accordingly done and the man and his friends left. One of the gamblers told a policeman who remained behind that gambling was taking place in a house near Tientungan. The policeman went to the spot, unconscious of the fact that he was being followed by the gamblers. Near Tien-tungan he was immediately set upon by the gamblers and stabbed to death. Another policeman happened at this time to be passing and a member of the gang, fearing that he might discover the crime, rushed up behind him and stabbed him. The bodies were then thrown into ditches and the men rffade their escape.
It was reported on Tuesday tha: another arrest, making four in all, has been made in connexion with the Chapei police murders. The fourth man, arrested at a lodging house in the French Concession, said to have confessed te having taken part in the crimes, As a result of the investigation conducted by the judicial- fepartment of the Shanghai and Woosung Constabulary, several men have been ordered to be detained. One of the men,})who previously admitted that he was concerned in the affair, denied at the inquiry that he had anything to do with it, He stated that he had previously been convicted of gambling, but on the evening in question he did not leave his house. He knew what the others were about to do and he attempted to stop them, but they refused to take heed. A second men admitted that he took a part in beating one of the policemen, but denied that he struck hard enough to kill. Two of the men not yet in custody, he said, were the real perpetrators of the crimes. Three other men entered a general denial and said they were in bed at the time the murders were supposed to have taken
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