Truly Criminal – The Murder of Eliza Shapera in the Shanghai Trenches, 1907 – Some pictures

Following on from yesterday’s post about my new true crime short story A Murder in the Shanghai Trenches, as there wasn’t any room for pictures in Truly Criminal, here are a few….if you want to know how these locations are relevant you’ll need to buy the book and read the true story of the murder of Eliza Shapera in Hongkew in 1907 I’m afraid….

The old Hongkew police station with water tower in the background…this building was replaced by a larger and more modern structure in 1930

Hongkew Park

The bridge across Soochow Creek to Kiangse Road – facing from north to south, i.e. towards Kiangse Road with its water tower (not the same tower as above obviously)

The North China Herald on ‘The Hongkew Tragedy’, September 27th, 1907

The Russian Consulate (with red roof) on the banks of the Whangpoo at junction with Soochow Creek and the Astor House Hotel behind (with green roof)

Siccawei Creek