Prisoners: Again the Witness Box: Coolie's Denial that Miss Olesen was a "Very Fierce." Woman:
Question of Premeditation At the Mixed Court on Tuesday morning, before Mr. H. Hergel (Danish' Assessor) and Magistrate Zau (the Chinese Magistrate), the trial was resumed of Dong Sung-foh (25), Tsang Foh-kan (18), Ts Abvtsang' (23) and Loh Tsang-ling, (18), for the murder of Miss Maren Olesen, The hearing was og adjourned, The prisoner Loh was called and, in reply to the Assessor, said that he did not know the deceased before he entered. her employ as he had been taken there by Dong. He had gone there with Ts under whom he was to work, but he did not remember having heard Dong express dislike for Miss Olesen. He had only slept on the premises on the night preceding the murder. Witness denied having taken part in the as= sault on deceased and said that he was wiping the dining room floor on the morning in question when he heard a noise, in the hall outside, Calling to Ts, who was upstairs, he went out to see what was the matter. Tsang was demanding wages and his mistress was "make ing a row" and attempting to drive him away. She was crying and in a stooping position near the wall. Tsang was striking her with the leg of a table. By the time witness came to the scene, deceased was not able even to call out in protest, Witness did not know who struck the first blow because he was in the dining room at the time. He saw Teang strike her several blows, The Axsessor—When T went me side on the same day I went into the dining-room and saw the bucket of water. It was quite cleans (Witness) T was wiping the floor near the sides of the walls at the time, Continuing. id that he was sure he wa he passage when the quai rose, After Trang had struck Miss Olesen, Dong took hold of the table leg and begun to strike her also, and she fell to the floor. Tsang told Dong to beat her as she had slapped his Ts and witness wanted to but Dong would not allow them, saying that they must not go. He held them and told them that they would have to be involved in the affair and that they could not Ret off 90 easily, Witness did not know whether Miss Olesen owed the others any wages.
Witness Told to Tell the Truth The Axsessor—You had better thing you know about It's better for you to speak the truth, as otherwise we might think you know more about it than you say—(Witness) Tam telling the truth, I heard cries of "Oh! while T was cleaning the din oom floor und when I came out 1 saw Tsang beating the mistress, The bottle fell when the table
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