Q—Were you on duty on the Nanking Read on June 1 ASI wal Q—What did you sce there?
A—Shortly after 9 am. I relecived word at Lowza Station, that el rioting was gain Read. 1 got a small aquad of Sikh land Chinese Policemen and tock them along Nanking Road. Petween Chekiang Road and Fokien Road, there were crowds on both sides of the road, and on the side streets. Some of them were attacking motor cars and others tram cars. There were cobbled stones and hits of glass and so] forth flying about in the air. 1 myself, had my hat knocked off 3 times.
A—By Inicks and pucees of glass. On arrival at Fokien Road, there as a trim car approaching from he cast. The 2nd qeeised was sading the crowd throwing]
caves of straw, acres the road in of the tram car. Thad to disperse the crowd. with my: aqua "Ben asd the accuse yn rested by two plain clothes constable, foreign constables.
All the accused were arrested oni Nanking Road during that time at different places by different men.
T then returned to the Nanking: Chekiang Road corner. That was aiter 16:30. y I did not. lock at my watch? On arrival there! twas a huge crowd at the juncture of Hupeh and Kiukiang Roads on the south side of Nanisirg Road: 'A fire engine was there, and the! firemen had the have laid out, but] it appeared to have no effect what soever, on the crowd.
Q—Tae fireman was actually using the boce? f A—Yes, he was wong the here: The air was blue with bricks, and they were attacking the firemen with cobblestones. I placed my men in position and, pulling cut my revolver, T pointed it at, the crowd. This had no effect They two firemen were injured. Jabout 3 minutes time, I could see} the situation was getting so ser fous that if I did not open fi the fire engine and the men in of it would probably Lo killed and 1, myself, am well. This had the effect of dirpening the 'Q—How many perous fired?
A—Several ether police came fon the scene after I put my aqua!
position, and they ako fired In all anything between 30 and 40 rounds were fired.
QuAfter that the crowd dis. persed?
'A—Yes, we found four men er. the road wounded.
Q—Can you teliZus'frem wh. places you saw the miiviles being thrown?
A—They were thrown in all Airections but the majority of them were coming on the south side of Hupeh Road. After this hed happened, I sent for the ambu lance and had tke men conveyed to Shantung Read Hospital.
Crosiexamincd by Mr. Kiang:
QuAmong the occured, only' the second accused was drested by your in front of tram car with intent to light it.
A—I saw him throwing stra) across the read in front of @ tr ear and it passed through my mi that they were probably" going to derail the car ard ect fire to it Crors-examined by Mr, Oka-
'Q—Who arrested the 3rd ae. eased.
A—I don't know.
QHHe wan brought to the away the Jeadors - the. men who were more active than the others.
'Q—Did you mako any arrests!
A—Yes, T made three "arrests.
Q_Which are they?
AANos, 1, 2-and 4.'"I arrested the last accused: and another constable helped me to take him to the Stat'on, because he tried to escape all the time and asked the crowd to release him. A few tempts were made to do s0.
'Q—What was the 2nd accused eng when you arrested him?
'A—About 20. minutes before arrested him' I saw him trying to stop a tram car. Ho stood in the way of the tram. I pushed him aside, than the crowd stopped la private motor-ear, I do not remember the number. It stop across the road and the chauffeur tried to got the traffic to move aside. This man was the leader in stepping it, and several hundred Chinese almost. tore the ear to pieces. We had a very hard time bringing him to the Station, He tried to resist many timos and asked the crowd to help him, pulled our pistols out and so pre vented the crowd from rescuing him, When ho came to the Station, he called mo master' and said' he was employect aw a boy' Ho was.very quiet then, The 4th accused was arrested subsequently. No missiles were being thrown at that time, Cross-examined by Mr. Kiang:
Q—At that time you said there were about 2,000 people on the Nanking Road.
'A—On the Nanking Read more than 2,000.
Q—How wide is the Nanking Read, and how many people can be contained in that part.
'A—You mean up to Honan Rd Q—I said on the Nanking Road place from Thibet Road to. Honat A—Altogother itis a very big
Road.
'Q—You could count them? No, but I wont right through them, G—How many people were tually in that very plice where you arrested the Ist accused ately?
the width of Nanking Road, one block long, I think about 1,000 people.
'Q—Then not only the pavement but also the roadway was occupied, 'A—Yes, the motor car first stopped was in the middle of the road.
Q—-So the first accused wae not standing in the tramway but vim ply. standing in the big crowdt 'A—When first I saw him, he was standing by himself and then He came into the road and called on the others and they also came. 1 pushed him aside beauso ho was the first to come on cho road.
Q—And then, afterwards, there wa a big crowd?
'A—Yes, Grow-examined by Mr. Chen: Q—If ho wanted to retreat, he could not?
Q—You arrested the last) accused A—Oh yes, he could.
Q—You said ho intended to Q—He was arrested in the came tear the motor ear to pieces. incident?
'A—Ho did not intend, ho did 'A—He was arrested on that} tear the back of it to pieces, morning some time between 9.30. and 10. The men who arrested Q—What weapon did he use? A—His hands. these accused are in Court.
Q—Do you think ho could tear
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