Crime of Last Year's Strikes:
Association to Shoot in the Back a Man Who Stuck to His Work Though "the proceedings were brief, a case in the Mixed Court on Wednesday will stand out as one of, the most remarkable in the highly varied chapters of the history of that institution, revealing a deliberate plot by labour agitators to commit murder as a means of gaining their ends. The story barks back to the strikes and re-sultan disturbances of a year ago, tone incident of which was the murder of a man generally understood to be a foreman in the employ of: the Shanghai Waterworks and who remained loyal when practically the whole of the native staff struck work, but who, a3 evidence in the ease showed, was x sub-contractor engaged todo the work that should have been performed by certain of the men who Taid down taels tools at the behest of professional agitators. Perhaps the most important feature of the ease was the admission of two men condemned to death that they faced that awful penalty because they had been given to understand that, by doing what a Labour Union official told them to do, they would secure better conditions for themselves and their fellows, The charge was that of the murder of Chi Wel-zien, Inid to the account of Lim Chou and Loo Shoo-yung. On the bench were Mr. A. J. Martin (British Assessor) and Magistrate Kuan, The prosecution was conducted by Mr. E. land, Police Pros: cutor; the prisoners were not legally represented.
A third man accompanied the prisoners into the dock, but Mr.
land aid the police were Satisfied he had nothing to do with this mursier and so they withdrew the charge. The man, however, was wanted by the Chines: connexion with another murder. He wax removed in custody.
$00 a Murder Mr, Maitland continued The deceased man was a fore man employed by the Shanghai Waterworks, During the labour troubles last year practically all the Waterworks cmploy.d went on tike, but the deceased refused to Join them, I shall produce state-mints made by the accused, who were arrestd in April when 9 the Great Eastern Hotel, were handed over to the Chinese police in connexion with another murder charge and subsequently were returned to the S.MLP. You will sce the seriousness of the case murder und with them was a Cantonese named Her Tsai, who now is believed to be in Can: ined that the an was conti at work ud they wanted him shot, The first aceue:1 cays he knew Her 'Tani was a poor man and when the prisoner was promised $300 he asked how it could be paid. Her Tsai said it would be paid by the Labourers' Ass and he would guarante> it. This man, he aleo alleges, was fan official of' the Labour Union.
according to the Labour Union paid $300 fo AE arrest of the pi Was present when the statements were made.
Det.-Inspr. Conduit said he had been unable to trace Her to find out anything about him, but he understood from Chinese detectives that the man had-gone to Canton, Witness took the statements.
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