A horrible murder was committed in the South Camp of Russian refugees here on the night of the 9th.
The victim is a young Russian Lieutenant named Nekrasoff. The body was found on the morning of the 10th half submerged near the bank of the river. Nine knife wounds, one of which had severed the big blood vessels of the neck, were the cause of death. This officer has been employed teaching Russian and English to Chinese boys-in private families in the city and it is surmised that the. theft of money, which he was known to have earned, may have been the motive of the crime.
Twenty-one Russians have been arrested by the Chinese authorities.
This is the second Russian murdered in this city in six months.
The American Red Cross Relief work has now been stopped owing to lack of funds. About 1,200 Russians remain in the city of whom a number have secured temporary employment,
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