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FATAL FIGHT.

MURDER TRIAL RESUMED.

AFTER EXHUMATION.

The trial of a Chinese on a

charge of murder, as the result of the death of a Chinese named Chung Sui-cal after a street fight in the vicinity of the Western Market on September 5th, was commenced before the Chief Justice. Sir Henry Gollan, at the Criminal Sessions this morn ing. Mr. A. Dyer Ball is prosecut ing for the Crown, and the defence

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MINERS FLOCKING BACK.

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NEW BOYCOTT.

BEING ENFORCED IN SWATOW.

THREATS TO MERCHANTS,

Writing under date of yesterday, prisoner was carrying an Imple the Telegraph's Swatow correspon- ment wrapped up in paper in one dent says:-The anti-British ele hand, and a dagger in the other ment is still very activé locally, and, They ran up Morrison Street and the prisoner turned into Con-in spite of the fact that merchanta naught Road, where he turned and, and traders' generally are tired to threatening the conatable with the dagger, dared him to come on. As the constable was not armed, he waited until the defendant ran Two or three other constables then joined in the chase, and the prisoner was finally caught. He was knocked down with a bamboo pole, which was the only manner in which he could be overcome

is being conducted by Mr. Somer-again and the chase was continued. set Fitzroy, Instructed by Mr. Lose by.

When the ease was being heard before Mr. R. E. Lindsell at the Central Magistracy, Mr. Losoby, who defended, raised the question as to whether the body should be exhumed or not, and at the first hearing of the case during the Criminal Sessions for this month, the ease was adjourned for this to be done, in order that the wounds could be examined again, for the benefit of the defenen.

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death of the continual talk of boy- cott and strike, they are meeting with a certain amount of success and are certainly making merchants nervous of buying any large stocks of British goods:

"Meetings are being held daily,. each of which is described as repre-

A fight occurred between the sentative of the workers und traders. prisoner and the police, in the of this benighted place, at which course of which one of the con: the atrocities" of the British arc stables was wounded in his hand) by the dagger, in attempting to reiterated and resolutions passed to ward off blow that the enable the boycott to be continued. prisoner aimed at his stomach. The prisoner "had" such a tight'

MUST SELL GOODS. grip of the dagger that his. A Committee has now been form- EXHUMATION RESIL”. knuckles had to be beaten before ed to investigate the amount of Commenting on this. this morn- he would release it. Both

the stocks of British goods held by mer- ing, Mr. Dyer Ball said the exhuma-iron bar and the dagger were chants in Swatow, and pamphlets tion did not seem to have got them stained with blood, but that might are being distributed informing the

that a have been further, except

caused from the people that all British goods must shoulder bone bearing the murky conable's wound. The iron bar be sold by China New Year, Febr- was in fact a heavy file, wrapped uary 2nd,, 1927. One of the pam- in newspaper and tied with string.phlets rends:

Dealing with the wounds sus-

much

of a cut had been removed from the body.

In opening the case for the

Crown, Mr. Dyer Ball said the story started about eight o'clock on the morning of September 5th, when a street fight" appeared to have taken place near the Western Market, in the course of which two men received wounds from which they died, and it was with the mor der of one of those men that the

tained by the man in the white jne than a year has gone by since the "Fellow-traders. Although more ket, Mr. Dyer Ball said he had two bad wounds in his back, which our grievance and shame have not massacre at Shanghai and Shakee, penetrated his lungs and internet been effaced. On the contrary, organs, and these provented him the cruel assailants, the British. from running more than a few realising that the patriotic efforts yards. Dr. Craig had given it as his opinion that both those wounds kong and Swatow and the numerous of the strikers of Canton, Hong could have been enused by the successes of our Nationalist Army prisoner was charged. ·

dagger. As regards Chung, hon the Yangtsze were bringing Mr. Dyer Ball produced plans of had ten wounds, and it was ren-about their defeat, called upon the district, in which he traced the sonable to presume that any one their tumous men-of-viar to again course the fight took, and the route of five of the wounds would have slaughter Chinese people. In Wan- taken by the prisoner when he was killed him. Seven out of the ten heien alone the total number of kill- trying to escape. The fight, he ex-could have been caused by the ed was about 6,000 and the property plained, appeared to have mainly dagger.

destroyed amounted to tens of mil- taken place in New Market Street,

lions of dollars. Those who doubt and at a certain stage the crowd who were being attacked blow police

this have only to remember that they themselves witnessed the Br whistles, and attacked their assail

tish Navy threatening to hom ants, so that the attackers became

bard Canton on September 6th, the attacked. The Crown did not

1926, at the same time assaulting know what was the cause of the

our pickets in Swatow and carry- fight, but they were certain that the two men met their deaths as the

ing off their launch Shansi, and to realise that we must do all we result of the fight.

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Speaking with regard to the dagger, Mr. Dyer Ball said it was a sharp two-edged implement with a certain amount of thickness in the middle, tapering to à point. He pointed out that the wounds was half an inch in vidh, and another three FELL DOWN DEAD.

eights of on Inch wide, and they "Canton, Hongkong and Swatow could imagine those wounds could having changed their method of The first thing the Crown have been caused by a broad in conducting the anti-British boycottments case would show was that five or atrament, There was another and having disarmed their pickets, · six men were creating a distar- wound which

was of cons the Swatow peasants, labourers, bance On Tai Street. They were derable interest both going down" On Tai Street from Crown and the defence, and thared the General Anti-British Boycott to the merchants and students have form- Connaught Rond in the direction was a wound in the left shoulder. Extension Committee to continue

of New Market Street, and the The instrument appeared to have and extend the work already com-

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INSPECTION

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The first thing we have to do is to discover the amount of British and to enable us to do this we are stocks held by Swatow merchants

distributing Inspection Forms which must be filled up by indivi- merchants truthfully and

first disturbance was seen by a gone through the flesh, tissues, menced. stall-holder, who had a pitch and muscles, and penetrated right against the wall of the market al-through to the bone. There was most opposite new Market Street. a depression in the bone, which This man, being busy, did not pay was, he believed, originally, about particular attention and be coul! half an inch deep-that was when fat say whether arms were carried the first post mortem examination or not. He saw there was a fight was made. Then, the flesh was going on a few shops down New stilladhering to the bone, ind Dr. Market Street, and then he saw Craig would tell them in evidence du three, four, or five men running that he actually took the dagger faithfully stating the amount of with two men, one in a white and fitted it into the wound right jacket, and the other in a dark to the bone, and it appeared to fit. British goods they have in stock, jacket (deceased) pursuing. the Mr. Dyer Ball drew attention to "These goods must then be clear- latter blowing a police whistle the fact that the point of the dag-ed by the end of the present Chin- The men ran along On Tai Street, ger was alightly turned and that ese year and thereafter no British turned a corner, and at the corner might have been caused through

CAUSED BY DAGGER.

goods must be either bought or he saw the man in the white the pelat striking the bone,

sold by any Chinese merchant. jacket wave his arms and fall

"Remembering that the bodies of down dead. He also noticed tha!

the heroes killed on May 30th and one of the men who was running

Yesterday a further examination | June 23rd are still warm, we should away was carring a weapon of was made by Dr. Minnet, after the be cold-blooded traitors if we did. some sort wrapped up in paper..

Another witness was a stall would say that the wound, might cott as strictly as possible and body had been exhumed, and he not carry out this anti-British boy- holder in New Market Street, and have beer caused by that dagger. thereby avenge our brethern by he,saw seven or eight men running past his stall, pursuing some other wounds have been made-with-a-You-are-therefore required-to-

His Lordship asked if the overthrowing British Imperialism. men. He would speak as to ac- chopper as M. Dyer Ball had make a faithful report within one tually seeing blows struck, and mentioned a chopper carlier in the week and hold yourselves respon aald the fugitivo" in the white case. jacket was carrying a chopper.

sible for any false atatements made. Suddenly the fugitive in the dark

Iteplying, Mr. Dyer Bail Baid it By Order of the Swatow General

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Anti-British Boycott Extension

jacket blew a police whistle, and was not alleged that the wounds Committee. the attacking party. turned and were made with the chopper ns ran back. The pursued then took that, was in the hands of the man up the role of pursuers, and the in the white jacket, who was

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round a among those who were attacked, in A now Mayor has now been ap the first place. As a matter of pointed In place of Fan Chi-wu, When the men reached the fact, the chopper was found under who appears to have been too Red vicinity of the market, two appear his body.

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