A'Chineso constable soon after 4 am.,; on Tuesday was disturbed in his patrol by, being' overtaken, at the corner of Kweichow and Nanking Roads, by a man in ing suit; who had ghastly wound:
throat from which blood streaming as well ay from both his hand The man-was s Chinos, in foreign dross. and without a queue. He was. not able to spoak'and pointed in the direction of than policostation. 'The conatablo, injured man to the Louza police, ion, and he was promptly conveyed on the" ambulance tothe General' Hospital, where he died soon after adiaission, Tt'appears that the deceased nian was named Lika Bux, otherwise Kadar Bak-: hath, and that he lived with' two Indians ins: Chinese house No, 90, Kvrangei Road, The'one Indian with whom he lived watchman at the U8. Coniéulate-General, antt'the other at the Hotel des Coloni 'The: deconsed and' the nish with: whom he lived were' Mohamedais, arid they seem to have been on good terms with one-another as they wont for a walk': together the night before. There can be little doubt. that the deceased wad murdered, as the wounds on the neck em to' have been caused, one by an. metrament drawn' downwards from the back, andthe other across the funt of the "throat, while the fact that his honda' ere badly cut' about' xould show that he tried'to defend himself from the person or persons' who attacked him. It"! is hard' to believe that a man could walk" with such terrible injuries.' The deceased was unable to make any statement, verbally'. or in' writing" The blood was'traved to the placed-where the-man lived, but there" was nothing pointing to the-man-having been attacked inside the house.
An inquest was opened yesterday after—noon, a report of which will be found elsewhere.
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