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| FURTHER INQUESTS could not be obtained on the apot Is the Station was Rome distance . Even if he could get word to the Station, it was doubtful
elp would be forthcoming an all
ON RIOTERS.
TWO SHOT BY POLICE AND ONE STABBED.
MYSTERY WOUND.
pickets had boon sent out to atrol the streets. It was his pinion that when the mob snouted Strike," they meant striking him.
The Coroner. Would you go so far as to any that you were afraid?
-...
Then why did you Bro?-
· Further enquiries into the death Well. of people killed during, the riots By afraid, I mean Welc YOTE in Kowloon at the end of Septem-apprehensive that the crowd would bor were held yesterday afternoon, e personal violence un you? when Mr. Fraser, with the help of Did you think that they would
jury, investigated-the-circum-ssault you? Yes. stances attending the death of
Then you were apprehensive that three Chiness who were killed
led they would use personal violence separately in Yaumati, Hunghom on you?--Yes,
འབས་ and Kowloon
of the teennoad were killed!
Loughlin then testified
Two of
Sergeant by revolver shots, and the othero seoing a large crowd in Wahu
to where he Street
had been by a
After hearing attracted by atab-wound.
commotion. He did the evidence, the jury returned not see the firing, but when he three different verdicta, one of arrived on
ho the scene. "justifiable homicide." another of Sergeant Hunter in a crowd "accidental
and the other
several hundreds of Chinese.
Without retiring, the jury re- "justifiable
an
Open
The jury
consisted of turned a verdict of
Messrs. J. A. S. Alves (foreman), homicide."
A. L. Osmund and Tam Man-yi.
Mr. D. Burlingham, District Superintendent of Police. Kowloon.
The Second Care.
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The second enquiry was futo the
was in charge of
of the proceedings death of Clang Cheung, a youth on behalf of the Police
of 13, who $$ admitted
SAW
to
In the case of Fong Kee, a slque-Kowloon Hospital suffering from atter of 10 gears of age, Lo Kee bullet wound In the head. He a friend of the deceased, testified died a few hours after admission. that at about 8.45 p.m. on Septem
Inspector Fallon teatlied that at ber 27, he
wad
walking along
han 1.15 p.tn. on September 27 Wahu Street with his friend and
was returning to the Yaumati large crowd of people who were ranking a lot of noise. The Police Station when he now a hoy mob was shouting to the people ing outside the Station with a in the houses to throw Japanese gods into the street, and this was
close. Witness rauld That The Pallee were trying tu
perse the crowd
Bring
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gone to
wound
wou
on
the
hend.
WAR
resent at the Kowloon Mortuary the next lay when the body of this boy was identified as that of Chang Cheung.
The reason Why witness and his deal friend there was breause they add
Wuhu Street
buy {{་ Chinese telacco, which they always abtained
m_gill ed from
officers When the Palice opened vicinity, fire, witness was fogether with the
who was sho
shot.
cereunt Hunter.
in
attached
that
to
the Hunghom Police Station, said
www
were
A Chinuse detective said about 1.15 m. on that day he was at when the Yaumati Poble Station
1,000 he saw a crowd of about
monte, wio shouting to the In the Station to set free +1 the
men arrested in the riots. The crowd consisted mostly
ludents, but was made up of ennle of all walks of life.
Witness had just before
13
that
been
that on the night in question, berrested a number of rioters in heurd, an uproar from the direction of Wahu Street, and he rushed to the scene to see what the matter Wuhu WOK. On turning into Street, ke saw a inrge crowd #l
numbering about 300 waple Careed his way to the nearest part of the crowd and suddenly cam serous u big bonfire. He forced his way through the crowd and
w that the mah was facing
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umber of piece-goods shops to the north of Wuhu Street. One of these shops was being looted Bid some of the mob were throw- ing the goods into the
there they were picked up by the thers and thrown into the bonfire.
:1
street,
Witness then called an the mob
complete
ין
ar- must
Watching Street, and had followed to the Yaumati Police Station by
who crowd.
1020 teering him all the
Outside way. The Station, witness heard some of the people saying, "Let us go in.
for They have no resting our people. We ret them released." The crowd was then.
wit- according to ness, only about seven yards from the entrance to the Station. They vere carrying white flaxs, on some of which were written, "For no reason, the Japanese are ill-treat- ing our fellowcountrymen." Wit ncan tried to arrest one
of the ouths who was carrying one of prevented rom doing so by the rest of the rowd. He ran towards the youth but was pushed away. A voice houted, "Strike him," and witness became afraid and drew his re- volver.
.
but was
o disperse, but they paid no at-hese flags. tention to him, whereupon he drew bla truncheon mud rushed to the foremont of the crowd, which gave way and retreated about 20 yards. They however, began to throw at the stones and bricks at him,
"Strike." time ame
Continuing, witness said, "Some. E "I was
surrounded,' saw or other my revolver went went on witness, by a crowd of When I drew my revolver. I about 500 people. I was hit hy
had no intention of firing, but did missiles. wash-basin and other
a only for self-protection. As I drew my revolver, but did not soon as my revolver went off, the fire. The crowd advanced towards
ards boy who was carrying a white flag me and as they advanced, I fired Frapped to the ground. I took
WAS une shot.
hit again by him into the Station, where missile and turned to the left, at ens bandaged up. I did not which direction I fired another tend to let off my revolver. I was hot. Still the missiles cume. I osiled by the crowd, and it ac- Irned
to the right and fired aneidentally went off. I did not other shot at the crowd in the know what I was going to do when
This crowd scattered in all I drew my
revolver." directions. As they ran, the inst witness came up to me and said one man had keen killed. I went in the direction of my second shot. and found a man lying apparently dend on the ground. I sent for the ambulance and had him taken to hospital."
I'
In Self-Defence,
The Coroner-Why did you fire? - fred because my life was in danger. I fred in self-defence.
Witness went on to say that he was trying to disperse the mob. which was a riotous one, They were armed with stones and other missiles.
Questioned by Inspector Clark, witness sald during the two pre- vious nights, he had been engaged in quelling disturbances in Kow. loon, and for 48 hours he had had only about four hours' rest.
Sergeant Flattery, who was in the Station at the time, and he saw it crowd of men and boys ad- vancing towards the Station, led by two small boys who were carry. ing white fings. A crowd of about 1,000 followed these two boys. Previous to this demonstra- tion, there had been about ten attacks on the Station alrendy. He stated that if he was placed circumstances under the same
In answer to the Coroner, wit- ness said that to cope with the as the Chinese detective, he would crowd it would have required also have drawn his revolver in number of
men, and
this help order to protect himself and
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After a short absence, the jury returned the following verdiet "We find that the officer justified in drawing his revolver, and the verdict is accidental dentli."
Tsang Foo Villas.
on the In the third enquiry death of Shek Chan-fal, a youth of 17, who was stabbed, and taken to Kowloon Hospital where he died, Sergeant Clarke doposed that at about 20.30 p.m. on September 26 he went to Tsang Foo Villas, where the murder of six Japanese had been committed, and found (Continued on Page 11.)
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