MURDER BY BANDITS
MISSIONARY IN CHINA. \ TWO YEARS IN CAPTIVITY. DESPITE FULFILLING DEMANDS. (United Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 8.30 a.m.) SHANGHAI, October 30. News . has been received from missionary sources that the Rev. Bert Nelson, who was captured by bandits in October, 1930, was murdered last August. Mr Nelson, an American missionary, was held by the bandits, despite fulfilment of demands for a heterogenous collection of material, including arms.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 53, Issue 17, 31 October 1932, Page 6
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