SOLDIER'S SUICIDE
AFFECTED BY REPRIMAND
SHANGHAI, April 37. Haying become affected .mentally 'ba* cans© he 'was reprimanded for a -minor delinquency on parade, Private T. Glover, -pf .the East Lancashire Regi« ment, which is portion of the Shang» hai Defence Force, flourished a rek volvcr .in a caateen' and thcu barricaded 'liiinself in ,a room. Whou 6toe'jackcted troops arrived to force th» door ho committed suicide. After ..Glover "ltna bpen iTprimauded he drew a pistol from tho stores, and went to tho canteen. Tlicro it was sought to doprivo "him -of 4foc wtt»j>on, anfl 'hft fed, wounding some of his wonld-be captors. The municipal police Hquad, Gqutppcft with special steel jackets, -were callaft t.» .«Striciite him, but f ouna '.that 4xlwver had -turned tho 'revolver >on limiett just before the door was -forced .down.
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 105, 6 May 1933, Page 13
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134SOLDIER'S SUICIDE Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 105, 6 May 1933, Page 13
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