After a long period during which policeman in the Concession area Jat, Hankow has been fired upon by criminals, an armed man opened fi Jon a policeman in the ex-Russign Concession last night and inf from which the victim is ely to recover, According to the information furnished by the po-ice, three men wanted for various es had been living in the Kin Han Hotel, in the French Concession, but arrangements could not be made for their arrest by the French police. Yesterday evening, the three left the hotel and hired a carriage. This was followed by a police officer jand detectives in rieshas till it erors-Jed the boundary of the French Con-Jcestion and entered the ex-Russian Concession, near the Chinese Y.MLC.A. building.
At that point, a signal was given to the policeman on point duty to hold up the traffic, and the detectives attempted to close in on the als, who immediately jumped. from the eartiage and made' off in different directions, Two plunged down alleyways leading into the maze of [small roads between the Concession 'a and the railway Tine, but the third rushed into the YALGA, He was followed by the policeman and opened fire in the lobby, the three Lallets hitting the policeman in the head, the neck and the back. soon' as he had fired, the villain Jumped from a side window of the lobby and dashed back to the French Concession. An Annamite polic man fired two shots at him, but probably neither took effect, as the man continued his flight and got away.
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