The Archive · 1916

THRILLING STORY BY MISS WEINSTOCK

The Nielsen case was again mentioned in the French Mixed Court, on Monday morning before M. la Prade, French Assessor ud j Magistrate Nich, when Miss Wei stock, alias Schwartz, again appeared to answer the charge of being in possession of " false passport. Mr. G. D. Musso was for the defendant.

In answer to questions by the magistrate, the accused said that! she first met Nielsen some eight months ago at 87 Kiangse Road, where she was at that time, and about six months ago left that place to go to live at 77 Rue clu Consular. Nielsen came nearly every day to see her. Although she, Nielsen was in the habit of spending large sums of money, which he explained by saying that he was making great profits at his drug shop at 128 Chaotung Road. He had two motor cars and a motor boat. The accused gave Nielsen's age as twenty-six years.

One evening he told accused that ho was compelled to spend the night in his motor boat, having important work to do. The following day she asked him if he had completed the work he went out to do and he replied that he had and that he was very tired. In reply to 'a question as to what he had done, Nielsen said he had had to load something on board some ships in the river, and that, being too busy to do it during the day, he had been compelled to do it at night.

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