'The usual racket was going on Tesidential area not a thousand ies away, from, the French Club. Hire cars blasted their way. alonj Avenue clu Roi Albert or for passengers outside blocks of fats, Chinese children screamed as. they' played in the streets, Coolie chattered friendly at the tops of their voices, while the latest, super-Ipepped vee-sixteen valve radio sets shouted music from more than one j broadcasting station.
'The din' lessened, except, for occasional hire-ears and others, blast ing their way along Avenue clu Roi Albert. "people commenced ing to Some people got to sleep, despite ithe occasional car which ' passed along Avenue clu Roi Albert. "A few others feel asleep, until the neighbourhood was settled down for the night as well as it usually does.
suddenly a loud report rang" out. [Sleepers "awoke, cursed," burst" muttered' some and rolled MTlover to try to get to sleep again. JOthere looked out on to the road. with a 45 calibre Webley pistol, a Russian watchman employed by the Belting and Leather. Products Association, 400 Chemulpo Road; died a few minutes afterwards, just after admission to hospital." The deceased, Dimitri Basilievich Krootikoff, had been in the employ of the relatives far as can company for two years, He had no The man shot ithe premises of they shop at: company" The sound of tracted the attention of a Chinese fvatehman of the same company I fand he (he immediately" informed the police at Yulin Road Station, a few yards away. A fire brigade em¢ fReney ambulance was on the sone a few minutes later and Krootikoff was rushed to the General Hospital, have he expired shotty afar 6
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