A highly sensational shooting affair was enacted between the French Concession and International Settlement on Sunday evening, resulting in the death of one man and the wounding of five other persons. Unhappily the miscreants were able to effect their escape, doing so under cover of the fire from their revolvers, The story of the tragedy is that about 6.30 p.m. three armed men foreed an entry into a house situated in an alleyway -in -Rue Ratard. They were apparently in search of the occupant, a Mr. Tsu Bei-chung, the chairman of one of the local produce exchanges, but, Mr. Tsu was not at home. Their entry was the signal for an alarm being raised, and the men beat a hurried retreat, at the same time firing two shots. Both these took effect, two girls in the house being wounded, though happily not seriously.
Followed by a crowd the men made their way towards the Internatig@mal Settlement, which they entered by Chengtu Road. As they were crossing Weihaiwei Road, atill in the process of flight, they were observed by a Chinese watchman who promptly took out his whistle with the object of giving the alarm. One of the robbers snatched this from him at once, and shooting him in the neck continued their course. At Mandalay Road an Indian sergeant tackled them but without avail. He was shot at and wounded in the stomach, and the flight went on. A pedestrian also tried to bar their progress, but he too was shot—receiving a wound in the head which proved fatal almost as soon as he could be taken to hospital. Another man received a slight wound in the wrist, and thanks: to these casualties the men were able to make good their escape.
With the exception of the man hit in the wrist, all the wounded are in hospital.
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