The Archive · 1934

Graphic Story Told by Captain

Mr. Ross on Bridge and Shot When Bandits Take Control Chefoo, June 19, A large crowd waited this morning to see the pride of the China Naviga-ion company's fleet enter port after being pirated in the Gulf of Pechihli, Escorted by H.MS. Witch the vessel came in at 5 o'clock this morning.

Arrangements had been completed fon shore for the reception of the wounded officer, Mr. Ross, to whom medical assistance was taken, last night by H.MS. Witch, "Mr. Ross, through the Kind assistance of the American naval authorities here, was brought ashore and placed in the American civil hospital.

An X-Ray examination made tater of the fracture at the base of hhis skull showed that it was not caused by a bullet, leading.to the supposition that the unfortunate

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