A Settlement Chinese detective who was taking a bath at the time grabbed a pair of shorts and chased a would-be murderer from a Louza district h-house yesterday afternoon, fired and wounded the criminal, and arrested him. is remarkable feat was performed ut 3 pam. The detective, Kuo ug, attached to the SM.P.
Narcotic Bureau, was in an establishment at when an armed man one of the other sin entered the before 3 o'clock and his intended victim og a ba 5 he recognized e pulled out a pistol and fired. shot, however, missed the man and instead wounded one of the bathhouse attendants in the arm. Then ihe pistol—a Union automztic—jammed, and the gunman started to flee.
Hearing the t, the Chinese detective hastily put on a pair of grabbed his pistol and started tigate. He followed the gunman out of the bath-house and pursued him down an alleyway some 50 yards before he halted him with shot. The bullet penetrated the would-be murderer's abdomen and he rik to the pavement with a shriek, The detective had no difficulty in arresting his man.
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