The Archive · 1940

Attacked by Thugs

Shanghai. Mar. 13.

Lu Jens ar, Wang Ching-wel's vorthodo: Kuomintang, was seriously injured shortly after 730 am, yesterday, when at undetermined number gangsters foreed their way into his! bedroom at House 2, Lane 316, Rue stingoed with their wietim and finally produced axes with which wey hit Lu on the head twice, eau: Inga serious loss of blood, Lu's wife, ened by the noise, rushed to the assistance of her husband with' the result that she too was injured, occurred and summot informing, the police, ymbuikinee 1 convey them to hospital, the couple proceeded to the Chinese' Red Cross Hospital, Avenue aig, where they were treated, French Concession detectives were informed of the attempted murder two hours later and when they rived at the hospital, Lu said that he had never seen his assailants before. Me was at a loss to account for the motive of the murder Later in the day, quest of the mi his wife Foo Min Hospital, Hongkew, where understood' tobe in" a very. orions condition, due tg the excess Hive loss of blood, Mrs, T's inj serious, only is not considered

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