found actually to exist and
to be following the
arrest -
tion's which he said they
were.
It is also remarkable.
that those
or
then who were
not arrested on the
12th must have disappeared from the Colony
It will of course be contended by those who
are incriminated that
these men who have dis-
appeared extorted
money
in their names, and being afraid of discovery, fled the Colony.
But the statements
of those who were arrested and confessed corroborate Sam Yu's statement
to
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to such a degree that thing
Convince
one that they have spoken the truth.
Then there is Sam Yen's
simple but forcible explanation of how he
knew that his bribe had
reached their destination.
He says at pp 5, 17, and 24 of
his statement
of his case
by the fact
that it was
that after he had made
payments on their behalf.
the inconvenient Police
Officers troubled him no
more.
Moreover if the names
of European Police officers
were used by Chinese to
establish ...