MYSTERIOUS ATTACK
A CHINAMAN SHOT AGENT OF MANCHUKUO ? PEKING, May 12. The police are investigating the sensational shooting, in a British-owned hotel, of a Chinese who has not been identified. Entering the' room of a Chinese guest, another Chinese fired two bullets into his body, and then escaped iv a waiting motor-car. ■ According to the Chinese Press, the victim, whose condition is very critical, was appointed by the Mancbukuo Government to the command of an army corps in the Peking-Tientsin area, presumably in anticipation of the changouver of t.he former .pity. It ia also declared that he received 1,000,000 dollars to use as bribes. The unknown assailant is now lauded as a. national hero.
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 119, 23 May 1933, Page 7
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114MYSTERIOUS ATTACK Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 119, 23 May 1933, Page 7
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