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TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24,† 193

TSANG FOO VILLA MURDER.

DISCHARGE OF THREE MORE

ACCUSED YESTERDAY.

POLICE NARRATIVE.

Three more of the twelve defen- dants in the Trang Foo Villis murder trint were discharged by

back to the Kowloon City Polico Station at 9.50, and witness was Hiven another European offcor, Sergeant Wheeler, and 16 more In- | dian and Chinese constables. With there re-inforcements, wit- ness set out for Tsang Foo Villas again. On their way, they were overtaken by Sergeant Butcher, who being senior in rank, took charge of the parly.

Baton Chargen.

They returned to Tsang Noo Villas between 10.15 and 10.20 p.m., at which time the situation at- remained unchanged. The

Mr. Fraser in the course of yestudo of the crowd waa atll' hoa- ' terday's proceedings at the Koiy-

tile, they were still carrying sticks loon Magistriey. Two men wore

and poles, and were

were shouting the discharge on Thursday after-

same slogans. The police party noon. The Magistrate held in all | mute a baton charge and reached

not the pain gate, five cases that there wa

they encoun another

They enough evidence on which a furytered would convict.

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mado

another baten charge and

and reached

the ground floor. Whilst they The three defendants who were

were making for the house, wit discharged yesterday were Cheungness noticed many Chinesa scut- Lung-pak, 70, unemployed; Yuan Yau-hong, 63, master of the On Cheung Noodle Factory; and Tru Sla-wan, 48, a coolie.

Mr. F. X. D'Almada, Sr., repre- sented Yuen Yau-hong.

tering out of the building, some carrying poles and others empty- handed.

On entering the building, wit- ness went through the hall into the kitehen and from there to the first floor. Whilst going up, wit- ness saw about 10 Chinese coming down, but he did not stop them. On the first floor, he saw from 15 to

At the outset of yesterday's pro- reading, his Worship aniei: "Ine only evidence against you three men is that you were found wound-go Chinese, and with the help of a ed on the wight at the murder. Your own statements give a satin

factory explanation of your in juries. On this evidence, no jury would convict you on the charge of murder and 1 discharıre you."

Police Arrive.

The part the Poller took on that fatal night was described by goant Dolg, who was the rat on the scene with a few Indian con- stables. Sergeant Doty Testile that he returned to the Kowlong

Lew other officers, drove this crowd downstairs. Witness then continued on his way to the roof. Be again met some Chinese but did not interfere with them.

Mutilated Bodies.

The first thing he saw on getting to the roof was what appeared to bentilated brodles. There were ao Chinese on the roof as far us witness could

said zee, but he there might have been some hid- days without his sering them. On ity Police Station at about seeing the lies on the roof, wit- jami, on September 26 after deal-eas shouted down to his collea

ng with a disturbance in Cheur

ques to attest the poogde in the On Street, Un his retara la them He himself rushed down- Station, he received fastruction stairs to send for an ambulance. to proceed to Tsang Foo Villas in and on his way dawn, he met other; company with three Indian con-officers on their way to the roof. stables to look after the safety of Witness managed to find a tele Japanese residents who were I phone in a house nearby, and sent

to number at

known to be living there, At the

for the ambulance. On his way time that witness at the Indianack to Tsang Foo Villan, he haw constables left the Station, it was not known that there was trouble and poles, advancing towards the large crowd, armed with stinka at Tsang Foo Villas. They left the Station of 9.05 and arrived ne

Just then he heard house again.. two shots, which appeared to him Foo Villas st about 9.20.

to come from the roof, and which They found a very large crowd of had an immediate effect on the Chinese, estimated

crowd. who scattered.

Witness least 1,000, who und hostile ap went back to the ground floor and pearance. A large part of this went

saw an Indian crowd was on the road leading to Chinese

constable with in custody. Witness Trang Foo Villas, while in the gar placed a guard, over this man, and den path inside the gate and on the fawn in front of the Villa, there were about 200 mien. WIE- neau could see no women among

the crowd.

going upstairs saw two other Chinese in the custody of two In- dian constables. These srere also

placed under guard,

Part of the mob standing on the lawn were brandishing sticks and bamboo poles, and were shouting "Strike," "Strike to kill." and "Have fear."

no

The Police of heera pushed their way through the mob and res

reached the gate of the Villa, but not before they were jostled and hindered by the crowd, They entered the ground floor, the door af which was open, and found a number of Chinese inside. The house was in a state of great dis-the other arrested men were, order and the people inside up- peared to he searching for some- thing.

Looking over the parapet on the roof, witness saw two Chinese, one of whom was the fifth defendant,

the boy of 15. They were running with two Indian constables, and away, but witness chased them eventually

The caught the bay. other escaped. Fifteen minutes after this arrest, the first defen- dant was given into the custody of in to the ground floor where all winess, who was instructed to take

Stones Thrown.

A Crowd of Sightseers. After this, witness helped to re- move the injured into the am- balance. The next morning, he From enquiries made by wit-identified the two dead bodies at ness, he understood that there the mortuary as the two he saw word no Japanese in the house. on the roof of Taong Foo Villus Witness tried to get a telephone, the previous evening. Later, he but failed to obtain one to com- went to the Kowloon Hospital municate with the Kowloon City where he identified four more Police Station. The crowd be hodies. came very tirenteulus, and closed Questioned by Mr. Whyte-Smith around the Police officers. They regarding the crowd outside Tang raised their sticks and bamboo Foo, Villas, witness said that on polna and made as if to strike the both beensions that he was there. Police officers, Wilness

then he

he saw a number of people, about realised that four of them could 200, who might have been only not hope to cope with a crowd of sightseers. They were standing

they

were not

1,000, but at the same time he also outside the in their hands.

realised that he could not com- carrying anything municate with the Kowloon City and they were not shouting. They Police Station by telephone. He more or less lined up on the side decided then to return to the Sta- of the road away from tang Fro tion for re-inforcements. The Villas, and seemed to be distinet party left Taaug Foo Villas at from those inside the gate, every 9.85 pm, but they were resisted one of whom was one of

the crowd, and encountered as mob. much difficulty in getting out as in This concluded Sergeant Dolg'i getting in. They were subjected evidence.

« riotous

by

to jostling and pushing, anil stones The hearing was adjourned un- were thrown at them. They got il Monday afternoon.

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