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A verdlet that death was due to multiple injuries from causes unknown was returned at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday, when an inquest into the death of Joseph Howard Campbell, an American, was, held.

Campbell was found dead in Peking Road, Kowloon, In the early hours of June 11, and sccording to the medical evidence there were numerous bruises and abrasions all over the body.

Other evidence disclosed that Campbell, just before hê met his death, had been in the company of Miss L. Ravago at the Trocadero Hotel, and that he left ih n temper because he was · not allowed to stay.

Mr. E. Himsworth sat as Coroner, The presumption is that Mr. Camp- assisted by the following Jury-bell left these behind when he de Measts, E. E. dos Remedios (Fore- parted?-Yes, but he left in a temper man), Kal-Wing-young and D. Lwithout saying 'good-night..

Are you quite surd he was not d'Aquino.

wearing the jacket?- did not no- Mr. M. A. da Silva held a watching lice, because he was then wearing brief for Miss flavago, while Sub-a white shirt. Besides, I had had a Inspector R. Cunningham, watched certain amount of drink myself.

of the the proceedings on behall

Did you watch him go down the Police, Me. W. H. S. Davis, Assistant stairs? Yes, and he was not walking President of the China Airmotive Co., straight. by whom Campbell was employed at the time of his death, was also pre- sent.

The earlier evidence was reported yesterday in the "Telegraph","

Finding of Body Evidence of finding the body was then given by Fazal Dad, Indian con- stable B170. Witness said the body; was lying fure downward, with armis outstrelclied. Campbell was in a semi-conscious state and made no

The door leading to your room has an ordinary Yale lock?—Yes. aftor seeing Campbell off? I'm not

Con you say you shut

the door

sure. I don't think I shut the door, because I was feeling very sleepy, and actually slept with my dress on, Would it be correst to assume that you were drunk?Yes.

finding that Campbell died from multiple injuries through causes unknown.

"There has not been the slightest suggestion that Miss Ravago was in uny way connected with the death of Campbell," concluded the Coroner.

The Jury, retired for is minutes, after which they returned a verdict that Campbell died from multiple in- Juclea through causes unknown.

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American Experts To Help Quell Flamos

New York, July 15. Three specialists from Texas are flying to Europe by the Atlantle |Clipper en route to Dammam, Arabin, well fire which has been burning for o extinguish with dynamite on oll

nine days. They will transfer at. an Imperial Airways Marseilles to plane and fly across the Mediter

vinean to Iraq. Basra and Bahrein. Thele plan is to inject enough gela. tinous dynamite into the well and blow out the fire. When Mr. Campbell left in a tem-! Recently three plunes also left reply when spoken to by wliness. Der did you have many hard words) Croydon for Bahrein carrying as- screens of n 1уре There was a strong smell of alcohol. in your regin?--No. But he appeared bestos sults and

Questioned by Mr. Silva, wlinesa: sulky when I refused to let him stay.used in the Royal Air Force,

Mr. Hinsworth: Was there any Dificulty has been experienced in suggestion mude when you were in

the fire owing to the intense heat-Reuter Bulletin. the restaurant that Mr. Campbell getting near should pay the bill?He had $110 gu him that night.

said the body was lying about two feet from the guller.

The next whiness was Mra, Alice the Trocadero Gray. resident a Hotel.

the

Mrs. Gray recalled that on morning of June 11, when returning to her bedroom, she heard a sound.

"I went out on to the verandal, and had a look around for the noise. The sound came from the road and when I looked down I saw a man drunk and whom I thought was

sleep. I did not know the man.

"went to my neighbour, whom I knew as Lucille. I do not know her

surname.

"I called out to her but there was

Appeared Sulky.

Where did he put that money?- I did not notice any more.

Did you know that this $110 was lost? Yes.

Mr, da Silva: Had you known Mr. Canibell very long? More than-a

year.

Hnd you been very friendly with him?-Yes.

Had he offered you any financial assistance? Yes. He had told me that if I wanted a loan of $100 or $200 he would give it to me.

Witness continued that Campbell

Danzig Following Reich

Danzig, July 18.

The official attitude of the authorl-

no answer. I called out n second) had had a lot to drink that nightles here was clearly defined

white.

"I said to her: There is a man) drunk lying downstairs." this was about 5.30 a.m.

dn

She When Campbell had arrived at her time and she then awakened. came out on to the verandah at my room in the Trocadero Hotel with Tuesday when it was pointed out that request. She was fully dressed in her he had asked if he could take for years past the National Socialist his coat off, and she had consented, polley in Danzig has been in com- Mr. da Silva: When you refused plate accord with that in the Reich I think to allow him to stay did he leave and that now, as heretofore, the fate She looked suddenly?---He got up from his chair of Danzig is in the hands of Adolf down to where the body was and and walked out saying "If you don't Hitler. sald: That's Campbell. So I sald:'want me to stay, I will go." He ap

unsteadily 'Do you know him?' and she replied: peared to walk rather

down stairs. *Yes. He is a friend of mine."

You yourself were quite drunk?—. then left her.

I was, "I immediately went down to the proprietor of the hotel.

Mr. Himsworth: When Luellle came out, was she smoking? That

1 do not remember.

Sound of Snoring

1.

Mr. da Silva: When you returned) to your bedroom, you heard some

sound. What kind of sound?-Like n person snoring very loudly.

Are you a light sleeper?-Very light.

. The verandah of your room joins on to the room occupied by Lucille? Your verandahs-are-separated by a thin wooden parition?-Yes.

You sleep near the verandah? No. Against the wall further in. unusual If there had been any

When you returned to your room what did you do?--I went to bed right away.

It is said to be utterly false that Dunzig is prepared to negotiate in- dependently.

The Polish Government demands that Danzig should under no circum- stonces come under the sovereignty of the Relch. Regarding this, it is re- marked that this is contrary to the On that day, opart from Mr. aspirations of Danzig which the Campbell leaving the place in a Fuchrer had determined to full- temper, did you have any quarrel or Trans-Ocean. hard words with him?-No.

Had you ever quarrelled with him. before? Never,

The

Coup Impossible

Paris, July 10, Would it be correct to state that

British aro not sleep," until Mr. Campbell's unfortunate writes, the Petit Journal on the visit death, the two of you were on very of General Sir Edmond Ironside to friendly terms?--Yes.

Warsaw. It adds that Britain is

If he should have come back ten taking all necessary precautions in minutes or quarter of an hour later: Europe and Asta and surprise would you have been asleep?-coup la impossible. went to sleep right away?”

Le Excelsior says that Paris and In respect of this $110, you told

London in organising peace are put- the Palice about it? Yes,

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you have awakened?-I expect would unless I was sound asleep.

When you awakened Lucille did she appear to have bren oricep?-Yes, she appeared to have been genuinely asleep.

Was Lucille a great friend of yours? As a neighbour we were friendly. Mr. Davis: When Lucille identified the body did she seem surprised or distressed? No, she showed none of

these emotions.

mid-

Is the language that by coln-theorists of force ought to under- hira by arrangement or eldence?-rong him up and told stand better than anybody else.

The visit of the Regent of Yugo- him I wanted to see him at

Slavia, Prince Paul, to London is night.

Mr. Himsworth: Where do you also commented upon by some news- work?--I have no work.

No Direct Evidence Addressing the Jury, Mr. said there was no direct evidence to thow how Campbell met his death.

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Paris, July 18.

on Tuesday interview In which

All the evidence was circunstantial The Petit Parisien. Just like: Oh, there he is'7-Yes. and from this the Jury were asked published The Foreman of the Jury: Did to make inferences, but, according to Marshal Smigly Rydz, declares that you make any attempt to go down to law, unless the circumstantial evid- Paipnd woold realst by force of arms aeneo was capable of une Inference the return of Danzig to the Reich, if the man?--No. I thought he was

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France and Britain. plicated. I did not know, he was in- evidence at all.

From the evidence that had been!

The Polish Marshal emphasises jured.

on Mr. Silva, It Mr. da Silva: When you first saw presented, went

Interests, and thus

contradicts Lucille, before she identified Camp-could be inferred that Campbell again that Danzig is vital to Poland's bell, did she seem upset?-No. She might have met his death through rumours to the effect that negotia smeit of liquor when I spoke to her.] falling from the pillar which he was tions between Poland and Germany She did not say "That is Campbell climbing like a South Seas native in an attempt to enter the room again; in a surprized tone.

that he might have been knocked Miss Lucille Ravago was then down by a motor car: that he might called to the witness-box and mid:

are secretly going on.--Trans-Ocean. Italian View

Rome, July 18. Omcial Italian and foreign diple- "I met Campbell about midnight have deliberately left his jacket be-

hind in order to provide himsel matic circles have no confirmation of at the Peninsula Hotel. We had with an excuse for coming back; and the reported mediation between Ber- about five drinks cach and after that he might have forgotten about lin and Danzig. a., we left the Peninsula and went the jacket when he left in a temper. The majority of diplomats express to Shanghal Street with another

If the Jury were of the opinion the opinion that the reports are ex- gentleman, We could not find that Campbell fell from the balcony, aggerated especially since they men- place there, so we went to a restaur- was it not possible that, being the tion purported Anglo-German nego- ant in Nathan Road, where we had worse for drink, he staggered to the tiations, instead of negotiations be two bottles of bear and some food. verandali, on entering the room, altween Poland and Germany-United

"From there we went home to the second time, and fell over? Mas Press. Trocadero Hotel. This was about 4 Ravago had stated that aho herself

a.m.

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was drunk and was feeling so sleepy that she did not not even trouble to

"Campbell went up to my room take off her dress bed for this New Employment

and wanted to stay. I refused, and told him to go home.

sleep. Mr. Silva suggested that this was a very possible and reasonable conclusion to arrive at by the Jury,

"He insisted, but I again refused, "Campbell then left in a temper without attaching blame to anyone.

without saying good-night to me.

"A

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the corridor and shouted 'good-night. Campbell came by his death still re- to-day in Britain than ever before. of the insoluble There are two and a half million mained one "He replied and walked away mysteries which everybody in Hong- more Insured workers employed than That was the last I saw of him.

"Later, I was awakened and told kong would probably docide accord-when the Government was elected in

ing. to the dictates of his own August 1931, and one and a half mil that there was a drunken man in imagination, but the Jury must not llon more Insured persons at work distress. I got up, looked over the arrive at their verdict by any pro-than at the height of the 1029 boom, veronrian, and saw Campbell.

by Mr. Lennox-Boyd, Parliamentary "I then went to Mr. Curtis and told cess of imagination, but rather

careful weighing of the evidence. Secretary of Labour, speaking the him about it.".

Mr. Himsworth then reviewed the Commons when introducing, the Un- The Coroner: How long did Mr. Evidence and said that if the Jury employed vole gave the following ex- Campbell stay before he left your were satisfied that Campbell met his amples: Unemployment in pig iron pince I think he stayed until 4.30 donth by falling from the balcony and smelling down 20,000 from 40,- they should bring in a verdict to this 000 in n year. Forty-four thousand Did you hand over to Inspector macet. On the other hand, if they fewer workdess in the coal industry. jacket, felt that the evidence was not strong in a year. The Special Areas alone Printed and Fablished for the Propelators by FREDERICK PERCY FRANKLIN cigarettes and a box of matches?-enough to enable them to reach such had had arms orders in the last three Coming: Walt Disney's FEATURES 199 Belossega

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