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The following is the statement of Mr. Meyer's servant, 
mentioned atove: 
My name is Yao Feng T'ing. I am a native 
of Ichang. I have teen ship's compradore on 
H.M.S. "Woodlark" and "Woodcock", Pd compradore 
on S.S. Shutung, and No. 1 Boy and interpreter 
for Mr. Piatt of the British American Tobacco 
Company at Wanhsien, Szechuan Province. After 
Mr. Piatt's departure I returned to Ichang. ' I 
entered Mr. Meyer's employ last year in the 7th 
moon (August 19 - September 15, 1917) and have 
been v/ith him for ten months. He always- treated 
me very well and was of a very quiet disposition. 
On May Pd Mr. Meyer and I left Ichang for 
Kingmen to collect t'angli seeds. From there vre 
v;ent to Shasi. V7e left Shasi May 4th or ^th. for 
Hankow. We stayed at the Hankow Hotel 14 days 
and then moved to the Ti-Erh-Pin Hotel where we 
stayed for 3 days. The reason for changing ho- 
tels was stomach trouble and the fact that sail- 
ors from the gunboat were constantly annoying Mr. 
Meyer by asking him to drink with them. His ill- 
ness was not serious, being stomach trouble ac- 
companied v/ith vomiting. He said he was coming 
to Shanghai on account of the heat at Hankov;, 
that he would be at Shanghai a month and then -go 
on to Chefoo. 
We left Hankov; Friday, May 31st, going on 
board at 7:00 P. M. The boat left at 9:00. The 
same morning Mr. Meyer had stated to me that he 
had dreamed that his father and old friends had 
come to see him and that he considered it a bad 
omen. This was the first time he had ever men- 
tioned any dreams. On Friday he was not vomiting 
but he looked a little thinner than he did at 
Ichang. 
■"■ waited on Mr. Meyer on Saturday and saw 
him several times. He asked me hov/ I was getting 
on and said that he felt better. He ate gruel 
in the morning. He had tiff en and dinner - all 
Chinese food, as he was travelling in the Chinese 
1st Class, on account of its being cheaper than 
foreign 1st Class. 
At Kiukiang, on Saturday morning, a foreign 
insurance man got on board and occupied the same 
cabin with Mr. Meyer, leaving the ship the same 
September ?1, 19I8. 
