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COPY.

SUB-ENCLOSURE (B) OF ENCLOSURE NO. 2

20054

(Rec 15 SEP 7)

535

Ip Pak Shau states I heard of a gambling house in Wa Lane at the end of last year. Mr. Osmund sent me last year to ask Wan Shing for money. Wan Shing promised to pay the money. I commenced to pay the money to Mr. Osmund at the beginning of this year. I gave him $1 a day for the house in Wa Lane.

On Thursday the 15th July, 1897, I went to the Office in which Mr. Osmund sits. Mr. Osmund arrived soon after wards. He asked me what evidence Wan Shing had given. I said he had confessed everything. I had heard he had done so. When I told Mr. Osmund that Wan Shing had confessed everything, Mr. Osmund said "You had better bolt". I said "I have no money, I cannot go". He said "I will give you $50". I said I would not take the money until I saw what happened. He said that if I ran away the blame would rest with me and he would be free from suspicion. I have a paper which shows the transactions between me and Osmund which I obtained from my desk on the 17th July 1897 (paper marked A). The paper is half a sheet of note paper - on one side it has an address:

Geo. E. Goodwin
36, Vanbrugh Park
Blackheath,
London.

and the words & figures
6 Apri...

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COPY. SUB-ENCLOSURE (B) OF ENCLOSURE NO. 2 20054 (Rec 15 SEP 7) 535 Ip Pak Shau states I heard of a gambling house in Wa Lane at the end of last year. Mr. Osmund sent me last year to ask Wan Shing for money. Wan Shing promised to pay the money. I commenced to pay the money to Mr. Osmund at the beginning of this year. I gave him $1 a day for the house in Wa Lane. On Thursday the 15th July, 1897, I went to the Office in which Mr. Osmund sits. Mr. Osmund arrived soon after wards. He asked me what evidence Wan Shing had given. I said he had confessed everything. I had heard he had done so. When I told Mr. Osmund that Wan Shing had confessed everything, Mr. Osmund said "You had better bolt". I said "I have no money, I cannot go". He said "I will give you $50". I said I would not take the money until I saw what happened. He said that if I ran away the blame would rest with me and he would be free from suspicion. I have a paper which shows the transactions between me and Osmund which I obtained from my desk on the 17th July 1897 (paper marked A). The paper is half a sheet of note paper - on one side it has an address: Geo. E. Goodwin 36, Vanbrugh Park Blackheath, London. and the words & figures 6 Apri...
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COPY. SUB-ENCLOSURE (B) OF ENCLOSURE NO 2 20054 (Rec 15 SEP 7) 535 Ip Pak Shau states I heard of a gambling house in Wa Lane at the end of last year .Mr.Osmund sent me last year to ask Wan Shing for money. Wan Shing promised to pay the money. I commenced to pay the money to Mr. Osmund at the beginning of this year. I gave him $1 a day for the house in Wa Lane. On Thursday the 15th. July, 1897,I went to the Office in which Mr.Osmund sits.Mr.Osmund arrived soon after wards. He asked me what evidence Wan Shing had given. I said he had confessed everything. I had heard he had done so. When I told Mr.Osmund that Wan Shing had confessed everything Mr.Osmund said "You had better bolt". I said "I have no mo- ney,I cannot go". He said "I will give you $50*.I said I would not take the money until I saw what happened. He said that if I ran away the blame would rest with me and he would be free from suspicion. I have a paper which shews the transactions between me and Osmund which I obtained from my desk on the 17th, July 1897 (paper marked A). The paper is half a sheet of note paper - on one side it has an address Geo. E. Goodwin 36, Vanbrugh Park Blackheath, London. and the words & figures 6 Apri ...
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COPY.

SUB-ENCLOSURE (B) OF ENCLOSURE NO 2

20054

(Rec 15 SEP 7)

535

Ip Pak Shau states I heard of a gambling

house in Wa Lane at the end of last year .Mr.Osmund sent me

last year to ask Wan Shing for money. Wan Shing promised to

pay the money. I commenced to pay the money to Mr. Osmund at

the beginning of this year. I gave him $1 a day for the

house in Wa Lane.

On Thursday the 15th. July, 1897,I went to the

Office in which Mr.Osmund sits.Mr.Osmund arrived soon after

wards. He asked me what evidence Wan Shing had given. I said

he had confessed everything. I had heard he had done so. When

I told Mr.Osmund that Wan Shing had confessed everything

Mr.Osmund said "You had better bolt". I said "I have no mo-

ney,I cannot go". He said "I will give you $50*.I said I

would not take the money until I saw what happened. He said

that if I ran away the blame would rest with me and he

would be free from suspicion. I have a paper which shews the

transactions between me and Osmund which I obtained from my

desk on the 17th, July 1897 (paper marked A). The paper is half

a sheet of note paper - on one side it has an address

Geo. E. Goodwin

36, Vanbrugh Park

Blackheath,

London.

and the words & figures

6 Apri

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