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WHAT SHANGHAI POLICE ARE

FACING.

HOW P.C. FRANCIS WAS KILLED BY AN ARMED KIDNAPPER.

FIGHT IN AN EMPTY HOUSE

Papers from Shanghai give graphic details of the recent shoot- ing affray between an armed kidnapper and two British constables, in which P.C. Francis was killed and P.C. Read seriously wounded. The kidnapper was killed. Describing the incident the N.-C. Daily -Yes RF:-

Two foreign police constables, following an armed kidnapper, chased him into a veritable death trap on Saturday, afternoon at 1240, Kuling Road, with the un- fortunate consequences that Con- stable Thomas Robert Francis was. shot dead and P.C. Alfred Read was shot in the stomach.

The deserted Chinese house into which they drove their man, after he had run into a cul-de-sac, com

tained deserted motor lorry, upon which the kidnapper crawled, and from which, he shot P. C. Francis, who had followed him post haste P. C. Read, right on his comrades hecis, work ed his way to the front of the lorry, taking shelter behind the high sideboards, and opened are on the Chinese. In the battle between the two. Read wounded in the body, shot and killed his opponent. The pistols both of the constable and the kidnapper were empty when reserves, commanded by Chief-Inspr. Alers, arrived on the scene.

M Alers saw Francis, on the lorry, chambered onto it, shook the constable, but received no response Suddenly from the corner he heard a voice, How about me, Mr. Afers.

Who are you?" the surprised officer replied.

I sin Read, Sir, bere near the front shutters, the wounded con stable replied.

Within moment the inspector had his Chinese officers tear open the shatters, which allowed him to make an inspection.

Quick Reprisals."

A Regular Trap. Everything was in the former's favour. The house was empty but for the lorry, which nearly filled the front room. P. C. Francis rushed through the small rear room. The heroic officer, not knowing the desperado's whereabouts, but think- ing that be WAJ On the truck, followed him without a moment's hesitation. As he stood there, hesitant and with no idea of direction, the light from the broken roof outlined him sharply against the rear wall. He made a clear | target for the kidnapper. Both bullets, fired by the bandit, struck him in vital apots-one in the heart and the other went through the chin and brain. When found be was doubled up, bis pistol still in hand

P. G. Read's Turn,

room, but witen the shooting start- P. G. Read fallowed him into the eh avoided immediate trouble by dodging against the wall. As he the situation. With a rush he got made his way forward, he sensed into the open, again a target for the other. But as he rushed, he shot. The Chinese returned fre

Road emped his pistol, there canopy. being three bullet holes in the It is believed that the desperado fired twice, as one bullet struck the officer and one went through the mud guard.

SECRETS OF MALAITA ISLAND.

WITCH DOCTORS URGING WAR ON WHITES.

CANNIBAL VENGEANCE.

Mr. Jack McLaren, the South Seas novelist, has lifted the cur tain on the most remarkable skid left in the world.

"It is the souls of their dead, erying out for revenge, who have driven the warriors of Malaita te massacre white men in that jungle- covered and mountainous island," he said to an Erening Yeus repres

sentative.

"For years they have kept tally of every one of their tribes who has died at the hands of a white

III.

"They have neither forgotten nor forgiven.

they have sworn to have a white For every one of their dead

man's head.

||

Witch Doctors. "I can see what has happened plainly as if I bad been there. Their witch-doctors have assembled them in the communal houses and have told them that the spirits of the dead are crying out for von- geance. They have inflamed them into the biggest revolt the island bas known.

"And now every warrior, with his spear, his stove club and his bow and arrows, dreams of a white house. man's head. hanging in his cance

"

"What will happen now

"The warships with shell and destroy the native villages on the const, and the natives will clear out to the jungle. No white troops could follow them there: the war- riora could ambush them and wipe them out.

calm

"They

will

down. The administration will

gradually

hold an inquiry and arrest the ring-leaders-probably betrayed by their own people. And the white traders will come back.

A few minutes later Sub-Inspr. Allen, who heard the shooting, and received no response to his calls, smashed in the doors, while a police party, commanded by Chief-Inspr.-gerous place to out foot in You Malaita is a desperately dan Aters entered through the door.

rear

never know when head is owing. But for a stroke of luck my own head, smoked and dried, might be hanging there now,

"I landed there a year or two age to recruit labour for the settle. ments. A second boat. with arm- ed are in it, lay a little way of the beach, covering me.

The natives greeted me like a friend as I stepped out of the boat. Did I want labour! Yes, they had plenty of boys for the plantatione. Would I come up to the canoe-house- and talk it over!

It was a ghastly sight. On the

The deceased ofcer and P. C. floor of the motor lorry, P.C.. Francis lag dead with a ballet Read bath have excellent records, wound in his heart, another had and have been gazetted for meri entered his head, just under the torious conduct. P. C. Francis chin. The armed kidnapper shot was born in Wimbledon, Surrey, in P. C. Francis just as be crawled May, 1900. During the great War, over the bed of the lorry. P. although only a youth, he served Read, in turn, avenged his fallen with the King's Royal Rifles, and comrade within a few seconds. In was honourably discharged on this connection is is interesting to March 31,1850 Shortly afterwards note that P. C. Read was engaged he joined the British South African, in another armed battle on Friday, Palive, resiging on June 12th, in which he shtan armed robbe: 121. After two years service with in a house at 181, Taku Road, his the London Metropolitan Policem fellow officer likewise accounting July 21st, 1994, to August 22nd, 1026 for one of the gangs

-deceased came to Shanghai and has been in Municipal employ since October" sth, 1926. P. C. Francis in his 14 months service in Shang- hai, was advanced six months. seniority and was rewarded with 995 for his valorous conduct in **I refused again, and turned to engaging armed robbers and re-go. As I walked the step or two covering several pistole.

At the inquest on Saturday morn ing over the bodies of the two arm- ed men of the Friday shooting, Judge Kch said, "Death was caused by bullets fired by the police in an effort to prevent a felony from being committed The Court com mends the action of P. S. Miller, P. C. Read. and C. P. C. 700, and, recommends that the matter be brought to the attention of the Commissioner of Police.'

The man who shot P. C. Francia, upon being fingerprinted, was iden- tibed as one of a gang of seven armed robbers who were arrested in 1025 in West Hongkew. Later he was handed over to the Chinese fauthorities, evidently, being re-

leased by them.

mother, residing in Southfield.

P. C. Francis is survived by his

I knew instinctively that some- thing was wrong.

"I'll stay here,' I said. "We can talk better thore,' they suich

Great Warriors.

back I happened to glance back, And then I saw a warrior behind a tree-a six-foot man, with a bow longer than himself, aiming a flint- tipped arrow at me.

As it cume humming through the air towards me I dodged. It took me in the neck. You see the. scar I missed my jugular vein by thirtieth of an inch.

they'll win by cunning.

"A Plucky Chauffeur. Just after noon the affair started, when four armed men attempted to kidnap the compradore of a well- known foreign firm, who resided at

I scrambled back into the bost 310, Burkill Road. His plucky Tragic as is the lamented death chauffeur managed to wriggle from of P. C. Francis, his comrades un-

as my men opened fire." the grasp of the kidnappers and derstood that he expected to meet brave and treacherous. They are "They are great fighters-force, blew his police whistle.

his fate in Shanghai. It was dur-out to win every time, and if they Chinese constables on duty nearing the troublesome tires of Febru- can't win by straight courage Thibet Road and Burkill Road cor- ary that deceased, spoke to his ner responded the appeal for superior officer, saying that he felt. They will eat their native Assistance and the Chinese, seeing them, fled westward on Burkil Road. Several slipped off into alleyways, but two of them co tinued along Burkill Road. At the intersection of Burkill Road with Park Road (40 paces from the Carlton Theatre) the C.P.C. on point duty there shot one of them three times. He fell to the pave ment, was taken the Police Hospital, and died at 7.30 p.m, ou Saturday. In the fray a Chinese contable, No. 1923, was shot in the head; it is believed that his candi-

tion is not serious.

to

that he would be shot in China. The other tried to dissuade him of his evident premonition, but the unfortunate officer replied that he knew that his end was near."

PROVISIONAL COURT'S

TRIBUTE.

TRADITIONS OF THE S.M.P.

members of the Shanghai Muni- High praise was extended to the The kidnappers disappeared hut Keh and Mr. H. Bos, Benior cipal Police force by Judge Chief-Inapr. Aiers turned out all Consul's Deputy, at inquests on the available men, and a party of alty bodies of two armed kidnappers. rombed the antire neighbourhood. At the conclusion of the evidence,

A Wild Looking Spot.

the Judge said:--

enemies as a sort of religious rite. The dead man's strength passes in- to thea as they eat, they believe. "But they never eat a white

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TALLULAH BANKHEAD SETS A RECORD IN BRITISH FILMS.

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A contract

The highest fee ever paid to an actress in this country, stage or Bankhend following screen, will go to Miss Tallulah

which abe signed recently. The other parties to the contract are- Messrs. Ideal Films (Limited). Her salary is understood to be in the neighbourhood of £1000 n week. Miss Bankbread will replace Miss Gladys Cooper in the British film production, now in progress, of

His House in Order." When Miss Cooper withdrew, no scenes in which she was to appear had been shot." Sir Gerald-du Maurier also signalised his wish to retire from the cast at the same "For instance, the white man

time, and in his case also none of often builds his bunk high up rear his scenes had been taken, so that the roof of his house, so that the the inconvenience to the prodricing sleeps by thrusting a spear through warriors cannot kill him as company was leas to that extent.

ing a man like that? the wall. What is the use of cat-

man.

"They do not think he has enough courage to make it worth while he always goes about with gun and ems perpetually

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alarmed!

But they value the head of a and the head of a white woman white man-it gives some prestige is even raore valuable.

About 1.30 p.m., just an hour "The Court desires to express its after the original shooting, P. C. extreme satisfaction at the roummer Francis and P. C. Read got a trace | in, which the police have handled of the desperadoes. The former this case. The coolness, tact, and noted a drop of blood in n secluded courage of the officers concerned is spot and both of them began fur to be commended very highly." ther investigations.

Mr. Boa: This is the third The scene of the murder resembles time in one week that the Court a battlescarred field. The house has to place on record heroic action together with others, has been de on the part of our efficient police age serted for several years. The shut force. The Chinese constable al- ters were up. Facing on Kuling ready has been commended for Road the houses form a blank wall. shooting one of the robbers, but

The two officers followed the trafl unfortunately there has boun of blood through an alley, upon victim in P. C. Francis, who dis which are the rear exits of the played high courage and lived up houses. The officers chased their to the best traditions of the Shang man through the alleyway, in and hai Municipal Police. He died. out of the deserted houses, and ap while doing his duty and looking parently had cornered him in one after the pence and order of the of the buildings.

Settlement. Surely the foreign and Chinese community will mourn

A Mutiny,

The negotiations for the new stars,

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Bir Gerald's part will be taken by Mr. Ian Hunter, who has bounded into the very front rook They have a streak of the child in film ters both ne petor and in them,

star by his brilliant work in "The Some natives I was shippingRing," the boxing film. from the island mutinied, and took possession of the vessel. They had suddenly remembered that they 50 ably control the destinies of wanted to fight a reighbouring vil Ideal Films, will be widely con- gratulated upon their two cap harangued them for two tures, both from the artistic and hours in pidgin English, telling the box-office point of view. them that if they did not obey me they would be sent to prison for ten years, whereas if they did they work. An American organisation, Booking at ANDERSON'S. would be bene again within I think, wanted her for the screen rear. In the end they obeyed and version of The Green Hat." I breathed a sigh of relief. Other companies have wanted her,

"I have been in many strange too, places, but in none so einister as Miss Tallulah, Bankhead's bost the jungle of Maladta.

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Green THERAPION No. Hat. Fallen Angels," The THERAPION NO. 2 Gold Diggers," They Know What They Wanted," and now in "The Garden of Eden."

An impalpable air of menace

Several pieces of scantling were over the door, but the kidnapper his death. P. C. Read, who was hangs over it. I penetrated far and the officers, just behind him, recently commended, again has into it once. Every moment I had wormed their way under and round proved his courage. I am glad to the feeling that I was watched the bars. The Chinese probably know that he is recovering and hope that the tives were everywhere had 15 or 20 seconda start on the that his recovery will be fast and in the jungle. pursuers, and got to a place of full. G. P. C. 1897 deserves the And yet I never saw or board concealment on the motor lorry.highest commendation.",

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She is 20, and was born Alabama, the daughter of Senator W. B. Bankhead.

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