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SEQUEL TO ALLEGED
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EX-PRESIDENT'S BROTHER.
The most Important develop The shooting of an Indian con-
It is with sincare regret that the As three business men, were
Fallowing the death of Haino. ment in Canton for some time is stable on the parade ground of China Mail" records the death making the journey from Repulse Yao-nan, the warlord of Hupeh, re- reported by the decision of the Volunteer Headquarters on the last night of Mr. William Josiah Bay Hotel to Hongkong this morn-garding whom were rumours of Commissioner of the Chinese night of January 22 was the Wilkinson, a Government pensionering at 8:30, they were amazed to polson, comes a cubled report (to alaricame Customs not to subject of enquiry at the Crim-and ex-serviceman, who is bestsee a monkey cross the road in the Wa Taz Yat Po" of the Issue-as from to-day-any per-nal Sessions this morning. known as overseer to the Hong front of them. It came from the death of Tsuo Ying, a brother or mits for the loading or unloading It would be the common groundong Land Investment & Aroneyside at Black's Links and dived elangmon of ex-President Thao of cargo
of the Crown's case and that of
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to the undergrowth on the Deep Kan. As the natural result of this prisoner.
Mr. WHkinson 'yours of Bay side after glancing over its said Mr. TY 'M..
in Hupeh Wu Paliw. has been decision the steamer "Lung Shan" Hazlerigg, for the, Crown, that a
Apparently in good health, shoulder at the occupants of the province for some time. ago.
Hsiao's belonging to the Hongkong, Con- quarrel took place between then went to Mueno yesterday for
death was stated by some to have ton, and Macae Steamboat Co.,deceased
trip On his return he complained and prisoner' (a.
One of the occupants speak-paved the way to Wu's taking con Limited did not leave on the Weihaiwei constable), "that there
ng to a "China Mail" representatrol in the province. Was sent Tano, usual voyage to Canton this morn- was a fight, blows were inter-
tive this morning,, said his friends Ying to be "director of funeral ing. 16. is, of course, quite useless changed and in the course of the
had been rather incredulous re-arrangements for Hsao" and Tunols garding the matter but their dc-death is reported on February 18 cusations with regard to "occular after a sudden illness. · · delusion" were quite groundless. (Tsno Ying was made a full gen- His companions and the chauffeur aral in 1928. He was a Ping Wel aad had the monkey under obser- Chiang Chun and auther of "M- gation for some moments and tary Geography of Three Western ishere could be no doubt about it. Provinces and of Chili" In his The monkey, our informant younger days he was chief teacher suid, was of the ordinary kind one of the military architectural any at the Zoo, of a brownish || school]|| greenish colour but was rather: bigger.
for curgo to be sent to Canton quarrel the Indian constable was - und only have to be brought back shot by a bullet from prisoner's
again Therefore, it follows, || revolver,
that other steamers on the run The charge against the will be affected. the same man-Weihaiwei constable is one of
149:
manslaughter,
The scene of the quarrel und where the Indian constable was found lying was in the corner of the parade ground near to Lower Albert Road! not far from the arc kamp.
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The statements of the Wehal we constable were dealt with by the Crown solicitor. The first was that made to the Indian" in charge of the trafic control box to whom the prisoner ran just after the shooting. The prisoner said to this witness: "Your foki!
The Inte Mr: William Josiah Wilkinson.
just
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It seems hardly likely that. the monkey is indigenous to the Peak, although it is interesting to note that a year ago a monkey was found in the neighbourhood of Sir Chaud Severn's house. Enquiries: were made at the time but no owner made claim to an escaped pet..
DON'T INTERFERE.
CRITICISING A CONSTABLE'S METHODS.
EXPRESS RUNNER FINDE.
You have perfect right to protest (the proper course is to go to the Police Station and report no right to lay your hands on the what you have seen), but you have:
by the New Territories in the There is a colony of monkeys minutes neighbourhood of Kowloon reconstable said Mr. F. E. Lindsell
servoir...
is dead." In reply to the question of feeling unwell, and had as to how it happened, prisoner taken of his shoes when he fell made a remark the purport of back and died twenty which said Mr. Hazlerigg, was not that the prisoner had shot the laler.
The deceased gentleman
Was
It has been common knowledge for a considerable time that the strikers in Canton were interfer ing illegitimately with the proper functioning. of the Maritime Customs. Little
or no contro could be maintained by the Cus. toms over contraband, und in other ways the Customs duties were being impeded or dislocated Eventually matters went from bad to worse, which led the Com- misioner af Customs to intimate, through the usual official than nel the Canton Government that further interference by the strikers with the functioning of the Customs would lead to the Customs taking the drastic netion of refusing to grant permits for loading or unloading cargo in the Canton river. This was ignored, and as the interference was per- "On the night in question, ac-heng in 1834 and joined the Prison sisted in, it was decided to give cording to evidence called this Department, retiring on pension effect to the threat as from to-day-morning, the deceased was details Principal Warder) in 1910. The Commissioner of Customs, fed for special post duty at the when he joined the Land Invest- it should be almost needless to PW.D. and Volunteer Headquarment Co point cut, acta directly under theters owing to the unsettled poxi- control of the Inspector-Generaloftion at that time. The prisoner's the far y ferreavement. Mach sympathy will go out to the Chinese
Maritime Cubent on that night was one which Mr. Witime is sized by his tom Peking.
It is logical brought him to the Volunteer wide, even sons, four daughters, to assume, therefore, that the Headquarters periodically, part and fourteen grandchildren. H Commissioner's decision was made of his duty being to see that the eldest son Willie and his daughter will the full approval of the In-Indian constable was alright and Voilet are on their way out from | Spector-General, This fact la that nothing unusual was occur- Home after a holiday.
worthy of mention inasmuch as it ring.
The funerat passes the monument Pasrows the issue down to a dis- pute between the Chinese Maried the spot a quarter of an hour,
A European officer who had visit. Jat 5.30 pm, toyday, time Customs on the one hand and the Canton Government and/or the strikers on the other..
The position is one of extreme importance and gravity, and any further developments will be awaited with considerable inter- est.
State of Blockade.
Later. From the best informed sources
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at the Central Magistracy this morning in imposing a Ane of $10) on Erie: Eugene Roy, runner of the
deceased but that a bullet from very popular in the Colony. "Join- bis revolver had been uninten-ing the Royal Marines in 1888, he ROBBING THE POOR. American Express. Company, on a
tionally discharged.
purchased his discharge in Hong-
Until
noon
to-morrow the
before the incidenta in question found everything correct and at that time the Indian constable was sober. It was at 9:45 pm, weather forecast is N.E. winds, that the Weihaiwel constable fresh; overcast, rainy and foggy joined the Indian constable.
at first.
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charge of obstructing a constable while ori duty at Lyndhurst Terrace...
The evidence was that the can- stable (in plain clothes) arrested WIDOW'S HUT ENTERED.
an amah for selling chickens and that the defendant interfered and At 2.80 yesterday morning, struck him. Denying the allega. tong of four paint-scrapers broke tion of assault, defendant said that. though the door of a Chinese he asked the constable not to drag widow's hut at Tokowan, Hung-the woman by the hand while ahe The who was threatened with the tools pulled the countable away while
had a child" on her back. After tying up their victim. Jamuh admitted that the defendant
used by the men in their profes-the latter was holding her. sion, the gang ransacked the hut, but all they got for their painy was property to the value of $16.
hora,
The
TO-DAY'S WEDDING.
marriage... took." place
SIX MONTHS.
MORRISON HILL FIGHT SEQUEL.
DEATH ONLY ACCELERATED.
The evidence of the incidents
The earth coplie charged with was all by deduction and the pri
quietly at St. John's Cathedral the manslaughter on January 9 off oner's own statements, it was
at 2.30 this afternoon of Mr. one of the other coolies working on
ing to the prisoner's voluntary never meant it to." pointed out to the jury. Accord from myself when it went off. I Ltd., resident at the Hongkong was sentenced to six months' im- 4. N. Owen, of Dodwell and Co., the demolition of Morrison Hill
statement to an Indian sergeant to nationals of five Powers hud who arrived on the scene shortly the Crown Solicitor commented Helena May Institute.
Chub, to Misa A. M. Meadowsprisonment at the Criminal Bes- With regard to this statement until recently resident at the sions this morning. been seized by armed boycott afterwards, the cause of the quarthat the double pull of a revolver pickets. This cargo was taken, rel had been a remark by the requires force of a considerable prior to examination by the Cus- deceased to the prisoner concern-number of lbs: toms staff, and when in the cus-ing the lateness of his call at the
it is learned that cargo belonging
CANTON. PIECEGOODS.
LAND-LINE CABLES.
Modical evidence was given to ehow that the deceased had been i before the fight which had led to tody of the Customs. According Headquarters. According to the the police headquarters that the Prisoner had further stated at
the prisoner's appearance in the ly, an ultimatum was presented prisoner, the deceased had said deceased had struck him with the that employees of plecegoods mer received.
dock. Death had been accelerated A report has reached Hongkong as a result of the blows he that if the cargo was not return-that an Inspector had called and truncheon, on his arm and leg chants in Canton have been on ed, action would be taken to secure wanted to know if the Weihaiwei He was examined and slight strike for some days, a dispute the revenues of the Customs, such constable had been round. action being to refuse papers for deceased had said that he had. According to medical evidence,
The bruises and abrasions were found. starting before China New Year, the clearance of ships at Canton "If I had told him you had not bruises above the elbow might a number of terms which
The employees have presented The Canton director of tele- and the port of Whampoa. been, you would have been put on have been caused by a truncheon form the subject of negotiation. Samehun, Hongkong and Swatow now graphs has informed Sheklung, When a similar incident occur the report, the deceased was but it was not thought that the conciliatory meeting was to (stations) that steps will be taken red toward the end of 1923 alleged to have said. A quarrel, abrasions below the knee could have been held but over a hundred to restore communication between eighteen gunboats of foreign then took place. Powers assembled at Centon, to
They were not such as would in- strike pickets attended as specta- Hongkong and Swatow. The land To two military police, who dicate violence which would lead guard the Customs and safeguard arrived on the scene having prisoner to the belief that his life merchants left the projected meet-muk-tau (on the Kowloon-Canton the revenue (on the surplus of beard that something was wrong, was threatened, commented the ing before any discussion which foreign loans are secured). the prisoner had tried to recon- Crown Solicitor. Prisoner's trun-
was Railway) to the East. River, and Chinese merchants in Hong-stract by gesture and broken cheon pocket had; however, been
intermediate stations will not be made possible. kong, with connections in Canton; English what had happened, but torn and there were marks on the
The demands all relate to mat-permitted to use the new line.- have had little or no news about the Crown, it was stated in the truncheon grid. The truncheon majority concern the steps (which special correspondent in Canton.
the Wah Taz Yat Po" from their ters of employment and the developments...
Virtually Canton and Wham- did not attach much importance marks as if it had been thrown to
course of the case this morning, itself was scratched and bore the men desire) to be taken on poa are now in a state of to this as it was not clear to the the ground. His revolver holster, diamissal, blockade, as ships will not be able military men exactly what he too, was scratched in such a to get through without permission did mean. from the Customs.
manner that might have been the
At present the only ship on the" To the Shantong interpreter at result of it having been grabbed run between Hongkong and Can-police headquarters, the prisoner at with finger nails.
tors...
One result was that the line will branch off at Cheung-
ANTI-CANTON RISE?“.
To-day's vernacular papers pub
ton, besides the "Lungshan is volunteered a statement. The With regard to an allegation lieha report, given for what it is the China Navigation
Co's deceased had then been carried by the prisoner had brought against worth, of a rising against the Can- "Fatahan."
a public chair obtained at the Peak the dead man that part of the ton garrison in the East River tram station and had been found trouble in the beginning had een region.
SHIPS DRESSED.
Commander Yung Fal-tang Is
to be dead on his arrival. He had as a result of the deceased sug been alive when picked up but had sugesting to him a certain stated by one source to have march- made no statement. In the state offence, the Crown Solicitor pointed on Ho Yuen with about 6,000 ment in question, the prisoner re-ed out the publicity of the place troops, the district magistrate (ep peated the remark that the deas disproving the suggestion,
oyed by Canton) in
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ceased was alleged to have made Medical evidence was given ne to. With the report are rumours of Ships in the harbour were about the inspector and said that the nature of the wounds sustained activities by Chan Kwing-ming and ***dressed" this morning as a mark deceased had then struck him and by deceased. The bullet das enter Ngai Bong-ping, with aid from the of observance of Washington tried to take his (prisoner's) ed just below and in front of the North, but these must for the Day."
truncheon, afterwards forcing left hip bone had passed through prosent at least be taken with the The first USA President, him to his knees and trying to the body and lodged in the right greatest reserve George Washington, was born on take his (prisoner's) revolver The skin was charred and a hole February 22, 1732),
from its holster. Seeing that I was burned through deceased's Den "Vindictive” Arrives.
was in danger, the statement con clothing at the point of entry. The H.M.S. Vindictive arrived in tinued, "I was forced to draw the cause of death was shock and harbour this morning to take the revolver on him, though uninten haemorrhage. place of HMS, "Hermes""" tionally. I tried to turn it away The case le proceeding
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