At about 10 a.m, on Wednesday, Chinese chauffeur, amed Ying Zao-along, employed' by the Detonce Force of the French Concession and Jdriving car number 2916, noticed a Chinese passing in a ricsha holding small girl aged about four yeat man, No, 128, who was not far a and the two sot out to follow ricsha and its occupants, 'When the Chinese saw that he was being followed he left the child in ithe riesha and took to flight, policeman giving chase and' the chauffeur looking after the child, The policeman was not able, however, to catch the supposed kidnapper fas he had a considerable advance on. the constable. At the police station jin Avenue Joffre, the child declared that she had been carried away from in front of her house by the man [whom she had never seen before.
The French police have carried on with the search and certain clues Ihave been found to make them hope-1 the kidnapper. returned to her father, who is an ox-official of the government of Canton, and the cool pulling the riesha is being detain Ss. Witherington' ay Wyvern sailed from Woosung for Hongkong on Tuesday morning, and 1H, M, S, Veteran sailed on Wednes. day morning for Hongkong.
Aw inquest was held on Thursday: by the American authorities over the remaina of Peter Lee Di-kee, Amerjcan-born Chinese, who was found dead in his room in the Oriental Hotel on Tuesday night, Mr. N. Lurton presided, while the following constituted—the jury:—Messrs. Vaughn Reid, R. Mishler, Powell, F. L. Robbins, A. is death to general physical debility. Dr. T. B. Dunn and Dr. Jameg Kuo said that there were no indica: tions of foul play, whilst the healt certificate of another Chinese' phy-simian, who had treated deceased for six months, showed that he suffered from several complaints. After hearing the evidence of two Chinese hotel boys and that of Det-Sgt. War-drop, who was called in, the jury brought in the above mentioned verdict,
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