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Mr. King was accompanied by two Europeans?
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Considerable noise.
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Yos.
Then the crowd appeared were they walking or running?
Any noise?
What happened ?
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Talking.
Mr. King and the two European inspectors ran
towards them and stopped them about 120 to 130 yards in front of
mo. Mr. King talked to them in Chinese.
Did the crowd grow quiet ? As Mr. King held up his band several
rows in front kept quiet.
Do you know Chinese ?
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For how long did Mr. King address the crowd while they were
quiet? When Mr. King made a remark they shouted back and this
kind of c aversati on continued for about four minutos.
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The whole tino Mr. King was talking,
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Then what happened sides eise of the crowd kept on coming round hin making the police fall
What actually took place I cannot
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back. I then saw a scuffle.
gay.
During the whole of this time the shouts of the crowd and
the demeanour of the crowd appeared to be getting "nasty"
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When Inspector Pitt fired his revolver into the ground I expected
I should be called upon to fire and gave the order to load
magazines. Then Inspector Pitt fired his revolver Mr. King was
practically surrounded. Owing, I think, to the revolver shot
being fired, the front row was checked for a moment, thus enabling
Mr. King and Inspector Pitt to double back out of the crowd
to behind the cutting.
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Mr. King at the time he was doubling back
shouted out to mo to fire me r cand. I gave the order to fire a
volley of one round. This was done. The actual number of rounde
fired was four, one round spparently being discharged in the act
of reloading.
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After the volley what happened ? Mr. King and Inspector Fitt
ran out and met the crowd which was still advancing and again
talked to them in Chinese, rocoiving answering shots as before.
The crowd thon remained where they were and after some five
minutes an Indian officer and about three man and nine Indian
police constablas arrived. The crowd, seeing this reinforcomont
began slowly to disperse. Mr. King and the police rendered first
aid.