The Archive · 1939

Japanese Foreman Shot By Colleague

Shanghai, July 8, Shot in the abdomen, by a bullet said to have been accidentally ted from a pistol being cleaned Mosamitsu Okubo, a Japanese over seer of Chinese labour employed bythe reconstruction hrm operated by the Sino-Japanese 'Shanghai Real" Estate Company, Masaharu. Harada, another overseer, was fatally wounded in Kiangwan on uly 6, the "Shanghai Mainichi" re~ ported' yesterday.

Mr. Harada died at the Foo Min Hospital, North Szechuen Road, soon after admission, the paper added, Me. Okubo iv being detained by the police for examination The tragedy occurred in a locker roo of the Hun Kung Kungsst. workshop on Chungsheng Road, Mr. Okubo, the paper reported, was cleaning his browning pistol_when shot went off, wounding Mr, Harada Tapanese overseers of Chinese labour were permitted to carry arms after a recent attack upon a Chinese three Chinese labourers alleged anti-Japanese the agitators, newspaper said.

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