Shanghai, July 2.
A. private argument which arose between two watchmen in" Nantao yesterday afternoon resulted in one fof them being removed in haste Settlement hospital while the other was Just as quickly removed by the Shanghai Special Municipality Police but not to hospital.
The first man, who was suffering from a badly gashed body, including severe wounds on the head, chest Jand arms, had the worst 6f the argu ment. Ditring the heat of the quarrel hho said, the other watchman. grabbed an axe and wielded It, The victim, however, managed to put up a little resistance and made much noise that the police were attracted to the scene, An ambulance was summoned by them" and was removed to hospital, the other man, plus axe for evidence, heini, removed into custody, A Fire Brigade ambulance received another call yesterday afternoon the Customs Jetty where a Chinese, suffering from a gunshot wound, was taken to hospital after coming from Nanzing. He is being ques Vioned "as to how he received' the wound.
Also reported to the police was a shooting affair on Soochow Creek, where a Chinese of the coolie type, working on a sampan of offic: such vessel," received a wound in the forearm a the resuit of a she. fired by a Japanese soldier. It is believed that the shot was fired at random, by the Japanese to clear a way for their launch and thatthe injured man happened to be in the path of the bullet
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