Special Constable Seriously Wounded in North Honan Rd.
Ivanoff, Special Constable, dinned but off' duty, who tackled an armed Chinese in an off road, near North Honan Road, was shot and. sciously wounded, on Wednesday night, 'The gallant officer struggled toa passing riesha, hailed it, and went off by himself' to the General Hospital, where Municipal physicians attended him, The wounded man, when approached by the armed gang, managed to fire two shots before he was shot in the stomach and fell to the ground, Ibs comrade, Special Con-table "Ferguson, hurried to a telephone close at land and notified the police. In the meanwhile the in-Jured officer had gone to hospital.
The accident happened as the re~ auer of a search on the Honan Read Bridge, at which time other Specials met two armed men.
'A' party of four Specials were on duty until 10 pam, on the Honan Road Bridge, They were leaving their posts several minutes after 10 o'clock when of their number notice ed two suspicious looking characters in the vicinity of the intersection '6f North Honan Road with North Soochow Rond. They approached the men and ordered them to stop.
The First Firing One of the suspected men raised his arms and submitted to search.
The party, intent on this man, failed to note that the other had slunk off to one side. Without notice he Dogan shooting. None of the bul-lots took effect. It is understood that the Special, who examined the first mentioned, believed that he had pistol in the cult of his sleeve, but in the excitement of the shooting, permitted him a moment's freedom. Where he went is unknown, 'The Sikh, on duty at the crossing, began shooting, as did several Chinese constables, but as far known' none of them made a hit, There is a possibility, however, in view of the blood spots in the adjacent alleyway! that one of them was wounded, al-[though the traces might have been left by the wounded officer, At all events the two men made off north along North Honan Road, and, it seems, turned to the right into tthe first alleyway between North Soochow Rond and Tiendong Road.
Special Constables Ivanoff and! Ferguson, although not on duty, stil were keen on police work, and knowing that the Specials were on duty on the bridge relieving the Russian Volunteers, had taken their pistols and warrant badges, assuming posts in the vicinity. Twenty-five minutes before the shooting the two volunteers were seen at the intersection of North Honan Road and Tiendong Road, immediately opposite the Temple of Heaven, The Fatal Shooting The Specials in the first party reported at Hongkew station. Almost simultaneously the report of the second shooting reached the telephone operator. It is believed by] the first party, that the armed men ran off Into Tsungming Road, tried to elude their pursuers by slipping off into alleyways, and there met the others.
When the fleeing men encountered the Specials off duty, they made off toward the loft, they' had been running in an easterly direction to avoid the original party. Constables. Ivanoff and Ferguson hailed them and were answered with shots Ivanoff returned their fire, shooting, twice, before he fell. Constable Ferguson also fired several times before the attempted murderers got 1¥._ AS Ivanoff fell, his comrade Fan after the men but they "curried off in the darkness of alleys, with which' they were family When word of the shooting reached Hongkew station, all available! men were turned out and parties thoroughly searched the vicinity between Honan Road Bridge and Sze-¢huan Road Bridge. Police from West Hongkew station took care of the tarea west of North Honan Road. Det-Sub-Inspr. Schmidt and Inspr. 'O'Dwyer, in charge of the Hongkew istrict, ied the posse. One suspect wai brought to the': station... His eecription differs from the: report of the men turned in by the Speci they saying that the man who Additional parties went out to as: certain if a long gown had carded, It also is believed fassavnin's pistol is empty mented parties of men, using electri torchlights, ure conducting thorough investigations through all alleyways to ace if the robber threw his pistol Captain D. R. Wahl, Officer of the Day, responded to the call and supervised the operations, Three surgeons, after a consulta tion, performed. an immediate operation, M. Tvanoft's brother-in-law—the wounded man is married—was in the hospital during the operation.
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