According to Mr. Ross, the three men had proceeded to the Yangtszepoo district to visit the firm's godown. Finding the building locked, they decided to "make a sightseeing tour."
Proceeding along the edge of the eastern Settlement area, they reached Range Road, from where they proceeded through North Szechuen Road to Kiangwan Road, All three possessed Japanese Consular passes, but, Mr. Ross said, they had been left in the abandoned car.
Mr, Ross was unable to retrace in Getail the route the party had followed to reach Hongkew. He said he did not remember if they had crossed Hongkew creek in Broadway er further north,
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