OFFICER ASSASSIN.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 235, 13 March 1915, Page 3

OFFICER ASSASSIN.

I'liENfeT DOCTOR SHi.iT KliOM BEHIND. T')e extraordinary brutality of the '.Tynans toßanls even military surgeons wlyj are, as Sulli and lion-coni-bati'i'ts, esp, r '< ially entitled !o respect, is instanced by th ( . u f ;m yi'my doctor who ha.- arrived at f hospital at JJe.'ek-Piagc. I!;, nam,. ;> M-.-i r, and J11: Wiii: in cliarg: 01 an near the eastern front er. i* The lyejji'li ti'oo{. : evacuated tin *o\vii. but M. ntayed, a s was hip d; ty. in chare,., ol the v '.mnded in bis ;'.ubiilance. '.'he Germans caine in. and '■•• officer of a company • ntcrcd i lie an:'- - lance.

"Who arc you'.'" he roared at the French surgeon. "An Anny surgeon/' iuk tY: reply. "Why »r,.\v.m weaving a revolve,-" was the (.'ermnn'.i next (|u--tioii. "Why. because it is tile regulation," answered the .Frenchman.

"<ihc it to me, you ha»t 110 right to 11 revolver," exclaimed fin <-,iptain. 1 lie French surgeon conipli'd with the command. "Ami now look at that window,'' ordered the (iermiin. pointing to a window behind the French,.•no's hack. In surprise, (lie surgeon oi.wcd. Instantly the German IcVcllcil the pistol and shot the French doctor thiongh the, head. The linllet vuicrcil under tie.' i'ight ear, and passed out through t!uright eye. The wounded man was pickeft up and taken to a hospital at Meiz. where he was later allowed to return to France, as a wounded 11011-cnmbatant prisoner of war. He has lost the sight of his right eye, and his face is terribly disfigure,] by paralysis.