The Archive · 1940

Coolie Beaten

Shanghai, Dec, 22, Kompo cootie who took Road 01 ino money to pay for severely beaten by the proprie of the booth ariel Hix assistants. When Tie was finally allowed to go, he hired a. rickshaw. Deeause he could not walk but he died fon the way home, The "tiekshaw puller dumped the body in the western This pathetic story has been told in the First Special District "Court where three assistants of the bolted rice booth one of them, woman, fare being detained, The proprietor of the booth is still at large.

Inquest will be held over the an-fortunate coolie's body Sheng Aiao-fu, the victim, went to a small restaurant 10 eat boiled tle at ubout 1 pan, with two. friends. They enjoyed the hot oiled rice all right but they had not a cent in their pockets with which to pay their Dill, A verbal dispute wax, soon followed by a fight and Sheng's stomach wax beaten with shoes, During' the confusion, Shen alone bore the full brunt of the attack, his friends having: escaped.

He wax finally allowed t0 go and hho asked a rickshaw puller to pull him to his home in the western district but before reaching home died in the vehicle. The puller dumped the body on a piece of vacant ground near Majestic Road where it vox later discovered by the Bubbling Well police.

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