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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-02
Mr. and Mrs. r. G. Beeson made a

Mr. and Mrs. r. G. Beeson made
business trip to Richmond, Friday.
Gertrude Cox spent Saturday after
noon with Ruth Newman. Miss
Pauline York is on the sick list. She
has been absent from school several
days. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Oda called
on Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Washer, Sun
day afternoon. .. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Newman spent Sunday with their
daughter Mrs. Clyde Hockett.. r.
G. Beeson, our genial merchant, has
purchased a new adding machine.
Mrs Macel Jeffries. who has been
staying at the home of her uncle, Lew
is Hinshaw, near Dublin, returned to
her home Monday afternoon. Mr.
and Mrs. Orvil Jennings, of Richmond,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-02
Anti Oregon Reoolts
Are Reported in Mexico

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.-Rumors OF
anti-Obregon conspiracies in the
northern part of Mexico and along the
border have reached the state depart
ment and officials said today they
were watching the situation closely to
see that American neutrality was not
violated. Cognizance has been taken
Of the reports from Havana that Pab-
10 Gonzales. Juan Barragan and other
leaders of the Carranz regime were on
their way to Texas from Spain, where
they sought refuge after the over
throw of Cara MA, but government
officers said there was no reason why
they should be denied entrance to the
United States.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-02

Ed Brewer had a home-comeing and
Thanksgiving dinner for their children
Thursday. Mrs. Neva Shafer, Of
Miamisburg. spent Thanksgiving in
town with her father, Charlie Street.
80. Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Hephmer. Of
Akron, visited Mrs. Mary Miller, Sun
day. Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Grimer en-
tertained Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Pugh,
Sunday. Madeline Suber visited with
her mother, Mrs. Edna Pallheimer,
Sunday. .Romia Apple, of West
Alexandria, visited his brother. Glenn
Apple and family, Sunday. Mar
garet Nee, of Sommersville, spent the
weekend with her sister, Mrs. Ruby
Crume.
BLOOMINGPORT, Ind. - a m S
Reece and son, Addison. Mr.. and Mrs.
Ira Johnson and son Murray, Mr.. and
Mrs Earl Reece and Mrs. Eunice Hunt
of Fowler, Kansas, motored to the
home Of Eliza Hubbard, near Farm
land, Sunday after church service.
They arrived in time for dinner and
gave them quite a pleasant surprise.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-02
Windsor Rocker

A chair very graceful and just
as comfortable as it is grace
full. Has the broad back and
curved arms so characteristic
of this style. Finished in ma
hogany. q beautiful present
$14.e0.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-02

called on the latters sister. Mrs.
Austin Glover, Monday evening. -.
Mr.. and Mrs. "Ot" Anderson enter
tanned Ed Miles and family. from near
Williamsburg. at dinner Sunday.
Claud Moody and family from near
Lynn. Mr.. and Mrs. Willie Ellis and
daughters Lily and Ruth, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harvey Reed and Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
Beeson called in the afternoon
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-02
Davenport Table

What every home needs-a Ia
BILE, to be placed behind the
davenport. This one is de-
signed in the Louis XVI period
and can be had in mahogany or
American walnut as desired
$15.75.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-02
Smoking Stand

When giving a present, be sure
that it is a useful one. A
smoker of mahogany repre-
SCENTS ono OF the best values on
the market. Has glass humidor,
brass match stand and ash tray.
At $2.48 up.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-02

Your choice Of five beautiful
Hoosier ModeIs-with either
wide-openins swinging doors
or removable, sanitary roll
door. In all models Hoosier
gives you a vital section with
a dig, uncIuttered work table.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-03

drove the car myself to Hung Jao,
and told the chauffeur to drive the
other car to Yu Lee to its garage
and wait there. l went to Hung
Jao, but could not find the two men.
| returned to the Yu Lee garage.
This was Ais a. m. l handed the
car over to Chu's chauffeur and
gave him $50 in notes because the
car collided with a tree and wheels
were damaged and should be re-
paired.
Il then went to Dee Hung Kwei's
house and slept there until 8 a. M,
when l got up and left. This was
the morning of the oath May 12th).
/ went to the Yu Chang pawnshop
in Hankow Road and offered to ex-
change Lien Yings diamond ring
for that of Dee Hung Kwei's. The
pawnbroker refused to accept the
offer because the value of the ring
which l offered to exchange did not
meet with the one already in pawn.
Being unable to do anything, I re-
turned home and told my wife to
take the pearl necklace to have it
pawned for Sl00, but this was still
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chauffeur. I told him to drive to
the Sincere Company after IL mid
night and wait there for us.
81 returned home and told nv
wife to have the brooch and the
diamond earring pawned. These
we're pawned for $50. At II D. m..
l went to Dee Hung Kwei's house
ard at II midnight | falsely said
that had an appointment with
the fifth son of Chu Pao-san to 90
together to Dee Hung Kweis house
in connection with the question of
diamond rings. Thinking that l was
telling lie in order to leave her
house, Dee Hung Kwei insisted on
going with me. I went with her in
northerly direction to the Sincere
Company, where l found that the
car had not arrived. We then went
to Chun Tien Zih Club and at l a. m.
all the members dispersed and
we went to the Sincere Company,
and found that the car was still
not there. l then told Dee Hung
Kwei to return home first, but she
did not agree. I was obliged to hire
a car from a Yu Lee garage and we
New-York tribune., 1920-10-03
Dragged Girl From Car

Il stopped the car and alighted to
light the lamp. Before doing so I
poured chloroform on to piece of
cotton and handed it to All Tsune
when | was lighting the lamp. Fong
dragged Lien Ying down from the
car to wheat field and applied
chloroform to her. Meantime | saw
countryman coming from east to
west about thirty steps from the
car. | waited until he came near the
car and l took him into the car and
drove toward the west. | stopped at
the third Hung Jao bridge and told
the countryman to aight. | then
drove back toward the east. Shortly
afterward | saw WI and Fong come
east to west. stopped the car and
told them to get on to it. | was Of
opinion that the place where Lien
New-York tribune., 1920-10-03

cup of that coffee. Pm going to see
you out of it; get you home.
'lf its question of money, can
! can let you have $50 or more
a little more, to pay you up and take
you home. Respectfully, you know.
With-with your head up. But you
must give me your promise never
never to take chance like this
again"
There was another silence while he
drank his tepid coffee moodily-ab-
stractedly. And then came another
outburst. 1t was a priceless thing, a
young girls innocence She wasn't
to blame. She didn't know the dan
ger But whoever was responsible
for her had committed crime in not
warning her. He couldn't tell her
. what the danger was, but she was
to take his word for it that it was
real. She must suspect all strangers
women as we'll as men. To-mor-
row he would put her on a train for
home. 1t was frightful, He couldn't
get over the idea of it.
I'm sorry to say that Dorothy did
not lister to this very closely; only
far enough to enable her to tabulate
it as in the same vein with her
fathers warnings and Herbert s.
But she spoke at last.
"Nobody's responsible for me but
myself. And the people who would
like to be responsible for me warned
me. But you-you weren't stran-
ger exactly. knew who you were "
The man frowned. You knew
who I was -"
Only that you were Enid's
father said Dorothy.
She saw him go limp and white.
She saw the tears come into his
eyes, and then he covered his face
with his hands
Well, life was beginning to hap
pen to Dorothy at last She had
found answers TO some, at least, Of
her questions. The black and
white scheme of life, so confidently
presented by the movies" needn t
bother her any more. Here, across
Continued on poge seren
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taurant. where | gave the chauffeur
81 and four or five food money
notes. told him to get shaved and
take bath. This was done in order
TO send him away. After the chauf
feur had gone l drove the car to
the Loong Yuen tea house. WI and
fong were there already.e l told
them to wait in the tea house op-
posite the Fob Yue Lee alleywav
l went to Siao Ling Dae Ngoh's
house, and said that my friend had
made an appointment with me to
play poker there. l then wrote a
paper of call for Lien Wing by using
the surname of King. This was
about p. m.
Half an hour later Lien Ying did
not turn up and l went to her house.
where found her still asleep. told
her to hurry up, saying that my
friends had nearly all come. I told
her to come Immediately. l returned
to the Yih Ping Shang and took some
food. Meantime the chauffeur had
returned. then went with the chauf-
teur to Fob Yue Lee. where | told
him that a servant would accompany
me and that, as the car was too
small to accommodate him. he shonld
not go with me, but wait for me at
Yih Ping Shang Hotel at 7 p. m.
II told All Tsung, the second ac-
cused, to get on and watch the car.
l told the chauffeur to go. I then
went to Siao Ling Dae Ngoh's house.
This was about $50 p. m. | waited
there until $3.50 p. m. When Lien
4lng came shortly afterward | said
to her that my friends had not come
and we had better have a motor ride.
AT first she disagreed but owing to
my repeated requests she consented.
| left Siao Ling Dae Ngoh's house
with Lien Ying and we got on the
car WI and Fong were sitting on
the back side Of the vehicle. The
car Travelled along the Thibet Road
in northcrly direction and turned
along the Bubbling Well Road, Jess
tleld Road, Poh Sing Ching and
Hung Jao, where we turned toward
the east. When we came near to the
Nanyang College we turned toward
the west and passed the second
Hung Jao bridge. Meantime it be-
came dark.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-03
Murder Becomes Known

"At 3 p. m. we went to Chu's
fifth sons house. When we arrived
there Lien Ying's case had become
known. Chu's fifth son compelled
me and Dee Hung Kwei to take
motor car with him to Lien Ying's
house. was frightened and
jumped down from the car on the
way and fled into the premises Of
Pah Tu & Co. At night I went to
find WI and Fong and asked them
whether Lien Ying was alive or
dead. They replied that they did
not know. I was very anxious, be-
cause if Lien Ying was dead i was
guilty of murder and robbery.
told them that they should go to
that place the following day and
that if Lien Wing was dead they
should have her body buried. re-
turned home. Meantime my wife
already received information about
Lien Ying's case. When | returned
home she blamed me for having
done the affair and was afraid that
if Lien Ying could not wake up
after being chloroformed there
would be case of murder, also that
if she woke and met with bad men
there would be danger Of losing her
life.
4 became extremely frightened,
and did not know what to do. On
the morning of the 18th | went to
take refuge in the French mining
engineer, Chun Day-ming's house.
| intended to surrender to the po-
lice, but | dared not do so. fearing
that Lien Wing was dead. At night
called upon WI and Fong and
found that they had not gone to
Hung Jao. Being urged by my
mother and wife, left Shanghai on
the early morning of the 26th fer
Dzo San. / arrived at Yang Slang
on the afternoon of the 27th and
took refuge in my father-in-law'
! house
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terror kept her from putting that
question to the test
4 FTER a while she became
"A aware that he had stopped
speaking. Without looking up
at him she saw that he arrested
sharply the movement Of the glass
in his hand and set it down on the
table again. She knew that he was
staring at her felt him staring at
her. She tried to steady herself, to
crowd down out Of her mind the
panic that came surging up into it,,
so that her faculties could have
room to work. She must not, she
felt-as if she had been in a cage
with a tiger-allow him to see that
she was frightened. But all her
resolution couldn't keep her from
shuddering, nor repress at last a
great voiceless sob.
"Stop it," he commanded crisply.
And, in amazement at the new
voice, she now stared at him. He
WAS looking away from her.
you have nothing to be fright
ened about now," he went on. "You
needn't tell me I've made a mistake
| saw the look that came into your
face. You're exactly, can see now
exactly what I have supposed ali
along that you were pretending very
skillfully to be. I'm sorry. I apollo
gize"
But when she said, almost voice
lessly, "You will let me go now?'
his answer was a decisive NO. Not
yet
She made no attempt to dispute
his authority, and there was another
silence.
Il suppose l may as we'll give up
trying to account for you," he went
on at last, though, perhaps, it will
seem clear enough when can think
better But I've got to know what's
going to become of you; who's re-
sponsible for you. It's hideous TO
think Of you here-like this; or
somewhere else-with some other
drunken fool who might not see wha.
| saw in time. I've got to figure out
way. -Four mo out another
New-York tribune., 1920-10-03

ness Of the world? But she was
afraid 10 ask.
"Thc thing you never want to for
get he insisted earnestly, sis that
the good people are worse than the
bad. Remember that, and keep your
head up. Don't make friends among
good people. They'll be the first
ones to stab you in the back. I've
been stabbed four times to-day by
good friends-old friends-men I've
known. always.
Il needed a little money, $4,000,
that was all But had to have
it. 1t was a life and death thing
you see? They all had it. Every
one Of them could have spared
it and never known the difference
And they knew I'd pay it back
only wanted it for month. And
why did they refuse? Why, because
they were good. Because it made
them feel more respectable to throw
me down than it would to have
helped me. Four of them in one day
And there'd have been a fifth if the
wind hadn't smashed my glasses.
was on my way to Fred Hallam's of
flee when it happened. SO l went
into the hotel and found you instead
which was better business. It's cost
Hallam a chance to preach a sermon
and feel virtuous, there's that.
There was little silence
'ls that Mr.. Hallam. of Hallam
Green 4 Coz" Dorothy asked. anc
as he nodded morosely, she added
II know him. He's been awfully
nice-to me.
To her CONSERVATION, the look OF
blank incredulity in his face changed
into one Of unholy glee; not natu-
raj look-a something that was not
the man looking out through him
Madness? Drunkenness? But how
could he be drunk? She sat staring
at him frozen.
That's too good to be true he
said. Things like that don't hap
pen
But this she saw was merely a fig
ure Of speech. He did believe it
whatever it was.
"lll have TO give Fred Hallam a
New-York tribune., 1920-10-03
Continued from preceding page


THEY touched glasses, when the
drinks came in, just as Doro-
thy had seen the thing done in
the movies. This was disQuieting-
vaguely, because there, on the screen,
the woman who had done it had i'm
mediately thereafter lighted ciga-
rette and wound her bare arm around
the mans neck in most abandoned
and abominable manner. Oddly, too,
Mr.. Case had offered his little box of
cigarettes to her, but he had not ap-
peared surprised at her refusal, nor
noted, apparently, her startled gasp
that went with it. The movies were
merely literature, so much was clear.
She was not quite at ease, how
ever. Several times since the waiter
had left them, the man had, on one
pretext or another, touched her; laid
hand on her-grasped her shoulder
in a way that made her uncomfory-
able; though he had never tried to
prolong these contacts when she
showed wish to terminate them.
He called her "Child,' but neither
his voice nor his look seemed to her
-exactly-fatherly.
She didn't like the Clover very
well, either. 1t was by no means
as good as it was pretty. Its sweet
ness covered something unpleasant; !;
like-she had seen this on the street
in the past four days-powder on an
unwashed face. But it had no effect
on her whatever. Indeed, it hadn't
occurred to her to think Of it as an
intoxicant.
There was nothing strange about
this. Persons unaccustomed to alco-
holic drinks enjoy a surprising I'M
munity from the familiar effects so
long as they drink innocently; that
is to say, without the hope or expec-
tation or fear of becoming drunk.
If Dorothy had felt any effect
whatever from her Glover, she might
have got a clew to the surprising
behavior of her host, whom she had
seen drink three of them. Lacking
this hint, she didn't know just what
to make of him.
Mostly, he was engaging. witty.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-03
1he Acc1dental--- 4nothsr Dorothy Story

delightful, bent on pleasing her. And
she, progressing sedately through
his exquisite dinner, with sober little
sips now and then at her dry claret,
over which she managed not to make
faces, was pleased.
But this manner. as the dinner
progressed, wore thinner became
more obviously artificial, and broke
down every now and then into a
melancholy abstraction from which
he reused himself with difficulty.
He became unstable -inconsequent
-gusty. Sometimes at the answers
she gave to his questions-and he
asked good many answers given
in a spirit of candor and not in
themselves, it seemed to her. the
least astonishing, he peered at her
quizzically-smiled, as if half puz-
zled, half amused, but altogether in
credulous
At last he said, pushing his plate
out of the way, leaning forward on
his elbows and staring into her face,
''Well, | give you up. You're an
enigma to me-"
Dorothy WINGED, but managed to
keep her voice steady.
81 don't think I'm very-enigmat-
ical,' she said >
"lt's queer world, then" he in
sisted. maybe you'll admit that. ="
81 don't know anything about the
world" Dorothy said. "That's what
I've wanted to find out about
Its & beastly world,' he insisted,
"a rotten world. You know that
much about it, anyhow. If you
didn't know it, you wouldat be hav-
ing dinner here with me-"
His speech was still the beauti-
fully clear, perfectly articulated
thing it had been from the begin
ming, and the roughness Of the
words themselves was compensated
for by the deep melancholy Of his
voice
That last deduction of his baffled
Dorothy 1t simply didn't make
sense. Why should the fact that
they two were having dinner to-
gether be supposed to indicate a
knowledge on her part of the rotten
New-York tribune., 1920-10-03

chance to preach his sermon, after
all. III have to go around and ask
him for that two thousand. And III
let him talk about what damn fool
middlcaged married man is who
runs around with chorus girls and
cate dancers and such, and when
he's all through III say
Fred, old man, I'm glad to hear
you talk like this. I'm glad you re-
alize your position And when he
asks me what | mean by that, I'll
say, How about little %
What is your name, anyway? The
name he calls you. III ask him how
about you. III bawl him out for
fair.
"1'll have to be drunk. I can't
talk when Pm sober. And | never
know what III say when Pm drunk.
But II say it to him. I'll tell him to
keep his $4,000 and go to hell with
it,"
Stunned-dazed at first, as if an
earthquake had rocked the building.
Dorothy sat there while his incredi-
bic words, like chunks of plaster
from the ceiling, thudded down upon
her. Then, after an immense lapse
of time-spiritually immense, but in
seconds not more than score-her
mind began working again.
She was alone here in an utterly
strange place-possibly a sinister
place, she didn't know-with a
drunken man. With man who
supposed her to be-who had from
the moment she answered his ques-
ton there in the hotel, supposed her
to be-disreputable. She understood
now that quizzical, ironic smile with
which he had greeted her answers to
some Of his questions. He had
thought she was lying, and had
found the supposed lies amusing.
He had believed her purpose with
him TO be the same unspeakable-
almost unthinkable-purpose as his
with her. How far would he go to
enforce his purpose when he found
that he had mistaken hers What
would he do when she made her first
move to escape?
For the moment sheer nightmare
New-York tribune., 1920-10-03

insufficient because the pawnbroker
only agreed to accept Lien Ying's
diamond ring for $500 There was
still 500 short for the redemption
of Dee Hung Kwei's diamond ring
| then went to her house This was
l p. m. l asked her to 90 with me
to Chu's fifth sons place with the
intention Of borrowing $1OO from
New-York tribune., 1920-10-03

ing the things the car ran into a
tree through slight carelessness. The
car stopped, and told the TWO men
to remove Lien Ying to low field.
| made an appointment with them
that | would come back in The car
to take them after - midnight. l
then drove along back to Yah Ping
Shang and handed the car to the
New-York tribune., 1920-10-03

drove to JessAeld and Hung Jao and
back to Sincere Company, where
the fifth son Of Chu's chauffeur got
on the car, and told him to drive to
Kiu An Lee alleyway and send Dee
Hung Kwei home.
81 and Chu's chauffeur drove to
St. GATHERINGS Bridge, where
told him to bring out Chu's car. l
New-York tribune., 1920-10-03
Accomplice Tells Story

Ng Tsungfong, alias Ng All
Tsung, the second accused and a
complice, stated on the witness stand
that he was asked by Yen Jui-sung
to assist in a robbery, and that he
only remained in the motor ca while
Yen dragged the girl out Of the car.
and Fong, the third man concerned,
who has not yet been found, assisted
The main prisoner. He testified that
the first accused, Yen. and Fong re-
NAMED in the field more than an
hour. For his assistance the second
prisoner was promised 800, which
he never received.
After ten minutes of deliberation
between the British Assessor. Mr..
Blackburn. and Magistrate Kwan.
the two prisoners were declared
guilty. An order was handed down
that they be turned over to the Chi
nese authorities Tor execution, az the
Mixed Court has not the power to
imnose capital punishment.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-03

Ying was lying unconscious was too
near to the road and told them to
remove Lien Ying to the car. I drove
toward the east.
"Meantime Fong handed to All
Tsung large diamond ring. q pearl
necklace, diamond earring, a brooch
and wrist watch, and the latter
handed them to me- When | was tax
New-York tribune., 1920-10-03
Prisoners Statement

MY name is Yen Jui-sung. My
ancestors native place was Tang
Hs'en IN Honan. I am twenty-six
years Of age and was born in Shang-
"ai' entered the Aurora Uni
'ersity when I was sixteen years old
a'a LETT it when / was twenty. !
'O'ned the engineering course of the
Sla'hing school of the Ministry Of
communications in Peking and re-
'orhed to Shanghai when | was
'"ehty-one. | was then employed in
'He Llang Tsi Company for eight
months, after which I left for Hong
"ohg. l stayed there for six months
@'o lnen returned to Shanghai. |
vas employed as a translator by a
"i'ihg engineer, Chun- Dab ming,
~ the Franco-Chinese Mining COM
pany, for about ten months and then
'eeaine clerk in the compradore S
0'llce Of the French Tramway Com
sany. left that position in the first
'aohth Of this year, and am since out
OF employment.
Inc cause Of the case is that
,0'lmencing in the eighth month Of
'sss year | frequented the house Of a
sshg song girl named Dee Hung
"e'. was on good terms with her.
1'er had left employment this
'sar still was visitor in her place.
"a the 18th Of the fourth moon