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SHOT IN SAMPAN.
FATAL FIRING FROM THE PRAYA.
FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 1926.
THE PEACE MOVE.
REPLY TO THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT.
Canton, June 23.
SAMPAN ROBBERY.
THREE CHINESE COMMITTED. FOR TRIAL.
At the Kowloon Magistracy The following communication yesterday, the case in which three was issued yesterday by Mrmen were charged with commit- Eugene Chen, Canton's acting
The death of a Chinese, who was shot by a police constable, formed the subject of an inquiry at the Contral Magistracy yesterday...
Mr. R. E. Lindsell, sitting as Minister of Foreign Affairs, in re-ting an armed robbery on board a Coroner, told the jury that theplying to I.B.M. Consul-General's sampan in the Hunghơm Bay on man met his death as a result of despatch of June 16 relating to June 3, was concluded, whon, the a revolver shot fired, by a Chinese the settlement of the strike and defendants were all committed by Mr. J. H. B. Nihil to take their policeman who was on duty on the boycott: Praya on the night of June 18.
trial at the Criminal Sessions. It would be their duty to decide whether the homicide was justifi- the latter able or not, and in event they may have to bring in a verdict of manslaughter or even of murder.
"Sir, I have the honour to
During the course of his evl- acknowledge the receipt of your despatch dated June 16 in reply lo my note addressed to the dence the master of the sampan Governor of Hongkong in which said that his wife reported the oc- I expressed the readiness of my eurrence to the Police and notwith- Government to enter into negotia-standing the question as to whe tlon with the Government of
Mr. T. M. Hazlerigg. assistant Hongkong regarding the Canton./ther he gave his wife orders to re-
Crown solicitor watched on behalf of the Crown, and Mr. T. H. King, | director of criminal investigation,
on behalf of the police.
Hongkong strike.
port the incident, being repeatedly
His Worship: But after all you are the master of the sumpan,
Sergeant O'Conner: But he does not seen to. master his wife, your Worship,
While it is obvious that the put by the Magistrate the witness strike still continues to be such a was adamant in his reply that it was on his wife's own initiative political and economic reality as
of its exis- that the Police were informed. Shot From Long Range,
to make any dental Dr. Craig, aeting medical officer tencc appear at once evasive and Government-averse in charge of mertharies, said he futile, my examined the body of the man and from any view of your reply that found there was a small hole in may lead to a fresh impasse and desirous that the issues involved the soft part of the right-loin.
It was about six inches above shall be frankly and resolutely |faced-is prepared to authorise the hip bone and in a vertical lineita delegates also to negotiate with the back of the arm-pit. The with the official representatives hole appeared to be a bullet wound, of the Hongkong Government or but there were no marks of pow- der-or burning, indicating that any other duly appointed represen- the revolver had not been fired tatives of the British Government regarding the manner and means at close range.
of settling the anti-British boycott, Death was due to shock and which has been sustained by the
hemorrhage duu, lo the
the Chinese people in Kwangtung for wound.
precisely a year.
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Questioned by Mr. King, witness said the man's life would not have been saved if he had had im- médiate medical treatment.
In reply to Mr. Hazlerigg, he said the shot was probably fired from some distance because the bullet did not emerge.. Was embedded in the soft tissues.
It
If the forthcoming negotiations are to be undertaken seriously it is essential to clear up two points arising out of your reply. When handing the reply to me," you ex- rule of the British plained that
Governor
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imperial service debarred the
unl Government Hongkong from direct communi- cation with my Government or any other foreign Government. Kill at 75 Yards. Mr. C. Greenwood, the Police As this rule seems to apply, a
representatives fortiori, to armourer, said the bullet produce. ed was of the 38 long type. When pointed by the Governor and or the revolver was returned there Government of Hongkong, I am SATURDAY 25th. 9.15 p.m. was one liye cartridge and five to ask you to inform me whether the representatives named in your From the ap- empty shells in it. pearance of the bullet which had despatch will negotiate as mem- been extracted, and from the man-bers of a purely Hongkong dele- ner in which it lodged in the body, gation or as members of a Bri- he thought the shot was fired from tish Imperial delegation. a range of over 30 yards.
The other point relates to the,. Questioned by Mr. Hazlerigg, powers of the British delegates. the Governor of witness said that from a revolver In my note to like the one produced, a similar Hongkong, I stated that my Gov- bullet would carry about a hun-ernment was prepared to appoint dred yards. To kill by penetrat-three delegates with plenipoten- ing the fleshy part of the body its tiary powers and I indicated the that wish of iny Government range was about 75 yards.
your delegates might be, vested
equal powers,
I am wish with the repeat this
settle- that any a cargo of pigs, together with his reservation
They brother (the dead man)
ment reached by the delegates came on shore at a spot, at the west end of the Praya, and after shall be subject to the usual ratif transacting certain business, took cation by the respectirb Govern-
A travelling pig trader said he with came down to Hongkong with to
a sampan to return to their junk.ments, i am, ete. etc. etc. Chen They left the shore about nine Yu-jen, Acting Minister o'clock, and when they had gone
a short distance towards the junk, Foreign Affairs. witness heard three or four shots fired.
Supposed Seasickness.
When the second shot was fired
he heard his brother scream, but
To J. Fitzgerald
for
Brenan,
Esquire, H.B.M. Acting Consul-) General."
he did not realise he had been make the time as early as pos. shot. They came alongside the sible, as he was no doubt aware junk, and during the journey his of the regulations governing lying brother had moved from the stern in-shore after nine o'clock. to the hold in the middle of the sampar.
The policeman would say that the "men were on the Praya after He saw his brother lying there, ten o'clock. Mr. King also pointed but thought he was seasick. When
he asked him to help to carry some out that the Inspector on duty at ting aboard the junk, he found the police station was not called that his brother was dead and had until 12.30 a.m... when the people
came in.
a bullet wound in his side."
Mr. King said it was in the in- terest of the witness that he should
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The inquiry was adjourned until next Monday.
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