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Thomas Edwards, undertaker. Sworn:-

By Mr. Potts:- Did you receive the bodies of the 12 Chinese killed on the 15th July?

A: Yes, sir.

Q: Did you make any examination of them?

A: No, I searched them.

Q: Who was present?

A: Mr. hall and those that identified the bodies particularly.

Q: What was found on the clothes of these Chinamen? Any matches?

A: No 1, Ching Lung, a tobacco pouch, match-box and pipe; No. 2, Lung Luk, nothing; Tai Koo, nothing; Qumg Tang, nothing; Quong Chang, matches, knife; No.6, Ching Bing, knife, match-box, key.

Q: What kind of a key? Would it be one that you could open a safety lamp with?

A: No, it would be a rim look or padlock key.

Q: Were there any matches in the match-box?

A: That I couldn’t say now. No.7, Mah See, pocket knife, key and tobacco pouch.

Q: What kind of a key would that be?

A; I couldn’t tell you now, but there was no key except what would open cabins; there was one key for a padlock and another for a rimlock. Wong Tu, nothing; Wong Chung, knife, tobacco pouch, leadpencil and silver watch; Chung King, money; Chung Lai Hop, nothing; Nah Lee, pocket knife.

Q: You were present when Chung Lai was identified?

A: Yes, I was; at the time the Jury was there.

Q: He was one of the Chinamen killed?

A; Yes.

Thomas Edwards.

Taken upon oath and acknowledge this 14 day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and three James Abrams, Coroner.

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