PAGE TWO THE WORKMAN, SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1925 Interesting News From The West Indian Islands 18 Fine Bargains MONTEZUMA DRUG STORE aa JAMAICA. Drowning in The Kingston Harbour.
Mysterious Stone On Tuesday night, says the hrowing.
Gleaner of the 19th March, Eze ton Hendriiks, a young man, lost his life in the Kingston The Claremont correspondent barbɔur.
writing to the Gleaner on March From what could be gathered, 6th says: This district has been Hendriks and two other men in a state of excitement since went to dumps from the Tuesday night, when the dwell Gold St. Power Station. few ing house and store of Miss chains from the bench, the boat Andrews began to be stooed. tilted and Herd riks and the The public was aroused and the other men were thrown into the constables sent for, and despite sea. Unfortunat ly ndrick all the efforts that were made no could not swim, ws one could be found doing the act, drowned.
although the stones were con. stantly heard dropping on the cated with, and Cpl. Mitchell The Water, blice were commuhouse, keeping up until ten and and a few mea went to the scene o clock.
and made a search fo the body On Wednesday night the same but without success.
thing started again and no one UJ) to a late bour last eyening could be detected. Toe stones the body of the unfortunate are said to be dropping with very young man bot been little force and one pape of glass recovered.
in the bouse was brokeo. Several shots were tired to scare the perpetrator but this did not have TRINIDAD any effect for as the gun fired on Wednesday night one stone was heard to drop on the house. The Shocking Cruelty Crowd still became larger and many were heard to express words of wonder as to such bap.
to Child and French Perfumes had COTY. HOUBIGANT penings.
to the To Be Selected From SOS the father of it?
Mr. Brien: Do you mean by mere possession of it? Surely not.
Defendant said he attended to the child as well as bis keeper but the child made the house untidy Tbe Magistrate:All children do that.
AT THE Brien: Not strong and healthy children.
Preceeding. defendant said one day the child was pushed down by one of his children and sustained a bruise over the eyo and be placed it in a cocoa box. NOW OWNED BY BENEDETTI HERMANOS)
The eccos box was not far from the bouse It was six feet long and four feet wide and five feet in beight It was not used for sweating cocoa it WAS al ways FINE ASSORTMENT OF kept in a clean condition. He had decided to keep the child there some time during the day away away from the other children who used to beat it. It remained there at nights but he used to INCLUDING attend to it. On the night the Police came to his house it was about seven o clock. He had just CARON RIGAUD returned from work about tive o clock picking cocon. He had not attended to the child yet LENTHERIC. PIVER. ROGER. GALLE?
because he was looking after his meal bat be had intended to do so. He bad intended to bathe it All suitable for making Presents but be bad sent out bis little boy sometime before. Meanwhile he had taken off its clothes to batbe AND MANY OTHER ARTICLES it as he had pointed out to Constable. He used to feed the child himself. It was fed on rice, goat milk and other foodstuffs. His keeper being sick he bad made arrangements with one Sancbaris to take care of it.
Several persons bad offered to Toyoooo take care of it after the Carnival.
The Magistrate: Had they CUSSC seen the child. Defendant: Yes.
In the sweat box? No.
Why should they worry themselves with your child. Because they know could not take care of it.
Magistrate: Ob see, you could not take care of it.
Mr. Brien (to defendant. You were the person thal asked these people to take care of the child. Yes.
You see you did not make this clear, the Magistrate was under the impression that they had voluntarily offered themselves.
Recommended for Removing the Humors of Defendant said the Scrofulous Diseases, Pimples, Boils, Blotches, Police came the box was not enTetters. Useful in Chronic and Syphilitic tirely closed down. It was closed with a lid comprised of five Rheumatism, Mercurial Affections and Dispieces of boards, three of which were missing eases caused by Impurities of the Blood.
Mr. Brien: Is it true that the box was bermetically sealed?
An Alterative recommended for purify.
The Magistrate: No one spoke ing and enriching the BLOOD.
of the box being hermetically sealed.
To the Court: Defendant raid he never live in a bouse with the For Sale at all Drug Stores child mother. He was only friendly with her during the time he lived in a barrack room And in Large Quantities by at Nestor Village. The child was born before be took up with JAVIER MORAN. American Pharmacy bis present keeper. He was not supporting the child at the time it was AGENT children by bis pres ent keeper.
The Magistrate: And between the two of you, you did not want to have the child in the house put him in the box to offer an and so you deposited it in the explanation Cocoa box?
IF YOU WANT TO BE DEFENDANT EXPLANATION. Delendant: It was put there Defendant said he was an because the bigger children used overser un Mr. Maingot estate to push it down and beat it.
and his salary was 18 a month, Cross examined by Inspector He lived with a woman named Curr defendant said on the Your Secrers to the Right Man.
Happy in Amy by whom he had two chil afternoon in question he Friendship. Business and Domestic Affairs.
Spells of all kinds released broken, dren. During the latter part of ed from Lalajah about five High John LOVE APPLES in All Forms.
December last a woman named clock and bad not wasbed his the Conqueror, Adam and Eve, all kinds of Angelina Alexander brought the feet yet when the Police arrived.
Roots and Herbs.
child in question to his bouse. Between five o clock and seven Alexander alleged that he was o clock when the police came to CALL, OR IF OUT OF TOWN, WRITE the father of the child and asked his house he was cooking. The him to keep it while she looked child was in the sweat box while around the district for work. He he was cooking. He had put it Any customer not satisfied with goods ordered can told her that his keeper was in the box as he was working in have money returned, if claim is made within 15 unwell and could not look after the field near the house picking days from date of delivery.
the child but be allowed the cocos.
mother and child to remain at his Inspector:You say that the house till next day when sbe sweat box bad not been in Use CASH OR CREDIT would take it away. On that day for over a year? Yes.
be went to work and when he Where did you sweat cocon will credit you. It matters not where you live returned in the evening be found during the time. There were that Alexander bad gone leaving two rooms in the cocos box and Inclose 10 cents to cover cost of this notice and the child behind. The child was cocoa was put in one.
postage.
in a generally bad state of The Magistrate: There was a health. He remonstrated with bis keeper for permitting Alex. partition belween. Yes. ALEXANDER ander to leave the child at bis The child was put ipfe and house.
Cocos la the otherl. did not 99 Downing Street.
Brooklyn, The Magistrate: By this time sweat cocoa in the box as one of you bad realised that you were (Continue on page 7)
Dr. Gems BLOOD ELIXIR For strengthening the BLOOD when 00 Toursday night the same CAGED IN COCOA SWEAT thing was continued, the crowd BOX.
becoming much larger The stones still continued. This evening keen efforts were made to Left to a Lingering Death, tind out the guilty parties and after the first two stones were thrown a man named Vergo who HEARTLESS FATHER PINED lives very near was seen to be TWENTY FIVE POUNDS.
running from the direction of the house. He was accosted by The WEEKLY GUARDIAN of Messrs. Allan and March 14th publishes the followPorter as to the cause his ot running. After he bad given his his log:explanation it was not thought Before Mr. Blache Fraser satisfactory and be was arrested at the Arima Polte: Court and carried away to tne police on Thursday last week Barthstation. Since his arresi txo lomew Smith, overseer ou Mr.
stones bave been throwad the Frank Maingot estate, was the crowd is getting inore charged Indictably with cruelly curious as to the origia of this treating his two yearold peculiar incident.
caild by locking it up in a cocoa Needless to say Miss Androwe sweat box for several days.
and the other inmates of tbe Inspector Care prosecuted and house are very much scared. Mr. Brien appeared for Constable remains on the 34 accused.
every night but cannot detest Police Constable Brown gave anything.
evidence that he went to Lilijab Armed with Warrant for Sanith arrest. He rea shed case of drowning occurred accused house which was tweary in the Golden Grove district on miles from Arima at about Bunday morning last. lad pm. He questioned accused as naned Ciril Vincent, aged 17 to how many children he bad years, went to a pond along with and he said two. Witness saw others to have a bath and be got one asleep in bed and the other drowned. The matter was re a hammock. Witness asked ported to the Constabulary bila and whether be bad another child burial was ordered without a and where it was. Accused to. beld.
post mortem examination belok a boy to go and fetch the other child. Witness followed the boy Several other deaths have and to his surprise found the occurred in the surroundlog child closeted in a cocoa swea districts within the past two box in deplorable condition.
weeks.
The child was taken out and bathed and witnessed took it with accused to the station. The Fire on Springfield cuild was sent to the hospital And Beecham Estates. District Medical Officer wbere it was examined by the and detained. The child which was brought into court weighed Milk River, March 18. The twelve pouods.
Springfield Estate owned by Other witnesses were called Messrs. Lindo Brothers, and the for the the prosecution includBeecham Estate owned by Mr. Ing the District Mecical Orticer John Miller, of Manchester, w20 WAS searchingly Crusso were practically burnt down examined by Mr. Brien.
The case for the prosecution From Information received, was closed with the evidence of the fire originated from the Alired Baptiste. He said he was latter property, and faoned by working on the estate for four a gale of fair velocity, ale up weeks during woich time everything in its course, drays, never returned to Arima. He waggons, and thousands of acres and no money with him and was of canes, efrended by the defendant.
The effects will be very The Magistrate: He was morrious on toe district, as every friendly to you tuku he was to body ody will be thrown out of work, the child.
to say less of the loss sustained Mr. Brien. But a man wb by the proprietors.
has been good stranger Tbe live stock of the district wquid not neglect nis child.
will suffer greatly as the leaves from the cropping canea Continuing witness said form uid not remembur it tha dethe chief source of food supply teodant weat for water to batae at present.
une child before the Police There being no rain for near arrived; in fact he could not rely three months, grass is again member the deteadant weat purchased up; the crisis is going obe child that afternoon. What to cause great distress, qe said on osth was that for the Much sympatby is felt for the tour Weeks he was at dele dani proprietors.
Douze the child was looked up in the cocoa sweatbox every Mr. Percy Lindo, of Messre.
night.
To Lindo Bros. informed Gleaner the Court: After the child representative last night that was put in the box at night the about 800 acres of canes on bis defendant would sometimes go estate had been destroyed by to it as well as the womaa with be fire yesterday, and that he whom he lived.
learnt that there has veun Do The defendant was eslled upon uther damage.
anu Mr Brien said he would.
Bardot berought to his house, the to day Lucky, Happy and Well Tell return and he