MURDER AND ROBBERY
CHINESE PIRATES ACTIVE. (United Press Assn.-—By Telegraph—Copyright.) Shanghai, May 30. In consequence of a murderous attack by pirates on the Shanghai waterfront, John Harder and James Irvine were critically wounded while a Chinese clerk was killed and two others were dangerously wounded. Harder and Irvine, who are foreign members of the Whanghoo Conservacy Board, were engaged in issuing wages from a small launch when another launch, containing seven armed men steamed alongside. The pirates opened fire and escaped with 27,000 dollars. Two British soldiers have volunteered blood transfusion in the hope of saving the victims. A later message states that John Harder, one of the piracy victims, is dead, '
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Southland Times, Issue 21098, 2 June 1930, Page 7
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112MURDER AND ROBBERY Southland Times, Issue 21098, 2 June 1930, Page 7
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