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Sheung Shui

(Year "an Ling)

26. 4. 99.

Your Excellency

I received here last night your minutes of the

2-rd inst.

I much regret that you consider the means adopted

in connectin with the atrocious murder of Tang Cheung

were unfortunate.

Since your minutes were written, you will have

received the Statements obtained by me from the man who

found the body and from the son of the deceased who

identified it. These Statements I forwarded to you yester

day under a covering minute.

The inhabitants of the villages so far from con-

sidering the action taken either unfortunate or oppress-

ive, have expressed their thanks not only to myself and

to Col: The O'Gorman for having taken steps to deal with

those who have been terrorising them, but have stated

that unless action had been taken at once to mark the

horror which such a barbarous murder must inspire, an

impression would have been created that we are powerless

to deal with such a creime- an impression which waÀ

if no action have received still further confirmation

had been taken until all the evidence necessary for a

prosťoution and conviction in a Court of Daw had been procured, for I do not think such evidences procurable

the So far, therefore as the people are concerned, procedure adopted has their hearty and entire approval.

In cosidering this murder, it must be remembered that the man was murdered because, being the Bearer of

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