Station received a report of the it from the Mitsui Bussan Kaisha Coal Wharf, Pootung, an hour later, stating that the watehman had' been thrown into the Huangpu River by coal thieves and drowned. Inquiries were at once made and another watchman report. ed that he was on duty with the deceased; but he was stationed another part of the wharf, when the affair happened. THe heard a police whistle blown from the Grreetion of the river from where the deceased was on patrol duty. Hurrying to the place, he saw the deceased struggling with five six Chinese on a coal boat, which was Tying with others at the wharf. He saw. the Chinese pull deceased into a sampan ahd pu: off from the wharf. When the sampan had gone 20 or 30 feet, he heard the deceased shout for help as he was in the river. He then dashed to the next wharf an informa Chinese watchman and then Jumped into the river in an effort to save the drowning man. He swam around for 10 minutes, @ life-elt having been thrown to" him by the Chinese watchman, but could not find his colleague, The deceased not shout again, so the watehmen returned to the shore and reported the matter to the Japane: wharf manager, who had arrived on the scene, On the same afternoon, detectives brought a Chinese in to the station and this man gave information which threw some light on the affair. He also gave the names of five me whom, he said, had set off to steal coal from the wharf. He saw them go and about five' minutes. later heard the blowing of a police whistle and plitol shots. A few minutes later, he saw the coal thieves hurry)
from the wharf in a sampan. The River Police tried to find thes: men but found that they had appeared from the district, having taken flight immediately after.
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