'The diabolical' machinations of the gong of ""tea-house plotters" résponsible for the total blinding of Mr. John F. Knox, a British subject, on [December "28" last, were revealed on June 29. was disclosed that the fondish ferime, based ong long-standing grudge which some of his workmen at the Shanghai Gas Company enter
fully arranged and rehears re inst Mr, "Knox, was, care was nally carried out In Dixwell Road, a short distance north of Urga }Road, Tt was to have been w "perfect jenine," but' cheer greed inthe end repped its perpetrators, as it was extortion on the part of the hired assailants which finally: enabled the Police to arrest the whole gang.
Mr, Knox, -who. 1s 29 years old, had been employed in the works de: partment of the Gas Company for.a umber of years, Some of his work mien, Kompo.and. Yangchow natives, resented alleged mistreatment and indignities at his hands and started to plot revenge about a month prior to the attack. Instead of seeking, re-Gress through regular channels, they took the matter into their own hands, Over little Chinese teacups In obscure inns of the Yangtszepoo dis. trict and" Chapel, they concocted their geheme to wreak vengeance,
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