Harbin, Oct. 12. (Delayed by Genser)
The ruthless murder by kidnappers of Mrs, Florence Helen Wood ruff, 37 years old, wife of Cyril Thomas Woodruff, bookkeeper of the British Ameri an' Tobacco Company here, has shocked the, town. 7 The followed, Although earlier—mes-rages stated that three bandits were [lows. ull story of the murder is as fol-
Involved, it is now stated that fous were concerned and that two of them were killed by the Chinese police, txhile the other two escaped.
Mrs. Woodraft is stated to have been shot dead while fighting with her life to prevent the abduction of her children, all terrified wit Messes of their mother's death.
Mrs. Woodraft ws companying her two children, Sheila Margaret, four years old, and Audrey Mary, seven years old, to school this morn: ing.
the car with them were Violet Milare Balmain Napier, the 10 year-old daughter of Mr. Walter the report that one of Mrs, Woodruff's murderers was lynched, but according to Harbin reports the chief of the Manchukuo police called on the British Consul, Mr C. Fy Garstin, and stated that one of the murderers had been arrested. He expressed the deepest regret at the outrage -—Reuter.
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