CHINESE RUNS AMOK.
%■: SENSATION IN QUEENSLAND. COUNTRYMEN" - BADLY HURT. Australian, and N.Z. Cable Association. , ' (Seed! 6.5 p.m.) ' BRISBANE. May 111 • A Chinaman :namedChong Foon, armed '■■' •', with ah axe in one hand- and a chopper , in the other, ran amok at • Innisfail, and : v ; murderously attacked three other China- ■'"■' men in a shop in Chinatown. Two of the •*■/ victims were fearfully injured and are not y/ expected to recover. -' h&i ' When Foon ran amok the police were informed, and two detectives dashed to • : the shop, which was like a;;shambles. £#; There was an excited crowd of several 1 hundred people outside. .. • . ; • Foon attacked 1 the police, displaying maniacal strength. There was a desperate ' . struggle, in the course of which one. of •the detectives was wounded in the arm with the chopper, before the Chinaman |>V' was over-powered. •■• ; ' .— \
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18706, 12 May 1924, Page 9
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