The Find in Rue Eugene Bard:
Provisional Government and the Crime The tiny Japanese Consular Court was again crowded last Friday morning when Police Inspector Kobayashi resumed the investigation of the charges against the two Koreans who have confessed to the assassination of Mrs. W. J. Snyder and the attempted murder of General Baron Tanaka. The prisoner Kim Oak-sang is further charged with attempting to kill Mr. H. 'A. Thompson, now lying wounded in the General Hospital, Mr. H. Gulick and G.P.S. 128, who sustained bullet wounds in the encounter, while the other Korean An (or Wu) Soong-yuin is also called to answer five additional charges of attempted murder. A number of Japanese and Chinese who were unable to gain admittance to the court room, yesterday, waited outside in the hope of seeing the accused, who were not present the hearing.
Detective-Inspector Reeves attended _on behalf of the police, and called Mr. Horace Gulick and Mr. Jansen, who both took a prominent part in the capture of Mrs. Snyder's assailants. Both witnesses testified to written statements put in by the police concerning incidents in the affair of which they had personal knowledge.
Det.-Sgt. MacDermott spoke to taking full confessions from the prisoners, and a further statement relating to the occurrence which was not disclosed. Both statements, said the officer, were given voluntarily. According to the confessions, it was not the intention of the accused to take the life of Mrs. Snyder. Amongst the papers seized at the dwelling of the two Koreans in Rue Eugene Bard were wills made by them on the 26th instant. A third party to the plot to assassinate Baron Tanaka decided not to risk his life. He had written a poem.
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