Commissioner of Police, gave evidence as to taking a bloodhound to the spot where the supposed bloodstains were dis+ covered. The dog was on a leash and, after smelling round the spot, moved off towards a bamboo fence surrounding a Chinese garden. After casting about, he returned to the blood-stained spot. He was then! released, and after more casting about, went out on a plank which jutted into the creek. He jumped into the water and began baying very strongly. He swam up and down, baying the whole. time in a very excited condition. Landing again, he worked up and down the reeds on either side, then returning to the water and starting to bay again. By this time, the animal was cold and shivering, and witness took him home and gave him a hot bath, being afraid lie might get pneumonia or rheumatism. If was unusual for the dog to have gony into the water, and he would not do so at ordinary times.
In answer to Mr. Priestwood, witness said the creek was about 40 yards away from a Chinese village. It had steep banks, varying in depth from four to 12 feet. It communicated with the Soochow creek via the Fahwah creek, but witness did not think the body could have come up from the Soochow Creek on the tide.
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