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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19831, 20 January 1930, Page 9

SAMOA.

- -♦ SEARCH FOR "WANTED" MEN. FARTHER ARRESTS. (By Radio <V|i«m»l to Prf»* A»»nci»tiftn > APIA, January 17. The clin'l, Tuiirialaeliilann, retuined fiom the tmali into Unuvn'ii village ywterd.iy, and »ni arrent«M:l. He »«■» liroiiK'it to A |■>• n, whore lie w*« wiih wfiirmg a Man lavfllavii nt tliti native ciiun iit Mhlhhiii. llr was, tetnanded tor a work. A turtlier ti\«* 'warned" nipn wnv arretted in tin" hu*li *t Leanva'a jrv lordav, uikl .ho now in enntod.V in A|H.I.

A vo'iphiii'" iv i'i'i omiiiitniin, ami flew e.tM iiiul west id Apia yeater<lii.\ . Tlii<; i" ll.e )ir>l time a Uritmli aei ■ plnne lias been sown in Apia, and tinresident* rmlied out 1o look at it. The tiinrliii'e i* mtiiin roriinnoit ring 10-dtn

THE DECEMBER RIOT

LABOI'R LEADER'S VIEWS. irarsa As>o«urio» rci.aaßAM.) UTXrPOHT, Jamiarv ll«. 11 reply to the Prime M milter'* fcUdemeiit, Mr H. K. Holland Mid the onVial renmt- rolorn'd lo wrre e* pi rte M.itenn'iiis al I home who weie nit-tamliiif!, in the blundet lor the tragedy nl December iftjth. ami uho hail exer'ei-eil the pnuor ot eonM>rvl.ip to prevent nnv radiographed orxinn oilier than I heir un Ironi Hiniim; ilnenvli. Whatever additional report mitfht be obtained from the -;,„„■ Minree would obviouslv be of il ■<• same nature as ! liom- alreaiiv re-eon ed.

\\ ,i win Iruo. n. tin' Prime Mi">«vr contended, lluil. the Mmi »a« warned mil In allow "wanted" mm In appecr nt the welcome, that in 'I- • pi t ur.itld Ik' cciiielusive proof of ihe iriminal blunder committor! hy whoever gave tli" order Cor tin* a ('rant a, for it would domomdrnto (hut it was oflii inlly tff(»:ni«.»(1 that trouble would lollow nny attempt to make arrest* i>" roicb nn oniiMin. The poitpnneme nt of ilie i>t'|ii'»*t*, allegedly to permit e\ idem e to be given by members ' f the n. ■»!!- farcirul, since tb« Admin ist rat ion had already taken *tep* tii..t would effectively prerent evidence iif in that source. The ainoaing refu«al «>*" "ile «Tinf)iift. for witnfW'N nxant ib.it nny Ha moan who appeared to give evidence would lie liable to be arrested, either lor belonging to the Man. which bad been atiipidly proclaimed n aedltioua organisation, or on mine elmi'tre arising out of the nonpayment of the now dehinot head tax or other nntive lan. \n adminittrn I ion with ;i dear cnincipncii would Ifivc been expected to clear uway a" (he obstacles that would prevent evidence from iinv source being rondo rvnilablo. The construction which the Hninnnii* would pine* on th<* refusal of »nlo '■■ninlurt* win* obvious

ALLEGED MURDERS.

PEASANT WOMAN ON TRIAL

TtL»a«,Vf«—oo»T«l*»T.)

(Received January ISth, 5.5 p.m.)

BUDAPEST, January IT,

The latent eaae «1 ihe araenic poiaening trial, of a number of peaiant I m-cnscil of niurderinK their hnebandu 111 order to secure their landa, in that of Maria fSaendi, on a clinrge of mur dering tier 2.1 year old win, because lie made lit r look 100 old in the eves of her young lover. Nrendi was 11 popular hoateat tit ten jmriiea among Iho well-to-do peaaantiy. It ia alleged that her huaband dl»d of poisoning, after thranhing her for infidelity. lUr second huaband also aim ilnrly died after Ihraatening her willi divorce. At the poidotinig trial there wm « dramatic scene hi the e.aae of Maria Bs".endi, when the Judge thundered: "Btop lying! Tell the truth! Did you know that the midwife Hua*n F«*ek»ia wan poisoning your sonf" B?.endi was terrified, wavered, then ronfesaod: "We cooked a nice aupper and put araenic in. I paid Buaau Fnwltas HC'2. My son died." She then told how H took three doaea of araenic in food lo kill her liuaband.

The Judge: What did yen pay that time?

Hzendi: Nothing. I refused to pay,

ROOM 68 MYBTIRY

LONDON', January 17,

Mr Set ton Cohen, prosecuting H»my Fox, quoted th* opinion of Sir Btrnard Kpilsbury, the eminent pathologist, that Mid Fox died «• * result of strangulation. The evidence would show that Fox waa guilty of tha deliberate and carefully planned murder of hit* own mother, whom he had insured foi altogether £3OOO. Within a year he took out twelve one-day accident policies on his mother's life. Immediately after the tragedy, Fox claimed the insurance. Th© case iu adjourned. | Mrs Fox, a widow, 63 years of afe, ivn« found dead in Room 66 of the Hotel Metropolc, at Margate, with a chair and carpet near a gas hra amou'dcring. The verdict nt the imjuaat wa» ot death by misadventure, but on Noveml>er 91 h the hotly wan <wbum*'l bv the police, Knquiries by a private detective on behalf of tha insurance, companieH, with whom Mm Foi was insured lor L.'WOO, led the Margate police to seek the aid ol Scotland \ " f d detective*, who minutely near-ehed the municipal rubbish pits, with the raanlt that they made certain discovarie*. Her ion. Henry Fox, wa(« subsequently charged with murder.)