THE CANTON RIOT.
The Englishman. Loyaiij who. was sentenced at Canton to 7 years' penal servitude for shopunfr one Chinese dead and wounding another, :s an officer of the out • door staff of the Chinese Customs. He resided with some of h'ia colleagues m a district of Canton callsd Houan, wjierie also are various-establishments for 'firing' and otherwise preparing tea for the European Market. Logaa' and some of his companions returned to their residences early one morning, when some Coolies were lounging on their doorstep waiting for employment, and. roughly ordered the Chinese to get out of the way, and then tO'b4abour them with Bticki and whips. The well known cry of : 'Save life,' ' Save life,' arose among the Chinese ; other Coolies, iwho; w^realsoi waiting for work, joined, int.o.a. flay, which soon turned against the ongnal aggressors. .Jaogan now appears to have rushed into the heuseand brought out a loaded rifle. At the sight oiyth'is weapon the crowd .dispersed ifi all direct ions; but the unfortu-nate-mau seems by thid time to "have loßt all control of himself. He fired 1 and killed a boy about 12 ;yea ; rs of age, the bullet passing through his body, and wounding dangerously. W man who was standirigiby. It was;out o of,this that the riot -at Oantota Arose. . ; •-. -. _■■: ■'- '
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 15, 15 December 1883, Page 3
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