Narrow Escape from Would-be Murderers 'The vendetta between the police and Shaohsing kidnappers is been ing more serious every day, A\ noon last Friday six armed men enter ed the baure of a Chinese detective. Who had been mainly responsible for the arrest of. 83 kidnappers by' the Dixwell Road police in March. Because of his vigilance their attempt to murder him failed, The) situation is becoming x0. serio\ that senior Chinege detectives em ploy. bodyguards to be with them while away from their stations, Last Friday the gang entered the officer's house, but it seems that he realized that something was wrong. He ran up stairs and locked himself in a room. In the meanwhile the kang overpowered his wife and his riesha-puller, They came upstairs and called on him to surrender himself. Without answering, he opened fire, a pistol in each hand. There are three bullet holes in the door but none of the gang, as far as is known, were struck. "They left the house hur-nedly, but the officer clambered on to the verandah and fired four times at them as they ran off.
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