Four Comrades Shot Dead:
Others Wounded at Woosung:
Madman Shot in the Street most serious shooting affray took place at, the Second Woosung Commercial Port Police Station on Friday last week when four Jesardians of the peace and two! thers. were shot by a domertod policeman who ran amok after returning from patrol duty. three of the police anda cook being. killok fand another "policeman and. Servant being wounded, 'The mad policeman was himself' shot dond another member of the force.
Tt appears that the demented constable, Lia Kian, was a native of Shantang and had been attached to the force for about six months, where he was always found to bs well conducted, hardworking and well liked by his colleagues.
Tt appears that on the Friday morning he returned at eight o'clock from patrol duty and, after having his breakfast, went immediately to his sleeping quarters where het said to have filed his rifle with feartridges, Jumping. up_auddenly from his bed he picked up his rife fand" fired "at a. sleeping. comrade, Dien Yoh-shan, who. perished with: cat awakening. The report of the rife awakened. another companion, Lu Fustin, who asked what was the matter. "Without giving any reply, the era ay man took aim and fired at him, the bullet going: through his ady. He then rushed into the dine ing t90m, firing othe. went_and joaring all to come near him. Some of this companions were eating thee them. One of them thinking hho was playing went up to him trid joleingly told him to stop, where upon Livy the madman, turned his Fife on him and ahet him through the head, killing him immediately.
The others inthe room, being Uoarmed and seeing that the man was sTunatic, turned and attempted to scape, but before they could do three more men fell, one of them (a cook) dying at once, while anothoe policeman war ahet in the leg and servant in the toe.
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