THE BANK CASE

Evening Star, Issue 18809, 6 December 1924, Page 4

THE BANK CASE

PLAINTIFF TO APPEAL, MRS ROBINSON’S STATEMENT. Frees Association—By Telegraph Copyright. LONDON, December 4. The Director of Public Prosecutions conducted a long interrogation of MrsKobmLater Mrs Robinson stated that her husband had decided to appeal after executing a formal deed of assignment maki.ng over all his rights in the £125,000 (if ho wins his appeal) from tho bank to the Public Trustee, who will hold the money for Sir Hari Singh. Mrs Robinson added: ‘ I begged my husband to fight the case to the' last ditch, but he refused to enter am appeal until this deed was signed. He feels it his duty to see that the bank should not be allowed to keep the money.”—A. and N.Z. Cable. ARTHUR’S POSITION. PARIS, December 4. Arthur has decided to fight his extradition, as he claims that *o should be tried in France, where the alleged crime was committed. * , Handcuffed to a detective, ho was brought before the examining magistrate. The hearing lasted for three houis. Arthur declared that not he but another member of the Rajah’s entourage arranged that the two women should come to Paris. ... , Maitre Gid-e- (Arthur’s counsel) informed tire magistrate that if the case were heard in Paris he would require the Rajah and his suite and tho two women to attend. —A. and N.Z. Cable. ARTHUR’S STATEMENT. LONDON, December 5. The ‘Morning Post’s’ Paris correspondent says that Maitre Gide states that Arthur’s story is that Sir Hari Singh, being intensely anxious that his escapade should-not reach , his family in India, gave him two blank cheques, and begged him to make the best possible settlement with Newton and Hobbs, Tho latter at first demanded £500,000, and then came down to £300,000. Sir Hari Singh’s undersecretary actually filled in the amounts of £150,000 in the two cheques. The payment of the second cheque was stopped when it was discovered that Newton was not Mrs Robinson’s husband. It was understood that tho second cheque had been destroyed in London, but a month later Newton showed the cheque to Arthur, together with photographs which would have caused trouble if they had reached India, as Sir Hari Singh was then back in India, and Newton wns pressing him. Arthur borrowed 1,000,000 francs, with which he bought the second cheque from Newton, and sent it to Sir Hari Singh’s London bankers, with instructions that it should be given to Sir Hari Singh in exchange for the 1,000,000 francs which he had borrowed. Arthur never received the 1,000,000 francs, and when he wrote to Sir Hari Singh ho received ft curt letter demanding that- Sir Hari Singh’s written authority for his intervention should be sent to India. —A. and N.Z, Cable. SIR HARI SINGH. EN ROUTE TO ENGLAND. LONDON, December 4. The ‘Daily Herald’ states that Sir Hari Singh has already sailed for England. He is expected to arrive before Christmas.— A. and N.Z. Cable. GREAT WEALTH. DISPLAY OF ORIENTAL MAGNIFICENCE. LONDON, December 4. (Received December 6, at 9.30 a.rn.) The newspapers tell romantic stories of Sir Hari Singh’s wealth. Some declare that it is £40,000,000. When he was eight years of ago ho attended Lord Guram's durbar at Delhi, in ISO2, wearing a gown of gold and ft rope of pearls worth £1,000,000. He wore at King George’s durbar in Wll a shimmering gown of gold, embroidered with pearls, diamonds, emeralds, and rubies, worth £3,000,000. When he received the Prince of Wales at Srinagar in 1921 he wore in his turban a replica of the Prince of Wales’s feathers made of diamonds, for which his agents searched the world to match the stones. He has been twice married. After the Robinson episode he hastily departed for Kashmir, saying significantly : I have lenrnt how much the West can teach the East.”—Sydney ‘ Sun ’ Cable.