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subject and Schratter was an Austrian,
Before the first
prisoner was arrested he wrote out a list of the arms he was
prepared to sell the interpreter; they were 21,000 German
rifles, 1888 pattern and 500 rounds of ammunition each.
$62 each. 1500 Browning pistols with magazines to carry seven cartridges, and 100 rounds of ammunition, 62 each. 2100
Browning pistols with magazines capable of holding nine
cartridges, and 100 rounds of ammunition each, 567 each.
600 second hand Mauser pistols with 100 rounds each, 860 each. Lots of 400 and 50 Brownings at various prices and 15,000
Hany ang rifles almost new, with 500 rounds of ammunition each.
$50 each, Mr Morrison would be called as a witness and would
probably want to make an explanation to the Court.
A Chinese interpreter of the Criminal Investigation Department gave evidence of dealings with the defendants up to
the time of their arrest. He was introduced to Tsong Teangling
by a Japanese interpreter as one who was anxious to purchaвé rifles and the two went to a tea shop in Haining Road where Tsong said that he had some rifles to sell. He told him that
they belonged to a man named Morrison who lived in Quinsan Gardens and wrote down for witness a description of the arms and the price that would be charged for them. Witness arrested him
and took him to the Hongkew Police Station.
Then he went to a tea shop in Burton Road where he met Yau Ching-foo who said he had six hundred picule of cargo to dispose of. Witness noticed that he emphasised the words "six hundred piculs of cargo" and learnt that he meant six
hundred revolvers. As Yau was shy of speaking of the matter
in a tea shop he led him and one of the others outside and to
the entrance of the Hongkew Police Station where they also were
arrested.
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