town on the evening.of.the Sea, the All sorts of. rumours, were flying around Emperor's Birthday. A ricsha man had been shot by a foreigner, a coolie had been shot and killed: so ran the stories in circulation until the truth leaked. out, On enquiring at the Kobe Police Station, T was courteously informed: that it was true a Sapasieee-bad-been. injured by. foreigner, and.had been taken to Sano Hospital, but that there was no foundation for the report that he had been shot and killed. A shot. had been fired but towards the ground, and although the wounds on the Japanese coolie's head seemed at first to mippott the assertions of Japanese bystanders that.ho hasbeen shot through the head examination soon proved otherwise.. - 5 The revolver had been used in self-defence. after being discharged, and it was that which caused the somewhat ugly looking. wounds in the man's head, It: is fortunate it.did not go off while being so used; as two chiam-bers were still loads The. foreigner thus assaulted was Mr. Ackermann, of the Standard Oil Company. He had been for a ride into the country. and. was returning ome when. the affair occurred: On his way up. the hill he saw an empty jinricsha and.an, empty cart coming down the road on, the.. left-hand side. He kept to the left, but just as be came near the jinricsha both men moved their conveyances:, across the. road as though to block his way.. The wan drawing the cart deliberately. shoved, it over, almost giving the cyclist & danger-° ous spill. Mr. Ackermann pushed.one.of, the men' out his way, sis he wont by, or attempted to go by. This the man resented, High words were heard, -there was some. angry jostling, and then the tro men: seized the foreigner and endeavoured to throw him to the ground. In this they partially succeeded, all three stumbling into thie ditch on the right-hand side of the. road: Mr. Ackermann regained his. feet at once and: drew.and fired his revolver to attract att tion and obtain help.:: The Aurumaya seer ed to. hesitate then,. but the. cart coolie. continued, actively. aggressive and -again struck: Mr, Ackermann and finally, seizing, him -from bebind,- nipped both his arms the sides of his body. The foreigner was.
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