An American "named Welch, aged 25, second assistant engineer of the str. West Henshaw, was! arrested on Sunday, and two of his shipmates were detained as witnesses, in connexion with a shooting affair at a Chinese house in Fearon Road. The three men are said to have visited the house together on Saturday night, and on Sunday morning a shot was heard in one of the rooms. A girl named Liang, Yoong-we was then found injured. a revolver shot having passed through her body. She was conveyed to St. Luke's Hospital _and died there two hours later. Welch' was placed under arrest, and a charge of murder was formally preferred against him by the U. authorities.
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