Another ease of murder occurred shortly after 8 o'clock on Saturday evening in the Dong Ching Lil 's alleyway, off Yochow Road, the victim being a watchman named Wa Chao-shing. The crime took place outside a small cigarette and exchange shop, and when Inspr. Crookdake and another officer apeared on the scene to find the watchman lying on the footpath, conscious but unable to speak, they could not get a word from a'number of Chinese standing by as to what had happened.
One woman did state that she heard a noise like a shot and, upon looking round, saw the watchman lying in the roadway. Being afraid, she ran into the shop and a man followed, jumped the counter and snatched up a box containing a small sum of money.
The injured man was taken to hospital and it was found that he had a knife wound in the throat and a bullet wound at the paci of the neck, and these injuries resulted in his death a few hours later.
Tt is believed that the crime was the result of a quarrel between a former watchman and some Shantung men, the deceased watchman having sided with his predecessor.
'A Woman Victim.
'A Chinese woman lies in hospital in a critical condition as the result of a murderous attack on her in Macao Road near Gordon Road in the early hours of Monday. She was removed to Shantung Road hospital immediately after the discovery was, made, and was found to be suffering from a three-cornered wound on the side of the head, a fractured skull, a severe wound-over the right shoulder and another in the thigh, the latter appearing to be a bullet wound. A.82 revolver bullet was found near the, place where the. woman lay.
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