The Archive · 1924

The Baikal Road Murder

Man and Two Women Charged at Mixed Court: A

Gruesome Story A. gruesome tale of the finch of the hacked body of a Chinese was described to Messrs. Whitamore (British Assessor) and Li (Chinese Magistrate) at the Mixed Court on Monday when two women (Ziang Woesz and Ching Zia-sz) and a man (Moo Ching-yoong), natives of Shaohsing, were charged with the murder of one Trane Teung-foo at 64 Baikal Road on the morning' of May 18.

Sub-Inspector MaeDermott stated renting the upper section of the ase) who said that blood ving downstairs through from the floor above. accompanied by several Chinese detectives, went to the spot, where they found exactly what the woman had told the police. They went upstairs and arrested "the three accused who were there at the time. A careful search was then made of the room and an automatic pistol and 76 rounds of ammunition as well as some Dloodstained rags weve found under the bed. Further search revealed that blood. was leaking from. a Chinese white pigskin trunk which;

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