The Archive · 1911

An Officer Shot

The most noteworthy incident since the hoisting of the rerolationary flag has been the execution of one of the officers "f the forts, Ho by name, Under the Imperi joined the revolutionaries, he wont with them. For some time prior to his death be had attended by Dr. Christiansen, the tid be is understood to have tid the tine medical officer, for his eyes,

Intter that his arrest was imminent. This indeed happened, and, as he was interested in his pa He was inform-officer was accared of squeezing," in fact that be bad sppropriated to his own use a sum of $300 out of $600 which he bad received to pay the soldiers. As the man bad always been friendly towards Eh his arrival there he found that the unfortunate officer had already been shot, and his dead body was seen lying outside the city wall.

The story of so severe " penalty for was what the revolationout, bat at Woosang two ants are current which paint wes ecspected of being an Imperiali accordingly paid the penalty with his life. The second is more gruesome. Tt was said that the officer bad i the old dayn been anpopclar with his mop, and

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