A Chinaman met his death in Hongkew on Friday night by shooting, at the hands of a French subject residing in the house at the corner of Chapoo and Tiendong Roads, It appeara that the foreigner had a largo number of bottles in the small compound in which the house stands, At about nine o'clock in the evening a Chinaman was detected by the servants in the compound with a large number of these bottles in a mat bag, his intention evidently being theft, and he decamped before they could catch him, leaving the bag behind. The foreigner went out into the street and told a constable, who subsequently brought the bag with the bottles to the Police Station. The foreigner then took most of the other bottles into the house, placing the remainder in a large water kong that stood at the corner of the house, thinking that if the would-be thief returned he would not be able to find them. He then went upstairs to go to bed, but afterwards thought that he would go downstairs again and fire his revolver off two or three times in the compound to frighten the former visitor if he were anywhere about. He did firing two or three shots. The darkness of the night was increased by the presence of trees in the compound, and he says that when he went down he could see no one. After he had fired the last shot he saw the deceased run towards the gate and fall down just outside of it. He immediately went out and found a policeman, to whom he narrated the circumstance, and with whom [he went to the Hongkew Police Station, Inspector Stripling immediately sent a messenger for Dr. Henderson, and then started off for the spot where the man lay, The latter was dead when Mr, Stripling found hima, and the body was taken to the Station, Tt was found that a bullet had struck the deceased just at the juncture of the neck and shoulder, and had taken a downward course. A considerable quantity of blood had issued from the nose and mouth, and the corpse presented, to say the least, a somewhat unpleasant appearance.
Information was sent to Moh, the District Magistrate, who arrived at' the Police Station at a quarter past three on Saturday afternoon to hold an enquiry. After he had viewed the body, he expressed a wish to visit the scene of the occurrence and accordingly did so. He was followed by an immense crowd of people, and while he was in the compound the crowd pressed so heavily on the bamboo fence as to cause it to give way. The foreigner himself was present to give any" information that might be desired. After
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