MURDER OF AN OFFICER.
' 'AT MACAO. ". ; (By' Telcrraph.-Pross' Association.-OopyrlEflt.)' CGec. October 27; 0,5 a.m.) ■__' -.".• : : Sydney, October 26. . Eastern files report the murder, of, o Portuguese officer at Macao, an island at the mouth of the Canton River, , Chiha, and a Portuguese dependency. . '-. ,' ' , '■■'■; ■'■'■ ■' ■:. . ' Captain Pinto, commanding 'an artillery corps at Macao, was shot dead by a'private of his company while sitting in the'guard-room.: The murderer, who is believed 'to,'be of unsound midn, deliberately marched' to- the room and shot the captain through, the temple.A couple' of, days before the tragedy, Captain Pinto had jokingly threatened to punish the murderer for interfering 'With his flower beds. .'. : ...,\ .' ■ ;■'. ■■•. ...-.■■;■
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 648, 27 October 1909, Page 7
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104MURDER OF AN OFFICER. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 648, 27 October 1909, Page 7
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