BEATEN TO DEATH.
REVENGE ON NATIVE MURDERER. BODY THROWN INTO RIVER By Telegraph—Press Association- Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received May 1.4, 10.30 a.m.) CAPE TOWN, May 13. Advices from Lorenzo Marquez report that a sensational affair occurred at Rcssano Garcia, where Main Lore ira. head of the Portuguese Customs Department, was fatally stabbed by his native cook when he intervened in n violent quarrel between the cook and his fellow servants. Loreira was brought to Lorenzo. Marquez. where he died in the hospital. The residents of llessano Garcia were infuriated by the occurrence, and took the mativo rook fron- gaol and beat him to death. They then threw his body into the river.
Lorenzo Marquez is in Delagoa Bay Portuguese South Africa.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17349, 14 May 1924, Page 7
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