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ARMS STOLEN FROM CHINESE CRUISER.
SOLD "TO PROCURE FOOD FOR
HUNGRY CREW
DRAMATIC ACCUSATION AGAINST THE SECOND OFFICER
How some of the Chinese
ILLICIT OPIUM)
'DESPATCHBOX.
A DRAMATIC DECLARATION. He wanted the money for himself," added the defendant, "because he had SEQUEL TO FIND IN SUI AN'S previously told me that he was in love with a beautiful girl, and he wanted a Hew hundred dollars by the time of the
Ching Ming festival, so that he could run away with the girl. It is he that
PURSER ACQUITTED
AT THE VILLAGE PUMP. SQUABBLE BETWEEN INDIANS AND CHINESE.
An Indian guard, who appeafed particu
illicit opium in a despatch box of the 3j. F. B. Nihill, at the Kowloon Magis The case in connection with the and of was complainant in a case, before. Mr. larly aged, but gave his age as 49 years
Sui An was continued at the Central
..
Chinese cruiser. Kong Cew of the should be here, and not me. He ordered Magistracy yesterday afternoon, when be- Chinese were charged with assault
owned by
General Chan Kwing Ming, sold some riffes in order to raise money for wages and
the arms to be sold."
His Worship: What about the $100
tracy yesterday afternoon, when two
fore Mr. R. E Lindsell, Mr. J. Azevedo, the Fortuguese purser of the Macao at a coalyard in Mongkoktaui, and on Complainant said that he was, a' guard
for the purchase of provisions was reinted you got i-There were four months' wagc3 steamboat Sui An, again appeared, | April 2nd went at 8 am to the street.
due to me. The 8100 was part of the at the Kowloon. Magistracy yeateruny proceeds of the sale of the arms.
But afternoon, when Lin Hùng, who described
himself as the No. 1 gonman of the the officer gave it to me to keep for erpiser was charged with being implicat-ration money for himself and the two
officers. ed in stealing the rims, and alternately with conspiracy. The alleged larceny and conspiracy took place at midnight on April 2nd when the cruiser, which han been here since October, was in the
barbour.
Inspector Aria prosecuted
WHEN THE COMMANDER WAS ABSENT. Ken Chiu Lung, a young Cantonese. the commander of the cruiser, stated in evidence, that there were formerly 21
riffes on board. On April 3rd he received information that some of the rifles were missing and when he examined the arms chest he found that five had disappeared. At that time he was living on the ship" but had left it in charge of the second
offieer.
"A sailer employed on the cruiser, the next witness, said that he was aroused From his sleep at mid-night by the bark- ing of a dog on board. He got up and visited the crews cabins, when he found defendant, a watchman and three others were missing.
WAGES DUE TO DEFENDANT.
His Worship commented that it was an extraordinary casÉ.
These arms belong to General Chan Awing Ming do they not-Well, yes, he took the cruiser.--(Laughter.)
To whom
do they belong 1-Well, General Cham Kwing Ming is in charge of the cruiser on which these arms were, but I leave it to your Worship if the arms belong to him or not.-(Laughter.)
The second offer, Liu Kin, had zo right to remove anything from the ship without the captain's permission -The captain left the ship in charge of Pun San, the Chief Officer, when he was not
on' board..
Had Liu Kin satisfied you that he was acting on Pun San's instructions --Yes, I overheard them conversing on board the cruiser.
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
Did it not strike you as being strange that this should be done in the middle of the night-Pun San said that he would not allow any of the crew to know, be cause they would report the matter to the Captain.
Pun San, the Chief Officer, said that a report was made to him, and he went Then you knew that Pun San was to a house in Temple Street where re-going to do some unlawfully thing 1-Ho latives of defendant lived. He listened said that he would be responsible for at the door and heard someone say that it. they should catch the first train and get out of the Colony, The men then came, out, and he blew a police whistle. The others got away but defendant was ar rested.
Really you knew that this sale of arms was an improper procedure 1-I did ask him to wait and let the Captain know, and he said there no need to, because the purchaser had arranged to take, the away in the night time.
You did think that the matter of this sale should have been told to the Cap tain Yes. I have been on this ship for 4 years under 6 different captains, and nothing has ever been charged against
me.
',
charged with being in possession of 40 pump to fetch water. There was a largo taels of illicit opium, valued at 840. A queue of Chinese filling their cans, and Chinese seaman was also charged:
not until 10 a.m. was he able to get Mr. Leo d'Almada appeared for the defendants pushed him away and assaultu
at the pump. When he did so, the two- pursery Mr. F. C. Hall for the seaman, ed him, one of them producing a knife. and Mr. E. A. Wadeson" watched the His fellow guard came to his rescue, and proceedings on behalf of the Steamboat later the two defendants were taken into
Company.
custody by a Shantung sergeant..
Complainant's 'fellow-guard, and, the Shantung sergeant gave corroborative evidence.
.... Defendants denied having assaulted' the complainant, and pleaded that he and two other Indiana came up, and wanted to get water before them, although they had bean in the queue for a considerable time.
His Worship: You became very angry. The Arst defendant replied that was
not so.
been
His Worship: Really, I would have
It will be recalled that evidence for the prosecution showed that the seaman was seen to leave the Wing Lok Street Wharf following the arrival of the Suj do from Macao last Thursday and board a west. bound tram, carrying a despatch box with the name Sui An inscribed on it. The seaman was questioned by a Chinese Revenue Officer, who followed him, and later the opium Was found in the box when it was opened at the Steamboat The prosecuting police inspector," reply. Company's offices.. When the purser of ing to His Worship, said that the con
plainant and his witnesses gave evidence the Sui du was seen he said he had ab against a number of Chinese from the dis- knowledge of the opium and stated that trict in a recent Court case, he put the despatch box outside his gfice door in the steamer for the seaman to take to the Steamboat Company's offices.
SEAMEN'S EXPLANATION.
Yesterday, Mr. Hall said that the sea
man's explanation as to why he took tram-car going westward, instead of pro- ceeding direct to the Company's offices with the despatch box, was that he had previously made arrangements to see a Chinese dealer in firewood at West Point to discuss a matter of purchases. He intended to proceed to the Company's offices after his business talk. Mr. Hali added that this dealer had promised the previous day, when approached, to come to Court and corroborate the seaman's evidence as to this proposed visit to him The dealer had made a statement to him (Mr. Hall) which corroborated the sens man's statement, but unfortunately the defence had been unable to get in touch with him that day, and he had not come to Court.
Defendant then said that he was slightly angered.
likely that the Indian guard would have His Worship said that it was hardly waited for two hours to get water. Ad- dressing the parties, he said: "You Indians have got to try avoid conflicts with the Chinese in that neighbourhood. There is a lot of bad blood between you, I know. I am quite satisfied that in this instance, the Chinese crowd became very aggressive and you got pushed about by them. I am not altogether satisfed with the evidence of plaintiff when he says that I bind over all he stayed two hours." parties to keep the peace for six months. in $100 personal, bonds.
AN ACCOUNTANT'S PLUCK. FRUSTRATES ATTEMPT TO ROB CHINA BUILDING RESTAURANT.
in the early hours of yesterday morning A Chinese accountant, who awakening
to find an assailant trying to strangle bed and bravely tackled the man and his him with a piece of cord, jumped out of confederate, and thus frustrated attempted robbery, at the South China.
Restauran
ад
It appears that the accountant sleeps in his office in the restaurant, which is situated on the 7th floor of the China. Building. About 4 m yesterday he suddenly awakened from his sleep to find himself in situation. A man, who later proved to an exceedingly alarming
Witness further stated that defendant received $25 a month in wages, but had not received a cent since February when he received two months wages, Dai
Replying to the Magistrate Mr. Nihill), witness said that defendant had no authority to take the arms away.
'His Worship: To whom do the Arms
Elis Worship: We will get your belong, and who do you look upon as character later on I hope the other your superior officer -They belong to captains were not like this one. General Chan Kwing Ming, and I look
Further questioned, defendant denied speaking, there was no evidence upon be a restaurant employee, was standing on him as my superior officer.
that the arms were locked in a, chest on which he should be called upon to de- by his bed tightening a cord around his Beck. Nothing daunted, although the Questioned by defendant, witness board the cruiser. He stated that they fead. They had no evidence he argued tightness of the cord had caused a deep denied that he had sold 18 rifles to a had been put away at the Kwong Fook that the opium was known to be in the red weal the accountant sprang from the person mmed Ng Kan.
2 Chan boat-building yard whea
the box, and that evidence was necessary A Shantung sergeant gave evidence of cruiser was there. When the cruiser in order to register a conviction. There having arrested defendant.
left the yard, five rides were brought was nothing to show that the parser knew along for the watchmen.
the drug was there.
NO"TRACE OF THE ARMO..
aját il
Sergt. Barnicle said that the defendant was handed over to him by the Yaumati Police. He then took him to Shamsizipo and accused pointed out a junk where he said the arms had been sold... The
junk was thoroughly searched but no rilles were found; nor could the man to whom defendant alleged that the arms had been sold, be found. Defendant was then searched and a $100 note was found in his possession.
DEFENDANT'S STORY: Defendant, giving evidence, said that on March 31st the second officer returned to the ship and spoke of the difficulty in getting money for rations from his superior officer. He later overheard two officers conversing, and one suggested to the other that they should sell some of the arins and raise about 8400 ball of which would be paid in wages to the crew, and the other half to be set aside for provisions. Pun San, the second officer, then told one of the crew to find purchaser, and he was later informed that person called Ng Kan was pre pared to buy them, This man had bought 18 rifles from Pan San previously It was agreed to sell five rides and one revolver for 8100. The arms were lower ed into a dingy from the ship, .
"WE WERE VERY HUNGRY.”
Replying to His Worship, defendant said that he told the officer that the commander would object, but he was informed that the commander knew of the transaction. The arms were sold for #350 and the money was kept by the second oficer, Liu Kin. They were so very hungry that they immediately wint into an eating house for food, and later adjourned to the house in Temple Street, to decide as to what they would do with the money.
#1
AN ALLEGED SALE..
His Worship: What about the revolver which was also sold-This was always kept on board.
Mr. d'Almada submitted that strictly
After legal argument and references to various cases in law bearing on the question, His Worship said he considered it necessary to hear the purser's evidence And the 2 rounds of ammunition in view of his admission that the despatch They were also kept op board.
When box was in his possession before he put there were 21 riffes on board, but Pun take away."- the cruiser first arrived in Hongkong it outside his, office for the seaman
San, the Chief Officer sold 18 of these on March 20th.
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PURSER'S STORY.
to
The purser, giving evidence, said he You are making a very serious state had been in the employ of the Steamboat ment now. Can you substantiate it?- Company for 14 years and during his All the people on the ship know it. team of service he had never been re
Have you ever told that stary to the ported or reprimanded. There was ho police before Yes.
lock on the despatch box, only a strap, and the box was used for sending un- Have you given any information us to important papers to the Company's who bought the 18 rifles I mentioned Ng Kan as the purchaser to the police. The last lot were also sold to Ng Kan.
Inspector Aris informed His Worship that when the cruiser arrived here last October she went to a slipway, and all arms were taken off. When the ship left the slipway 10 rifles were left in the shipyard, and they were later removed to the Water Police Station. He personally had taken the 16 rifles from the shipyard, after the five had been stolen from the cruiser. The police had only been told of 21 rides in all. He mentioned that
In answer to Mr. Hall witness said he Inspector Bond often visited the yard, did not hand the box over to the seaman
bed and knocked his assailant down. He then noticed second man crouching near the bed and accordingly made a grab at hime This man, who proved to be a restaurant coolie, made for the win- dow and managed to escape to the base ment, where be submitted quietly to arrest. In getting away from the ne garments behind.
countant. He left part of his nether
The men were evidently out to rob the there is always a sum of about 81,000. safe, in the accountant's office, in which
First of all, however, their object was to obtain possession of the key, which the accountant always wore around his body when asleep.
The men are to be charged before the Magistrate this morning."
CATHEDRAL CONCERT.
LAST OF A SERIES.
this season was, held at the Cathedral The last of a series of concerts given Hall yesterday evening, when in spite of the unpropitious weather there was a good attendance.· ́
The proceeds were in aid of the St.
John's Cathedral Organ Fund. The con- and a substantial sum has been raised certs have throughout been well-attended. in aid of the Fund,
offices, For two months it had been the Practice for a sailor of the Sui An to take the box to the offices. During the trip to Macao and back the box was in the combined cabin and office of witness ship, or anyone could always place any and was always open. Officers of the letters or anything else they wished in it, so that they would be taken to the
Last night's "concert was perhaps the Company's offices when the steamer ar
best of the session,, and all the artistes the steamer at this port, witness always Davis (soprano), Mra. Watt (contralto), rived at Hongkong. On the arrival of
were at their best. These were Mrs. placed the despatch box outside his Mr. R. Edwin Gardner (tenor). Mr. Li office. He did this on the date in ques | Chor Chi (bartone), whilst Mr. Frederick
on. When he last saw inside the box Mason was at the piano. it only contained a ship's book, placed there by himself. He knew nothing about the opinm
DISCHARGED,
THE PROGRAMME
The programme was as under --Pentés d'Automne Massenet.
Mr. LI CHOR CHI
AMEX DAVIS
and could give evidence on the question. personally, and did not see him take its-The Jewel Song from Faust...Gounod.
Defendant persisted that Ng Kan came away. alongside the cruiser in a boat on March 20th and he took away 18 rifles. There were 39 rifles in all.
Inspector Aris asked if he could pro duce the three other men to corroborate his statement. "
Defendant replied that he could not help the police to find these persons.
Inspector Aris: Is it not a fact that the revolver and some ammunition were kept in your cabin 1
Defendant denied this,
His Worship pointed out that a young assistant who swept the deck had stated, that defendant did not sleep in that parti-
Defendant, continuing said that the question as to what was to be done with the money occasioned a heated argument, and he and the officer quarrelled in con- sequence. When they got out in the street they still continued to quarrel, and then, the second officer blew a policecular cabin whistle, and be (Cefendant) was arrest. The case, was adjourned until Friday ed.
morning.
purser's story and discharged him
His Worship aid that he believed the (1) Ombra mai fr
(b) When all was Young (Faust)
Paysage
Mrs. WATT
Selected
Mr. GALDNER.
On the application of Mr. Hall, His Worship consented to remand the seaman until noon to-day, in order that Mr. Hall4-Songs should have an opportunity of procuring the attendance of the Chinese dealer he bad referred to, who would give evidence
1 Mr. Lí Czor- CEL on the seaman's behalf, and which Mr.(8) Dawn.... Hall thought would provide a satisfactory
(b) The Last Hour explanation of the seaman's action in
(e) A Spring Serenade..... boarding a tram proceeding in the op-
Mra, DAVIR. posite direction to the Company's ofaces.
His Worship issued a subpens for the 7-(n) Like to the damask rose attendance of this witness, who was stated
(b). My Prayer. by a foki, "in his employ, to have left Hongkong early that morning to go 8—Songs across the harbour to buy firewood.
Mrs. WATT Sélected Mr. "GAKDNER'·
Handel
Gounod,
Hahn
Curran.
Kramer
Gilberté.
Elgar