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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, matches, 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 rime lock 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 ell you now, but there was no keys 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; Mah 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 acknowledged this 14 day of August in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and three James Abrams, Coroner.
BC Archives GR-0431 BRITISH COLUMBIA. ATTORNEY GENERAL. Box 6 File 3 Inquisitions/inquests conducted by coroners in British Columbia.