An alarm sent to Louza Police Station brought uniformed and detective personnel in steel waistcoats to the scene immediately after the shooting. Chief Inspector A. H. Chamberlain and Detective Inspector George Bennett directed a search of the neighbourhood, and, Inspector Bennett took charge of the criminal investigation.
Owing to the congestion of the district and the heavy traffic at the time of the shooting it was considered very fortunate that no more persons were injured in the exchange of fire.
Kiating, where the wounded official lives, is a walled town of fair size situated 25 miles northwest of Shanghai. It is a Soochow-en-miniature traversed by countless canals and creeks,
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