[College at Tientsin.
He was going to the beach with Mr, A. P. Cullen, another master and secretary of the Anglo-Chinese College, in order to inspect the property of the London Missionary Society, The beach train, however, fs not yet running and Mr. Scar-lett and his companion were travelling across country, a distance of about five miles, when the outrage ahead, while the other two attended to Mr. Scarlett. The bandits demand-fed that the foreigners should hand over their money and valuables. While Mr. Cullen was complying with this demand he heard a shot behind him and, looking back, saw Mr, Scarlett fail from his donkey. 'The murderers then rushed up to their leader, urging him to be quick ana, after searching the foreigners' sylt-eases, the three Chinese hastily decamped.
Mr. Cullen rushed to where Scarlett was lying and found life nimest extinct as the latter had jit by @ bullet two inches Mr. Scarlett died five minutes later, from the nearest village, a littler produced and the body taken to Pei-peiho Junction.
The police and local military promised to render every assistance but da not appear to be very hopeful with regard to trating the mis-
Mr. Cullen was presumably un-slured and he is expected to arrive here this afternoon bringing the body of his colleague.
Mr, Eric ¥. Scarlett was a native of Manchester and was educated at Manchester University where he took the B.Sc. degree. He came to China for the London Missionary Society in 1924 and went to Peking to study Chinese, He was attached to the Anglo-Chinese College, Tientsin, in 1926'as science moste Te married Dorothy Winifred ith, of Southport, and had two children, The widow and the child-ven are now in Tientsin.
Mr, Scarlett was in his carly thirties, His death has come as a great shock to the missionaries here: among whom he was very popular. He was regarded as one of the} coming men of the London Missionary Society.
Further details show that Dr.
Scarlett and Mr, Cullen were proceeding along the road from Pei-taiyo Junction to the beach when they were attacked by robbers. Mr. Scarlett was killed practically instantancously.
The district is under the jurisdic. tion of Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang.
Mr. A. P. Cullen, the Secretary of the Anglo-Chinese College, arrived this afternoon from Peitaiho with creants.
Mr. Cullen expresses the opinion that the bandits were inexperienced and the shot which killed Mr. Sear-lott was possibly an ae Chinese appeared to be consi flustered during the whole of the proceedings.
After the whole sad donkey-boys, interrogated by police, confessed to seeing the bandits loitering at the Junction when Mr. Searlett and Mr. Callen arrived, and it is believed that they made a detour to intercept the two mission. aries on the roa The affair has created a sensation here, where Mr. Scarlett was a respected member of the missionary body, and widespread sympathy is felt for his bereaved widow and their children.—Reuter.
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