Sensational revelations—_were made on Monday at the French Mixed Court, before M. de rade, French Assessor, and Magi trate Nieh, in the case which arow out of the discovery of the shells in a pond in a garden former. ly occupied by Mr. A. Nielsen. Lin King-piao, chauffeur to Mr. Niel sen, was charged with being cox cerned in the unlawful storage shells.
M. Alfonsi appeared for the French Police and gave evidence to the circumstances in which the shells were found.
Liu Zu-tseng, fifty-four years of age and chief gardener at 44 Freach Siccawei Road, eaid he had been io the service of Mr. Otto Meuser for many years. When Mr. Mouser left for Europe he gave a power el attorney to Mr. Strieb, under whom witness continued to work. Io March, 1915, four foreigners came to live on the property, two of then being Messrs. Morscher and Nie: sen, Nielsen went away in July, 1915, but returned to settle there la November, bringing with him tve boys, a cook and two chauffeurs all Ningpo people. Nielsen avd Morscher were in the house who the fire broke out on January 10, after which they left, leaving four dogs in the garden with a coolie to look after them.
Speaking of the discovery of the shells, witness said that on March 4 when the search was made the French Police first discovered two cases and, when he saw that, wit ness told Vu Mao-mao, the second gardener, to look after the garden, while he went to tell Mr. Streib When he told Mr. Streib what the French Police had discovered, be was very angry and said, "This bad affair, If these rase sen and Morscher, had not bees allowed to stay in the garden, all jess would not have ter Mr. Streib went to the Police Station, Witness was later told by the second gardener that six mor cases had been found and taken the Lokawei Police Station. Wit ness did not know by whom snd when these cases were thrown into the pond, but many times be bad seen Nielsen and Morscher arriving at the garden in motor cars with such cases, and there were no sit cases in the garden before their coming. They were handled by th boys and the two foreigners stored in the house to which wit ness had not access. Sometimes: too, he had seen Nielsen
chauffeurs and the boys, take Morscher, with the help of bey cases out of the house and put in the motor car and then drive nal fr
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