The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-03
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sued by Japanese cavalrymen who had broken from the line of march, and International Settlement police, It was Q Chinese policeman who killed him.
 A Chinese fired Q rifle from Q building, and, Q few seconds later, on the tower of the British and American Tobacco company build- ing, another Chinese shouted Long live the Kuomintang" and hurled himself to death in the street be- low.
 Immediately after the grenade was thrown, T. E. Maitland, . Bri- tish lawyer, was beaten by Jap- aneSe civilians and arrested by the Japanese soldiers. It was said that he had seized Q Rising Sun flag from one of the civilians and stomped on 1t. Maitland later were released.
 An American, "Pop" Murphy, former member of the navy, was beaten by Japanese soldiers.
 Both Maitland and Murphy were said to have fought back when bit. After the Japanese had withdrawn from the U. s. defense sector, the marines issued thts official com munique;
 Tt appeared that the Japanese were unaware of the exact location of the American defense boundaries and their encroachment was tn- advertent and not deliberate. When informed by Colonel Prince and Captain Boone, the Japanese rec moved back east of the Yuyaching road and removed the barbed wire and opened the tied up traffic into the American sector"
 George c. Bruce of Milford, Massr publisher of the Shanghai Evening Post and Mercury, said:
 "The exact tine was l2;46 when tho hand grenade was thrown from Kwangsi road on the southside Of Nanking road. It landed in Nan- king road three feet from the north- west corner of the intersection.
 Japanese On Move
 "The Japanese formed reconnoit. ering patrols and moved down the north side of Kwangsi road, They also tried to enter buildings on both sides, including the Sun-sun department store.
 Five minutes after the grenade was thrown a rifle shot was fired from the fifth floor window Of Sun. Suns on the Kwangsi side.
 T saw three Japanese soldiers struck by fragments and stumble haltingly, There was . burst Of blue.biack smoke, The parade broke for c distance of 100 yards.
 "Wor Q moment everything was quiet, Then the Japanese soldiers began scattering on both sides oi the street. Everything was In no- ton.
 "One of tho Japanese soldiers was wounded in the right leg, be- tween the knee and ankle. He stumbled and almost fell but was carried across Nanking road into Kinwoka alley and placed In 0 foreigners car"
 Earlier Lawrence c. Paulson, gen. oral manager of tho Twentieth Cen. tury Fox News Reel Distributing firm, was mauled and pushed back as lao attempted to cross the par. ado route in order to obtain pic. lures.
 Japanese Retreat
 Settlement police reported that tho Japanese rotreated from the posi-. tons they occupied south of 500. chow Greek. They asked the police for oil available trucks to transport the troops back to their original positions.
 The authorities also were negotiate ing with Japanese authorities for the release of hundreds of shoppers who were caught In the display win. dow of the Sun-Sun and other de- partment stores during the rioting. They had been held virtual prlson- CTS for several hours.