Judge Koh, with whom sat Mr. Van den Berg, at an inquest over the remains of the tram inspector who wag shot on Saturday, said:—find that deceased met his death through pistol shots, fired by some. body at present unknown, but hay-Ing connection with the labour move-_ ment, The police are requested to make further investigations."
The official. medical certificate showed that the deceased had been struck by five bullets—one in the head, two in the neck, one in the] abdomen, and one in the back.
P.CS,' Campbell, conducting the! case, said that, at about 12.40 p.m. on Saturday, two men entered the deceased's house at 18 Muirhead Road, and asked to be shown a room which was for rent. One drew a pistol and fired five times at the deceased, who fell, whilst one of the bullets wounded his wife slightly. The others fired fire-crackers in order to confuse anyone who might have heard the shooting. Witness attributed the murder to labour union who wished to frighten loyal tram employees. wife said that, just after the assassins entered the: house, one of them said:—"You still are carrying on your job for the company," and fired at him immediately.
She thought that one re-Sembled a brass-smith or a fitter, and she believed that she would be able to recognize him if she saw him again. They spoke the Kompo dialect.
The deceased's brother said that he was on strike now. He had been employed as probationary gate boy by the tram company, at a salary of $10 per month.
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