The Archive · 1934

Slain: Wife and Another Seriously Wounded

Friend, and Chauffeur

Three were shot dead, two serious ly. wounded, and one miraculously exeaped death in a dastardly outrage perpetrated by a gang of gunmen in vill about 3pm. yester were Mr. Sze. Liang.

Publisher of the "Shun Pao, the largest Chinese daily papers. in the country; Mr Teng Tsu-hsing. aged 23, his son's classmate: and his chauffeur. The wounded were Mrs. 'Sze Liang-2ai, and' Miss Chow San, their niece.

Twenty Shots Miss Mark Sis, bs eile tae at chase EST abe tae mae The party of six left in a private motor car for Shanghai at about 1 pam. from Hangchow, where Mr. Sze Jand his family had been enjoying a holiday in their beautiful villa for the past month. While the three were shot dead in cold blood, Mr. Sze's son, ¥ong-keng, and his mother, fled from the More than twenty shots were fired at the young man by the bandits, but none struck him." His mother, who fell to the ground when getting out of the car, cut her forehead and is also suffering from severe shock. She was left on the ground unmolested.

The news of the triple murder was first conveyed to Gen. Wu Te-chen, Mayor of Greater Shanghai, by the Hangchow authorities" yesterday evening. Up to an early hour this. morning the identity Jof the gunmen and the motive for the shooting were still unknown. In view of their readiness in taking Mr. Sue's life, the men are not believed to be kidnappers

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