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Shot Man Cites Canon Green ALHAMBRA

On Right To Kill

Last Letter Defends Taking

Wife's Life

Before shooting his wife and turning the gun on him- self, William James Bönnin (69), of Crossways, Giden Park, a retired engineer, worried by a financial crash and his wife's ill-health, wrote a letter to the coroner in which he said:

"The finest parson ever met recently said in public: 'There is not a word in the Bible against self-slaughter. If you are going to call taking a person's life at his request murder, then you must call taking a person's property with hly consent theft, which is absurd."

Following the quotation of the let 11 ter at the inquest nt Romford, Essex. recently, Canon Peter Green, Sub- Dean of Manchester Cathedral, sait!! that he made the statement referred

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to by Hannin at a meeting at Leices- Two Persons Killed in Traffic ter in November, 1937, In support of the Voluntary Euthanasia Society.

Accidents Last Week

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MURDER THEORY

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Police belleve that MISS Pamela Rose. Raper, the 26- year-old London sculptor, whose body was found in a fisherman's net on the coast near here on TOMORROW a recent Friday, was murdered. Miss Raper had been missing since August 1, a few days after she arrived at a holiday camp on a farin near Hyeres. She was accompanied by an English friend. Miss Isabel Banton

who left the camp before the disoprated.

The post-mortem examination hus! "STRICT CONDITIONS"

In the Colony of Hongkong, inrevented that death was "There is nothing in the Dible so cluding the Island, Kowloon and the drowning, but that the girl's skull far as I can see condemning self New Territories, during the week was fractured. Her lungs contain a Slaughter," added Canon Green, ending on Saturday last, there were quantity of sand and this is held to think, in circumstances of extreme altogether 08 traffic accidents, us the late that Miss Raper was still

were alive when she entered the water. Bain and non-curable illnesses cu- result of which two persons

MONEY MISSING thanasia shld be legalised, unter killed and 35 persons were injured. very strict conditions.

Of the persons killed, one Chinese mean to say under the certificatej male, aged 65 years, died from in- of a doctor, and so on. That is the juries received while alighting frote sition of the Euthanasian League. a moving tramear, and the other, a

She commot have fractured her skull The Dean of Manchester recently private car driver, aged 22 years by tailing on a rock, as there are

Green described Canon

"the

his car colliding with a owing to

Nalba

ane in the neighbourhood of the verandah pillar at

Roud greatest parish priest in England."

ound. Injured, 33 Of the persons

were where her body was. the inquest, when verdicts were At

The theory that it might have been returned that Bonnin interdeyed s wife and then took his life while the pedestrians, who were either walle

ing or Fumming ncross the road and case of suicide was dismissed by Miss Raper, who was balahce of his mind was disturbed, were strtek: by vehicles. Two the police. the coroner (D. L. F. Becele salt bicycle riders and one private ear physically strong and a good swim- apparently Bonnin read the quotation passenger were injured as the real, met, was always in the best of spirits.

veltelts.

While in Paris on her way to the In a newspaper report and tools it of collision between seriously.

camp she had ordered. a complete anxiously camping utat and was awaiting its arrival to leave the camp.

Evidence revented that Bomin shot' his wife while his three daughters were at a dance, rang up the girls ercort and told him to bring them

me, then shot himself.

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one

torry passenger fell off a moving lorry and was, injured. Two tram passen gers and bus passengers were injured while alighting from moving tram- ears and moving buses respectivel

Money which Miss Raper usually carried in her shorts pocket was nal

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1 O the 60 accidents, 21 were col- On the day she disappeared she #sion between vehiclest 30 were cut-¡ had written a letter to Mrs. H. W. tisions between vehicles and Fovargue-her molber-at Battle. Miss Josephine Bonnin, a secretary pedestrians; 15 arcdents were due but she tore it up.

This with the chequebook and typist, said "When we left father to other causes.

The type of vehicle involved were poss-book found in her tent, were sent said good-bye to us. I felt that it

Vice- TOMORROW sounded as it something dreadful was private motor cur 34; motor lorry 19, to Mt. Thomas, the British coing to happen. I found out after- motor bus 13: public motor e Consul at Toulon.

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fer father had said he staked all- on some speculation "and it had not: Come aff."

Dr. S. R. Wright, of Main Road, Ronitord, said for four or five year

Bonisin had suffered from mental degeneration, which was gradually getting worse.

NOTE TO CORONER Bonnin wrote several notes, one of which was read by the coroner: "Sin arm writing this while have my wits about me. It may never reach you, but I am very much

fraid that it will.

2

"Increased sulle itu; seems the only prospert life has for her.

A few days later, however, all the Laniesing girl's papers were stolen from

Mr. Thomas's villa by burglars, who lescaped with a hand of silver plate, art objects, money and documents.

CABLE CENSORSHIP

"For the last, 11 years, I have been, constrained to live almost entirely on capital, various enterprises having! met with no success. This is well-

exhausted. My age and state of Reuter Telegrams Held health leave me no hope of retrieving my position.

Up by Japanese

"It is for my children's sake that I Human Jam giving a you these details.

Shanghai, Sept. 27. verdlets do not greatly concern mc, A further example of Japanese but I recognise that the less harsh

of incoming suppression rensers' such verdicts the less incilation will Reuter telegrams was revented to- outsiders have to add to what my day when Reuter's in Shanghol re- roved from Hongkong, copies of quoting Canen

"My dear wife and I have been wildren will have to under the recent telegrams despatched.

marsied for 20 years. A more un- Alter

18. gentle and lovable person than letter continued: "My dear wife has

A telegram relating to the Japan- she has been 1 do not think it would left me in no doubt as to what she ese bombing of the Stout Memoria! ite pussible to And. For the past five songs for. Some day those who have Hospital at Wuchow, and despatched grars or more her mind has been fail-no longer anything to give or from Hongkong AL mid-night on Ing.....making her tile increasingly from the world will be allowed to September 10, has not yet been

delivered. Renter. leave it less indecently." unhappy and miserable.

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APPEAL TO LEAGUE Secret Session Fixed For China Problem

Geneva, Sept. 27.

It is understood that so far it has been difficult to reconcilo the con- Aleting views of the Chinesa delega- tion and other Powers regarding what should be done in view of the Japanese reply refusing the Council's summons to appear in answer to the Chinese charges of aggression.

The Council's decision will be im- A sceret session of the Courell to

pertant, es nɛsomewhat similar altual) expected shortly, pósalbiy this atter-flon would arise in the event of a noon, to deal with the Chinese ap- | Czecho-Slovakian

to peal to the Leagus.

Council-Reuter.

appeal

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