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OPENING OF THE DEATH INQUIRY.

Inspector Burnett's Story.

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1925.

Reasons for Firing.

The Coroner: Why did you

This ovidence, Inspector Barnett knees and not lying fat on the indicated the various points ground. I thought In my own mind mentioned by showing the that they were armed because the jurymen their position on the third man had fired.". plans.

Continuing the Inspector said In his evidence he and that on that he connected the men with December he was in charge of the report of the robbers who had Sheung Shui Police Station. At snatched things from women, An account of the recent about three o'clock in the after- border shooting was given by Sub-noon he was at the Station and Inspector D. W. Barnelt at the received a certain report from a fre? Centrul Magistrney yesterday riesha coolic. He reported that Witness: Because I thought afternoon, when Mr. R. E. Lind- he was bringing in sick Indian they would fire at me. sell opened the inquiry into the to the Station from Tu "Ku Ling, The Coroner: They were run- circumstances surrounding. the and was near Lo Fong Gap when ning away though? death of the Lwo victims, Neither shots were fired. Witness turned Witness: Yes. They would of the men has been identified. out three Weihaiwei constables not stop.

Mr. Lindsell explained to the and told them to arm themselves. jury that the case concerned two He telephoned to the C.S.P. unknown Chinese males, and heat Hongkong and also sent a mes- thought the evidence would show sage to Tu Ku Ling. Shortly The Coroner: What would that they died as a result of bullet after sending the Weihaiwei men, have happened if you had not; wounds inflicted by a revolver he fallowed them on his cycle, fired, ̧ "

The Coroner: Why did you fire when they were running away?

Witness: To stop them.

fired by Sub-Inspector ↑ Barnett. On reaching Sang Uk Ling he Witness: They would probably According to the facts he had bewent to the n overlooking Lo have got me if they had been arm-, Tore him, the Inspector, on the day Fong Gap. He went on to Taled.

in question, December 1, was pro-j Ku Ling and found he 'could get The Coroner: You fired to pre-i erding from Sheung Shuf to an information there about the vent them from firing on you, or village on the frontier.

| rabbery whwa was reported to escaping.

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He received certain information have taken place in the vicinity.} Witness: Yes. which made him ride on his eyele the left word there for the Wei- The Inspector added that he along the border. When exorbiiwed policemen to follow him on worked his way round behind the two men as he did not think he Sang Ck Ling he received further to Ta Ku Ling." information which influenced him

had hit them. He thought 'they He get up

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Report of a Robbery,

to return along the road he had He went about 200 yards on his were shamming dead. Cube. While doing so he wentleyele when he heard villagers to them and found he had shot te the

hillside and saw three shouting and someone blowing af both. The men were still on their

whistle. He returned inmedate-fhunds and knees, and were groan-, One of the men wont round they and met a villager who appearing. They were both unconscious, hill in one direction und fired two ed to have been running.

He searched them and found; shots at the Inspector, and then. The man reported that there in the possession of one a pocket) disappeared in the direction were three men running over book, some Chinese documents und the frontier. The other two men the hillside, and that, they hadfcards, and also some money. On made off in the other direction snatched things from women the other he found a pocket book with the Inspector after Them. They were running over the hills and 68 cents in copper coin. He railed to them to stop, but in the direction of the border. Futile Search for Arms. [they failed to do so, nḥd he open-The man pointed in the direction | By this time the Weihaiwci men!

ed fire on them.

as he gave the information. had arrived. The two men were; He fired two shots; which tusk Inspector Barnett said he could badly wounded and he could del ellect. The evidence showed that not see the men from where he nothing for them. He searched at the time when he received in was standing in "froot of the in the vicinity for arms but found. formation, a robbery had been village. He jumped on his cycle none. About thirty yards awur, committed by three men in the and rode along the Bath leading and on the truck where the mon |mighborhood, There was alao | north-west to Man Kim To. The had run down the hill there was] Les flence that the men were mem ferry crosses the river which is a green badge lying on the bers of some sort of strike picket [the border of British territory at ground.. It was pointed out to Wfrom over the border. It was that point. Several villagers fol-him by one of the villagers.

for the jury in decide whether the lowed behind him, on foot. e Witness went down to the ferry Phorting was justifiable or other could seg no one on the hillside and returned to Sheung Shui on wise,

at that time.

This cycle and reported what had

The jury consisted of Messrs:

At the end of the hill near the occurred. Later he returned to T. "H.C. Brayfield (oseman). ferry he dismounted and proceed the scene with bandages. By that George Grimlite, and J. P. Braga.ed on foot by a path which leads time it was about 6.30 pm. The Wounds in the Head. round the West foot of the hills two men were still alive when he The first witness valled was Dr. to the Ta Ku Ling road. After returned. He bandaged up their J. T. Smalley, Government Medi- walking about 150 yards on the wounds." Another police officer cal Oficer in charge of the New path, he started to go up the handed to him two further badges Territories. He said that on Uehitiside, turning obliquely to the which were pinned together. cember 2, he examined the bodies left up the hill. He got about) The two men were then, carried. of two Chinese males at the Gov-half way up when he saw three down the hill, the first one dying rament Moruary, Kowloon, in Chinese running towards the fron-as soon as the bottoni was reach-

of Sub-Inspector tier. They were about 300 yards[ed. the presence

It was then about six o'clock. Barnell,

away and on the same side of the The dead man and the other one! In the first case the bullet frae- ridge.

were taken to the Station, arriving tared the skull al entry and èxit,] Inspector Fired Af

On at Sheung Shui about 8.30. Witness crouched down and his first return he did not tele-

and tore a furrow in the brain.

In the second case, the hulki waited for them to approach. phone to Dr. Luh, but he did so.

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in passing, through, lacerated the He drew his revolver as soon as when he brain freely, inflicted a severe he saw then. The men turned to time.

Close On the Border, fracture of the skull and caused the right to go down a hollow in more hemorrhage than in the pre-fthe hill, and at that time they The second man died about ten! vieus case. Death must

Next have were about 150 yards away from o'clock the same evening.

day both bodies were taken to at FRE will not Wax rather The men disappeared and he Kowloon Mortuary, and witness out in your hous8, thin. The organs were all nor-made straight for the top of the was present when Dr. SmalleyBut you can provide adequate mal, and in each case the cause ridge. When about three parts made his examination.

been almost instantaneous. skull in both cases

wounds

The witness.

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of the of death was the bullet wound.

shot

The Coroner: When you first Shots from 25 Yards,

fired from behind. He did not saw the men how far were they on The

were consistent hear the bullet, but turned round our side of the border? with the ballet having been fired and saw a Chinese running. The Witness: About 400 or from the revolver produced. He man was one of the three he had yards. thought the injuries could have seen a short time before.

The Coroner: When the shoot- been caused if the shots had been The man ran along the path at ing took place, how far were you fired from a range of 25 yards. the bottom. taking 11 course from the border? The shots must have been fired parallet to that by witness Witness: About 250 yards un from the rear and probably from when he came up. The man rant our aide. the right also.

northwards towards the frontier.] Cheung Fat said that he was)

The foreman of the jury said Witness turned round and as near the ferry mentioned on De- he noticed the revolver was a 38 soon as he did so the man fired cember 1. He saw the Inspector and he thought it would he offcc-at him again. At that time about] go by, and a short time before he live at a greater range than that 80 yards separated the two. had seen some women who said) ¿ given.

The man then disappeared into they had been robbed. Witnos The Coroner pointed out that a trench Lichind a bank close to followed the Inspector up the the witnuss had said the wounds the path. About the same time) hillside to ace what he was going might have been

caused at a witness saw the other two men he to do. He thought he was going a range of 25 yards.

had noticed previously. They were to intercept two armed robbers. Dr. Luh Chuen-buen, assistant about 40 yards away, and emerged] Witness did not see the robbery, medical officer, New Territories, from a hollow on the Inspector's but he stated said that on December 1 at about side of the ridge. Je could just three robbers. 9 p.m, he received information by see their heads and shoulders. Order To Stop Disobeyed. telephone from Sheung Shui, and

that he

Baw the

Inquiry Adjourned.

He saw the three men on the

he went the Police Station. He He called out in Chinese "Don't hillside and noticed one of them saw there an unknown Chinese move," and covered them with his run away. The third man had a male, about 25 years of age, lying revolver. The men turned back, revolver in his hand but witness unconscious with bullet wounds however, and ran through the did not see him fire it. He saw en the right and left sides of the hollow again. Witness went the shooting while he was lower CONSTRUCTION head He was satisfied that straight to the top of the ridge so down the hill than the luspector, nothing could save the man's life. as to cut them off. On reaching When the Inspector fired the two CO., LTD.

He bound up the wound, but the the position he noticed the men men were facing him. man was dying. Half an hour on the east side of the hill run- The Coroner: And with their later the man died in his pre-ining obliquely downwards. They faces towards him he fired und

were then about 40 yards away.

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Witness: Yes.

He also saw the body of another He again called on them to stop, man at the Station promises. In speaking in Chinese, and at this Later, however, the witness said that case there was a

bullet same time he fired one round low the men dodged back and it was wound in the head as well. Mr. down in their direction. They then the Inspector fired. He weet: Gerrard (A.S.P.) mentioned that then turned back on their tracks further up he hill and ear that the the doctor had been called to and ran up the hill again. Con- two men had been shot. He also show that the police had done all tinuing his evidence the Inspector notleed a green badge lying on the they could for the men.

ground, which he handed to the In- Inspector Barnett's Evidence. "I rushed forward and fired two spector. He picked it up at the apol Sub-Inspector Barnett was next shots from a range of approxi-where he saw the first man run called to give evidence. The mately 25 yards directly at them away. jurymen were accommodated with I fired in rapid succession, trying Evidence was also given by seat between the Coroner and to take an aim as I did so. Rath an interpreter who said he had the witness box so that they could men dropped. I waited, there for translatod the characters on the aludy the various plans and maps, about two minutes, I could just budges which had been found. which included. un aerial view of see their heads and backs.

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