Another shooting affair occurred in the Central District shortly after half past six on Sunday evening.
It appears that a Chinese police sergeant was on patrol duty in Cane ton Road, when he noticed three men whose movements appeared to him to be rather suspicious. He ape proached them and called upon them to stop and submit to search. In" stead of doing so: the three ran long to Honan Road and turned southwards. The sergeant blew his whistle and, when the three men reached the junction of Honan Road and Avenue Edward VII, "they separated. A Chinese constable on duty at that spot attempted to intercept then, but one of the gang drew pistol and fired two shots at the policeman, fortunately missing him. The constable returned fire with two shots. neither of which took effects The miscreant then ran across Avenue Edward VIL into the French Concession, the constable following. When they reached Rue dit Consulaty the man had crossed the street and the constable. was about to run across, when an oncoming tramear rot between him and his man. By the time the tram had passed, fugitive had escaped.
No arrests were made.
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