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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1930.

THE LOK MA CHÂU TRAGEDY.

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the end room over the compound. bell, witness said about thres min- His wife was with him. The utes...

the door was open. Suddenly he His Worship: You heard two shots fired outside the champion slow walker of the world. station. Simultaneously, he saw An ordinary person could not con- (Continued from Page 2.)

three or four Indians rush into ceivably take any more than, 20 It seems very clear you the compound through the back seconds. being sounded in the day-time it gate. Only one of these Indians are incapable of calculating time. was the duty of those at the sta- was in uniform. He was the Continuing witness said that his tion to fall in in the charge-room. Station guard. Witness did not orders were, when the alarm bell Witness did not do so on this notice if anyone else was armed went to attend to the telephone in

saw the bealdes the guard. They all ran the charge room. others stampeding. They had towards the charge-room.

The Coroner: Why did you not Ee had practice alarm drills at the did not see any more of them follow out your orders? station before the affair, the last after they went past his quarters. Witness: Because shots were one being about a month before.

Next he saw Indian constable B9 Jared from the main building.

When the shots were fired from Hid in Seamen's Quarters. in the middle of the compound. Man Tim, cook to the Chinese He was walking quickly, bending the main building? No shots wars staff at the station, was the next forward, with both hands held to fired from the main building when

He fell down, the alarm went.-Yee. witness. At about 5 pm on July his stomach. 21, he was alone in the cook-After this witness locked the cook- door, of his quarters and did not house boiling rice. The

He see anything else. house was off the compound. was sure that Seaman W167 was Champion Slow Walker. not there with him. He did not Questioned by the Coroner, see the man anywhere about witness stated that before he saw Suddenly witness heard two shots B9 he heard one or two more fired and he bolted straight for ahots. After he had locked the the barracka and hid in the sea-door there were five more shots men's quarters. He did not ser These seemed to come from the, anyone in the compound. On en direction of the main building. tering the quarters witness shut the door behind him. He did not They were fired at a few seconds' Witness was very intervals. see the Station guard before he frightened and hid under the bed shut the door.

with his wife. He heard some more shots until as late as one or two hours after dark.

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Interpreter Was Afraid.

You say that shots were fired from the main building when the klarm was going?They were be ing fired when the alarm was go- ing.

Just because shots were being fired you didn't go! You were too afraid, presumably?-Yes, sir, I was afraid, sir.

Mr. King: You had practice alarms at Lok Ma Chau?--Yes.

Can you remember when the last one was?-I cannot remember.

About how long?-About'a week! before was the test.

How

often did they have the alarm practices?-Once a week.

Coroner: Sometimes at day and sometimes at night? Yes.

WAS

A man with 11 years' service at Lok Ma Chau Police Station was Man Kam, Station coolie, who

The witness was quite indefinite was next called. He said that at

in his estimation of time and about 5 p.m. on July 21 he was caused the Coroner to comment boiling tea in the Chinese cook-severely on his calculations.

Mr. King: When practices are house. There were two other When asked how long after the held there's always a European of Chinese there, but he could not first shots were heard the alarm ficer in the Station?-Yes.

The next witness called say who they were. When he bell was sounded, witness replied heard two shots witness гап

that it was after an interval of Gurbukeh Singh, 6722, who was on across the compound to the store about five minutes. The Coroner Station guard duty. Witness said was transferred to Lok room. He did not notice anyone pointed out that evidence had been that he in the compound as

given that the alarm bell had sound-Ma Chau in May 1929 and was due through.

ed immediately and witness altered for transfer again, although he had up till then heard nothing. He The Coroner: Why were you his statement to seconda. in auch a panic?-Because of the The Coroner

pointed out the knew Dalip Singh, B543, who went ring.

great difference between the two to the Station in May this year. on friendly terms Why should the firing frighten statements and then asked: As-The man was you? did not know what was suming it was the Indian's duty to with the other Indians at the Sta- happening! I stayed in the storego straight to the alarm and ring tion and never seemed depressed or unhappy, nor had he grumbled room until the rescue party came.it, was there, in fact, any delay?

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Cheung Man-wai, the Station The replies given by the witness for complained of anything. He was interpreter, said that when the were indefinite and when his Wor-not annoyed at having been sent to troubled started at about 6 pm, ship asked how long it would have the Station. on July 21 he was in his quarters, taken witness to walk to the alarm

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