1939-09-21 — Page 14

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MAN KILLED AFTER TRIVIAL QUARREL

HAVING, IT IS ALLEGED, HAR- another sharp edged wound about one BOURED A GRIEVANCE FOR inch long near the left shoulder blade: THREE DAYS AGAINST A FORE- A third wound was found in the. back. |MAN. WHO HAD TAKEN THE PART The lungs had been punctured as the OF A HAKKA WORKMAN, LI SO, ¦ result of these wounds and the cause ALIAS SHE WONG SO, COLLECTED | of death was stab wounds and loss of A GANG AND ATTACKED THREE blood.

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MEN, INCLUDING THE FOREMAN, Leung Yuk said that he was em-. WITH THE RESULT THAT FONG | ployed by the Chun Wo firm. He was SANG WAS MORTALLY WOUNDED. a plasterer. There were five or six This morning, in consequence, Li Somen on the job with him. Defendant before Sir Atholl MacGregor, faced a was a bricklayer but was working on charge of murder.

plaster. Tal Sang was a Alakka fore- Accused was represented by Mr. H. man who looked after 40 workmen W. Lee, instructed by Mr. F. Zim-who were all Hakita. He was a mern, while the case for the Crown | Punti, as, was defendant and all the was conducted by Mr. J. Whyatt, plasterers. He did not know Fong Crown Counsel.

Sang, the deceased, though he had seen him on the site doing survey work.

The jury was composed of Messrs, D. McFerran, F. Goodwin, J. A. V. Riberio, S. Lau, Chu Wah-fong, D. A. Alonco and J. M. Silva.

Mr. Whyatt said the tragedy arose out of a trivial quarrel on a site in Castle Peak Road, where a new bus garage was being built. Accused was a plasterer and, engaged in plastering wall, saw a coolie going to a latrine. He told Tong not to go as there were women nearby, but Tong disregarded the advice,' A quarrel ensued and accused picked up an empty bucket and threw it at Tong.

FOREMAN INTERVENES

A foreman's intervention made the argument fiercer and eventually there was a fight. Accused was struck and ran out of the shed, returning some fifteen minutes later, when he spoke to his employer about the matter.

While he was so doing, another foreman, Tai Sang, came up and ac- cused Li of being a troublesome man who should not be allowed to work there. Accused's response was to in- cite his fellow-plasterers to go on strike. Tai thereupon gave him a push. He ran out of the site and was not seen there again,

This happened on July 3. Three days later, accused was seen by Leung Yung, sitting on & vacant piece of ground at the junction of Apliu Street and Yen Chau Street with a party of men. Leung was told by accused. that they were waiting to attack three men who were then sitting in a tea house across the road.

FONG'S DEATH

They waited until shortly after 9 Tal Sang, p.m. when the three men Fong Sang and Lam Fat came out of the tea house. They walked along Apliu Street, followed by accused and his gang. The men were attacked, accused striking Fong on the neck with a trowel. Fong collapsed imme- diately and died on the way to hos- pital. The other two were, in the meantime, chased by the accused and his men. Tai Sang received wounds on the head but the other managed to escape.

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About an hour later accused was in a tea house in Shanghai Street telling an acquaintance that he had just wounded a man. Several days Kowloon later he was arrested in City.

The case is proceeding.

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BANKS

Hong Kong Bank $1200 sa. DOCKS, WHARVES, GODOWNS,

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H.K. Docks $18 b., $18 sa. Providents $4.20 b.

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Raubs $8.35 b,

LANDS, HOTELS & BLDGS. H.K. and S. Hotels $41⁄2 bi, $4.65 sa. H.K. Lands $30 b.

PUBLIC UTILITIES H.K. Tramways $15% b., $15% sa. H.K. Electrics $491⁄2 b., $50 sa.

INDUSTRIALS Cements $13 b. H.K. Ropes $3.00 b.

STORES, &c. Dairy Farms (Old) $20 b. MANILA SHARES Antamoks Pa. 151⁄2 sa. Atoks Ps. 10 sa Bagulo Gold Pg. 1121⁄2 b.. Batong Buhay Ps. 01. b. Benguet Consol, Ps. 9:10 sa. Big Wedge Ps. 17 sa. Coco Grove Ps... .13 sa... Consol. Mines Ps. 0045 sa. Demonstrations Ps. .06% an. IX.L. Ps. .34 sa. Ipo Gold Ps.' .11 b. Itogons Ps. .16 sa.

Masbates Ps. .001⁄2 ́sa.. Mind. Mother Lode. Ps. .08 sa. Mine Operation Ps. .09% sa. Paracale Gumaus Ps. 13 b. San Mauricio Ps. 70 sa... Surigao Consol. Ps...16 b..... Suyoc Consol. Ps. 10% sa. United Paracales Pa. 23 sa

LOCAL DOLLAR

The demand rate on the Hong Kong dollar to-day was 1/2-13/16.

London Silver was quoted yester- day at 23-1/2 for. Spot and 23-5/16. for forward. ·

MEDICAL EVIDENCE

The London on New-York cross Dr. Tai, of Kowloon Mortuary, said that he conducted a postmortem on rate was quoted at £-U.S.$4.02. The the deceased. He found a gaping New York on London" rate wound on the right of the neck and £-U.S.$3.92-1/4.

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