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SHATIN DISASTER.

GRAPHIC STORIES BY SURVIVORS AND RESCUERS.

MR. WALKER'S EVIDENCE, -

"YOUNG CHINESE IN

DOCK.

NEVER SEEN A REVOLVER

· ́IN MY LIFE.""

VIGOROUS CROSS-EXAMINA- TION OF INFORMER.

Fürther evidence was heard yes terday afternoon before Mr. E. W. Hamilton and a special jury at the Kowloon Pulier Court into the re- cent railway disaster which occurred on the afternoon of April 20, ata point on the Kowloon Canton Rail- Williams' Court when he was charg

"I have never seen a revolver in my life," was the statement made by a Chinese yesterday in Mr.

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Finger Prints.

When you arrested the defendant,

did you take his finger printa - Yes. There was nothing against him.

Did you examine the gun, for finger prints-Yes, but it did not help as the prints were al messed

up,

Did the prisoner give you every nssistance in trying to find a man, named Tam Yick Yes.

Ho soomed to be perfectly honest 1 Yes.

..

Sin Kau Chenk, the informer, way Line between Shatin and Taipo, ed with possession of a revolver then gave evidence. He said he was Dr. J. Farr, Government Hadio-nud fourteen rounds of ammuni-brother-in-law to the woman who won principal tenant of 3, Pak Tezo logist, said he was driving with ation. friend out to Taipa on April 20. At According to the prosecution, con- Lane. She was the widow of a Chi. a few minutes past five, when just ducted by Detective-Inspector An- nese dotectivo. adjacent to Shatin Station, he drews, on the 14th of this month, noticed that the water was over- following a raid on 3, Pak Taze flowing on to the rond. After pass. Lane, the police found a revolver ing the bridge the road collapsed and fourteen, rounds of ammunition and his car fell into a hole. He and on the top of a cupboard over a his friend were not hurt, beyond bed occupied by the defendant. The a few bruises, and he proceeded to defendant, on being shown the arms, denied possession and took the police to look for another mau, but was not successful in finding him. The defendant was charged on the day following the maid, said Inspec- tor Andrews, on the strength of the word of a man who lived in the same house.

Shatin,

The Station master told him that he was very anxious as a train due from Taipo was very late. Soon afterwards a message enmasthrough to the effect that a tunnel had collapsed. Lator they walked along the line in the direction of Taipo, but eventually commandeered a car? belonging to Mr. Arculli.

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At the level crossing he saw some of the injured, but as they were not injured seriously he did not attend to them.

Mr. D. B. Evans, of Messrs. John- Fon Stokes & Master, appeared for the defence.

After evidence had been given by

Inspector Andrews, Mr. Evans asked whether the revolver had been do scribed by the informer and the reply was that the weapon was described as an automatic, but that might have been due to a mistake

He then proceeded to the scene of the accident. The man in charge of the first aid people did what he could for the injured. Ho himself made a general inspection. Hein interpretation.

found that the rear end of the third

car had been completely smashed He did what he could for the seriously injured, and tried to ex- trients them, but realised that tools and jacks would be necessary. He carried on until 9 p.m. the same night when Dr. Smalley arrived.

All In Pieces,

Mr. Evans: Do you know what

Regarding the revolver, witness said that about ten days before de- fendant's arrest he had seen him clean the revolver at about 4 min, one morning. After cleaning it, he saw him hand the revolver to Tam Yick why then put it on the top of the cupboard, Witness made up his | mind to report the matter to the police and it was ten days latter that he managed to communicate. with a detective whom he knew.

Mr. Evana (cross-examining): How do you earn your living 7.

Witness: By hawking."

You are unlicensed f—Yes,

Is it not a fact that you never did a stroke of work - hawk.

When did you last hawk 7-At the end of last year.

What do you do now --Sometimes I work as an assistant cook.

At what time do you start work as an assistant cook I work from

a.m. to 8 pm,

Got No Pay.

How much do you get 1-Nothing. Do you pay any rent-No, the

the informer does for a living ?-principal tenant is my sister-in-law. No. His name is Sin Kau Cheuke and he is going to give evidence. "(Continued on next Gulumn.)

woman

On arrival, he heard a arying from under the third coach. It was too dark to see very much

Do you pay for your food 1-No, What does your sister-in-law do for a living -She gets a pension.

And you live on that pension - No, I hawk sometimes.

Do you ever have any money at all-It is unnecessary for me to have money so long as I have food.

Are you friendly with defendant 1 He sometimes took me to tea. You thought it your duty as a

Yes.

Lau Ming Ho said that after but everyone, who was not injured good citizen to inform the police -

having gone to the country to wor- ship his gods he was returning

were helping to extricate the wound-

1.

Was the defendant friendly with

Was Tam Yick also friendly with her ?--Yes,

Without saying anything to the ed. He went to try and make ar prisoner at allt-No. to Kowloon, in the middle of the

rangements about various passen-your sister-in-law 1-Yes. third coach on the train. He was azicep when the smash came, when Bera cut off on the Taipo side of he woke up again he found he was the accident, who wanted to get to on the ground. The train was all Hong Kong. He decided that they in pieces about him. He Wahad better be sent to Shoungahui,

lightly injured on the face and left hand, and was taken to Kowloon and motor buses could then pick Hospital.

them up on the Castle Peak Road."

Cheung Poon Nain, stated that be was travelling in the second class coach of the train. It was raining

Telephone Broken,

Did they over go into her cubicle. and drink ten with her tYes.

Did you like that!-Yes.

Did you mind it a bit 1--I did not mind it at all.

Have you ever tried to borrow money from anybody in that house?

He then went to the level-erns--No.

Is it not a fact that you tried

and all the windows were shut. Hoing in order to telephone. There to borrow 810 from Tam Yick ---No. heard a crash, and caught hold of was no connection and he was

bench. He, crept out through.

one of the windows, and found that driven by Mr. Arculli to Shatin in

he was not hurt at all. There were order, to telephone from there. He seven or eight passengers in his coach.

met the LG.P. at the road break Ip Choi, who was also travelling who told him that there had been in the third coach of the wrecked two wash-outs on the Castle Peak train, said that he did not realise Road, and he then realised that

that there had been an accident,

until he saw some planka sticking through the framework of his car ringe. He was slightly injured in the left leg.

"Look Out for Yourself!'"

I put it to you that you tried to brrow $10 from Tam Yick and when

he refused to lend you the money you said: "Look out for your self!"-That is not so.

Is it not a fact that you went to the police because you resented the defendant's and Tam Yick's friendli passengers were completely cut offness to your sister-in-law 1-No, north of the scene of the accident, He then returned to the scens of the accident.

.

How many minutes' walk is your house from the Central Police Sta tion ?-About five minutes.

Yet it took you ten days to tell the police!

Manager's Evidence,

Dr. Smalley asked him if he

The defendant, giving evidence, Mr. Q: A. Walker, Acting could get medical instruments and stated that he had been twelve years Manager of the Kowloon-Canton morphin soon afterwards Mr. Lam- in the employ of the same man. Railway Company, said that at bert, chief engineer of the railway, Be started work at fourteen 24 & about 5.30 pm, he received a tele brought four doctors, Dr. Law, and cowherd in a farm owned by his phone messago at his house that three army medical men, who employer. Three years. later he No. 19 train had met with an ac cident near tunnel No. 3, and that brought with them the necessary looked after the delivery of leeks it was feared many passengers were The doctors had been playing golf ton and last year he was sent to medical instruments and supplies.to his master's customers in Can- killed and injured. He rang up at Fanling. He left Taipo atam.

Hong Kong to look after his Kowloon Station and gave instruc

Pinned by the Lgs.

master's business in Hong Kong. tions for all first-aid men to be collected and sent to the accident

Unfortunately, they had to leave He collected roughly $300 a month, by the 5.40 p.m. train from Kawa man and a boy pinued by the for his master who, in addition to loon. The first aid party numbered legs under the train. The bay was giving him 30 a month, gave him among them station-masters, clerks, live at the present time. The two fren board and lodging and met all and ticket-collectors, and formed injured were given 'morphia, and his expenses, a division of the St. John Am made as comfortable as. bulance Brigade. He told them Walker said the telephone cable

In reply to the Magistrate, Mr. Defendant stated that the in- to bring their first-aid boxes. He also instructed the station-master and broken at the scene of the former was not his friend and at tributed that to an incident Inst to send out a call for helpers, accident. There were certain emer.

possible.

A Former Incident.

and to provide motor-cars to take geney telephone boxes which rang year when he lost his coat. He said connected with Kowloon, and could doctors there.

He rang up Mr. Smith, nesistant-be heard by other station. There mochanical engineer, and told him Was an emergency box overy two

that on that occasion he did not blame the informer, but the latter's attitude towards his changed.

Asked about the revolver, defend- ant exclaimed: "I have never scon

to join witness on the 8.40 trainer three miles. It did not occur to him to report the matter to the van train, all railway officers, the

could get no help from the sea. police and Government doctors. were notified. The 5.40 train picked Later that night a temporary tele up witness and Mr. Smith at his phone was erected as the scene of house, but on arrival at Yaumati the accident. Station he was informed the train would not proceed to Shatin owing to a wash-out there.

After having ordered out the brake- Harbourmaster, as he considered hea revolver in my life. I cannot tell.

Arrival on the Scene,

Two Streams.

you what kind of a weapon it is.

have neyer cleaned it."

Tam Yick, said the defendant, was a foki of his who looked after the leek business in Kowloon,

The defence called the defendant's Mr. Walker said that in his early employer who spoke highly of his service he was on the construction character, the witac as repeating side of the company. Since his time freely: I trust him with all my the waterfall above the scone of the business in Hong Kong.”

He ordered the train back to Kow- | accident had been directed into two The principal tenant of the flat loon, and made arrangements for streams. Originally at the foot of where defendant was arrested was passengers to be sent to their homes tho falls there was a large pothole also called. She said she never had by car. He and Mr. Smith pro-

into which the tide flowed, and at any trouble with defendant either cecued to Shatin by ear and, on that time there was only the one as a friend or as a tenant, atrival at a road bridge north of stream. Eventually it was decided Mr. Evans: Would you any de Shatin Station, they were stopped to build the bridge on better fendant was a good and honest by fireman and ambulance men. At foundations and to divert the stream man i that time Dr. Smalley arrived by by the erection of a wall. car, and they all walked to the

Ho inspected the scene of the ar- scene of the accident, which they |cident on the next day. reached-et-7-p.m1; --

The inquiry was adjourned until (Continued at foot of next column.) tomorrow.

Witness: He is a business man. (Laughter!)

At the conclusion of the evidence: his Worship adjourned the case until Friday.

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