Houseboy Who Attempted Suicide: "Keep Your Pistols Locked Up—"
'The story of a houseboy who placed an automatic. pistol in his mouth, pulled the trigger, received 2 terrible bullet wound in' the neck fend was able to walk xbout for Some hours afterward, was related to Me. Martin (British. Assessor) and Magistrate Loh at the Mixed Court last Friday by Det-Sgt. Tinkler. "Tu the dock was Li Fu. ong. on a charge of attempted sel Te appeared from the evidence that the accused, a "boy" employed in the mess. of the American. Drug Ca,, finding himself persecuted ani having had a little too much. drink, took the pistol, which belonged to tone of the foreigners, placed it in his mouth and. pulled the trigger. The bullet lodged in the back of his neck, causing a horrible wound, However, the "boy" was able to walk about all day. Finally he toh the cook that he hed. shot himself, mul he went to the Shantung Road Hospital in the afternoon, remain ing there for 21 days in all. Pri soner had tried once before to com: mit suicide by taking lysol, but the Gquetity was insulicrent to! do very much damage.
'Answering the Magietrate, prison-ex stated that he tried. to' commit suicide because he was tormented and persecuted by his colleagues who raid that, like all other Shantury men, he' cos a robber and a ivor, "He had committed a. mah nei, but he was drunk we the time.
A foreigner present stated, that he was prepared to take the "boy" back into his employment "provided hho does not "do the same. stunt The Assessor—I beg your pardon? -—Witnees: If he doesn't try £0 shoot hiniselt again on my premises.
The Assessor said that, accord ing to Ghinese lave, it was mot a rime to attempt to commit suid Sometimes It. was even a praise:
cautioned. worthy act, The prisoner would be 'Addressing the foreign witness the Asseasor said foreigners should take precautions to Keep their pistole and. other arms locked up' s0 that, they would not be accessible to the Chinese. nsiter of ssartuap Chivese*see TURISDIGHION, 1aBUN. TU
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