A tangled drama love and hatred was played out on June' 22 the French "Concession, with the Yesult that Alexander' Eahes, 21 years old Russian-Jew, ily wounded in the General Hospital, while Anatole Alex a 27-years old) Russian bodyguard, is in the hands of the French Police.
Boiko is the bodyguard of Mr. Kiang Pi ind lives at No. 730 Avene Joffre. Next door to him, 728 Avense Joffre, live Mr. and Mrs. A. Belkin, and their family, as well ax Mrs: Belkin's girl 19 years old named Anna Vovna. Tu the same house the Belkins live Sahesand his mother and] father.
The. Belkins have only arrived from Harbin within the last month, and Mr. Belkin is an old army, comrade of Boiko. Sahes, the rounded man, has alto arrived from Ha comparatively recently. evening it appears that Balko wen!
rom JIngucies made, yesterday {o'eall on the Belk family a8 soon.
they arrived from Hav He soon Vovna, and, itis alleged, proposed marriage {o her, only to meet with a retuenl 3 the' iti considered that the had foe known Boiko long enough.
On Monday afternoon, at 3p. Boiko irl, "Tes ata that he sas with the in proposed ma ge to her and, Rain being. retossed, Pulled out his pistol and threatened Apparently Mr. Beikin intervened, took Baiko's pistol away from him, ud. tol to the French Police Detectives brought both Boiko and! Belkin to police headquarters, where matters were smoothed. ofer, and Boiko was warned not to be Pistol, which was returned ever, Bol tke and compa ied by brought along to the station, how-Me. Belkin were a Sahes, who as a witness, It is alleged that Boiko was incensed at!
hes being brought to the affair, Jand told him as much on the ay to police headquarters.
Boiko, on leaving police headquarters, went back to his lodgings at 730 Avenue Joffre. After a while, however, he decided to a farewell visit to Miss Vorna, and so he: went next door, at 4 p.m. jete he attempted to speak to Miss Vovna, who again would have nothi to do with him, and Belkin ordered him out of their rooms. Boiko went out quietly enough.
As he opened the door on the! Tan and went out, however, chanced to meet Sahes, who had just come out of his room on the same landing.
What exactly happened has not as yet been ascertained. A shot rang} out, and Sahes fell to the floor, shot through his body. Police were sum moned, and soon after Boiko was in
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