The Archive · 1925

Shocking Murder of

A CHINESE

Attacked by Blackmailers While at Dinner As a result of an origanized attack on a Chinese at 811 Hoopeh Road on Monday, the victim is at the Mortuary, while warrants have been issued for the arrest of several alleged assailants, The tenant of the Premises is in custody. It seems that a telephone message was received from the Shantung Road Hospital at Louza Station to the effect that a dying man had been admitted. When the police arrived he had succumbed to his wounds, administered by knives and axes, According to investigations" deceased went with nine of his friends to Hoopeh Road for dinner about nine o'clock Before 10 p.m. five of the company departed, A man came and demanded a loan of $200 from deceased, but it was ro-fused, whereupon seven or eight men entered and attacked him with their weapons and mortally wound ed him.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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