in answer ta Mr. Newman, witness agreed that, just prior to this affair, there had been some trouble in the Gordon Road neigh. bourhood, a Chinese having been found murdered outside the Waterworks compound.
P. C. Tabrum, who was despatched to Kiaochow Road waterworks to await the possible arrival of the accused, stated that he arrived in a ricsha about 2 win., without hat or overcoat Accused walked to the police station, and was able to talk coherently.
The proprietor of the Yalu Toad restaurant then told' his story, beginning by saying that the accused had patronized his house during the past two years. He was known as "Sammy," and had, also, a Chinese name meaning "the man of many languages" (dialects). He had been in the habit of calling at the house tu meet the girl Ah Moy. On the evening in question, she came into the restaurant with another girl, while witness was preparing some food for accused. Witness was in
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