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the accused asked me for money that I owed him, I said I'll give it to
you bye and bye; he took up the tommyhawk produced, and made a
blow at me; I received the blow on the little finger on the left hand;
the wound cut into the bone. The blow from the tommyhawk caused
the wound in my finger; the tommyhawk is now bloodstained; three
of my countrymen prevented the accused from making another blow
at me. As soon as I could get away from accused I reported the
matter to police. By accused 'I did owe you money, but not now. I
did not promise to give you money one week; I did not say I would
fight rather than pay money.
Charlie Mong (cook), having been sworn, said that he lived at Lum
Hop's garden. I know the accused, Charlie Bow, also Hung Loy. I
know the accused was locked up last night; I was at Lum Hop's
garden when the quarrel took place. I know Hung Loy owes
accused money. Charlie Bow asked him for it; Hung Loy said
nothing; Charlie Bow said I want my money tonight. I saw them start
to fight and some chinamen ran up to them; I did not see the
tommyhawk. Hung Loy ran away from the place. The tommyhawk
produced belongs to Lum Hop's garden; I know nothing else about
this case; it was too dark in the bow shed to see if he had a
tommyhawk or not.
Lum Hop, gardener, duly sworn, residing at Milparinka Garden said
'I know the complainant and accused in this case. I was present
when the police arrested Charlie Bow this morning. I was present
some time in the middle of the night or early this morning; I heard
Charlie Bow ask Hung Loy for money; Hung Loy did not say when
he would pay; I went into the house and came out again and they
were then fighting; I did not see any tommyhawk at all; it was dark in
the shed; I and two countrymen stopped the fight; the tommyhawk
produced is mine, it is used for chopping meat; I saw Hung Loy give
the tommyhawk to the police this morning; Charlie Bow could have
had the tommyhawk in his hand and I not see it. Case dismissed.
(Sturt Recorder, 15 January 1898:2)
In combination the last two newspaper articles provide a wealth of
information regarding the structures which might be expected to reflect in
the archaeological record of the Chinese Gardens. From the suggested
location, between a mile and a mile and a half from Milparinka, the gardens
involved were at Chinaman's Garden Well. From the names given, and
from those contained in the other references extracted, a reasonably
adequate understanding can be derived of the numbers of Chinese, their
occupations, leisure activities, and the produce of their gardens. A further
reference, from the Sturt Recorder of 5 December 1898, suggests that the
children of European town residents visited the gardens, and that a
number of tanks were present. ..