Shanghai, Aug. 19. (R. Holger Peter Krogh, Danish manager of the Canvassing Department of the Great Northern Telegraph Ca, Ltd.; was shot dead at 8.20 am. yesterday just as he was about to drive to his office from his residence at 91 Amherst Avenue. Employing no chauffeur, Mr. Krogh went to the garage, situated next to his residence, and backed out the car.
When he was about to switch into gear, two Chinese, one dress: sed in foreign clothes, approached him and through the window of the car tendered a slip of paper asking "Are you Mr. Krogh When Mr, Krogh answered he was, two shots rang out and he collapsed, mortally injured with one shot having grazed the right arm to enter the right side of the chest, while the other entered the left side of his chest.
Mr. Krogh died on his way to the Country Hospital in an emergency ambulance.
Following the murder, Mr.
R, W. Yorke, Assistant-Commissioner, S.M.P. who is personally in charge of investigations into the affair, ordered extraordinary precautions to be taken along all extra-Settlement roads and 500 members of the police force were on duty last night as against the usual 200, while armoured cars of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps patrolled the district and a large number of foreign police officers were stationed at strategic points armed with Thompson sub-machine-guns.
All alleyways leading into extra-Settlement Roads were barricaded off yesterday afternoon, Considerable tension prevailed in the entire district.
The shooting is all the more drama-ie as Mr. Krogh was to have left Shanghai on Thursday evening for Peitaiho to rejoin his wife and 12- year old son. He had to delay his departure however as the sailing of the steamer was postponed to last ight, Before leaving the house, Mr. Krogh who was in very good spirits at the time, told his boy that he would only be' home for tifin as he was leaving at 6 pin. He also paid the servants' salaries on Thursday afternoon and was looking forward to Join his wite and son.
Mz. R. W. Yorke, Assistant Commissioner of the Shanghai Municipal Police personally took over investigations into the case, while the Danish Consul-General, Mr, Pow Scheel, was immediately informed and arrived at the Krogh residence shortly before 10 am, Although police investigations are not yet concluded, it appears. that the two gunmen arrived in front of the lane in which Mr, Krogh's home situated, somewhat before 8.15 a.m. ina moter-car which could not be very popular not only with other employees of his company but also with all those who had occasion to come Into contact with him during the past eleven years.
Mr. Krogh was the commanding officer of A" Company,.V.C, hold-ting the rank of 'Captain and was a popular "member of the Cercle, Sportif Francais, the Shanghai Club' and the Danish Tennis Club, No funeral arrangements have been made pending the receipt of instruc. tions from the widow. was against the eventuality of general shoot-up between" the police and criminals that special precautionary measures had_ been taken on August 15 when two C.P.C's were critically injured. "Accordingly more extensive precautions were taken in the Western District last night.
The British military authorities, on being informed of yesterday's killing, were reported to have taken special precautions in their sector. This re-ort could not be confirmed.
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