The Archive · 1928

MURDER OF RUSSIAN LADY On Monday in the French Mixed

Court, the cook, formerly in the employ, of Mr," 1. V. Arnoldo! editor of the Shanghai "'Zarya, eventually admitted murdering Miss Nina K. Borissof, Mr. Arnoldoft's cousin, lately arrived from Japan, a staying with the Jatte It will be remembered that ai Tuesday afternoon the deceased young Indy was found in the garden of Mr; Arnolds house, dead from Inficted by mount of razor, wich wounds in the throat, apparent!

was found broken near at hand.

Miss Boriesoff, whose parents are living at Sapporo, Japan, had arrived in" Shanghai only two months before, and it appears that, on Tuesiay, when she was left in the house by herself, Mrs. Arnoldoff having gone into the town, the accused cook attacked her with a razor, wounding, her on the arms and eventually cutting her throa' inflicting: a avcund from which death must have been practically instan= taneous, The accused, following his admission of the crime in the course of a three hour session of the Court was sentenced to death,

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