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Indian married quarters. Mrs. Madgwick opened the pantry
door, apparently to see what was happening. The Chinese
servant waved to her to withdraw. She immediately did so,
and went into the back sitting room, between which and
the verandah where Indian Police Constable B. 543 Dalip
Singh was standing, there is a bathroom. Almost
immediately after Mrs. Madgwick had withdrawn into the
sitting room, the Chinese man-servant heard three shots
fired in rapid succession. Indian Police Constable B.543
Dalip Singh had fired these three shots (actually he fired
five in all) from the bathroom through the door communi-
cating with the back sitting room. Mrs. Madgwick must
have been standing close to this door. One or more shots
had pierced her skull and killed her instantaneously.
Her death must have taken place within the first five or
ten minutes after Indian Police Constable B. 543 Dalip Singh
had begun to run amok.
The Indian Lance-Sergeant (I.L.S. B. 349 Jewan
Singh), and the other three Indian Constables in the
Station, armed themselves with their rifles and ball
ammunition and retreated to the larger of the two Indian
barrack rooms. The Chinese Interpreter and the servants
had rushed to shelter in their own quarters at the first
shots. The Indian Lance-Sergeant failed entirely at this
critical time. He and the Constables remained locked in
their barrack room and contented themselves with firing at
random through the room windows when they heard Indian
Police Constable B. 543 Dalip Singh firing on the first
floor above them. Meanwhile, B. 543 Dalip Singh decended
the stairs to the Charge Room and removed the Lewis gun
and ammunition to the first floor. Fortunately, the
Lewis gun jammed, and he was unable to use it. He then
lowered the iron grille which closes approach from the
first floor to the inside of the Station. Owing to its
situation