There was no sign of him. The inspector talked to Miss Cone in the warehouse and then he and the constable opener the ware-1 house door into the yard.

"Smy suddenly appeared before them and Bred point-blank at the inspector who collapsed in the pas sage. Smy made off and I phoned Ipswich for more police."

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RESIDENTS ARM POLICE An SOS headquarters

to Ipswich quickly brought 50 palice by car and motor-cycle. Local farmers and other residents lent them all the shot guns in the district, and the hunt began.

Civiilans joined them, and Mr. T. A. N. Forsyth, a pilot from Ipewich airport, few low over the area. For! nourly three hours the search was In vain, but the possibilities had been narrowed down to gorse-covered field.

A movement was noticed in one of the bushes; slowly the hunters closed

Mr. Demont Heau, for the pro secuiion, said the girl was a domestic servant at a private hotel where Lupton stayed. Lupton posed to her as single and called himself "Don Torreze, Comple Juanne

Cordova."

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The girl believed that he was a Spanish national who spoke English with a Spanish accent.

WINDOW LEAP

The police were sent for after the alleged offence, added Mr. Heap, but Lupton escaped by jumping from his bedroom window on the first floor into the street. He was arrested at full Green, Wakefield,

Part of an alleged letter from Lup- lon to the glri read:

A goodly share of the pulchritude for which the south is famous was jam-packed together at the Memphis Cotton Carnival os 1000 soft-vateed lovelies vied for the title of Miss Dixie. And when all the picking was done it was the dark beauty of Miss Atherton Tubb of Clarksdale, Miss., that had gained the appreciative eyes of the nudges Miss Pubb is pictured above, against a background of other southern belles who also wanted to ba Miss Dixie.

NO BOYS, SO GRANDFATHERS

DO THEIR JOBS

"Grandfathers," i.c., men over 70, are doing the work of boya in a Midland tube factory because of the juvenile labour shortage.

Yet in the chain-making trade there is no worker over. 40.

Dearth of skilled men, necessitating the employment of in- experienced workers, in factories generally throughout the "My Darling-You see it is alt country, is blamed in part for the 9 per cent, increase in accidents so gloriously thrilling being in love last year. with you, dear, that I feel my heart absolutely bursting over with exquite joy.

Of the 192,539 accidents in 1937, 1,003 were fatal. In 1936, there were 920 fatal accidents in a total of 176,390,

"It is all rather strange, beauti

These facts are given in the annual tory near their colllery and rented fully strange, that 1, Compte de report of the Chief Inspector of it to a firm of warp knitters to pro

In Cordova, should be so madly Factories and Workshops, Sie Dun-vide work for the women and girls und passionately in love, I, who con R. Wilson. thought I was so secure from it,

areas in

arc

In the families they hope to attract to the neighbourhood.

on

but oh, my queen, the ecstasy of The accidents increase was most

which A manager commenting that marked in those il is like a searing flame

situated or juvenile accidents is reported as stat- passes through my blood when heavy industries hear your volee.

where there has been great indus-ing that the threat of suspension or dismissal, once the mainstay of dis- trial expansion, says the report.

cipline, had little effect to-day, be- cause most of the boys prefer to be out of work than in it.

RADIO BROADCAST

Brahms Symphony No. 4

In E Minor

CHILDREN'S HOUR

Radlo Programme Broadcast by. Z.B.W. on a Frequency of 645 k.c's. and on Short Wave from 1-2.15 p.m. per and 8-11 p.m. on 0.52 m.c's. second.

II.K.T. (DC). 12-12.20 p.m. Relay of Service of Intercession from St. John's Cathe dral.

12.30

Les Allen and The B.B.C. Dance Orchestra.

There's No Time Like The Present --Quickstep

Fath "Music (from Charms"); Just Little Bits and Pieces -Fox-Trot (from "Music Hath Charms")....B.C.

Dance Or

Orchestra:

Where

5. Les Big Ship-Fox-Trot

Is The Sun? (Redmond and David); Sweet Heartache (from "Hit Allen with Novelty

(from "Music Hath Charms"); In My Heart

(from

Of Hearts-Valse (from "Music Hath Charms").....B.B.C. Dance Orchestra; Once In A While (Green and Edwards); Don't Ever "Rhythm In the Change Clouds")....Les Allen with Orches-

tru; Radio Times-Fox-Trot (Henry Hall: The Phantom Of A Song (Henry Hall)...The BBC. Dance Orchestra,

1 Time and Weather.

1.03 Songs by Charles Kuliman

(Tenor).

Serenade (Ravinks Serenade): Come Back To Sorrento (Aveling and De Curtis): Thera (Weatherly and Adams); Beautiful Garden Of Roses (Dempsey and Schmid).

1.15 New Mayfair Orchestra.

A Vision Of Spring; Intro:-Spring Song: O that we, two were maying; A Spring Morning; Come Lusstes and Lads: Spring's Awakening: Now the day is over; Venellan Nights:

Barcarolle in G Minor to:-

sohn); Barcarolle ("Tales of Hoff-

Carnival mann"Offenbach);

Venice (Benedict): Memories Horatio Nicholls; Intro: Dream of Delight; Wyoming; Blue Eyes; Dell- Lah; Shepherd of the Hills; Sunshine of Marseilles; Souvenirs; My Inspira- tion is you.

1.30 Reuter and Rugby Press; Weather Forecast and Announce- ments.

Weber-Concertstuck 1.40 Minor and Other Compositions,

in

Euryanthe Overture.....

Willem Mengelberg and His Concertgebouw Orchestra; Concertstuck In F Minor (for Plano and Orchestra)....Robert Casadesus (Piano) and the Orchestre

The Symphonique of Paris, conducted by Eugene Bigot; Invllation To Waitz....London Philharmonic Or- chestra conducted by Waller Gochr.

2.15 Close Down.

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Music hath charms

Sunday Classical Concert

at Repulse Bay Hotel

Under leadership of

Ceo, Pio-Ulski

Programme for Sunday, 11, Sept., 1938. 1 p.m. -2.30 p.m. PROGRAMME

Studio The Children's Hour. Closing Local Stock Quotations. 1.02 Light Variety (Vocal and Instrumental).

Moorish March-Pasodoble (Mohr); Valentina-Carioca Fox-Trot (Wright

Dunn)....

Emil Roosz and is Orchestra; When The Moon Hangs High (Fio Rito-Bullock-Wenrich): Did 1 Remember (from "Suzy").... Dick Powell with Victor Young and his his

C'est Orchestra;

Valse qui brillo"); Musette (from "Parls Sous Les Fonts (from "Paris qui with Chorus, brille").......

Mistrchestra; Ninette Accordeon and (Maud): A Japanese Sunset (Deppen) R. E. McPherson (Playing on the Organ of New Empire Ciucma: Trailing Around

1. Oberon. Ouverture In A Trailer ("The

farcarole Holiday Song")....George Formby The shortage of labour, it is re-

3. Tales from the Vienna Woods. I want you always to remember| that no matter what happens or corded, caused a firm in Suffolk to "Such an attitude in many cases and Ills Ukulele with Orchestra; La Rataken-Glava Mazurka workers could be traced to the lack of other Java Du wherever we may be, my heart, provide free transport for soul, life, destiny and love are at a distance, to attract them, and employment to which the boys were (Van Herck); Serenata Mediovale

(Silvestri).... Mundoline Solo "In the

by Prof. in your keeping, so help me, God." to offer a bonus to anyone introdue-suited," adds the report.

with

Plano: Giuseppe Gargano ing

six area in question there was little em- friend remaining for a

boys ployment for

except in the Bario (The Kiss)-(Featured in "The Three Smart Girls"); Someone brick-yards."

To Care For Me (from "The Three "SWEATED" LABOUR

Smart Girls").....Deanna Durbin The report "refers to the usual with Orchestral Accomp.; Raisin' The

(from

The Cotton Club erop of glaring cases of illegal em- ployment, though these, of course, are exceptions."

"My own dear princess, won't you try to understand that I love you with all my heart and soul....

In reply to the Stipendiary (Mir. months.

in, taking all the cover they could. | Marshall), the girl denied that a note for Smy stlit had bis gun.

"LURED" TO WORK

which Lupton said she had written

A colliery company the East Midlands, needing men, built a fac-

Lft

They got to within 20 yards when to him was in her handwriting. he was seen to kneel, put the gun to his heart and fire, He was dead when the first policeman' got to him.

LEFT TWO NOTES

Siny's elder brother, Mr. Percy Smy, told me he had lent him the 29. with which he bought the ou- | tridges. He understood his brother: wanted the money to have his cycle repaired.

"1 "I know he had had a quarrel with Violet on Saturday after they had been to a cinema at Ipswich gether," he added,

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this

"He left two notes for me, which I found on the mantelpiece morning. In one he said that he had made up his mind to end it all and was going to shoot the girl and then himself,

The two brothers lived together and between them helped to keep their widowed mother, who is nearly blind.

"A QUIET MAN"

.

"VICTIM" OF LUSITANIA BACK

IN ENGLAND

Being

Woman's Reunion After

Given Up For Dead

Greeting a sister they believed had been lost with the Lusitania in 1915, relatives on the U.S. landing stage at Liverpool saw Mrs. Margaret O'Connell for the first time for 40 years-and found her a grandmother, twice widowed, with a family of ave

Bew"...Paul Whiteman presents

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Roy Bargy and Ramona; Happy As The Day Is Long (from "The Cotton One firm, in the week preceding Club Review")....Paul Whiteman the Coronation, employed women presents Ramona and her Grand and young persons from 6am to Piano; Bluebeard-A Hed-Time Story (Come- Wish Wynne midnight on each day.

(Шуппе). dienne); The Happy Mountaineers

In another case a girl of 15 was (Tyrolean Medley-Basil); Memories working 7514 hours week, ex- or The Alps ("Tyrolean Medley clusive of meal times.

Basil)....Rue Jenkins' Cosmopoli-

tans.

8

Tinie, Weather and Announce-

Girls under 10 in a seaside laundry worked during the stammer from 8ments.

am. to 9.30 pan., seven days a week.1 8.02 London Relay-World Affairs'

A walk by A. P. Newton, Rhodes New industries and factories meant wrote asking me to come home when substantial addition to the numberofessor of Imperial History in the

There are 100,277 University of London.

8.15 Viola Solos. I lost my husband, but I had four of inspectors.

Prelude (d'Hervelvia).....Sylvia young kiddies to consider and decided | factories and 71,100 workshops on

da gamba with the registers of the Department with Grummer (Viola to stay.

"Finally I married again, but I total of 270,114 premises subject to Plano accomp. by Prof. Hinze-Rein-

Inspection. have my second husband, too. I now

(from "Songs without Words")— An investigation into the incidhold); Venetian Gondele Song No. 1 have a fine family of five, the eldeste of waris in fish workers on the Mendelssohn-arr. G. Woller); Duetto of whom is 30.

Fast Coast reveals that warts are from

Songs without Words" "When I received no more letters frequently present on the hands of Mendelssohn-arr. G., Walter).... Forty-five years ORO Margaret from home I thought they were un-workers who handle white fish, such Lionel Tertis.(Viola Solo) with Or- "The last sort of person we would Spillane and her mother-now a bed- noyed, perhaps, because I had not as god, sole, catfish and haddock. chestra Accompaniment; Minuet With think capable of such a thing," one ridden woman of 84--moved to Tem-, returned, and I must confess I never But those who handle herring ap-Two Variations from Sonatu (K. saict.

plemore, Whitecote, Bramley, Leeds, wrote again until last Christmas to pear to be immune. from Templemore, Tipperary.

the old address, where Five years Jater 12-year-old formerly lived. Margaret went to the United States, promising to return.

The villagers spoke to me of Sny

as a quiet inan who kept to himself.

The Concr house stands in a quiet hedged lane at the side of the Co- operative shop. Behind the house in the field where Smy killed himself.

Inspector Rumsey was taken to Felixstowe Hospital and then to. Guy's, London.

Gold Miners Strike It Rich

of her own.

hel we

"Only then I found that the family had belleved me all these years to be

And It was not surprising that a victim of the Lusitanin sinking. old Mrs. Spillane, citting propped up Sure, but it's all straightened itself

in bed in the drawing-room, failed out now."

to recognise her "long-lost" daughter,

whose Irish brogue slipped into

And Mrs. O'Connell, dark-haired,

true New York accent as he told jovial and buxom, put her head back and roared with laughter. Now that

Kill Kidney

Trouble Quick

Stamilz)..... .Ecro Selin (Viola d'amour)

Waller Drwenskl (Cembalo); Minuet and Finale from Divertimento (J. Haydn)..... Eero Selin (Viola d'amore). Grete Eweler (Violin) And Gregory Pecker (Cello),

8.30 Studio-A Concert by Z.B.W. Orchestra.

Suite From the South-(N- code); (u) A Legend from La Pro- Thousands of mufferera from Kidney

weakness hvo vence; thi Moorish Dance Song; (e) trauble and Bladder Circles Under Eyes, Swollen Aukles 2. Myself When Young ("In A Nervounties, Stiffner, thermatiem, Dit. Persian Garden-Lehmann); Silent ancan, Iumbago, Iturning, Helling. Briart- The Aridity and Tens of Vigour by a po- Noon (Vaughan Williams)....Stuart "I can still remember the district, or new ditenvery called Cyntax (alas Robertson (Baritone) with Plano; 3.

(tantly soothes, lobar, elenna, and although it has changed considerably.hein, raw kore kidnes. In 15 minutes Minuet (from the Quintelte Op. 23 "I just changed my mind, 1 left freland when 1 was seven years Cystex starfa purifying your blood. Brings Boccherini); 4. Serenade (Mar- Allegretto (Wolsten- 000 worth of gold in eight months.reckon," Mrs. O'Connell explained to old to come here, and I was only 12new health, youth and vitality in our quardt); 5.

qantauteed end your trouhies in 3 days or money auk. Get Crakes at Mű chemlats a News Chronicle reporter. "Mother when I salled for New York in 1800.'

her how, at the death of her "fois!" | everything has been explained away stopped 'Uelting Up Nights, Leg Pains. In the Tavern....Z.B.W. Orchestra; husband, she decided not to return to England in the Lusitasin us she she says she is "tickled to deaths to

be home again." had planned.

Perth, Austraila, WH. Waby and E. T. Harton, two miners working near Coolgardle. have succeeded in extracting $73,-

They treated 41 tons of ore.

"CHANGED MY MIND"

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