Ganton, Oct. 15.
An attempt on the life of the famous Cantonese actor, Chien Li was made last night at mid night when a bomb was hurled at a group of actors in the Honan Theatre, Chien escaped unhurt, but a fellow actor was killed and' another wounded, while three workmen were hurt.
'Before making his escape the as-sasin, cooly risking arrest, left a card near the body of the dead in which' he gave his name as wei and stated that he intended to kill Chien Li-chu and the more im: portant actors in the troupe.
Chien-wei had previously written to the actors demanding a sum of $3,000, but this was not paid—
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