1884/16 Ah Keong, attempted murder, big scrap in Victoria’s Chinatown
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− | saw Ah | + | saw Ah Kow and Wah Sue with iron bars in their hands, I saw these five men fighting and one tried to keep me off. I saw Fong Wy there but at the time I did not know his name. I saw men striking him, I saw him laying inside the door of the second house. I saw a man come out and bolt the door and go up the street I followed him , the crowd went in to the prostitution house. |
− | It was about 8 o'clock when I came and saw the men there, I came up from Store Street, there were five men besides | + | |
+ | It was about 8 o'clock when I came and saw the men there, I came up from Store Street, there were five men besides Fong Wy fighting, there were others standing round , they were not fighting, some came out from next door, we heard ma blow a whistle three times and then other men came out of the house, there were more than 20 people there, they had nothing in their hands, those fighting one had a knife and three others had iron bars. I was close to the one keeping me off he had an iron bar. Fong Wy had a pipe in his hand. I went right in to the crowd. I saw the knife it was bright in the blade I saw about a foot long, I saw him strike Fong Wy on the foot, his body was lying inside the house his foot that is below the knee was outside I only saw him strike him more, I saw the others striking at him more than once but don't know how often. | ||
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+ | BC Archives GR-0419 Box 26 File 1884/16 / BRITISH COLUMBIA. ATTORNEY GENERAL. / Attorney General documents. |
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saw Ah Kow and Wah Sue with iron bars in their hands, I saw these five men fighting and one tried to keep me off. I saw Fong Wy there but at the time I did not know his name. I saw men striking him, I saw him laying inside the door of the second house. I saw a man come out and bolt the door and go up the street I followed him , the crowd went in to the prostitution house.
It was about 8 o'clock when I came and saw the men there, I came up from Store Street, there were five men besides Fong Wy fighting, there were others standing round , they were not fighting, some came out from next door, we heard ma blow a whistle three times and then other men came out of the house, there were more than 20 people there, they had nothing in their hands, those fighting one had a knife and three others had iron bars. I was close to the one keeping me off he had an iron bar. Fong Wy had a pipe in his hand. I went right in to the crowd. I saw the knife it was bright in the blade I saw about a foot long, I saw him strike Fong Wy on the foot, his body was lying inside the house his foot that is below the knee was outside I only saw him strike him more, I saw the others striking at him more than once but don't know how often.
BC Archives GR-0419 Box 26 File 1884/16 / BRITISH COLUMBIA. ATTORNEY GENERAL. / Attorney General documents.