Locked Up in' Gaol and Made to Pay Heavily The following letter appeared in the "Hongkong Dally Press™ of Auguet 20.
Sm,—Very soon we shall the tenor of the Powers' repu Mr, C. T.. Wang's "Extrality" Note. It.-may therefore be of interest to those of your readers who to keep in touch with Swatow affairs to learn that the abolition of "Extrality" will make little difference to British subjects in Swatow.
Last Friday evening a British resident of Swatow went for a walk with his two dogs, Some coolies and small Chinese boys tried to set a pack of works on the two dogs. In the end they were successful, a fight ensued and Chinese work was killed. The alleged owner appeared and demanded compensation. The crowd of coolies proceeded to back up the dog-owner's demands y mauling the British resident and his dors with poles. The dogs, being young. and active, were able to look after themselves; the owner, being nei young nor active, had to use his wits. He pulled out of his pockets and pointed at the crowd—not a gun—but the stem of his pipe, The crowd fell back, whistles blew, half-
'a-dozen policemen appeared on the scene and the unfortunate British resident was hauled off to the police station. There he was kept all night, his several wounds being attended' to by one of the port. doctors about 11.80 p.m. Early the next morning he was pushed into a common cell with several chained and manacled malefactors and it was in this cell that the doctor found him in the morning. The British Consu] had already arrived at the Police Station. There also appeared the Chief of Police-and the alleged owner of "the dog that.
The last named had carefully painted his head with iodine and swathed it in bandages, and hie complained of dog-bites, He examined by the doctor on the spot and only superficial scratches could be found. The head bandages wore removed and it was discovered that local character with a congenital malformation of the skull. Presumbly he expected the doctor to think his head had been bitten—whether by the British resident or his dog not clear.
The stage was then sct for the "Extrality" dram Time—10.30 a.m.
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