The Archive · 1937

Soldier Runs Wild with Chopper

Coolie Wounded Slightly in Louza Affray Shanghai, Oct. 10.

Private J. W. Wilkinson, of the: Loyal Regiment, was in military custody yesterday as a result slightly with a food chopper.

The affair transpired at 10 p.m, Friday near the intersection of Cai ton and Hoopeh Roads, in the Louza district, The soldier," who was exuberant mood, obtained a chopper from a food hawker and started. to make passes with it at Chinese pedes-wins. Asa result, a coolie's right hand was cut and Wilkinson himself sustained wounds of the fingers. He was disarmed by police and taken to the General Hospital for treatment and was later handed over to the British Military Police, The wounded coolie was sent to the: Lester Chinese Hospital.

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