With reference to a certain house which counsel for the defence alleged had been built in Tsinan with wood purchased for the construction ai! conerete moulds to be used in the building of the waterworks, Mr. Pean stated that he knew nothing of the circumstances pertaining to the building of the house, with the exception Gf the fact that it had been constructed not of wood, but of brick.
Regarding the truth of a report ihat he had, previous to the com-mericement of work on the waterworks project, offered Mr. Zuen certain sum of money which had been refused by the engineer and deducted from the contract instead, Mr, Pean denied that such a proceeding had ever taken place. The contract had originally been let for $205,000 and had later been reduced to $202,500 for reasons, according to counsel for the defence, not made sufficiently clear by the testimony of the plaintiff.
Upon conclusion of the testimony by the defendant, the hearing was adjourned by Judge Helmick until Saturday morning at 10 o'clock at which time the final arguments will "made. d Electric Socket Fails to Impress Hotel Guests His idea of making the occupants of Room 332 of the Grand Hotel on Vu Ya Ching Road believe that he had a pistol in his pocket instead of an electric light socket, landed a Chinese criminal in a detention cell at Louza police station; The man entered the room at 11.20 pin. on Tuesday and asked the persons that were sitting there at ithe time to stand against the wall and to hand over their money, and valuables. When they were rather slow in complying with the request, the criminal put his right hand inside his long gown and with a great deal of dramatic effort, tried to make the would-be victims believe that he was clicking his pistol by pressing the switch of the socket.
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