The Archive · 1925

Dramatic Club, Great World Theat

Q—You are charged with being 4 Fiotort A—No.

Q—Were you one of the: peakers?

A—I had nothing to whatever.

Q—You are not a student?

Q—How did you come to be arrested?

'A—L was not arrested by tho} Police. Between 1 and 3 o'clock my work in the Great World finished, and then I returned to my home on Tsepoo Road, and had to eross Nanking Road. 'T saw a lot fof students on Nanking Road and policemen striking the Chinese students, saw many students struck.

Q—Were you on the south side of Nanking Road.

A—Yes, diagonally opposi to the entrance to the Police Station, Suddenly I saw more than 10 Sikhs with arms presented at the door lof the Station, and I told my friend: "It is very, very dangerous Q—When were you arrested?

A—Doctor told me T could go} four the next moming. The next morning T asked him and he said: "All right". T-went down to the lic telephone to inform the great World that I could come lout that morning. At that time two foreign policemen came with a car to the hospital and sent"me

cell the Station and locked mo in a 'Q—Were you inside the crowd when you were shot?

'A—I was just on the pavoment in front of the photograph company.

Q—Was there a crowd there?

A—Yes, many people. I waned to cross the road and could not.

Q—Did you hear the crowd shouting anything like "Kill the foreigners" or "Down with the foreigners"

Q—Did you se any arms or any' heavy instruments like big bam-the hands of the students} ly. Chinese, Q—Did you so any rushes at the Station.

A—No, I saw some policemen hitting the students and others on the head. Many of the crowd! wanted (o go westwards but the policemen refused to let them go.

Q—How far were you from the

width of Nanking Road.

A—The distance was simply the Q—Could you see the Station' gate alleyway.

A—Yes, [saw a number of Silkhs standing in front of the Station with arms prosentad.

Q—Did you sco a foreign inspector holding a gun and waving it in Laid not sce that, Q—Did you hear anyone shout "Ding'

Q—At the moment of firing were your eyes in the direction of the Station, A=My eyes were not looking at the Station, I just saw the Sikhs with arms prevented and I tel my friend we had better go, I was' frightened and wanted to escape!

could not go anywhere to Before you turned aay the Police, see any Chinese rushing

A—They were all stopped by the foreigners.

Q—How far away was the Chi nese crowd?

'A—Lwas standing on the second line of the crowd. They were over tivo tramways.

Q—Two tram tracks were between the Police and the crowd?

Q—Did you sce any of the crowd assault the Police?

Q—Were tite any doctors beside yourself?

A=Dr. Muir had just arrived before me.

Q—How many did you personally attend to?

A—T think I saw about 15.

Q—Were they wounded or dead?

A—None of them were dead when T saw them... Some died! shortly afterwards.

Q—How many?

A=T'wo, I think.

Q—After your attendance or after they were admitted?

A—After they were admitted.

Q—Before your attchdance?

A—Yes, they were attended the Chinese doctors first.

Q—OF those 15 that you had attended, including the two who} had died shortly after admission, can you tell the Court how many] 5 them were shot in the back oF! received wounds from the back?

Assessor:—How many were shot in the back, how many from the side, and how many from the front.

\—I would say the majority} were shot from the front and side.|men, I understand, also, from the Assessor—Out of the 15, have] front, you any recollection how many?

A—We operated on quite number in which I helped De. Malo, Five that night.

'Q—Gan you give approximately the number who were shot feom the front?

A-I should say four directly from the front, eight from the side and three were very doubtful.

Q—They could have been from! the hack?

Q—How many were admitted altogether?

Q—Five you did not know about'

alt Tdid not seo them at all, Q—Didd you seo these three who could have been shot from to back?

Q—Can you tell how they wore shot, in what placet A—One man had the exit and entrance wounds together. Ho was probably bonding down and. the shot went right into the middle of the back. The bullet was not bullet went right down the back?

A—Yes, it ploughed it up. Another one was shot through the buttocks. That, might have been from the side, The third was ab-

Q—How did he got that?

AMIC I remember right. it was jon the side in a diagonal line, Q—You are sur about these three cases?

A—They were doubtful, Q—They may have been from the back?' all right, we'll go".

At that mo: veal. ad: "kha ment we heard firing. We wero}, Awcasor: frightened and. rane thigh [against this man except that he was there? was wounded from the ick, was taken to the hospital.

'Q—Where did the bullet enter?

A—Between the legs from the} back. I was dressed' ina long gown. I thought someone had thrown a stone against my body I did not take notice. I ran into the photo shop company and fant down. The shopkeeper asked! me if I had been shot by a bullet.

looked at my leg and saw blood. I got a ricsha and wont to hospital. I told the coolie to go to any hosital he liked, and he took me to Shantung Road.

Q—Were you examined by any id of the doctors who gave evidence?

'A—Dr. Tsiang visited me at T was very disappointed ted to go out the next day. Phe foreign closter said I could go out the next morning. When I was going to hospital, I thought the bullet might still be inside my] body.

Q—Was it insider Q—Yout say you were shir from behind?

'A—There was a hole in my tong' gown.

At the back side it is small and at, the front. bigger.

Q—What about your leg?

AL=It did not go through my] leg: That was simply' a graze.

Q—It shaved off a piece off flesh?

A-Yes, Mr. Maitland:—Yes, that is all.

Magistrate:—Were you just wall ing along the street or did you intend to do something?

A—I had just left the Great World and was walking along the street.

Q—Did you hear any warning! given before the firing?

A—No. When £ anne I jumped into the pi shop. I did not know what the trouble was about. At that time they all wanted to retreat but were stopped by the force of the people atthe back who wanted to 0 forward.

(This concluded the evidence of this witness.)

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