Shanghai, Aug. 4.
Shanghai, recently compared - to Chicago in' the heyday of gangster~ dom, witnessed another bloody. crime yesterday afternoon as two Chinese numen entered a Chinese lawyer's fofiee at 140 pin. and opened fir, wounding the Jawyer and Killing other Chinese, who was in the office atthe time, The crime took place on the ground floor of 7 Loong Chih Li off Nort Chekiang Road, occupied by Liang Poh-hwa, The lawyer was sitting on the sofa, chatting with Cheng Tien tze, a photographer, when the two armed men entered the office and opened fire.
Three shots were fired at Liang, wounding him in the face. Cheng allempted to escape, but he was shot Several times in the abdomen. and fell, mortally wounded. taken to the Shanghai Refugee Re-Hef Association Hospital in North Tibet Road, but Cheng died en the way there.
The gunmen, taking advantage of the disorder created, managed to make good their escape, No cause for the crime could be obtained yesterday, although it was presumed to have been done for revenge.
News of the assassination was received as a shock by the Russian community here and the Russian Afternoon papers gave considerable prominence' to the affair.
The late Mr, Metzler was one of the most. prominent organizers of Toeal Russian charities and served on numerous Russian social and other committees. He is survived widow who left Shanghai recently for a holiday in Japan, where Me. Mezt-Ter was to have joined her shortly.
The deceased was born in Samaria, Russia, on September 5, 1886 aid was] educated at the University of Petro rad. He was no mean Tiguist-and spoke English, French, German and Chinese Muentiy. He lett the university in May, 1911, and Joined the service of the Russian Ministry of
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