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DIED IN A MATSHED. DEATH OF A CHINESE FROM BERI-BERI.

"At the Central Magistracy yesterday, The case in which Lau Man Chna, a Chinese reporter, alleges that he was sitting as a Coroner, Mr. S. 8. B. M threatened by a Chinese named Tams Fat, Elderry conducted an inquiry concern. following R paragraph appearing in aing the death of a Chinese named Chinese newspaper concerning a night Man Tuk, at Tai O Wan, Pokfulam who sail coolies' dispute, was again continued died in a matshed helonging to the Kwong before Mr. E. W. Hamilton at the Kow.Yuen Sing firm of contractors, by whom

he was employed. Inom Magistracy yesterday.

The jury were Messrs, P. Schindder (forquan), J. M. de Silva and F. G. Ribeiro.

best to hold an enquiry.

Mr. H. 8. Fitzrny was Counsel for the prosecution and Mr. J. A. G. Leask . p. peared for the defence. Mr. Ainsworth

Opening the inquiry, the Coroner said represented the Secretariat for Chinese

the holy of the deceased was sent to the "/ fairs, the "plaintiff having stated at a

mortuary, but as it was impossible by the previous hearing that he obtained infor

time it got there to hold a post-mortem mation contained in the newspaper para-examination, he bad therefore thought it! graph from the offices of the S.C.A.

Plaintif was even led, and in reply te

Dr. Craig said at nine o'cicek on the His Worship said he had not received morning of August 3rd, he examined the the information from the offers of the body. It was received at the public mor S.C.A. He ha m

tuary on August 2d at 5.0 p.m. or 5.15 inere were no external signs of S.C.A. Cuines clerks on a stew launch 1.1. and he told plaintiff that there bad laen violence and there was no indication aș mola a ease. In reply to further questo the cause of death, as the body was tions; he stated that nothing in the para-to-componed to hold a post-mortem Araph had been" divulged by the Chinese gork.

one of the

"Mr. Ainsworth stated that Mr. Trat man had asked that the Chinese clerk should be called to deny the allegation. He had stated that he had a conversation with plaintiff but did not at the time know that he was a reporter.

reporter

examination.

Dr. C. S. Chui, assistant medical obicer at the Tung Wah Hospital, said the body was brought to the mortuary of the Tung. Wab Homita at 6 p.m. on August ist. Witness first saw it at 4 p.m. on August 2nd. There was no reason as to the cause of death given when the body was brought to the Ting Wah Hospital. There was no sign of injury or foul play,

Questioned about the time the body was taken to the mortuary, witness said it was usual to inspect bodies at the Tung Wah Hospital mortuary at 4 pm each

SLERT IN THE OFFICE. Wan Sing Kung, assistant manager of the Chan na Po newspaper.day. Bodies tant were received in the evening, say a 5 p. or 6 p.m. would said, that plaintiff was

not be examined by him until the auxt On July ist defe day...· on his staff.

The Coroner: Has this state of affairs dant came into the offer and asked fag Lan Man Chau, saying Lad Man gone on all the time you have been in Chau has published something in the the hospital !. newspaper which refects badly on me!

Witness: No it was changed last year.

and it must be put right at once." Plain-We used to send the bodies away in the tiff was in another room and overhearing morning to the public murtuary,

the conversation he came out, when de Dr. J. 11. Thomas, medical officer at fendant said Unless you put that thing the Tung Wah "liospital, said that the right will kill you." Plaintiff appear-ohl praction with regard to dead bodies was to send them to the public mortuary ed to be very much frightened. Defend at had also said before he left that at 8.30 am. each day and once a day only. if he crussal, the harbour he would do This practice was changed and they began to send them at 4. paul Path day so with danger.

instead of as before. This was done in view of complainta received from the P.U.

In auswer to Mr. Lensk, »Witness Aid that plaintiff lived in-Yaumati and he

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UKRAINIAN UNDESIRABLE.,

PROSECUTED FOR HAVING NO PASSPORT.

At the Central Magistracy, yesterday, before Mr. S. B., B. McElderry, Joseph

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a Rumani subject was charged under

0

the passport regulations with not having

O., it being stated that bedies arrived Magistracy yesterday, for attempting to Tiglitchi, who described himself an ton inte to be seen by, the medical ofheer extort money by intimidation, from

of the public mortitury and for him ke

|a proper paxpert.

nike an examination. No body remain-party of four Mahjongg players at the

Prisoner said he produced a document The party of players comprised His Worship: Have you ever published longer than 24 hours in the Tang Wah Great Eastern Hotel on Wednesday.

The Coroner and that under the old Yunnanese General, a high citil dig-answering the purpose of the passport.

ei a paragraph which has annoyed any. hody, at ang time, anil have you had any such person coming in looking for, the editor, with a big stick as it were!

Witness: No.

His Worship: You must have had a very peaceful time then.

Witness: I have had some complain. ing letters but no one has over threatened Ine with "viclence

S.C.A. VINDICATED.

A Chinese clerk of the S.C.A. stated that did not communicate the, news contained in the paragraph to plaintiff. He was not present at the investigation at the S.C.A when the night suit coolies' dispute was settled. In reply to His Worship, he said he was aware that any proceedings at the S.CA oust not be divnlged.

Hospital mortungy,

The Coroner said that the present body was 30 hours before it was seen for ex- anination purposes at all.

When the recent local strike commenced he was in Macao whence he came to Hong kong and became a fireman on the E-

the ship turned from Vancouver. "

year..

system a body coming in at night, say at ten o'clock, would be seen and examined gitary, a merchant, and a man who des-This had been endorsed by the French the next morning, but under the newcribed him as clerk to the Yunnanese Consul at, Shameen.

While they were playing Mr. P. P. J. Wodehouse, CLA, system the body would not be sept to the Command."

until the following they were accosted by defendant who (A.C.S.P.), who prosecuted, said that public mortuary

demanded money which he said was red-defendant was a Ukrainian, but he was afternoon.

Dr. Thomas said that if a body wased for the relief of certain Northernare known to have been actually concerned in brought into the Tung Wah Hospital at stranded in the Colony. He demanded $10 Red" activities in Canton. Defendant ten o'clock in the morning, under the old from each of the players. When they had been arrested in Hongkong Efter a A Frenchman had gystem, it would have to wait until the refused to take any notice of him he two days search. next morning to be sent to the public produced a police whistle and a wooden identified him as one of the lenders of the

seal with his number, inscribed on it, to strike at Shameen last year. mortuary.

prove that he was a constable. "When his Arguments failed to convince "his hearers he went out but returned Inter and be Witness in reply to a question said | came desperate to the extent that he said ans, but was discharged whez At this stage the manager of the Hotel His Worship naked if the passport there was no reason is his opinion why he would be content with a few dollars. the examination should not be carried ont at the Tung Wah Hospital, although it had telephoned for the police and the in-regulations, had not been somewhat ro Answering Mr. Ainsworth, witares said not been done before, except that they timidator was arrested before he could laxed under a gazetted proclamation last . Defendant said that he knew one of his Mr. Wodehouse replied there was in that when he spoke to plaintiff be did, had got the necessary facilities at prescat escape from the room. But know that he was a reporter. He, to carry out an examination.

Sergeant T. O'Connor read a statemcat accusers, as the man who had recruited existence an arrangement, which might however, admitted when questioned by His Worship that he was a friend of made by the Chinese who brought, the him for the Yunnanes Army in Canton be described as a friendly one, between plaintiff's and had known him for ten body to the Tung Wah Hospital, but who last year. When the army was defeated the British and Japancac, Governments had since disappeared. The statement, he fed to Hongkong where he joined the and between the British and French Gov- Police Force. There was still owing to ernjacate under which their respective which had been made by Man Sui, THE BEFENCE.

brother of the deceased, stated that Man him several months' military pay, and subjecte night enter territories under Chan Po Tai, called for the defence, Tak was employed at the Kwong Yuen with that object, he had called at the their respective jurisdictions without stated that he lived with defendant and Sing contractors, matshed at Tai O Wan, Great Eastern Hotel to interview his late being required to have their passports visact on arrival. Such an arrangement they were partners, and they contracted Poklulam. Deceased had suffered from officer,

Mr. J. Kerr, A.S.F., stated that he did not apply to Rumania from which for the removal of night soil. Plaintiff bari-pers and his feet and legs were, approached them on July 19th and stated swoolen. On or about the 30th day of had heard that defendant was with the country the defendant claimed to have that it would pay them to advertise in July, 1025, the deceased was working at army in Cantou last year.

His Worship, in passing sentence, said, the Chinese newspapers. He first asked the above address and complained of for $70, but after a long discussion the feeling very sick and commenced to that defendant had no right as a polica amount was reduced to 830, Ten dollars vomit. Deceased immediately left off offer to demand money from people. was paid over, 65 was to be paid the work and went to his bed, which was in next day, and the remainder at their the matshed, but did not complain of any own convenience. But although half the pains, and no doctor attended to him dur ADount had been paid the promised ing his illness. Decaased did not do any advertisement in several Chines news papers had never appeared.

years.

At this stage the case was adjourned.

CAR OVER EMBANKMENT. POLICE PATROL'S NARROW. ESCAPE.

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PEKING "INTELLIGENTSIA."

INDIGNATION,

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more work and died in the matshed at MR. "CHU SHENG EXCITES THEIR 3 p.m. on August 1st. The. Tung Wah Hospital was notified' of the matter. The deceased was removed to the Tung Wah Hospital' mortuary. The opinion was that the deceased died from berisheri.

cone. The certificate of nationality which the defendant used to serve the purpos

of a passport was written in the Runan iao language it boris no visa.

Defendant stated that he had had proper passport, which he lost whilst serving as one of the crow of the Emprese of Axia.

His Worship naked defendant if h knew anyone in the Colony who coul speak as to his good character."

Defendant declared that he had quito number of friends here, and was allow- ed a remut of two days in which ta

locate then

."

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There is great indignation among the Professors of the national university and Dr. Thomas said that if they had had others of the "intelligentsia" because

His Worship, explained that defendant... that information at the Tung Wah in his orders prohibiting general strikes. Hospital at the time the dead man was and meetings in Peking, Mr. Chu Sheng, was convicted on the charge of not hav brought there, they would have passed the police chief, simultaneously cautioned

able to give him an opportunity to find him through themselves as having died the "educated classes of the Chineseg a proper passport, but it was reaRON- While a police patrol were proceeding from heri-ber. There would then have people to read carefully the criminal laws persons who could speak as to his good

and to abstain from inflaming or inducing character by ear along the Laichikok Road on been no need for a post-mortém.

Defendant was accordingly remanded The Coroner said it seemed clear that by forceful menas the ignorant working Wednesday night, the vehicle nearly went

in police custody. over an embankment, and but for a colli-the man had died from beri-beri, but it men to strike or create riots.

A delegation of the various public sian with a telephone pole which stayed seemed to him that it was unsatisfactory any further descent, the results night that all this delay would have occurred, bodies visited the Cinef Executive, Mar-

and he thought the jury might within their shal Tunn, this morning, states have been serious.

dated August 14th, protesting strongly

The American Commlate-Gineral res The party were returning in a car right express an opinion that an altera Asiatic News Service message from Peking oward by the Railway Department, and tion in the system would be advisable. had been on duty in respect of motor The jury returned a verdict that the against the highhanded policy of the buas and taxis plying on the mainland, deceased died from heri-beri and added Peking and Tientsin police chiefs in deal-erived the following typhoon warnings The accident occurred on the stiff the rider: "We consider that some ing with the present day Chinese events. by exble from the Manila. Observatory. slope near the junction of the Laichikokį better arrangement than that obtaining The third campus of the antional waverat at 9.29a.in, yesterday (1) Cyclona Road and Taipo Rond. The driver bad at present of sending bodies from the sity has been guarded by armed police or typhoon E. of Southern Formos, Dccasion to dim the lights and a few Tung Wah Hospital to the public mortuary since August 19th, when the police direction unknown; (2) Typhoon in about

N., moving West. ployes of the British Legation. seconds later the ear swerved over the for post-mortem examination should be stopped the demonstration of the e-143 deg. Longitude E. 13 deg. Latitude

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