Yokohama, July 7.
The foreign community in Yokohama is deeply stirred' over the murder of Mr. Ronald Hill, who was stabbed by a burglar yesterday. Strong representations are being contemplated by the foreign Board of Trade and ex-service men to the authorities for more adequate police protection. Suspects are reported to have been arrested but the Police are silent about the case.
The funeral this evening was attended by practically the whole foreign community, who appeared very deeply moved. The body was carried by members of the British ex-Service Men's Organization, of which the deceased was a member, and a mass of flowers covered the coffin. The ceremonies were most impressive.—Reuter.
Further details of the murder of F. Ronald Hil] are given below from the account appearing in the "Japan Gazette" of that date Early ~this morning the foreign residents of Yokohama were shocked by the news that a very popular member of the community, Mr. Frederick Ronald Hill, son of Mr. and Mrs. F, W. Hill, had been murdered by a Japanese burglar, and on every hand were heard sincere expressions of regret at the tragic ending of such a promising life, of deepest sympathy with the parents and sisters of the victim, and of disgust with the lack of police protection from which the community suffers.
The tragedy occurred at about four o'clock this morning at the home of the family at No. 253 Bluff.
Mrs. Hill, the mother, who has been an invalid for some years, was disturbed, and after returning to her room on the second storey heard a sound in the hallway. She stepped out into the hall-way, and saw a Japanese standing by a door of one of the rooms. The man was of short stature, full-faced, and was wearing a white kimono with a black obs, and had a tenuous around his head. In his hand was a short knife, the blade being little more than an inch long. Seeing that his presence in the house was known, the villain brandished the knife at Mrs, Hill, and_ shouted "Abunai!" ('Dangerous!"). Mrs. Till grabbed the man by the arm, but he immediately released her grasp, at the same time slashing her across the hand with the knife. Mrs. Hill shouted for help, and her husband, who occupied an upstairs room, and the son, Mr. Ronald, who occupied a room downstairs, were both aroused from their slumbers.
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