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received a communication from the Viceroy, quoting. the Magistrate of
a report from
the Aisin Au
District in which it was stated.
that nothing
a case
was known of. in which the name Lam thing occurred, and that no ore of that
name had been arrested under
warrant of any official civil or Military authority.
6.
Ato this statement.
appeared most extraordinary in
the face of
of the
the evidence.
arrest which had been obtained, the Police were instructed, to make
further investigations, with the result that on the 5th of November they reported that they had gained
or had been
was,
information which established beyond doubt that Lam Ying
recently, in confine. ment in the San Shih Fou Fort in Canton, which is a prison said
#hore 1891.
to be used for prisoners under
sentence of death.
7.
This information.
was
conveyed to the Acting Consul General by telegraph,
urgent
of the
of
and an
demand for the surrender
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followved.
The result was the receipt
At
a letter from Mr. Watter dated the 16th of November, copy of exkach from which is enclosed,
that the Chinese Authorities.
stating
admitted that man named
Kann
Ying,
with the mick name
1.
Pav Mai, (which turned out to
be the nick name of the arrested at Sham Shui Po) had been arrested on the 12th of July,
not at Sham Shui–90 but at a
place called Chang Sha Wan .
The latter place I may
explain is situated in Chuiese territory a few hundred yards
from
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