The only witness for the prosecution at this trial was the Chinese boatswain of the "Kungwo," himself under arrest as the chief smuggler of the discovered opium. Accord-{ng to the account in the Chinese newspapers his evidence was as! follows "Andersen and Bau Fa Sun (the Chinese, tidewaiter). asked to pay them $4,000, on payment of which they would release me. I only agreed to pay $3,000) and paid immediately $1,000, the remaining $2,000 to be paid on the next trip of the Kungwo from Shanghai." alone.
On returning to the ship, Andersen found it had been invaded by a posse of Chinese police, who had seized the opium, arrested the Boatswain of the steamer and also the Chinese tidewaiters. The gontlomen with automaton had a parently discreetly vanished. The Police asked Andersen to go" with them to the police station and he, supposing they required" him to ive evidence, agreed. However, when he arrived at the police tion he found he was under arrest Himself and he was soon tcked up ina
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