witness stories of a. fatal Sere related in HM, Supreme Court ing ina Muirhead Road house
on Tuesday, Oct. 17, before Judge Grant Jones and 1 Jury, when Mex, tadey"(26)y Russian by Barth but British by marriage, Walter Chitora"Yotngs on Auguet red on a charge of murdering
in reply to the formal charge, the tincted their attention was that she fad a knife in her hand with which she was breaking crockery." They called their tenant, Mr. Koretsky, 19 see, ad he. afterwards verandah to call the police. While he was on his way airs the Rivkins saw the woman ise a litre in her chair and stod the man in the upper part of the body. He rose a title. from his cotised, who wore a pretty-coloured chai and fell to the ground. Rivkin bhat-and dark blue coat over a fav thad seen the man before but never but witness had previously engaged to her." Accused spoke in English,
pany of which he was marine super.
nse ict tier for the com: das geiet on the way back Witndss added in' cross-examine station. {intendent. He did not know whether Youngs was in employment immedi tion that there. waa a. pool ately before his death. He last saw Higea about one foot from th him alive at 445 p.m. on August 16 in witness's office. His appearance wither police witnesses were was then normal. Witness had been Sergt. G. Fawke, of Wayside Sta-linted with Capt. Youngs an tion, who stated' that Sergts. Meand off for nearly 20 years.
Donald and Francis also visited the scene of the tragedy; C.P.C. 2815, In Darkened Room who gave evidence of receiving the knife. from Probationary-Sergt. similarly. described Dubrovsky; and Sergt, Arthur Rivkin, who said she could see Chalmers, who was in charge of greater part of the table from the Wayside charge-room on the Yerandah. Before being stabbed the night in question, and who said he man bad been sitting with his head handed the knife to Detective: fon his hand. After getting Inspector Wardrop.
'Woman went round the table Bloodstained Clothing Jacket hanging on the man' and took something from a Inspector Wardrop described the Witness could not tell what it was, leon tents of the rooms when he Teached Capt. Youngs' house, having been roused. while off duty. Among the crockery on the table, light went out i 5 shen, and witness could not see her said, was one teacup whic 89 peared to have been used, and an~ her any more. Before that witness saw her lying in bed. She was her which had not, A vodka Dottie and a glass jug were broken.
Ther ft to leave the hospital. He some, conversation with the woman, who. was very violent, and fected, resenting his "examining ers Her speech wat quite intelli bie, her eyes were not Bloodshot Might, She, would not, stand" up, End the pupils reacted" briskly" but her pulse while lying quietly was 80.
Mr. A. G. Mossop (Crown Advocate): Did you form any opinion. jas to whether she had consumed am excess of liquor?
Witness: I thought she had not consumed an excess, although she had some within three hours.
'Next morning, continued Dr. 'Squires, he conducted an autopsy fon Youngs, who was a well built man of middle age, Sesides the wound on the right' sic of the neck there was a small clean cut, Jas. though with the edge of knife, on the tip of the lobe of the right' ear, The fatal wound, two inches above the upper border, of the collarbone, was one and a halt inches Tong and 51 inches deep, vertical, and towards the middle Tine of the body. Tt had cut, the She looked pale and worn, and wa permitted to be seated in the dock.
'Mr. A. G. Mossop, H. M, Crown Advocate, appeared' for secution," counsel for the defence Being Be A. asha.
ning the case, Mr. Mossop.re-manked that the story commenced on April 14 this year. On that day accused went to the Foreign Women's Home, Shanghai, and spoke to the matron, Miss Eliza Robertson. She asked Miss Robertson to take her into the home and help her to ive a different life, Miss Robertson would tall the count that accused was then admitted, and she remain-ted in the home until July 26. While in the home permission was asked by a man giving his name ox Cxptain. Youngs. to" comm animate with accused. This was, also allo condition that Miss Robertson should be present at the interview, Left Women's Home On July 26 accused left the home, the explanation given by her to Mis yertson being that Capt. Youngs had invited her to take a room cute side, and had told her he would make "a home for her." During August Mes. Hadley visited the Foreign Women's Home on a few asians, and asked permission to sit the warden, as she had not been well, On August 15 she came to the home and bought halt a dozen chairs and four lamp shades, saying they were for her new home. On the following day—the important date in the case—at 8.45 p.m. Miss Robertson received a telephone call from accused, who told her that she had made 'a great, mistake" in Jeaving the home, Miss Robertson told her she could come right back. Accused "explained tha Capt. Youngs had come home the worse for liquor that day, and had abused and sworn at her.' Miss Robertson advised Mrs. Hadley not to go back the. woman, Dut Mrs. Rivkin had seen both in that same room two, or three days before.
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