She walked a dozen steps with her dog on a leash when she heard the shot. The dog was frightened by the shot and scampered toward. the house. She then ran toward the house herself.
Asked why she did not investigate the shot, she replied that at first paid no attention, but a moment later she happened to think of what er husband had said, and, bocomi [seated she an to the House, She screamed to Miss Jackie Ward, the proprietress, whom she met in the arden, that someone had tried to shoot her dog. Miss Ward took her Into the house and calmed her, mea while ordering the No. 1 boy to go, to the gate and sce what had happened.
Chung Ah-tung, the No. 1 boy, admitted that he did not open the gate or look through the gate-trap to sce what was outside.
"Why did you not go out on the paveriont and investigate?" asked the Commissioner.
"Tam a busy man. 1 did not have the time," replied the witness.
Other evidence was given by Miss Jackie Ward, the gate-man, and Traffic Officer R. 1. Fernandez. The last-named said he made nitrate tests on the sleeve and cuff of the deceased. Evidence of powder burns was found upon Mr. Covert's right arm,
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