South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-18
SEIZE CHINAMAN IN
QUIZ OF DANGERS
DEATH FROM DOPE
Prominent Chinese in London
Involved in Revelations
of Drug Use.
By CHAS. VI. MCCAIN
Irited Press ~tam Correspondent.
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LONDON. April 15--Chiur Rows
was the first head 20 fan following
the death Of Freda Kcmptol. laugh
ing. pretty uent-footed dancing in-
structress whose death from an
overdose Of a DRUG. probably cocaine
promises revelations unequalIed iu
years as 20 Londons night life.
AZ the inquest on Freda. post
po1ed 20 April IL. Chinese were
mentioned as among the sources Of
supply OF drugs in the West End.
They have been. as have men Of all
nationalities
But just after the adjournment,
detectives saw Ching Kow talking
70 a girl az "a street corner on the
fringe OF Soho in which are most
Of the night clubs
After a short conversation. Ching
K0w went o. his room Returning.
he resumed the conversation. The
girl left. and the detectives went
UP 90 the Chinese Ching Kow re-
sisted and the two detectives had
a fight before they got HIM
They took Ching Kow 90 his
room where they found packages
10 which Ching Kow pointing sue
cessively, said briefly. Cocaine"
Morphine" They also found a
torn bit Of paper bearing an address
in the Limehouse district There
was another visit and another ar
rest There viii be more arrests.
Chinaman Is Witness.
In the meantime. the first stages
OF Freda Kempton's inquest had
been concluded A fashionably-
dressed young woman daughter Of
Freda's landlady stated that on one
occasion Freda. in evening dress.
went TO her room at 6 o'clock one
morning jaws twitching. and ex-
claimed. Eve been drugged, I was
at - Regent street, and a Chinese
-" The coroner interrupted. not
wishing the statement to be made
at that stage
A dapPer little Chinaman who was
in court at tho time was bound over
TO appear as a witness when the
inquest is resumed He told an in
terviewer that Freda had been to
his restaurant i'm Regent street
several nights previously on q
party with some friends. and had
been drinking.
Freda's mother. wife Of a clerk.
said she had seen Freda often Of
late
II saw her on the night OF her
death" she said. she seemed quite
happy" Freda was frequently de-
pressed, but when she was she used
20 say 20 me What's the use of
moaning She was all life
con the evening of her death al
/ left her fiat. she said Goodbye.
Don't get fed up Mummy I asked
her what she meant. Don't be
silly She laughed and kissed me
goodbye"
Freda's landlady testified Freda
was subject TO fits Of terrible de-
preston accompanied 10y headaches
ON the evening of her death ne had
a nad headache. Suddenly she came
into the kitchen and took a glass.
saying she wanted a drink Of water
a half hour later she came into
the kitchen crying bitterly moaning
that her head nurt her She col
lapsed. and my daughter and son-in-
law. who had come TO visit me-
AtlENA AiiE 10 Ndl-9 ntA 10 UtE Utu-
room. She died in my arms"
Love Troubles.
The drinking glass was found IN
the room, containing traces OF
poison.
Freda. her friends said. had been
a dancing instructress for two years
at various night clubs. she was al
ways happy, apparently. until re-
Gently She fell i'm love with the
manager of one of the dancing clubs
They had frequent quarreIs. and
Freda lost some of her gaiety. Fin
ally. they broke definitely. and II
broke Frada. But she continued TO
dance and 10 laugh. incidentally
she began takinE cocaine.
u was at a breakfast club with
Freda and her sweetheart one morn
ing when they had one OF their last
QUauCls q girl friend told the
United Press. she BEGAN 20 cry
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