Shanghai, Dec, 108 Before Guo. F. Szwann, Esq., Constil-Goi Dr. Yates, Interpreter.
Cowardly Assault on a Chinaman, Monrrz Rosmvs, landlord of the Garibaldi 'Tavern,: a Yang-King- Pang; and Wis jed with assaulting named Tong Fauzha, in, the Hongkew, on the 23rd. No The complainant has bééi hospital since th a und treatment for the injuries he received. German named Harber is also in custody'of hhis own authorities, charged with participa tion in the assault, Complainant depas Harker, but not Robi who first attacked ber I left my ma arables to dog with me.
I stooped to take my dog in my orme tops vent, it being hurt. Harker then strick me in the face, which caused my. hat to fall off, stooped to pick it up, when Harker kicked mein the back. The kick ¢ me forward against another man, a Ge who also Kicked me, It was not Robins, A woman held me by the queue, and two, or three other foreigners kid id struck me. 1t was the woman low in Court (pointing to Mrs, Witt.) They were all heating me at ole time, My face was downward. I do not know who third, were who kicked me.."The woman kicked me once in the eye, and @ foreign ian, with a black beard, kicked mie on the side and made me insensible. When I. became 1 found myself in, the hospital.
greatly from the kicks I e, Vnck, and back atthe head of the "gar atlars hia Ban Robins, who lived on ti on the French side, Iam pati the hospital, and to-day the boy from the shop came and offered me $15. to aay as little as'possible, I replied that the case was in the bands of the Consul-Geileral, aid I should do nothing of the sort. I did nothing to provoke the foreigners who'assaulted ie, I made no fight with any of them, YaNo AvAv, cantioned,, deposed—I was passing along the Woosung road on the day of the assault, the 23rd of November. T saw Harker clap his hands and set two dogs on the complainant's dog. The complainant stopped to pull the dogs apart, Harker t kicked him, and he fell forward a another foreigner. Harker and others then seized him by the and pushed him to the ground, Ide not know theforeiguers. They.
at complainant for some The woman asked them not to beat him any more, When the others had fi ied, Harker came and beat him a second time, and then left him on the ground. Several other foreigners afterwards came and beat him as he lay, Robins was there, and on the second occasion he and the woman joined in kicking complainant as he lay on the ground, There 0 another man, but I do not see in Cour, I cannot say how many times Robins kicked him, Th complainant, who was then unconscious, lying in the road. Iwent in search of a. I did not see the complainant strike Harker at all, but I saw him fall when Harker kicked him; and when attempting to rise, he put out his hands and ea went Harker. Complainant offered no istence. He was on the ground when I first went up.
By the Covrt—I saw Robins kick complainant. Ihave no doubt about it. There were many foreigners there, several of whom kicked complainant. I am sure Robins was them, There were three joining in the at one time. I cannot say which of them kickeil the greatest number of times. I was within ter of them, and could see perfectly well. There were more than 100 nen attracted to the scene, who were stand-
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