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Way Toy

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You [illegible] being recalled & duly sworn says I called her about six o'clock in the evening & receiving no answer I called her again & no answer. I then burst open the door which was fastened with an [illegible]. I went in the room & found her dead. I left the corpse & sent a [illegible] up to see the Judge. She is the woman that paid chinamen [Charley?] [illegible] as license for [whoring?] by order of the Judge. Charley was last in the House about [ten] days back I swear he was not in the house yesterday. I suppose she locked the door herself. The key cannot be found she had jewelry to the value of [illegible] which I saw two days. she was then wearing [them?]. I do not know whether she had them yesterday. I do not know whether she has [money?]

[Di?] being duly sworn says i was called to see Way Joy about seven o'clock in the evening of May 21st & went immediately & found her dead. I could detect only one slight bruise [illegible] on the left side of the body. it looks more like as if produced by a [pencil?] quite superficial [illegible] overgrown & consider her to

BC Archives GR-0431 Box 1 File 3 BRITISH COLUMBIA. ATTORNEY GENERAL. Inquisitions/inquests conducted by coroners in British Columbia.