CO129-474 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1922 [1-4] — Page 455

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Mr.King. Ne,Your forship.

His orship. Did they strike Inspector Pitt er Sargeant Darling?

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Mr.Kiam. As far as my knowledge gees,ne. But there were shorts

shouts and sticks were being waved and cries of "Striko, strike"

I saw the wings of the trent rank had passed me. My prisoner had

boen farced from me. I heard a shot from Inspecter Pitt firing inte

the ground on my right. Te were then only a few yards,four or five,

above the loop. I saw I had completely lest centrel of the mob. I

oalled to hip-Inspector Fitt and te Sergeant Derling. We ran out from

the mob, off the read, on to the loop. I shouted to Captain Bloxham

"Fire ene round,lew”. The valley was firod. As soon as I heard the

report, Sub-Inspecter Pitt, Sergeant Derling and I rushed en te the

read again in freut of the meb.

Hig ́orship. The meb had net passed you?

Mr. Ming. I sught to have explained that from the point when the man

in the white ceat pushed forward, the next few happonings were a

matter of seconds. It was under twe seconde between the report

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and our being on the reed again. We rushed on the road again in frent

of the mib. I held up my hand and shouted "Go back. Do not come

forwarā ar I will fire again." Thers was a great uproar among the

mab all the time. I could see one man fallen just en my right hand.

That was Tan Shui Piu. The mob had stepped but there was a meat

uɣrear. I shouted my warning again."G* baokide not come farvard er I will fire again," I repeated that warning two or three times. The

meb stood its ground: there was only shouting and neiso. No mere

firing however took plson, I owld not see the two ring-loaders. The uprear centined for two or three minutes, the crowd saying they would

die there and net ge back and so on. In answer te my cells to ge

back, after two or three minutes things quietened a bit and one or two mere sensible people came forward. I told them they had to go back:

that they could net proceed and they said that the people wanted to

return with the injured. I told them "Allright. Tell the people to

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