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OBITUARY ATTACK ON

Manager Of Hotel Des Wagon Lits

ת

EDITOR.

Assailant Committed

To Sessions

March 7, 1939.

INSURANCE CLAIM

Managing Partner Enters Box.

to

In the death of Mr. John Philip Bourne at Pelping, the Far East has

The lost a man who by personality and

preliminary proceedings Further questions relating determination made career for against Chan Sck-lam, charged with prices were put to Wong Yun-tong. himself In the new Innd of his wounding Li Pei-sin, founder and managing partner of plaintif firm,

Supreme manager of the South China Dally in the adoption.

Court yesterday News, and reportedly a secretary to when hearing of the Insurance Mr. Bourne was manager of the Mr. Wang Ching-wel, with intent to claim against the China Under- Grand Hotel Wagon Lits in Pelping murder, and, alternatively, wounding writers, Lid., was continued before when he died on March 5. He had with intent to cause grievous bodily the Chief Justice, Sir Atholl Mac- held that position since 1931 but harms, were concluded before Mr. R. Gregor. prior to that he was for some years Edwards at the Central Magistracy Plaintiffs are the Cheong Shing in Hongkong.

yesterday, when Chan was committed Hong firm, and the claim prose qui He was born in California but was for trial at the Criminal Sessions. of a fire in their godown in January, of English extraction and he reverled Mr. E. H. Williams appeared for 1038. to that nationality during his stay in the Crown, assisted by Mr. M. A. du

Thuy claim $30,906.23 from the de- the Colony. His first contact with Silva, whilst Mr. C. A. S. Russ aption to be borne by them for the loss fendants, being the rateable proper- years ago

the For East was many

before that concern was ab./17; about 5 pm, Lim-was proceedin® | Insurance companies are interested.

There

were 10 actual

when he was purser on board the peared for the accused. Inspector

Whant was present for the Police. of a quantity of sea-food through old Siberian Maru. He served on

The Crown alleges that on January the fire. ships of the Japanese "T.K.K. Com-

The case is a test in which several sorbed by the Nippon Yusen Kaisha, and auddenly received several heavy along the road towards Pedder Street,

The defence is that out of the 137 In 1921 he joined the Hongkong and blows on the head. He immediately items set out in the claim, 127 aro Shanghai Hotels Ltd., in Shanghai, collapsed.

fraudulent, and benents under the being engaged in the construction

policies are, therefore, fortelted. work of the Majestic Hotel in that

the eye. They further allege that some of port. The following year he came witnesses of the attack, but Dr. Farr goods had been charged higher than

to Hongkong and was general Government Radiologist, who was the market price and that the weight| manager of the Company's hotels about to get into his car near the and price book had been altered. here until 1928 when he concentrated scene of the attack, noticed a man Mr. Eldon Poltet, x.c., and Mr. H. on the Peninsula Hotel. Much of sink to the ground. At the same C. Macnamara appear for the

plain- the construction work of that build-time, he saw another man running. ft firm on the instructions of Mr. Ings and its ane furnishings and He also noticed the accused striking E. Davidson, of Hastings and Co., decoration were Mr. Bourne's per- the complainant on the head when The defendants are represented by sonal concern.

the Hon Mr. Leo D'Almada, Jnr, Mr. Bourne was appointed to the he was on the ground.

by and Mr. D. J. N. Anderson, instruct- Grand Hotel Wagon Liis, a subsidiary Privates P. Hirst and 11. Mullin, who led by Mr. O. E. C. Marton of Dea- of the Hongkonst and Shanghal happened to be there.

The

accused was arrested

CORS.

Hotels, Ltd., in 1931 and, except for Private Hirst said that he was Cross-examined by Mr. D'Almads. a brief visit to Hongkong by air in walking along Des Voeux Road Cen-Wong agreed that some of the items January of last year, he remained at trai, near Mesars. Lane, Crawford, had been altered and that the Chl- his post through the hostilities in that when he heard some one shout out nese figure "one" could be changed in English, "Stop that man." A man to two, three or seven by the addition ran past him and he saw the accused of strokes. running towards the alley next to Lune. Crawford WitnessTM and Mullin caught the accused.

arco.

MR. JOHN SARGENT

Attorney General With

Eliza Hanley Sargent.

Private Mallin corroborated. Private

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Asked to explain why some of the

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Roe said that he was prices in the claim items were higher. walking behind the last two wit-than the average shown in the weight explained

Hammer Near Tramiines

Mr. J. I. Belton sald thot as he

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Coolidge Regime Ludlow, Vermont, Mar, G. The death is announced of Mr.nesses, and he heard a shout of "Stop and price book, witness John G. Sargent, United States At-that man." The accused, who was they might have been due to the fact

the goods were of

a superior torney General under President running across the road, was caught

quality or that there was a shortage Coolidge. He was 78 years of age. by his two friends. Witness saw

John Garibaldi Sargent, appointed man lying on the ground, went over at the time. He did not understand attorney general of the United States and dressed his wounds. Roe saw an any of the books as he was not in charge of them. He had a general by President Coolidge on March 17, iron bar-lying near the tramlines.

knowledge of them, though not in de- 1925, following the historic unsuccess- ful fight to confrm Charles B.

Witness agreed with Mr. D'Almadn Warren of Michigan, was born at Ludlow, on October 13, 1800, son of was coming out of Alexander Build-art. prices went up partly because of the destruction of the stocks and John Hermon Sargnet and Ann Ing, he saw t man lying on the

the scarcity of them in the Colony, ground and his wounds were being but added that the Imminence of the In early boyhood Sargent had dressed by a European. He picked Chinese New Year had had some made the acquaintance of Calvin Coolidge, who lived "over the hill" up a hammer near the tramline and

effect.

Counsel referred to stock fish, some in Plymouth, and while the future give it to a European,

Inspector A. L. Hopkins said he President was getting his start at was on the second floor of Alexander items of which had been altered from Northampton, Mass., Sargent was Building, and, looking down, saw a $12 to $15, and asked why this had plugging away at law at Ludlow with man lying on the ground. He tele not been done to other similar items. a partner, who was later to become phoned for an ambulance and went Witness replied that information on been supplied by Governor of Vermont, in 1900.

down into the street, The accused this subject had After eight years of private prac- was handed over to him by Mr. C. de (the salesman,

asked if the reason cheaper tice at Ludlow, Sargent was elected S. Robertson, and he received

When 2 district attorney of Windsor County,anmer o Mr. Hirst.

fish had

beca supplied to customers which office held until 1900. As dis- Shum-on-hol, dresser attached who would take dearer fish was be- trict attorney he successfully prose-to the Fire Brigade, said that on cause none of the latter were in the cuted, among other cases, two of the Instructions, he went to the pave-godown at the time of the are, wit most notorious murderers in the ment outside Messrs Mackintosh's ness replied that he did not think history of Vermont.

with an ambulance. There he help-they were out of stock. The cheaper Then followed eight more years of ed a European to dress the wounds line was fish that had gone bad, he private practice, untit 1800, when he of a wounded man. He saw a Chio-added. was elected on the Republican ticket ese place an Iron bar in the ambul as attorney general of Vermont, an ance.

1 salesman, would be called as he office to which he was re-elected two Inspector L. R. Whant said that had now returned from the country.! years later. During his four years as Inspector Hopkins handed accused The hearing'was adjourned to to- attorney general, Sargent prosecuted and a hammer over to him at the day. 33 homicide cases. He generally held Central poilce station. Sometime the respect of the Vermont bar and Inter, he received an iron bar from business men of the state. Follow-the last witness, and some clothing "Ing"his"state"attorney generalship; and folt hat from Inspector

when terminated in 1912, Sargent

held no pubile office until his con- Hopkins. He was present when the firmation as attorney general of the accused was charged. United States in 1925,

In answer to Mr. Russ, Insperior

In 1924, however, he was named Whant said that to his knowledges permanent chairman of the Vermont the accused was cautioned before he State Republican convention, and was charged. during its deliberations once took the

answer to the charges, the ne- floor to introduce resolution cused sald, "I have nothing to say," censuring a Vermont statesman to and "Nothing to say," respectively.

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Indian Company Training Course-Part II. The undermentioned members of the Indian Company have passed Part II of Truining Course (Knowledge pi Police Duties and Regulations) on Wednesday, February 22, 1030:

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