Shanghai, July 22.
Koo Chang-sen and Li, both armed bodyguards to. Wong Tsung-chi, an official of an armed plain-clothes body fof men stollened in the Hungjao district, were Killed and Wong himself seriously injured in a running gun battle which took place along Chengtu Road shortly atter 7.40 a.m. yesterday morning, whilst Sergeant A. J. Buxton narrowly escaped death' as tone of the gunmen was, about to shoot at him from point blank range only to be killed by ae. P.C. a fraction of a second before he could have pulled the trigger.
The gun-battle during which a large number of shots were exchanged by the three armed men on one part and two police search parties fon the other, was one of the most exciting in recent months and actual-had itg origin in an alleged arson case which occurred in the French Concession some three months ago.
Wong, it appears, at the time had sub-rented a room in a French Con~ cession home and had disappeared After the fire, with the result that the original tenant was on the look-out for him, whilst the Concession police were also looking for him, Yesterday morning, the tenant recognized Wong as the latter was walk-Ing up Sinza Road accompanied by two other Chinese. He told him to stop and raised an alarm. A police search-party came to the scene with the intention of taking the four men to the station for questioning when the two men accompanying Won, and who were later identified as his bodyguards, pulled out Mauser pistols and opened re at the police party In covering their retreat in a westerly direction along Sinza Road.
Arrived at the corner of Chengtu and Sinza Roads, Sergeant Buxton was fired at by Wong and returned the fire whilst following him into Chengtu Road north of Sinza Road.
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