Fapanese School Accountant Shot Through Head and Robbed of $4,200, Taingtao, Apr. 28; A sensational robbery and murder threw a city into a commotion.on Friday. The Japanese accountant of the Japanese Middle School slain while returning to the bull ing with $4,200 on his person with which to pay the monthly salaries of the teachers. He was waylaid on narrow road, passing through a small wood within a hundred yards of the school, and was shot through the head before he could defend himself. The money was snatched from his pockets and he was left dead on the road.
The police have arrested a'Japanese contractor and one of his Chinese workmen who were engaged in making some repairs at the school building. It is alleged that they have knowledge of the crime, al~ though not actually guilty. ter's Pacific Service.
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