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to Canton. On the 28th. and 29th. April other officials came and
made similar enquiries. On April 11th. a statement was made to
the Colonial Secretart by a person who had seen the corpse at
the Tin Tsz wharf at Canton.
A copy of Admiral Ho's despatch to the
Viceroy when forwarding the body, has secretly been obtained
through a source which should be reliable. This despatch states
that the Admiral, on receiving instructions for the arrest of
Hung Tsun Fuk sent his Lieutenants Ho Wai Tsung, Lau Kam Ut and
Lam Shan to Hongkong to obtain the arrest of Hung. It was arranged that a reward of $30,000 should be given for his capture alive, but if dead only $20,000. The Admiral also ordered the Gunboat
"Kwong Hung" to anchor at Chik Hom. Ho Wai Tsung and the others on their return to the Bogue Forts reported that Hung had been drugged at a house in Hongkong, but that when passing by Kap Shui Mun began to recover from the effects of the drug, and to make a noise. Kap Shui Mun being British Territory and his capturers feared that their scheme might be frustrated, so they bound up his neck, but as they used too much strength they strangled him
to death.
Consul-General Scott also forwarded to the
Hongkong Government two Chinese documents, being copies of originals, which he stated came through a quarter which hitherto
he had found very reliable.
The first of these documents is the
evidence of Cheung Cho Ting as taken by deputies appointed by Admiral Ho. The second is a bond in which Hp Wai Tsung, Lau Kam Ut, So Ting Chan, Feng Hing Kwok, Lam Shan and Chu Cheung, officials under Admiral Ho bind themselves as sureties that the evidence given by Chung Cho Ting is the truth, and that the body is really that of the rebel Hung Tsun Fuk. The last mentioned
Chu Cheung