The sampan was then rowed to the other side of the vessel where the soldier gave witness cigarettes and told him to go further upstream. Three or four trips were made up and downstream from the naval buoys and each time the soldier gave him a cigarette.
"At 11.45 p.m." continued the satnpan man, "the soldier jumped into the river." Searching for about fifteen minutes in the vicinity where he had entered the water, witness found no trace of the soldier, but in the sampan he discovered a cap, cane and a letter. He immediately reported the matter to the River Police. The letter, addressed to his brother John, was then read by Mr. Morris.
Sergeant G. Fatlkes, of the Customs River Police, said that the' sampan man reported the matter to him and brought a cap, belt and a letter which were later identified by the Military Police as being the property of Dur-rant.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.