The Archive · 1937

Cut Two Ladies

An excited party of six Chinese and foreign motorists drove into Shanghai on Feb. 28 in a powerful car showing a number of bullet holes. SUI "alarmed over. their nate escape and indignant that people driving on the Minghong highway should be subject to such dangers they told a representative of the "North-China Daily News" of how, while driving back from Hangchow, they had been motioned to stop by the yells and waving arms of three men standing on a little bridge two miles from the city limits at' about 740 pam. When they had come almost to standstill, the men on the bridge began shooting from point blank. range, three shots tearing, through the ear, The driver stepped fon the accelerator and all ducked ax they sped rapidly away with shots crackling behind them.

They did not escape wholly with: out injury, however, for splinters of glass from the pierced windshield flew into the faces of Mrs. ¥. H. Woo and Miss Helen Tsang who were sit" ting in the front seat with Mr.

Woo who was driving, The two Indies were shocked and bewildered as blood poured from the cuts on their faces, for they did not know at first whether or not they had been shot.

The party consisted of Mr. William Golding, the owner of the car, Mr. and Mrs, ¥, H, Woo, Miss Helen Tsang, Mrs. L. Tehebeli and Mr. L. Ripkin. Miss "Helen Tsang is. the daughter of Mr, Chang Chiang-kiang, veteran Kuomintany leader.

The party drove as rapidly fo St. Mary's Hospital cuts were treated, and then to the Route de Soy Zoong Police Station to report the matter,

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