I, St. Julian High Edwards, late acting 'United States Marshal at Away, at pre: went in Shanghai, China, do' sulemuly eolare und say Phatouthe 7th day of March, 1835, I was uulavfully and wrongfully arrested at Amoy by Marchal Shufoldt, the Rev. Dr.
V.N. Talmngo, F. X. Carneiro, acting U.S. Marshall, An Hok, U.S. Jailer, and about twenty armed men in command of Lieutenant Merrick of the U.S Klag-ship 7 anton, who broke open the doors of my residence, ransacked my bedroom, and for~ elbly removed me from a conveyed me to this port, prisoned and detained.
Phot the arrest was illegal because the Tnited States Consul at Amoy had refused to attest my bail Bond and contumacivusly disubryed and disregarded a wis. arch from the U.S. Government ordering im to extend to me th refection and privileges of U.S, Citiz: ow the plex that L'wns ® Beitish subject and not citizen of the United St tes.
Phot when Marshal Shufeldt notified to mo that he had received telegraphic instructions from the Legation to attest the said bond, [did not believe him, Firstly, because it was known throughout Amy, and I have several witnesses to prove, that the Bond prepared by Marshal Shufeldt wae only x sham piece of paper to de me to H BIN 's ne jarl had wented to yo with him to the Brit Consulate to sin it as suggested by him on the 16th and 17th March, 1885.
Secondly, that several Chinese (includ-cee) were placed by Marshal Shufeldt he U.S. Consul's house-boy and chair
in different directions, not far from wy house, on the 16th and 17th March, 1885, to aesist him ty errest ma on my way the British Consulate, had Z resisted inn.
yirdly, Unt qua: tora were obtained in AB.M.'s jail alter Marshal Shuf-ldt lind tuid me that he had authority to vecept my po recogniz wee of Ewo Tuoussud dollars and after the Bons wae drawn out, an Fourthly, that the ssid Marshal Shutelde had refused on two occasions, in the pre-nce of witnesses, to produce his authority or telegram to accept my personal re-or 20 witness it when asked tw while on board the U.+. war-vessel Tuuiata, en route to this port, alter my transfer from the Zventon, Leuffered severely from neglect and exposure, where I was left like a dog (without " est of linn: mock to sleep in) i an obscure part of the vessel opposite the " brig," in custody of an armed guard of marines, alongside x coil of rope sbout three eet in width, under an open skylight through which the wind blew on me at all times, and that I did not obtain proper foo 'Phot, asa result, I have be dangerously ill into' the U.S, J. port, which Dr, McLeod, who examined
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