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FRIDAY. HAY 141H, 1925
KING'S PARK MURDER. DEATH ENQUIRY CONCLUDED AT KOWLOON MAGISTRÁCY. AN UNWILLING WITNESS. After, two minutes' consideration. at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday after- [FROM OTT CHINESE CORRESPONDENT.]
noon, the Tury (Metes. J. T. Humpheys, The decision of the Kuomintang in F da Rocha and Chung Yang Chiu) Canton on May 11th to defend Kwang returned a verdict of wilful murder tung against invasion and the fear that against some person or persons unknown, some parties may endeavour to exploit when the enquiry into the cause of the the situation to bring about a cop death of Mah Sung Cheung, & Weihaiwei d'etat have led to increased vigilance at constable, was concluded before Mr. J. all military headquarters. According to. B. Nihill, the Coroner. those who profess to be able to follow the inner workings of the Canton pull tieni machine an outbreak is imminent.
Some minor conflicts between rival factions in the East River districts have taken place; and these, üke the "bandit outrages" of Yingtak and Wushek, are regarded as having a greater significance than appears on the surface.
Aeroplanes of the Euomintang Amy have been making frequent observations: during the last few days, and the inhabit onts are viewing all these signs of renew ed military activity with no little appre- hension.
Pe. Dis and P.-c. D.ss footh of the Weihaiwei contingent) at a previous hearing bad sworn that one of their countrymen, P.-e. D.135, subsequent to the death of Mah, had informed them that the dead man had been concerned in an opium deal. The story was that Mah had sold a quantity of the drug on behalf of one Lai Woo Ling, and had) never handed over the money.
Information in the hands of the Police tended to bear put that P.e. D. 283 had made such a statement, but up to date Lai Woo Ling has, never been found.
When P.-c. 283 was in the witness box,. Internal conflicts in the Kuomintang yesterday, he proved an unwilling wit and the threatened attack by militaristness and the Coroner, after warning him, from outside have brought about a feeling told him that he already stoed convicted
of unrest.
The notes of the Kuomintang Central; Bank have slumped heavily and this is attributed to the repeated reports of pending trouble.
of one lie.
However, rigid questioning failed to shake him; and to the end he maintained that if anyone was lying, it certainly was not himself.
Opponents to the prescat Canton
Detective-Inspector Pincett, who con régime of the Kuomintang, are said to be ducted the case, produced four witnesses, gathering in large "force around Chung but no further light was thrown on the Hou, beyond Swatow. These troops in-murder in King's Park on March 13th. clude not a few of the men who were formerly with General Chen Chiung Ming.
YESTERDAY'S EVIDENCE.
The families, of everal Kuomintang Constable D.983, questioned by the Traders have already left Canton.
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care for your We undertake to 10th Canton Athletic meeting which was beyond saying that he knew the decrus- to have commenced to-day has been posted had been murdered. He did not know
for a small annual fee. whether the dead man had any, friends He had poned.
among the police or civilians.
Terms on application :—-- never heard of the woman "Wong Ying, nor had he seen her. He was friendly with the decbased and on one occasion had gone out with him when both were of duty. Ile was unaware whether the deceased had keerr an opium addict, nor had he seen him with any opium in his possession. He had never heard of a
General Li Chung Jen, the chief mil; tarist of Kwangsi who is now in Canton to attend the coming semi-annual session of the Kuomintang Central Executive Committee, is of the opinion that the Kwangi Army cannot be of any service to their comrades in Hunan unless the Kuomintang are able to lend financial assistance.
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The Kucrúninng are repeatedly being man named Lai Woo Ling, nor had he MR. A. W. GRAHAM-BROWN SUES urged by General Tang Seng Chi, the beard the shme mentioned. He had commander in Hunan, to send assistance, never discussed the King's Park murder but. so far, the Party has been unable with his countrymes, nor had he heard to do anything except promise help. The the matter discussed.? latest information in Canton is that
Chater Road.
SEQUEL TO MOTOR CRASH.
DEMONSTRATIONS WITH TOY.
MOTORS IN COURT. Before Mr. Justice Wood, in the When two motor cars collided on the in une of the cars fell un oa sampa Graham-Brown ned Li Tang Cheung, for Summary Court yesterday, Mr. A. W Praga, Dear Blake Fier, on March $20, balance due for work done by the harbour. A sequel was heard at this
Summary Court yesterday, when N Po, the owner of one of the cars, claint plaintiff as architect in connection with
Street..
Company. house belonging to defendant in Saied damages from the Chak On Motor Car Mr. J. T. Pryor was for the plaintiff, and Mr. E.S. C. Brooks represented
Mr. Pryor said that the claim was for architect's fees, for drawing plans and miscellaneous work. The defendant had paid 230 in December, 1924, but the arrangement was that the fee should be $500. Defendant had arranged with Mr.
When this case is concluded, the owner will also put in a claim for dainages. of the sampan, which was badly damaged, Mr. L. D. Turner was for the plaintiff and Mr. M. K. Lo represented the defen- Plaintiff said that on March 3rd as his dant company. car was being driven along Connaugh Road Central, one of defendants' care, i owing to its being negligently driven."
The next minute witness acknowledged General Tang is being hard pressed and that he had discussed the murder with will probably be driven out of Hunan Pe. D.192. (This was after a warning altogether before Canton is able to send from the Coroner). The Cocther then
pointed out that although the witness the defendant. ahy reinforcements.
In order to save themselves from being said he knew nothing about the matter, attacked from the south-east by way of he had already lied while in the "witness Fukien, the Kuomintang are sending an box.
Witness added that he had never told emissary to Nanking, Kiangsu, to inter- view Marshal Sun Chunn Fang and to P..c. 182 that the deceased had at one tirahan-Brawn's Astaut, Li Sai Wing,
As there were and on to a sampat. He claimed dam house in Sai Street. ask for an alliance, or at least a promise time sold some opium for Lai Woo Ling for pulling down a Chinese tenement caused his car to go over the Fraya walt. that he will not listen to Marshal Wu and had not handed over the money tenants in the house it was necessary to ages for recovery of the car, repairs, and Pei Fu's suggestion of declaring war He had never expressed any opinion as obtain a "desirability certificate" before loss of earnings whilst being repaired, A European police sergeant spoke to against the Reds," which is interpreted to the reason for the murder. Continu-it could be pulled down. The architect's making a total of $748.00.
The architect's finding plaintiff's car on top of a campan. ficate was obtained. ns meaning war against the Kuomintang ing, wituess was positive that he had fees were agreed upon before the certi-
never discussed the murder nor mention-chief work was the making of plans, and which it had damaged. He took the two to be chauffeurs, and the owner of the sampan in Canton.
ed the opium to P.-c. D.85 There was it was for this that $500 was
Gross-examined, he said that the same- STOCT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
no reason why P.- 1.85 and T-c. 183 charged. At first the desirability certi- to the Central Police Station.
ficate was refused by the Building. Replying to General Huang Shae Hung, should well lies about witness, as he was at it, but when an appeal was made pan was one in a line of sampans which the Civil Governor of Kwangi, whose
The driver of plaintiff's jurisdiction extends to Wuchow, the Kuo- not on bad terms with either. Witness to the Executive Council it was granted. were moored about 9 feet from the Pray
paid. mintang have stated, that the Party can had not seen the docessed on the day of The bill was put in immediately after wall.
Mr. Graham-Brown did not give exi- passed him unexpectedly, and the next thing he knew was that defendant's car day before.
dence.
bour. Lai Sai Wing, an assistant of plain hit his vehicle and sent it into the har tiff's gave evidence as outlined by Mr.
+4
ear gave
I not take over the Stout Memorial Hos.his death, but he had spoken to him the the plans were finished, but only $230 was { ävidence. He said that the other car
pital in Wuchow in the same way as it has taken over the Kang Yee Medical
College and the Hospital of Canton. The Kuomintang argue that the Stout Hos. pital in Wuchow is the property of the
Witness was again asked whether "he knew anything about Lai Woo Ling, but adhered to his former statement.
P.-C. D.302, the man who found the
Pryor.
Replying to Mr. Lo, he said that he Cross-examined by Mr. Brooks, wit.did not put his brakes on
While questioning witness, Mr. Lo pr to base the architects' fees on a percen-1strations sought to elicit from witness
medced.
American Baptist Mission and that the body in King's Park, described the eir. Dess, said that it was formerly the custom duced two toy motor-cars, and by demor getting a desirability certificate, how red, Witness said that he did not know Kung Yee Medical College is Chinese enmatences under which he made the dis- tage of the work. The necessity of an explanation of how the collision occur how it exactly happened. All he was According to the Kuomintang the Kung covery,
Witness did not know what the charge
struck his. Fec Trustees obtained public grants of P. D.359 testified to having spoken ever, made the work more difficult.
The driver of the other car said that land for the Hospital and the Authorities
the Royal British Institule of took exception to the attempt of Dr. B. F. the deceased," whil he was playing should have been according to the rules certain ahout was that the other car him, He sounded his horn, and the Lee and others to sccurs, aid from the mahjong in the barracks the day prior of
whether the charge would be reduced if Rockefeller Fondation in America The to his death. Witness had been invited Architects. Neither did witness know plaintiff's car was travelling in front of Khomintang members in Wachow, how is deceased to go to matched at 1.0 instructions to an architect were with driver signalled him to pass. He did so,
drink wint
had occasion to swerve in order to avoid ever, are urging General Huang to take pim. to
Witness did not accept the invitation drawn before the work actually com- and after proceeding some distance h over the institution.
Defendant went into the witness box knocking down a pedestrian. The other nor had he even been to the shed. At VARIOUS ITEMS.
1213 that night, witness reported that and said that the matter had been artar, then collided with his vehicle, and
was missing Witness w Relatives of the 79 heroes who died in deceased Canton early in 1911 in the First Revolu- among those who had searched for deranged for him by a man named Lai consequently fell into the harbour,
charge was to be #150.
i Siu Kai was then, asked by Mr tion are objecting to the burial at Yellow ceased. He had no idea, he continued, Siu Kni, who informed him that the Flower Hill, of others than those for how deceased had come by his death:
Wong Wong, general former to Lam Brooks what was the general practice in whom this plot of hallowed" ground was originally intended. The Kuomintang, at Woo, chief contractor for the house being the Colony in regard to architect's fees, is understood, wished to have the late built on the hill above King's Park for Mr. Wai Tak buried there. He was the Mr. Cock, was next called. He had seen man who shot Hung Shao Lun and some Do Shantung policemen passing the build. people in Canton do not agree with the ing site this year, but be had seen them Kuomintang that the deceased, seaman going up the hill some distance away..
Yau Yui another foreman employed the plaintin to prove his case. The con who chose to assist his Party in this particular way was a hero. by Lam Woo, was called by the Police, tract price was 85,000 and by paying. Owing to a dispute with importers, of but could throw no light on the matter per cent, "defendant's liabiblity to the His Lordship said that he considered Yangtze goods in Canton several steam-He, however, caused some amusement in architect was $250, ship companies plying between Cantor Court when he attempted to take a seat
The arrangements between him and the and Yangtze ports have decided to cat among the jury at the conclusion of his the defendant to be an honest person. out Canton altogether from their sche evidence.
A verdict of wilful murder against plaintiff were carried out by agents. Mr. dules.
Pickets of the Canton Strike Committee some person or persons unknown was re- Brown never know what he was only to have complained to their headquarters turned.
The Jury preferred to make no com that the Police and troops are not very willing to assist them in the arrest and ment on the evidence, given by the Wei- detention of persons charged with violat-hai-wei constables as it had been too
conflicting- ing the boycot
He said that big firms generally charged per cent of the contract pries, and Mr. Brooks submitted that it was for all firms & per cent.
receive $250. But that the contract was for $500 had not been proved.
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Mr. C. Lauritsen, managing-director of the Dragon Motor Car Company, said that plaintiff's car was only slightly dam aged. He thought that the driver would" certainly have prevented his car going over the wall if he had put on his brakes. The hearing was adjourned, until this
morning.
architect's fees,
He asked for an ad-
His Lordship: I will give you an ad- journment on the condition that you journment in order to call witnesses. pay the costs of both sides from now on
Mr. Pryor agreed.
tiff
the
The Brooks also asked that the plain-
should pay the fee of one expert for Mr. Pryor considered the application
defence at the next hearing
to be unfair, but eventually agreed to
Mr. Pryor said that he disputed Mr. it. Brook's contention (Continued at foot of next Column.) Wednesday next:
with regard to The hearing was then adjourned until