SHOT BY CHINESE.
° DEATH OF THE VICTIM. 1 . BRITISH OFFICIAL'S FATE. 3 . (Received November 13, 8.53 p.m.) j PEKING, Nov. 12. Mr. Lennox. Simpson, senior Commissioner for the Chinese Customs, who was shot by Chinese some weeks ago, died to- , dav in tlie Tientsin Hospital. 1 j • > Mr. Lennox Simpson, a British journali ist, who took over the Customs Department at Tientsin, ousting (lie Nationalist nominees, after General Yen Hsi-shan's i Northern coup d'etat, was dangerously > wounded as a result of an attempt on his i life in his own homo on October 2. Three unknown Chinese fired shots at Mr. Simpson, afterwards escaping in o rnotor-car. The crime created a stir in official circles. |
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20721, 14 November 1930, Page 11
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