1882/17 Ah Ton, assault, on CPR railroad construction crew
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− | I am employed as foreman on the Canadian Pacific Railway and am in charge of a number of Chinese at the eight mile hill running dirt up and down the line at | + | Thomas Cole being duly sworn states upon oath as follows; |
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+ | I am employed as foreman on the Canadian Pacific Railway and am in charge of a number of Chinese at the eight mile hill running dirt up and down the line at various places. On Thursday the 26th of October AD 1882 at about 5:50 PM I returned to the ballast pit with the train it was raining & the Chinamen wanted to leave the work. I told them that if they left then they would not get credit for the afternoons work. [illegible] that they all went to work with the exception of one man. The complainant Augustus Carroll called my attention to a man that was skulking under one of the cars. he suddenly rushed out with an upraised shovel & judging from his attitude | ||
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+ | BC Archives GR-0419 Box 24 File 1882/17 / BRITISH COLUMBIA. ATTORNEY GENERAL. / Attorney General documents. |
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4th November 1882
Thomas Cole being duly sworn states upon oath as follows;
I am employed as foreman on the Canadian Pacific Railway and am in charge of a number of Chinese at the eight mile hill running dirt up and down the line at various places. On Thursday the 26th of October AD 1882 at about 5:50 PM I returned to the ballast pit with the train it was raining & the Chinamen wanted to leave the work. I told them that if they left then they would not get credit for the afternoons work. [illegible] that they all went to work with the exception of one man. The complainant Augustus Carroll called my attention to a man that was skulking under one of the cars. he suddenly rushed out with an upraised shovel & judging from his attitude
BC Archives GR-0419 Box 24 File 1882/17 / BRITISH COLUMBIA. ATTORNEY GENERAL. / Attorney General documents.