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303 Q Was Cum Wing present? A. Yes

4 Q Lem how was present? A. Lem How, yes.

5 Q What took place between Mr. Grant and Cum Wing? A. Man Yick’s store.

6 Q What conversation. What took place? A. I hear Mr. Grant ask Wing how Wing get hurt on the nose and Wing answer Mr. Grant he say “I don’t know how I get hurt but I suppose the stick may be hit me or a finger nail” Mr. Grant ask him “Did Lem How hit your nose” and he said “no, not Lem How and not the deceased hit him either”.

7 Q You know Cum Wing? A No, I don’t know him before

QUESTIONS BY MR. RUSSELL:

8 Q Did you ever tell this little story before, the story you are telling in the box now? A. No I have never been in the box before.

9 Q Did you ever tell anyone about this conversation you say you overheard on Shanghis Alley on the 14th July? A. I tell what I hear in the house.

10 Q Who did you tell it before you came to the Court house? A. I hear Mr. Grant say that.

1 Q Who did you tell it to before you come into the witness box? A. Nobody. 2 Q You never mention it before? A. No I live in the house.

3 Q The same house as Lem How? A Yes

4 Q Lem How is your friend? A. He work for the lumber company

5 Q He works for the same Lumber Company as you? A. Yes.

6 Q Lem How is your friend? A. Yes.

7 Q Did Lem How have anything to do with the arresting of the three men for murder? A. No, yes.

COURT: Let the interpreter put that question.

8 Q Did you have anything to do with bringing about the arrest of the three men for murder? A. No.

9 Q. Did you give any information to the Police which led to the arrest of the three men for murder? A. I didn’t give any information, no; I was passing my lodging place and I didn’t have anything to do. Lum Chong gave the information to Police.

BC Archives GR-0419 Box 193 File 1914/195 / BRITISH COLUMBIA. ATTORNEY GENERAL. / Attorney General documents.