Strange Crime in N. Thibet Rd.
No arrest has yet been made in connexion with the death of a shroff in the employ of the Chinese Waterworks Company, who was waylaid and shot by an unknown assailant while on his way home on Monday evening. The attack upon him was made in North Thibet Road, near Alabaster Road, and, derer got away before anyone came the first shot being fatal, the mur-
on the scene. A foreigner living near was called by his coolie and went down into the street at once, only to find that the man was already dead. If the murderer expected a good hau! of money, he was disappointed, the shroff having paid into the office of the company the amount of his day's collection, $260, before leaving for bette. His cash bag therefore contained only a number of unpaid bills,
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