How a Bloodhound Was Used to Discover the Body in an Unused Creek The use of a bloodhound in the detection of crime was described on Wednesday at H. M. Police Court, when two Sikh watchmen, Waryam Singh and Kartar Singh, appeared before Mr. D. R. Cooke upon the charge of having murdered a fellow watchman named Arjan Singh. The deceased, formerly employed as a cook at Central Police Station, had been missing since Apri] 24, and on} the evening of the 12th instant his; body was discovered in a creek off: Vu Yuen Road. 5 Mr. E. T. Maitland, Police Prosector, conducted the prosecution, and Mr. J. G. Priestwood defended the accused.
Mr. Maitland, in his opening statement, said that deceased was never seen alive after his disappearance on April 24, Search was made by the police at the back of No, 59 Vu Yuen Road on May 1, and signs of a struggle having taken place were noted, but no body was found. What appeared to be bloodstains were also found in a depression in the ground, about the size of the back of a man's head, but the analyst reported that he did not think it could possibly be human! blood. A bloodhound belonging to Mr. Springfield was taken to the spot, and afterwards made straight for the creek and swam up and down exactly over the spot where the body was subsequently found, after having smelt the blood which the analyst had stated was not human. The evidence against Kartar Singh was confined practically to a statement which he made to another Indian. On April 24, the last day deceased was seen alive, Waryam was seen talking to him at Central Station. They subsequently visited a wine shop, where Waryam Singh bought and paid for two lots of wine, afterwards inviting deceased to go out to; his hut at 59 Vu Yuen Road, in order to have more drink. He also told him he could get him a job as; watchman of Mr. Benbow Rowe's; house and that he would see about: it that evening. At 8 p.m. they: were both seen on Yu_ Yuen Road, and subsequently at No. 59, both of} them very drunk. They went toge-! ther into the fields at the back of the house and two and a half hours later Waryam returned and reported that they had been attacked by Chinese and he had escaped. That was the last that was seen of Arjan Singh alive.
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