An exciting shooting affair took place in Chapei on Friday night, resulting in the, wounding of an unarmed Chinese policeman in the leg and, later, the arrest of three men, one of whom is believed to have been the man who actually did the firing.
Noticing four men walk past him in what appeared to be an extremely suspicious manner, the policeman called upon them to stop and.be searched. The men walked on and apparently took no. notice. Suddenly one of their number whipped out a. pistol and aimed at the policeman. The latter, blowing his whistle, rushed at his would-be assailant, who fired several shots, one of which struck the constable in the leg, bringing him to the ground. All four men then ran, one of their number drawing a knife, meanwhile, and attacking a pedestrian who stopped to see what was happening. The knife cut the man's clothes, but fortunately did not enter his body.
Policemen from the neighbouring patrols, hearing the whistles, rushed to the scene, but failed to apprehend the four, men. The wounded policeman was taken back to the—station where his wounds were dressed.
A general round-up was immediately ordered, with the result that three men were arrested on suspicion. One of these had. it is said, in his possession a Mauser pistol and a number of cartridges, while a second was found to have concealed under his clothes a knife. The result was that, upon finding these and suspecting that they were the men involved in the affair, the station inspector ordered that the men be detained in custody and taken to headquarters for examination to-day.
In the meantime, the policeman is said to be in a satisfactory condition. some five years later to take up piloting at Ningpo, and about six years ago he joined the A. P. C., going straight to Tientsin, where he has been ever since. He leaves a widow but no children.
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