A CEMENTED SOLDIER.
SHOOTS HIS CAPTAIN. [Press association — Copyright.] (Received Oct. 27, 0.5 a.m.) Sydney, Oct. 26. Eastern files report that Captain Pinto, commanding the artillery corps at Macao, was shot dead by a private in his company, while sitting in the guard room. ~ The is believed to be " of unsound mind. He deliberately marched into 'the room and shot the captain through the temple. A couple , of days before the tragedy Captain Pinto jokingly threatened to punish the murderer for interfering with flower beds.
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Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12680, 27 October 1909, Page 3
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85A CEMENTED SOLDIER. Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12680, 27 October 1909, Page 3
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