1896.
No, I am not prepared at this
His Honour gave the necessary instructions the constable of the Court to escort Mrs. Carew to her house, and the proceedings then
terminated.
Mrs. Carew proceeded to her house on the Bluff, accompanied by Mr. Kircher (constable of H.B.M. Consulate), and was then taken to the British Gaol in the Settlement, where she is
now lodged:
application for bail was subsequently made to the Judge in Chambers and was refused.
The writer of "By the Way" in the Japan Gazette, writing on the 17th November, said:-
It will be remembered that in this columa last week I stated that the Carew case was the only subject which Yokohama residents seemed for the time being capable of discussing. If the interest in the case was great then, it is infinitely greater now. Wherever menor. women are gathered together, whether for business or pleasure, the conversation inevitably reverts to this latest sensation. A merchant said to me on Saturday afternoon," The excite- ment is demoralising the community, and it is a pity the newspapers can't be suppressed."
The surprises of the past week were the discovery that letters found in the wastepaper basket were in existence and the missing and subsequent finding of one of these letters. Such extracts from the "stitched letters as the Crown Prosecutor thought it was necessary to read have been made public; and it is possible that in the event of the case going for trial before the judge and jury all the letters will be read. In the interests of all, I think, it would be better that the whole of each letter having any bearing on the case should be read. To read only extracts gives rise to suspicion.
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
Was he complaining of his head during the mid-day meal No.
Did you see any mark or braise on his head
did not. Where did he put his hand ?Witness pointed to the right top part of his head
Inspector Quincey said-By order of the Captain Superintendent of Police I visited the Diocesan Home School at 10 a.m. on the 16th inst. Mr. Piercey went to Mr. Ralphs's class--I room. I stood outside the window. I heard Mr. Piercey ask Mr. Ralphs for a pointer. Mr. Ralphs went to his desk near the window. where I stood and took out the pointer produced. The pointer is about two feet long.] He gave it to Mr. Piercey and Mr. Piercey gave it to me.
Dr. Atkinson, recalled, said-I see the pointer produced by the last witness.
His Worship-Might this pointer have caused the death of Tong Wing?
Witness-I do not think it is likely that the hemorrhage that produced the death of the deceased could have been caused by a blow with that pointer.
Mr. Deacon Your Worship, I tender three witnesses on behalf of the Diocesan School.
Ho Kai Tiu-I am fourteen years of age and am a scholar in the Diocesan School. I am in the first (lowest) class. There are seven classes in the school. I have been at the school two years. I know the deceased; he was a boarder. I slept in the same room, but I was not in the same class. I had my meals with him. strike him?
His Worship Did you ever see Mr. Ralphs
Witness-No.
Have you ever seen Mr. Ralphs slap any. other boy P-Yes, I have more than one. →
Does Mr. Ralphs ever take your class P Yes, Has he ever slapped you P No
Does he get very angry with the boys when they make mistakes Not very angry.
Mr. Deacon-This date was on a Wednesday you say, when you saw the boy?
Witness—Yes.
Do you remember the fact that the boy went to the hospital ?—Yes,~~-
Can you remember what day of the week he went to the hospital?-I forget, má zák
Can you remember whether it was long after this Wednesday or shortly after this Wednes- day ?-About a week after.
Can you say positively from your own me mory whether it was a week or half a week ?— About a week.
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Do you mean six or seven days ?-Seven or eight days.
Can you say positively that it was not more than four or five days About seven or eight days.
Tai Sum said-I am an amah at Mr. Piercey's School. I attend to orphans. I have been em-
Never saw him strike the deceased at all P- Yes, I have seen Mr. Ralphs slap him with his ployed there seventeen or eighteen years. I hand.
Are you under Mr. Ralphs ?—Yes. You got your lessons in the same room as the deceased ?-Sometimes in the same room and sometimes not.
Before the deceased went to the hospital did you ever hear him make a complaint? The de-
ceased said that he had had a fall.
When?-On Wednesday.
On Wednesday before he went to the hospital?
Did he tell you P-Yes.
What time-About two o'clock in the after-"
noon.
I happened to be in Court on Saturday when it was ascertained that one of the exhibits was missing. As may be supposed, the discovery-Yes. caused no little surprise, and one of the most eager in the search for the missing document was Mrs. Carew, who knelt on the floor and picked up a little pile of scraps of paper which Mr. Lowder or Mr. Walford had previously torn up and dropped. How a search was subse- quently made and the letter found my readers have already read. To know that the exhibit had been traced must have been a great relief to Mr. Walford and Mr. Moss.
There was naturally some speculation in the public mind on Saturday afternoon and Sunday as to whether Mr. Walford would continue to appear on behalf of the accused, and his with drawal created no surprise. His statement after the Court announced that the letter had been found on the accused was, in what he said and in his way of saying it, dignified and impressive. Mrs. Carew's case remains in the hands of Mr. Lowder, and we may be sure that everything possible will be done in the accused's behalf.
I have already referred to the interest evinced in the case. This has been, shown by the large attendance at the Court from day to day. One day last week a lady, who had been drawn to the Court by curiosity, brought her opera-glasses, which she kept, directed at Mrs. Carew. I don't think a police court is a place to which ladies should resort, but if they do come I hope they will leave their opera- glasses behind.
THE DEATH OF A DIOCESAN
→ SCHOOL PUPIL.
1-2-3 ADJOURNED INQUEST, -- On the 25th November Hon. Commander W. C. H. Hastings resumed the inquest on the body of Tong Wing, eleven years of age, whose English name is Frank Butler, and who died on the 2nd inst. from injuries alleged to have been inflicted in the Diocesan School and Orphanage, where he was a scholar.
The jurymen were Messrs. C. C. Corveth, O Wegener, and Donald MacDonald.
The Rev. R. F. Cobbold occupied a seat on the Bench for 5
appear
Mr. H. B. Bowley (of Mr. H. L. Dennys's on behalf of the parents of the V Hr Deacon represented the School and Orphanage; and Mr. watched the case on behalf of Mr.
where all the boys assemble.
Where ?In the school-in the largest room,
Did he say how the fall happened ?--Yes. How?-He said he jumped from one table to another.
And in so doing he had fallen ?—Yes. Where did he hurt himself ?-On his head. Anywhere else?-His foot also.
How did you enter upon this conversation? Did you speak to him first, or did he speak to you P-I spoke to him first.
the side of his head.
Why PI saw him putting his right hand at
Did you mention it to anybody else P-No. Did you ever tell Mr. Piercey about it ?—No. Never mentioned it to anybody ?-No. Not after the boy died P-No. Never told Mr. Piercey ?—No, Did you sleep near to the deceased ?—Yes, we were in the same room.
Were the beds together ?-Two or three beds were between ours.
Between that Wednesday and the time he went to the hospital did you hear him again complain at all ?--I did not hear any more complaints from him.
What day did Mr. Ralphs strike him ?—I forget.
Did you see any marks caused by the fall before he went to the hospital?—I did not.
Mr. Bowley-Do you know what day Tong Wing went to the hospital ?
Witness I do not.
What day before he went to the hospital did he tell you he had had a fall ?-On Wednesday.
Which Wednesday P-I do not know which. What time do you commence work on Wed. nesday afternoon?There is no school on Wednesday afternoon.
What time, do you have your mid-day meal? -One o'clock.
It was after that that Tong Wing told he had had a fall ?—Yes.
you.
Were all the boys in the school ?—No. How many were there P-I forget. Were there a dozen there? I forget. When did Tong Wing_say this fall had happened!-He told me; I did not ask him again.
know the deceased; he was a pupil in the school. I knew him all the time he was there. He had been weakly this year and seldom came. He went back to school from his holidays between the 7th September and 7th October. I do not remember the date he went to the hospital. One day, about ten days before he went to the hospital, he asked me not to comb his hair so heavily,
asked him why and he said his head was aching. His Worship Did he give any reason P-I I asked him why he felt an aching in the head and he said he had had a fall.
Did he describe how I did not ask. so minutely as that.
Did you ask him if he had told anybody else? -He told me he had told another boy.
Did he say when it happened P-No.
Did he tell the master?-No. I asked him why he had not told the master about it. "HoTM said the fall had happened two days before and he had not told the master.
Did you see any bruise -Yes, on the knee. Did you see any braise on the head P-No. He asked me to give him some ointment to put on the knee.
Which knee?-I think it was the right knee. I applied some medicine to it at his request.
Between that day and the time the deceased went to the hospital did you dress the knee again? -I did not. Probably the wound got better.
Did he make any complaint to any one else as far as you know. between that day and the day he went to the hospital?-E do not know.
Did he complain to you ?-He did not.
How soon after the deceased's death did you tell Mr. Piercey of this P-Mr. Piercey did not Lask me.
Have you told anyone else? Inspector Quincey came and asked me and I told him.
Are you the only amah who looks after the boy ?-There is another amah.
Did yon mention it to her ?--I did not.
Did you dress Tong Wing's queue again. between that day and the day he went to the hospital P-I did not; sometimes the other amah does it.
Did you ever ask him how the medicine for his knee was doing PE did, and he said "Good."
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How long after you dressed his knee did you ask him that ? On the same day.
You never spoke to him about his knee again? -Never afterwards.
Nor about his head ? No. And he never complained
No.
Mr. Bowley Do all the boys in the school have their queues dressed by you and the other amah ?.
Witness The little boys queues are dressed by us, the big boys dress themse
How often do they have their queues dressed ?—Every morning.
At what time P Between 6 and 7 o'clock.
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