Show 4 KILLED BY I CHINESE BOMB I Assassin Hurls Explosive I Assassin Among Party At I II IB B Banquet t I HONG I KONG O G June A 20 20 M The death list resulting from the attempt of ot an unknown Chinese to assassinate Governor General Merlin of trench French Indo China at a banquet In Canton last night no novt noT standS stands at four tour H G 0 Germ a silk I merchant died today of Injuries received when hen the bomb exploded It has hns developed that the gov gov- governor gov- gov governor governor general probably owes his life to the tact fact that tha the would would-be would assassin mistook Gerin for tor him Just as the soup was being served ed d the the Chinese who was as armed appeared and flung a 0 ablack ablack black hand bag containing the ex- ex ex explosive plosive c at the end of the table where Gerin was In a moment the dining room had been reduced to a shambles with bodies and wounded persons on the floor or In the cases of one ono of ot the dead still seated at the table Doctor Casablanca acting French consul had his left arm torn oft off Two or three Chinese waiters were struck In the head by flying frag trag- fragments fragments I ments of or the bomb Alarmed by the explosion ad and I the cries of tyre the sun survivors ivors Ameri AmerI- AmerIcan American American can sailors from the gunboat Pam Pam- Pam panga panga and British sailors and real resi residents dents turned out Immediately and hurried to the scene the first contingents con con- con contingents arriving In time to chase the bomber toward to the river He tired several shots at his pursuers bet before ore plunging into the stream where here all trace of ot him was lost |