Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-11-10 | Page 1 | Chinese Governor Shot by Assassin

CHINESE GOVERNOR SHOT BY ASSASSIN Admiral Tseng Jn Cheng of Shanghai Is Killed While Motoring to Reception. SHANGHAI, Nov. 1 0. A d m ira Tseng-Ju Cheng, governor of the Shanghai Shang-hai district, was nsFHssinated today. II i s secretary, who vraa with him at the time, was seriously wouiiflcfi. Tseng .In Theng, who was a member of the Monarchist party, with his private pri-vate secretary, was motoring to the Japa nese consulate to attend the coronation coro-nation reception, when at the Garden bridge twro revolutionaries fired eighteen eight-een shots at them from automatic, pistols. pis-tols. Tseng Ju ('hentr was immediately taken to a hospital, but died shortly afterwards. Tseng Ju Cheng wrh formerly commander com-mander of the Chinese navy and during the revolution in 1013 was active against the revolution. An unsuccessful attempt to assassinate assassi-nate the admiral by means of a bomb was made last August. The admiral was not injured, but his! rickshaw coolie was seriously hurt.