A startling crime, involving the death of a Chinese student at the hands, it is alleged, of a Korean, occurred in the French Con sion on Monday. It is bel: ed that a certain amount of ill-feeling had arisen between a family of Koreans and their Chinese neighbours, on account of the attitude adopted by the former to the poorer class of Chinese. If so, the trouble came to a head on Monday night. One of the Koreans is alleged to have dismissed a ricsha coolie in Rue Marcel Tillot without payment, and in answer to the latter's protests to have beaten him. A iG-year old student. of the Nanyang Railway and Mining College who was in the vicinity intervened on behalf of the coolie, and the Korean is then alleged to have drawn a dagger and stabbed Him. The student died instantaneously.
The Korean is said to have taken instantly to flight. The matter was reported to the French police who immediately set to work on the case with the result that the man alleged to have committed the crime and his brother were yesterday discovered and arrested. "Both are understood to be detained in custody.
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