'Shanghai, Nov, A Japanese couple were murdered at' about 430-am. yesterday when several Chinese robbers armed with knives broke into 222° Tung Yang Ka, off Dixwell Road, The rime took place in the Chinese territory, beyond the juris diction of the Shanghai Municipal Police, but it was learned that the two persons "were killed with knives. Although dificult to give 2 motive for the crime, it was presumed that robbery. was the reason.
It was believed that the criminals gained entrance into the house, but were heard by the occupants and when the latter offered resistance, the robbers killed. them.
The ease Is being investigated by the Japanese and Chinese authorities, with Settlement Police ce-operating searching for the culprits, Arrest in Soochow Soochow, Nov. 5.
Chen, Kueisshou, 24° year old Chinese, charged. with the murder and robbery of Mr. Fumiiehiro Imada, 33 years old, on February 17 of $8.00 and ¥.200, was arrested on November 3 by the Japanese military police, it was announced today by the Japanese Gendarmerie. The Chinese was in the service of the Wusih Branch of the Ishifuku Shoji Kaisha as an me terpreter, the announcement stated.
7 o'clock on the morning of February 17, Chen, a native of Kaoyuhsion in' Kiangsu, "attacked Mr. Imada, chief of the branch. with a hatchet, while he was shaving. He Way assisted by two Chinese econ: plices. The blow resulted in the death of Mr. made, following which hey: broke into the safe and escaped with the money—Domei
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