Coming to the actual facts of May 30 s0 far og they concerned Inspector Everson, he asked the Commissioners to place themselves as much a8 they could in the position his client, Everson was in charge of an important district, one which 'The Inspector had given his evidence in a straight-forward manner, with an amount of coolness, and he must have impressed the Commissioners as a man of responsibility' a cool-headed man, and not one Wkely to lose his head in an emergency or ery for help when he did rot require it. He showed himself tobe a man who was prepared to take any responsibility east upon him. He.was, continued counsel, fully imbued with' his re ponsibility as offer in charge of the station. This was borne out by his personal remark to Capt. Mar within a minute or two of the firing, Jwhen he said, "I had to do it, Siz, lor they would have got my station." Then, in reply to the British Commissioner, when questioned concern. ing his personal safety, he replied that he did not think of that the time; he only thought of his: station. This showed, thought coun. sel, that Everson' was a man lof responsibility, and of courage and a man generally fitted to be in command of a station. Ho did not strike one as a man who would lose his head and open fire on a crowd after having lost his in paying the Indian afd Chines policemen, it being the end of th month. After this he went to the charge room to look through the books, and saw the message timed pared 10.40 a.m. which had been circulated to all stations at the request of the Commissioner of Police. As Ever-son's district was not affected by the Settlement boundaries, he did not feel called upon to take any! special precautions, except that he Would have to stay at home that jafternoon—"not_go. to a cricket match, or anything like that," added counsel, Such action, considered counsel, was a reasonable one. Ail that Everson could do was to stay in the station, Mr. Reader-Harris then recapitulated the events that happened in and near Nanking Road in. the vicinity of Lousa Station that afternoon, and also what happened in the charge room.
Not Firing Party There had been much said about arty, added counsel, and this might give rise to the impression that Inspector'. Everson had made, up ila mind to fre on the crowd. It was an unfortunate expression to ha Slent had shown that there. nothing further from his mind than to fire on the crowd." What Everton did consider wag that he needed Some sort of was why the men were, gathered at the gate. It was not in any sense a fung party or fung "squad. The ten were simply told to stand by. The men were left in charge of Det-Sergt. Tabrum—because. there was no one else there—whilst the Thapector ran inside to close the Kweichow Road gate. On coming out to the Nanking Road entrance gain, Everson gets on to 8 motor cat and seg that the crowd had Stopped somewhere about Wing He. then noticer -anothe crowd coming up from. Chekian Road to. join them, waving bane ners and throwing pamphlets in the fir. And be also saw a policeman thrown down by the mob hig was probably "P.C. Cole. When Crowds were 20 yards from th Station entrance be gave the orde load, and as they came little nearer he ordered the present, and, after running towards them and waving his revolver, calling out "ding, ding" and other Chinese words, gave the order to fire. The orders were all given in a very short time, more quickly than it took to 8 relate the incidents. The mob had come to within seven or eight feet of the firing party when the order to fire was given. Nothing' happened, continued counsel. The order had not been heard, so Ever-
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