In answer to the Magistrate, Wan, a broad-shouldered Shantung man of six feet, stated emphatically that he got hold of a meat chopper to kill the women because they had_slandered him to his master. He had served Tsen for over 20 years and was discharged about a month ago. When he left his master's employ he had been given a bonus.
"T went there with the intention of killing the women. I did it because my wife had had no food for several days. When I tried to see; my' master on a previous occasion these women refused me admission." Prisoner then dwelt, at length on the fact that one of the concubines was wrongfully possessed of money belonging to his wife.
Hospital, said he received an Dr. Li, of the Shantung Road 2
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