SHAMEFUL EXTRAVAGANCE.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3432, 11 March 1920, Page 7

SHAMEFUL EXTRAVAGANCE.

ECONOMY CAMPAIGN IN BRIT:\I.\.'

LO N1)ON, I\’lal'ch 4

The Daily Mail has S'i'Ell'l‘€(l a. postczml if-conomy campaign. by which tlmiisaiitls of hcuse\\'i\'es’ postcai-ds, -lenianding i-oduciion in Cost of living’ are daily delivered to Inelnl>e-rs of the House of Conlmnn.~:. The paper cluinis that the first result was apparent in tlm delmto in the House of Commons on tim cost of British representation at 1110, Peace (j'ouncil at Paris.

Mr \\’edge wood estiniated that it was two millions sterling. Sir Alfred Mend admi’rte{l that hotvl bills amounted to £200,000 .<tel-ling" for accoimnodation. He was heckled about typists‘ dresses, dances, bzmfls and ciianipagm--. Siz;\lfl'(’(l disclniined respunsi}*>i]i‘ry. and said the Food MiniSi‘l'_Y supplied the champagne,

A PROTSST AGAINST \\'ASTJ'3.

LONDON. March 6‘

Tiw British Gnwx-11n1e11t'.< new loa.n wt 3}:'§ pm‘ cent. is only one-third subS('!'ib(—‘d_ The Daily Mai! 21t‘t1-ibutos the failurce pzlrly ‘to public (lot-01‘1uin:1— tion to force t]le‘Go\'m'nnlont to Stop xvaste and I‘vars of 3. capital levy. .\ White Paper. publishing financial COl‘H*Spon(lonC(4-. rm'<>2l‘.S that the govmnors of the Bank of England ‘Lll'§.’fO(l the Go\'<=l‘nment, to rastri(:t future hm'l-owing‘ fmln the» Bzmk.

LOVE VVHICH El‘\|DED IN MURDER

ANIISRIC.-\l\.' SOLDIER SENTEI\‘(_,‘ICD TO I'j)E.-\TH.

I.I\"ERPOOL .\."Ul{S]£ SHOT.

The «tragic sequel to an American soldieivs love for an English nurse was told at Liverpool Assizes, when Joseph Roy Hutty, 24, mechanic, was found guilty of the wilful murder‘ of Alice Kate Jones‘-, 25, a. nurse at the Northern Hospital, Liverpool, on July 24, and sentenced to death. Hutty served in Fl'zln('.e wilfn the Cana(li-an Expeditionary Force, and was udmittell to the N.n‘.‘lnr,-.-'ll l-lo.c.yi-T:-1. Liverpool, in the early ;)dx't of 1918, suffering from concazssiolr of the brain, the result of shell shock. He there met ixlilrse Jones, the (la-11gl1le»1' of Mr I{ot»a‘v;*'r, R. Jones}, surveyor to the Distrirtt ‘7ouv_-vi-ll of Milnrow. near Rochdale, f1.11.\,1 ncqu:lil'll,;llite ripened into affec:£:i‘>ll. After having )3.-2'l imroducell Tu the family, the }_)rl'=‘r'.'ol.‘ returned to his‘ home in the Umled ;~3t:1.,::, Vvith mu Olxiert 01.‘ esl;thlis'niil,4 tel-n:>.=l’ in bus}.11(2.5‘3 and 11ltiiu:1l,n,r of l‘.'.':l]'l'yjl,*§ Nurse Jones. 'l‘hey co4.‘r(-spinnil-..' for

a time on at'i’e3t‘i3=ll€:e tm-xl’..—'. but in the early part Jf this ye*l=; .\'u.';"~e Jones intimated to the ;7ri.<-.onr-v_- ‘n.-Jr decision that me mhxtionshi-J.» he~ tween them must: cease.

In July the pl'i:'~'oller came b:lc-J; to Livorpnol, in the hope of “making it: up with Kitty,” as he put it, and NIHSP .T()n(—-S. hearing of his intmnion. sent him ‘:1 further letter. in which shv s:IM her decision was final, ms she

did not love him. and it. was I"ur bet tor tllnt;lhe_v >'hollld not sqvv mch utlwr ag:n'n_

’l‘§lr- prisonor»sellt -L1 ¢]o_~p;:_i,-am; :9 ply, and *x'opc>a'tm:ll}.r \'i_q]-[pd ,1”. ’3~_.;.:;»i tal for the purpose of o1);:1ini1'.;; :11 int<*l'\'i«:‘,\\'. but without SlI(‘L".-SS. Nurse Jones. who had ‘mm: sapul-1 in}: :1. day at home. ill'ri\'(ul at F.‘-: C]l??11.~‘l‘<“ S!‘2li‘iOll.'Li\’m-}»()0?, zmd ~‘~'i’ir‘ z‘.(‘(tnlllD:mi(3,(] :0 HM» }lu>:4;>i!.:\§ 113-’ 11 “-Hl‘-‘ .'l('qlmint.:zn('<\. ']‘]u<- §>z-i:s<>:=~r \'.':::~' ‘titii inf: in the \*i(-init'_\'. :u‘.<!. '\v‘léi‘.« ‘ ‘n« In-1' I'l-ix-114.1 w<>l‘e- ‘w-n'..~1-~~E:~._';' :1: 1?." f 0! 01' tlw ‘~.\ns|nifzl] ‘=r~2.,-.. ‘~- w:;:’:w "-.31‘ \\'zml am! said, “;\7lil'l~‘.:* She I'Gl)li('d. “.v\l‘(:iv.i~.‘." ‘.'."ll<‘»'="l?l"lh'

the prisoner drew a I'eVol\'el' and fir- ‘ ed four shots at 1191-. She fell On the steps_ and he then fired three n';ol'e M shots at her pl-ostrate bod)’. He ;.r_a\'o ; himself up to the police, and, on being ; charged. adlllitl.(-sd having fired at the - girl, and adde(l. “I only hope ihe is ' dead.” N 0 MURDEROUS INTENT.

Prisolmr gave 0\'i(1Gl1C0 on his own beh:-flf. but broke down sm'el-a1 times under 1119 gm-aill of emotion. Ho emphatically denied that he had hal'boul' ed murderous intentions agzniinst‘. Nurse Jones. -

On 1":‘:c- ni_g"nl of the t'l':l<,l‘(wi_‘.' hv \\':l:< 4-:u~l'.\'in§,-‘ u rti-\'ol'\'m‘, for the first timr‘ simev his arrival in I'.i\‘ol'poo]. b(‘(.‘{lllS(‘ he he:,lr<l sml-i<~.< of men I,willg kxmvl;-»' I-IT «l<>\'.'n am! robbed. Aftm‘ Nlll'>'<* J(>11os .~'}mkv 10 him he pulled ouf thv I'C\'o‘l\'v:'aml szlwtho flash of thv shms. He did not know how mun_\‘ slmrs he tirod. “T fhoLlghf.‘.[ am killing; her now.‘ " ‘added the ]‘)l'ism) 01', “but I could not stop firing." It. was am uutomzltic. pistol. Fm‘ thu (iofor-trv it xvus suhlni€t<_‘:l‘ that prisoner acted on il'l'osi.<‘rible impulse. A medical mun who had him 11111101‘ obsel'\':lfioll whilst he xvzts :1. lnilitzxry patient in LiVe."p')ol said his: was the most sevm-5 case of sllOlll shock he had ever St-‘QII. I"1-*..=..onca:- sta*.- f ed ihat after his I'etll‘:'ll*Lr) A::1m-i(-.;L ho c'.\'p<~l'ionm\<l znmilwr S-shock I‘}\mllgll :11: explosion. aml :1 <lo<'lol' snial thisi \\'oul:l }n'ol)ahl_V In"ln_<_; a‘nout 21 I'mlo\\':lls of the Old .<_\'lllp‘r(ml.<_ '

His l.m'd.<hip said then‘ was no stuch Thing in law 11$’ \\'ll_V Ol’ d<‘foll<-4* ‘IO :1 vriminal cllm'_r__:o, as that :1 man

a(:1'w1 undvr 11m°011tL'0il:1b'I0 ,inlpll].~'o unless if were v.<fab!isilo(l that he \\'ll.< acting under that impulse by I'o:xs('m of >iOl]l(‘ disease nl‘ the I‘nins_l. in (‘Onscquenvv of which he \\‘u.- umtbl-1* 10 a.ppl'eciate the nature and qumity of the act. he was doing.

The jury found pl'ismlm' guilt_v.bm S‘rl'(mgly 1'0(-Ommondod him to nlol'<r_\' on the ground that he was ;-~.ll’{fm-iug from an acute form of shell .~'ho<'k. His "Lordship, before passing sentoxioe of death, said prisoner had boon convicted of :1 foul and brtital murder. “The ‘recommcndutioii 01’ fhu jiiry," ho mMe<l, “Will be fol'\\‘zll'du<l To tho pl'opm' q\lal'lm'_, where it will I'v<-vive £>vcl‘_v <3mlsidol'zl?ioll, but 1 recommended you in she moallti'...e 10 eel: foregivoness else »\‘!lr“%l‘€ than zmou this Cal'th.”

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