CO129-528-11 Incident at Lok Ma Chau Police Station 14-11-1930 - 14-11-1930 — Page 36

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sleep in the main barrack room.

About 4 or 5 minutes to 5 p.m.

I was aroused by B.722, the Station Guard.

ringing, but had not wakened me.

P.30

B.722 told us what had happened.

F.31

The alarm was already

I was not awakened by shots.

I am & Lewis Gunner. My first

duty on the alarm was to get on my boots, take the Lewis Gun up

I went straight to the Charge

to the front verandah upstairs.

I returned to the barrack

Room, but found the Lewis Gun gone.

I did not tell the Sergeant the room and made a report to B.722.

If the gun wasn't there, but heard B.722 pass on the news. Sergeant says he didn't hear of it for † of an hour, it isn't true. I then got my rifle and ammunition, and stood at the door

That door was slightly open. I could opposite the Charge Room. see right into the Charge Room. Right up to 7.30 p.m. I was to

and fro between the barrack room verandah and the charge Room verandah. 1 fired 22 shots without ever seeing any thing to fire

I had seen Whenever we heard a shot, we fired in return.

the Lewis Gun in the charge Room that morning on the shelf

behind the door.

I clean it B.9 cleaned it that morning.

I cleaned it on some times. It is always put back in that place. orders on the morning of 22nd with the help of B.4 and B.722.

It did not then appear to have been fired since last cleaning. A stud in the firing mechanim was displaced, and in that

In the Charge Room the gun condition the gun could not be fired.

at.

is kept all assembled and ready for use."

To Jury X X *I heard no shots before I got up. Had any been fired I must have slept through them. After I was aroused I heard shots in the passage, and saw B.722 firing his revolver.

- I couldn't He was at the back door firing out into the compound see at what he fired. I was by our door at the time, after I had

come back from the Charge Room. I also saw B.553 fire out of the

west window. He fired frist and then after about 3 seconds

B.722 opened fire in the passage. I fired no shots through the

west windows. I heard nothing from B.543 or any one else to

throw any light on the motive for his action, nor can I suggest