The Archive · 1924

Gang Suspected

A dating outrage took place in broad daylight on Thursday when an ex-affeer of the Cantonese army wa: assassinated in the Say Kong Alleyway, just off Amoy Road.

The deceased was found lying on the ground, blood oozing from mouth. A® his pulse was still beating he was quickly removed to the Shantung Road Hospital but on! arrival was found to be dead. A doctor's certificate stated that death as, caused by a belle: through the investigations made by the years that the deceased ive of Zaushing and goes: by name of Mow Sian-we. He was 'Fan' formerly an officer in the Cantonese: army and came to Shanghai with Chang Pah-chi, ex-Tuchun of Ché- Kiang.

Chang Pak-chi is at present at Ningpo and is believed to be one of the organizers of the Ningpo Independence Declaration.

The deceased is reported to have been with Chang when the autonomy movement was started. Tt seems that he was watching a funer-I procession which was passing in Amoy Road and that his assassin came up from behind and fired upon him. "Several persons have been found who heard the shot but none fof them admit having seen the as-sasin. There seems to have been

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