Kaifeng, Apr. 21.
Gen, Tsui Pang-chieh, former commandant of the 38th' division, was shot outside of the west. gate here on April 18. The charge against him was that he had assassinated Gen. Peng Chi-pao, former chief of staff to Gen. Liu Chih, chairman of the province, at the end of 1031, When fifteen years of age, Gen. Tsui joined the army. Hr was promoted to brigade commander under Gen. Sun Tienying in 1928. After the collapse of the Feng Vu-hsiang and Yen Hsi-shan coalition in 1990, he was promoted the commandant of the 35th division by the Central Government. Acting on Gen. Peng's suggestion, Gen. Liu Chih made him resign from the command and appointed him the vice head of the Pao-an Army of the province. For this reason he hated Gen. Peng. By means of an invitation he got Gen, Peng into his own house and shot him. 'Then he escaped and lived in the small' village of Sangeut Hsien in the deep mountains Shensi, In order to collect a debt from some former friends he returned privately to his native town, Paofeng, in Western Honan. His debtors reported his return to the military authorities, and he was then arrested and brought here the beginning of April.
On April 18, he was taken out of prison and shot outside the west-ate. Before being being executed he knelt and bowed three times towards his native town in Western "Honan where his mother lives, As the frst shot did not hit him, he reproached the executioner and asked him to shoot him in the head. After the third shot, he was dead.
An oficial announcement said that Gen. Tsul was just 36 years old, and during the past few years, he had alned Manchoukuo in creating disturbances in Northern China, and Joined Gen. Liu Kuei-tang to disturb Western Honan. Before joining the Central Government troops, the an-ouncement continued, he had been a bandit leader for several years, Gen, Peng was the right hand man of Gen. lu Chih, and had been of great assistance tothe latter. In memory of Gen. Peng, he built a arbour behind Lungting in the northern art of the city. On the very day, April 18, when Gen, Tsui was executed the opening ceremony of the new arbour was performed, and all atlendanee, high officials in the city were in
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