Unidentifies Martial Law is Proclaimed Hankow, Sept. 19.
(ARTIAL law has been proclaimed in the Japanese Concession here and in the ex-German Concession, which adjoins it, as the result of the murder this morning of Niwaj jiro Yoshioka, of the Japanese Consular Police, who was killed by a man as yet unidentified as he was patrolling the Japanese side of the boundary.
The assailant descended from a lorry, approached Yoshioka and fired two shots at him at close range. One of the bullets lodged in the policeman's head, at ind he dropped down dead. The murderer then rushed back to the lorry, which had been kept waiting with the engine running, and drove off at full speed. All efforts to trace him have so far proved unsuccessful, The only clue so far is an empty cartridge case, which was found a few yards away from Yoshioka's body. 'The Chinese and Japanese authorities are ce-o} berating in a thorough investigation of the incident, which, it is feared, may have serious repercussions. Following the' shooting, armed Japanese were posted outside buildings in the neighhes urhood and all Chinese passers-by were stopped and searched.—Reuter, Hankow, Sept. 19.
Mr. Yoshiaki Miura, Japanese Consul-General here, this afternoon made a formal request to the Chinese authorities for ce-operation In. caaturing' the slayer of Constable Niwa-
The Consul-General also summoned to his office Rear-Admiral Masaharu Hibino, commander of the 11th Flotilla, and Commander Selle Nakatst, resident naval amicer, to discuss measures to be taken In connection with the affair, Tu ce-operation with the Japanese Navy, the Consular Police took emergency patrol measures throughout the Japanese Concession -and extension Japanese residents have called 3 mass meeting to deliberate steps. 0 be adopted over "the ease for tomorrow.
Constable Yoshioka was killed by bullet that penetrated the head from behind his left ear, The slug lodged lairist, the skull.
Investigations on the spot revealed that the shot was fired froma spt two nietres within the First Speeiat Administrative Area, Two empty cartridges of large calibre were found near the scene, Chinese bystanders who saw the assault described the _pollceman's wssallant as being a man about 40 years old wearing Chinese clothes, The time of the attack was put, 1140 o'clock, 'A Chinese hawker, who, Japanese police say, witnessed the fatal attack, ig alleged to have told questioners that he saw @ man jump off a motor truck Toaded with coal that wag proceeding from the Japanese concession towards the First Special "Administrative Area, the former German concession, 'TWwo unidentified Chinese were being held for questioning by Japanese 'Consular Police to-night following the disclosure that they had moved the body of Constable Niwsjiro Yoshioka, shot and killed by fan unknown assailant at about 11.40 o'clock this' morning.
The names of the men were not disclosed, but Domot learned that one of thom'is the owner of a tobacco shop near the scene of the tragedy, the others, a cooli—Domel,
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