In Jukao the thread making indus and all The death sentence has been passed on Li Tin. the eampanman responsible for the death of an American sailor, Eric Karl Hagen of the USS. Tulse, recently in Amoy. The sam-panman's son, convicted of compli city" in the murder. has been given. ten years imprisonment. Both "men are "lodging appeals against their convictions, according to Chinese reports, Hagen's body was picked Amoy harbour after he had been. missing a Week and the "American consul had offered a reward. Accurate information of his movements on the night preceding his death was dimeult fo blain, but detectives: employed by the Amoy police finally traced two girls who were said to have been witnesses of the killing, Visiting the homes of these girls in disguise, the "detectives unearthed the grisly story.
Hagen, it appeared, had engaged a sampan to take him'trom the shore his ship. "At his request the sam-panman brought the two girls to the boat, and afterwards a quarrel arose between the seamen and the sampan-men over the matter of payment, the former alleging that he had been' robbed. In the course of the scuffle in the sampan the seaman fell overboard, but swam. back 10 the sampan afd attempted to climb in, The older sampan-man thereupon struck him over the head with an and the seaman sank and was not seen again, Before permitting the girls to go ashore. they said, the elder sampan-man had extracted a promise from them that they would not mention what they had seen to anyone, The story told by the sampan-men was different. Hagen, they stated, had engaged their sampan to take him to his ship, but had asked them {0 find him a girl before they did 30, 'The younger man then" went. ashore and brought the two girls already mentioned, After a while: the seaman' asked "how much he should pay and was told Ave dollars. He offered three. but on groping in his "pockets found that he had. money and accused them of having. robbed him. "He insisted on search-Ing them and lurched dangerously about the boat, finally falling over-voard. The might was dark, there was a strong wind, and the tide was running swiftly, and. the sampan-men were unable to find him to pick him up. They "had not informed. the police of the incident because, thay said, they id not know such pro Cediire was necessary,
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