CHINESE BATTLE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 3108, 29 December 1921, Page 2

CHINESE BATTLE.

SITIUV HILLS FILM AS. TWO MFX STABBKD. SVDXKY, Xov. 17. A fight took place between three China men in an upstairs front bedroom of ; squat little, building in a terrace in Black burn street. .Surrey Hills, last night. Twt of the men sustained slid) wounds, and om of them -Ah Duck—received such seven injuries, that his living depositions were taken after he had been treated at the Sydney Hospital. Detectives Mcknight and Dein visited the scene of the fracas this morning. A i trail of blood leading from the roadway u. the front doorstep was the first grim evidence of what had occurred lust night. On opening the door they found tin place in a state of chaos. Chairs anc tables had been overturned, and the furni-ture-somewhat dilapidated —was lying about the floor in a wrecked condition. Blood bespattered the walls and the Hours, and up the stairs the drops tell how fiercely the combat must have been waged. When the police arrived oil the seem last night. Ah Duck was lying on the Hoot in a semi-conscious condition, surroimdee by a pool of blood. lie was bleeding copiously from several nasty gashes on tin hack, and one on Ilie neck. Bin Sow was also lying on I lie floor covered in blood. He had been stabbed on the left arm. fwo young white women were in the house, and one of them claimed to be the wife of Sin Sow. Constable I .mid was first, on the scene lie was on beat duty when he was attracted 10 (lie scene by a crowd ol ( hmainen wildly gesticulating in the street in front of the house, lie quickly grasped the position, and at once went tor assistance. dhe night patrol and the Civil Ambulance was called and Ah Duck and Sin Sow* were taken to the hospital. The two women were taken to the Centra 1 Police Station, where they were charged with vagrancy. KXIVF.S MISSI.XC. Drs. Cunningham and l.ogan attended to the injured men at the hospital. Ah Duck was in a serious condition. The wounds in his hank were so serious that it was found, necessary to insert six stitches in each of the wounds. The wound in the neck was also stitched. Sin. Sows wounds were not so serious, although he had lost a good amount of blood and was in consequence m a weak condition. Alter Ids wound in the arm had been treated he was taken to the Central Police Station and placed in custody with the two women. remarkable phase of the a (fair is that (he online have, been unable .to liml the knife or knives with which the wounds wi-re indicted. The house was thoroughly searched, but the only articles which Inr nislied 11ie police with any clues were a number of pipes. From I Ins the police are inclined to the belief that ihe person or persons who aelnt ally did the slabbing escaped taking the knives with them. TI’OCBLK DVKK CHH.S. There is no doubt that, a fend has existed between the Chinese in the house and other Chinamen, for from what Detective Mcknight has learned the trouble arose over one of the while girls. Ah Koo was the tenant of the house and with him lived Ah Duck. Bin Bow is a resident of Willoughby. A fourth Chinaman—Lee War. whom the police allege was on Ihe premises —also lives at Willoughby. From the incoherent accounts which the police have obtained from Chinamen - in the vicinity ol the slabbing they believe that an argument look place between the four men. knives were freely used between Let 1 War and Ah Duck. In the mix-up which followed knives were hurled in till directions. The actual cause, of the all ray is at present a. matter ol conjecture, for the police have exhaustive inquiries to make. 1 hey have met with strong resistance from , all the, parties concerned so tar, and are 1 unaware who actually did the stabbing.