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INQUEST ON SERGT. DYERSON..
› WOULD HAVE DIED FROM
· BRAIN DISEASE":
The death of Police Sergeant J. A Dyerson, which took place under tragic circumstances on September 7, was investigated at a Coroner's inquiry held by Mr. E. W. Hamilton, with the aid of jury at the Central Magistracy yesterday afternoon.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 192
it might be some comfort to the CRUELTY TO MUI TSAI. man's relatives to know that his death came", a week earlier than otherwise it would have come. S
Dr. Ware: His illness would have been much worse for him, Disease of the brain produces pâin which is almost intolerable in the latter stages."
Witness did not think that unless told by a medical man, Sergeant Dyerson could have known the ex- act nature of his disease, although he would undoubtedly know that something serious, was going on in his brain
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A novel form of punishment was meted out to the employer of a 12-year-old mui tsai who convicted by Mr. A. W. G. H Grantham on Tuesday of a charge of Ill-trenting the girl.
It was stated that the girl was sold by her mother to a trafficker. who, in turn, sold her to a family surnamed Wong. In course of time, her new mistress:dled, leav Ing the girl in the care of three children
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It was one of these children, a youth 15 years of age, named Wong King-yung, who was charg ed before the Court with ill-treat- ing the girl
The Coroner" at the commence- ment of the proceedings, comment Medicine for Headaches, ed on the fact that some consider- able time had elapsed since the sc Detective Sergeant C. Mottram currence, but that, he explained, stated that Sorgeant Dyerson or was not his fault, and he had now. cupied a bed beside his own at the held the inquiry on the available Central Police Station He could afternoon. He might say quite de.recollect that once Dyerson told him finitely, that there, was misunder that he was taking medicine for a standing between a police officer headache, otherwise he was normal. and representatives of the local at 11:80 on the night previous Press over the holding of the in- to his death Dyerson was observed beating which was inficted on her The excuae given for a severe quiry, Suffice it to say that there to beast asleep In his bed. At with the handle of a feather dus was never any doubt in his (the 745 the following morning, he water, was that she had ther mis- Coroner's) mind as to the holding reading a paper in his bed and laid or was unable to produce a of that inquiry, and he thought it seemed quite cheerful was a fact that the paper in ques" was returning from the bath-flute which belonged to the youth. tion had given a promise in this house, paid witness, when I mot PTW Ware, however, testified respect.
Dyerson on the top of the steps on that the girl's legs were a mass the bridge leading down to the of bruises which might have been bath-house. He was fully, dressed, caused by a much more serious except for his jacket.” That was form of chastisement. the last time he saw him before his death..
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The Evidence.
The first witness called was Dr. T. W. Ware, who conducted the autopsy. Dr. Ware said that at about 9.30 on September 7, he was called to the, receiving room at the Government Civil Hospital and saw Sargeant Dyerson, whom he re- cognized, being brought in on a stretcher. The patient was suffer ing from a bullet wound in the head and was dying.
At about noon the same morning, witness made a post-mortem ex- amination. The bullet had gone through the head, entering in the region of the right temple and emerging in the region of the left,
It his opinion, the bullet must have been fired at close range, not more than a matter of a few inches, It was the type of wound one would expect to find on a person who had
who received such a wound would be unconscious, but would probably be living, for some hours after wards.
The Coroner explained to the jury that Dyerson was proceeding to the place where, a quarter of an hour afterwards, his body was found.
Well-dressed in European attire, the youth, on appearing before Mr Grantham, was defended by found Mr. Rendall, He guilty, and his Worship ordered him to receive six strokes of the
cane.
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At this stage, a short adjourn- Mr. Rendall made an unsuccess- ment was made, while, on the in-ful appeal against the sentence. vitation of the Coroner, the jury He asked that a fine should be m- went to the scene of the tragedy to posed instead, but this was refus- inspect the layout of the premises, ed by the Magistrate.
Revolver In Hand.
Mr. H. R. Batters' prosecuted in the case, for the Secretariat of Chinese Affairs.
At the resumption, Sgt. Davies testified that fat about 8.55 a.m. on September 7, 1929, he went to the lavatory, where he heard somebody bullet in the passage way just out- groaning. At that time, witness took no notice of it and proceeded side the lavatory. It was of the to wash himself. As the groaning 38 calibre, the type used with ser-
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thing must be wrong. He looked across to the W. C. from where he thought the groaning came, and gaw blood running from underneath the door. He then summoned as- sistance.
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In witness' opinion, Sgt. Dyerson was sitting inside the lavatory and after shooting himself, he fell for- ward and lay in the position in which he was afterwards found. After inquiries had been made, there was no room for doubt, ac
Tubercular Broin. Witness opened the skull and ex-
LS. A. Nolan said that he was amined the brain, and found a cer-called to the lavatory by Sgt. Davies tain amount of brain matter at about 9 o'clock. On entering shattered. He also found an in- the lavatory, he saw someone lyingcording to witness, that Sgt. Dyer- llammation of the coverings of the fun the floor in one of the cubicles son committed suicide by shooting bruin which he diagnosed as with the body propped up against himself._. tuberculosis. He did not think a the door. Witness went to the ad- man suffering from that malady joining room and looked over the could carry on with his work, for partition. with such inflammation he must
Sgt. Dyerson joined the Hong- kong Police Force on 26th October, 1928 and was 31 years of age. He He saw Set. Dyerson lying left for Home on leave on 13th have suffered from severe head-against the door with his body October, 1928 and returned on aches.
doubled up and his face down-August 1. He was a very reserved "I was surprised to find Ser-wards on the right hand, which was man and, to all appearances, was geant Dyerson in such "condition. holding a resolver: He noticed that also a temperate one, it He must have been undergoing Sgt. Dyerson was groaning A.S.P. Murphy said he hed mental changes, the exact nature of Thinking that it was of no use hisways found the deceased a capable which I cannot definitely say, but jumping over at once to help Sgt. and energetic officer, who seemed to. which must have produced depres-Dyerson, witness informed the have taken a great interest in his sion in him," added witness. other members of the mess to which work. As far as witness' knew, The Coroner: It was just pod- the deceased belonged and also in- Set. Dyerson had no trouble depart- sible that the condition in which formed the Inspector on duty of mentally or otherwise. He was in you found the man affected his the occurrence.
a very sound, financial position and sanity?
Replying to a question from apparently had no domestic troubles member of the jury witness said of any sort. As regards love af- that the European officers usually fairs, he was not engaged, and even
'whether he had had any.
had not died in any other way, he kept their own revolvers, which his room-mates could not say
Witness: Oh, definitely, while the condition lasted. If the man would undoubtedly have died from this disease. It might have gone for a week or more, and it would more and more acute.
become
People never recover from. tuber- culosis of the brain, and nothing could have cured him. There is no cure for his condition. It is not common in adults although it is common in children, and they die.
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• Witness also said ' that about a
year before Sergeant Dyerson's death he had had occasion to ex- amine the deceased, who appeared to have had difficulty in swallowing, and suffered from a spasm In the lower end of his gullet. That was about a month before deceased went Home on leave.
they wore in holsters when on duty.
On his return from Home leave,. One Chamber Fired.
deceased seemed quite light-hearted C.D.I. Reynolds. said he received and had never complained of `Ill- tember 7 to the effect that a Euro-nt all, he suffered in silence. a message at about 9 a.m. on Sep health. If he had had any ülness pean had shot himself in the lavatory. On reaching the spot, he found the deceased lying in a huddled-up position inside the lavatory Sgt. Dyerson was then atill alive and was groaning...
In his right hand, witness found a servce revolver, of the type usually assued to Police officers. The revolvers issued to police officers were all of the same type but with different numbers, all of which were kept in the office.
On examining the revolver which
Concluding, witness said Sgt. Dyerson's act came AS B great shock to him. ̈*
After the Coroner had gone through the facts with the jury, the following verdict was returned:-~
"We find that the deceased met his death from a revolver shot fired by himself during a state of tem- porary Insanity
The jury also associated them- selves with the Coroner's sympathy with the relatives of the deceased, after which the Coroner expressed his regrets that the Hongkong able.young officer,
Otherwise, Sergeant Dyerson he took from Sgt. Dyerson's hand, Police Force should lose such a cap-
was remarkably healthy, with a powerful physique. On the top of the right lung there was a very tiny patch infected with tuber culosis which had almost healed up. It was quite likely that he might have had a little damage with the patch, and tuberculosis had gone into the brain through the passage of the blood.
The Coroner remarked that, the matter could be well-ventilated, as
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witness found that five chambers were loaded, and one had been fired,
The deceased was fully dressed. except for his jacket and hat. He was bleeding profusely from a wound on the right temple and from another on the left.
Dr. Cannon then arrived on the scene and first bid was rendered to Sgt. Dyerson under the direction
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