P. C. Macdonald's Slight Wound in the Head in Battle with Armed Men 'Two police were hit by robbers' bullets last 'Thursday evening, and although both were sent to the hospital, fortunately neither of them sustained more than severe scratches. P, C, Macdonald was struck by glancing bullet in the head and' a. Chinese constable received a number of pellets from a shot gun, Both are progressing nicely.
Msedonald and a noticed several] spacious characters loitering in an alleyway off Yangchow Road. A Chinese constable started for them, whereupon they opened fire. With 'Macdonald got into action and hated them down the alleyway, "In the running battle, he received a flesh wound but' fired his automatic six times. As far as cun be ascertained none of the robbers was wounded, 1.85 a.m. last Friday, two police on patrol in Yangtzepoo' noticed a man sitting under a tree in Ping-Luang Road whereupon they hailed him. He shouted to an unseen confederate that the police were on hand. 'The confederate, strange to say, carried a shot gun, a weapon' very rarely seen in Chinese hands or used by armed robbers in Shan hai, He fired from his hidden place and struck one of the constable: The other man shot once with cis] pistol and when he noticed that his comrade was wounded desisted in the chase. ive other armed crimes of] violence were committed between 6.45 am, last Thursday and 9.45 p.m. About 25 men took part in them, using nine pistols, and took valuables: to the value of '$1,500 from their victims. There were no arrests.
Pedestrians found a deceased male child on Yangchow Road last Thur day morning and notified the police, who in turn, after investigating the Vicinity, sent the body to the morruary. A medical examination reveal-ied that the child had been severely out around the buttocks, had suffer. ved from hemorrhage and bad its nostrils choked with "mud. The Moetor believed that the child had been suffocated..- The body was identified and the parents said that they last saw their six year old child at 1 pam last Wednesday,
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