Kwan-ting, 31 years of age, an employee of the Shanghai City Government, was attacked by a mob in Lane 140, Sinza Road, which he had entered yesterday morning to watch the fight between Japanese marines and the Chinese "doomed battalion" across the Soochow Creek. He -was dragged away and lynched, dying on his way to hospital in an ambulance.
Mr. Zing, who was a returned student (Germany) and held a responsible technical post in the City Government administration, entered the lane with a friend, likewise a Chinese returned. student, shortly after 9 o'clock yesterday morning.
Both men wore foreign-style clothing with black shirts.
At the instigation of loafers in the large crowd of Chinese present, the two were questioned as to their nationality and although Mr. Zing produced his card he was set upon by the mob as a "spy." His companion managed to escape.
Mr. Zing was dragged to opposite 223 Sinza Road and fatally beaten with two wooden sticks. The police and an American marine in the vicinity could not reach him in time io save his life, the crowd being so dense. A Fire Brigade ambulance was summoned and the man was taken to Paulun Hospital He was dead on arrival.
In order to render an essential service to our patients in the S.V.C., S.M.P. and Shanghai Defence Force The O.C. is open to-day and will continue to serve as usual from 10 a.m.
—12 noon daily and as long as possible.
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