Sergeant F. Markland opened Proceedings in the name of the King.

Jurymen and Foreman sworn in.

Constable M.J. CONDON CALLED & SWORN

Q. 1 What is your full name? A. Michael John Condon. I am a Provincial Constable stationed at Alberni, in the County of Nanaimo. On Thursday, January 18th, I proceeded to Canoe Pass, on instructions from Sergeant Markland, to investigate the death of one Chinese at Shingle Bolt Hill at that place. On the 19th of January I went to Camp #2. Incidentally there are two Chinese camps at this place; one camp at the beach, which you call Camp #1, and one camp in the woods, approximately one and a half miles away. I went to Camp #2, accompanied by Constable Frost. Upon arrival there I found the body of one , Lung Yuen Hung, dead. He was outside the building, covered with some clothes. Upon questioning some of the Chinese and going into the building I saw a man on a bench in there. I asked him who was there. He said another man was dead - Wong Ying. Upon getting this information i d[e]spatched Constable Frost to get Corporal Dunbar, who immediately came up to investigate the matter, and after some consultation Corporal Dunbar and Constable Frost left. I remained and carried on the investigation. As a result of this I looked over the other men, found there were three others limping around - not much life in them; asked them how they were; said they were sick. After going into that, I decided, in view of the sickness of these men, the only thing possible to do was to provide proper medical aid and attention. I then got the two dead bodies and prepared them for transportation and also had the other men taken down to the beach and also put them aboard the "Victory#5" and took them to Port Alberni, where Dr. Thomas came down and made an examination of all the men concerned. One man in particular was in a very sickly condition. He later died at the Hospital on the 20th. The other Chinese were interview[ed] concerning