Total Deaths from all Causes i Police Report for March, Murder.—During the month seven murders occurred in the Settlement. On March 7 a coolie was killed by some of his wife's relations in a house on Yangchow Road. On March 8 a Chinese shroff was shot dead by a footpad who snatched his handbag on North Thibet Road. On March 10 a similar crime was committed on Peking Road. On March 14 Chinese P.C. 438 was shot in an alleyway off Yangtszepoo Road whilst endcavoaring to arrest a burglar. On the following evening Chinese P.C. 1063 was shot by the companion of a man whom he had arrested on Tongshan Road. On March 27 a coolie escorting two wheelbarrows carrying boxes of silver dollars and bank notes was shot during a hold-up on North Honan Road. On March 28 Mrs. W. J. Snyder, an American lady, was shot by one of two Koreans who attempted to assassinate General Tanaka (formerly Japanese
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