Mr. Maitland put in the statements, which read:—Staiement of Lim Chou, aged 20, living at Hwakee Road, taken on June 9, 1926—I arrived in Shanghai about eight years ago from Canton, and have worked in a Japanese firm at Wayside, iron work, Afterwards I was employed inthe San Yung Iron Factory, Yangtszepoo. I, afterwards, went to' Hankow for four years. I returned to Shanghai two years go, and worked at several places days befor, T, with Loh Shoo.
yung and Her Tsai, met in a shop at Woochang' Road in Hongkew. He asked me to kill a Waterworks foreman, who'was work. ing with a gang of men, when all the other workmen were on strike. Her Tsai was the leader of the Chinese Labourers' Association. I belonged to this Association. "He offersd me $300 to shoot him. I and Loh Shoo-yung agreed, and arranged to meet at No. 12 Alleyway Dzeu Tse Lee, North Szechuen Road. thre> days time, at 9 p.m, the clit before the shooting, we—that is, Loh Shoo-yung, Her' Tsai and I—met in the Dzsu Tse Lee alley way. Her Tsai gave me a pistol, and tol me and Loh Shoo-yung to' come back it the same place at 7 a.m, on the next day.
Shot in the Back "ALT am, on the next day (July. 2, 1915) I met Loh Shoo-yung and Her Tsai, in the Dzeu Tse Lee alleyway. We walked along the Boone Road to behind the Mixed Court, to Haining Road. T and Loh Shoo-yang waitd in the road. Her Tsai went into an alleyway on the north ide of the road; after one or two utes he returned and told us that the man was coming. I saw a man walk across the road. Her Teal told me that was the man, Loh Shoo-yung and Her Tsai followed him into North Thibet Road; the man walked on the east side of the road, near a bamboo fence, I went up to within about three feet of him, and fired one shot into his back, the man fell down, and I and Her Trai ran away. I followed Her Tsai, Loh Shoo-yung went in another direction, Her Tsai and I went tothe Cantonese theatre in Jukong Road. T handed the pistol back to Hr Teal.
"ALD \y on the same day. 1 int Loh Shoo-june in 'Tiendonge Road, TP went at 12.30 pin. on the same day to the Cantonese theatre, Jukong Road, and met Hor Tsai, He gave me the $300 as promised. I knew that Her Tsai was a poor man, but he was an official in the Labourers' Association; he told me that Twas not to toll anyone who paid me the money. I returned to 'Tiendong Road and met Loh Shoo-yung, who was waiting for me, and him $80, keeping $220 for my-still remained in Shanghai after this. 'The $200 were given to Her Tsai by the Chinese Labourers' Association. I knew he was a poor and when he said that I would receive $800 if T shot the Waterworks foreman, T asked him, 'How can you pay me $300 He told me that it would be paid by the turers' Association, and he would guarantee it.
did not know the man T was engaged to shoot, and if Her Tso had not offered me money I would not have killed him. Everything I have told the detective is. tru token on June 9, 1926—I arrived aged 2 if at Hwakee, Road, "Statement of the Loh Shoo-yung,
three years ago from was working there as on the railway. I was there ubout one year. T went there from Hankow, where I was an apprentice for three years. I work: in Shynghai as a blacksmith at several place met Lim Chou when Iwas working in Honan. I have also worked with him in Shanghai. One night, about 12 months ago, when all the shops were closed and every one was on strike in Shanghai, Her Tsai and Lim Chou came to my room, and called me to go to Dzeu Tse Lee alleyway, North 'Szechuen Road; we walked thers, id not know at that time who Her Tsai waa, but I was told afterwards by Lim Chou that Her Tsai was the delegate for the Labourers' Association. When we were at the Dzeu Tse Lee ailzyway, Lim Chou told me that to-morrow morning we would go together and stop a Waterworks foreman from going to work. They told me to be at the same place at 7 o'clock the next morning.
"On the following morning I went to Dzeu Tse Lee alleyway at 7 a. and met Lim Chou and Her Tsai, We walked together to Boone Road and by the Mixed Court to near Chapel. Lim Chou and I waited on the road near a Chapei policeman, and Her Tsai left us and went into Chapel. Her Tsai returned after the road, and Her Tsai said, That ig the man' We followed him into North Thibet Road near a bamboo fence and Lim Chou fired one shot into his back, and the man fell down.
"The reason he was' shot was that he wae told to stop work, end ran away, and went to Road. Between 12 and 1 p.m. same day I met Lim Chou on the Tiendong Road; he said he would give money Jater, and was" then going to get same. The same day, fat about 3" pam, T met Lim Char in the Tiendong' Road and he paid me $80 and told me not to tell any-tone about the affair."
Mr. 8, Berry, of the Shanghai Waterworks, said that the murdered man was not a foreman but a subcontractor, When the firm's men went on strike, deceased was offered work on contract. He accepted it and it wag whilst engaged on the contract, that he was shot. viously he had told witness that ho was being followed by a Cantonese and that he had been threatened.
Lim Shou said:—"I was told that if T shot a man we all should ave work to do, but otherwise we should not have it."
Shoo"gung takd:—"T did not know the man who was shot, Twas told that if T went on strike I should get better pay in the future, T was given $80 and was told to keep my month shut, I did not Know who the man was, I was standing near by and when T heard the noise of shooting T ran away, T went with them, but 1 was not told they were going to murder a man, Twas told we were to stop a nin from working. T did not know who first the shot because there were two together. The money was given to me only because T waa, witness and in order to kep month shut.
A pathetic figure was the widow ed_ man, & neat little woman, supported by hor tyged mother and th her little son clinging to her skirts, Through. a Leo of tears she answered a Sow questions which it was neccesary to put to her and was dismissed by My, Kuan as speedily as possible, Mr, Maitland said he had to apply for the extreme penalty and the Bench diverted that the priid be handed over to the authorities for execution not executed, they are to be ied to the Settlement authori-
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