TONKIN MURDERERS
PUBLIC EXECUTION. (Australian Press Association.) FREMANTLE, July 28.A Port Villa message states that six Tonkinese murdered a French planter and a Tonkinese . vyoman. The murderers were .. guillotined, in a public square, tetday in the presence of huudreds. oL spectafprs, comprising Brite ish, French: : Co-ffius were placed- alongside The;'.gufllotine. ; Each victiip, - twas :- led past• Ink,- coffin. • _ --- A FrencK MonkFgay© all the prison'and the condemned men never faltered.- " Their biobd-bespattei-ed lead coffins were carried past a mojbid crowd. The' executions' will have a tremendous moral effect on the native Chinese population.
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Hokitika Guardian, 29 July 1931, Page 6
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91TONKIN MURDERERS Hokitika Guardian, 29 July 1931, Page 6
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