AN OFFICER MURDERED.
THE OI'TCOMK OK A .HKVI.AK REMARK. By Cable.—Press Association.—copyright Received 27. 12..-> u,m. .Sydney, Last Night. Eastern tiles report thai Captain Pinto, commanding an artillery corps at Macao (a Portuguese settlement on the soutli const of Chinii), was shot dead by a private of his company while silting in the guardroom. The murderer, wiio is believed to b" of unsound mind, deliberately marched lo the room ami shot the captain through the temple. A couple of days before the tragedy Captain Pinto jokingly threatened to punish the murderer for interfering with some Hower beds.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 224, 27 October 1909, Page 2
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97AN OFFICER MURDERED. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 224, 27 October 1909, Page 2
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