Dr. Hawks Pott, speaking us the senior president of the unive they were standing ata ci Shanghai, June 27.
Charged with being connected with Ue attempted bombing of the "Ta Mei Wen Pao," a local Chinese vernacular paper' published by the Mercury Press in Avenue Edward Vii, the French police arrested Ching Zee, a Chinese coolie employed fon the premises, on June 25, Questioned by the police agent Ching Zee Implicated How Mia-zee, another employee of the Compan ind supplied the police with two Addresses where he lived, When the police checked ut the addresses given, they foiled to Hou Miao-zee, although they were told at one of the houses that he was there a week ago.
It will be recalled that five tins containing inflammable matier were found in the Mercury's printing plant on June 23 when smoke twas seen issuing from a roller printing press in the phut of the newspaper, The French Fire Brigade was called out and later the matter was Feported to the French police who also visited the newspaper. The fire, however, was put out by the workmen before ihe arrival of the Are brigade and the tins, tied together, were dumped by the workers into 2 bucket of water to prevent their exploding, The French police suspected that the crime was an "inside job" and investigations into the matter ted the arrest of one of the coolles. Police examination of the tins disclosed that the bombs were ins Cendiary, filled with gasoline und cotton,
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