The deposition of Ho Yung-fung, (more commonly called Kiu tan, "Nine Eggs," the water coolie who has been frequently mentioned in connection with this case) is very long, but the gist of it is as follows:—He states that he is 36 years of age and lives in the suburb of Hokiapu. He describes the circumstances under which the foreigners rented a house there, and how the Macheng district magistrate, fearing there ight be trouble at the feast time, sent to invite the missionaries to come and stay in the city for while. As they refused to do this, the headman of the street, Ho Jen-ho "Manly Harmony," took steps to protect them on the threatened 18th, and he—the witness—was engaged by the headwan's brother Ho Fun-sheng, ' Happy Born," to act as one of the protectors. Hovw, carly on the futai morning he went to the foreigners' houses, and found sundry other per-Sons—names given—who were there with (vho was also the policeman) sent roun the same object, while Manly Harmony the gong to forbide the assembling of crowds in the street. He was instructed if he found people causing & disturbance, to seize them, and take them into the house, and gives particulars ofthe capture of two men the were thus seized, and on being take into the house were beaten by the fore ors' servants and then set at liberty. Then of other four who were hammering at the Qoor and shouting, who were seized and ragged in, when the mob got enraged and broke Manly Harmony's head which bled refusely till the foreigners tied it up. Seeing the disturbance getting worse and worse, the foreigners ordered these four men to be sent to the district magistrate, which was done, witness and three others taking charge of them. He, however, only went three /i and returned when he found the foreigners' house in possession of the mob. Seeing the blood on the floor they said the four men had been killed by the foreigners, Thereupon the foreigner Mei ordered the cook to soak cotton in kerosene and fire the house, which was done, when the foreigners escaped over the wall into a neighbour's house, and their servants saved themselves by various stratagems which he fully describes. A litle later the fo ers' broke through the roof and several men sprang up after them. Witness does not know who killed them, but all said that Chu ''suen-fuh, "Entire Happiness," was one of those who ascended the roof. He then concludes with a long account of his journey to Hankow when he brought down the news, and of his capture half-way when going back to Sungpu again.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.