[100 years ago today] October 27, 1926 - Police posted at about 60 wealthy households after pistol murder of pawnshop owner in Sueun-dong; 2,000 workers at Sinheung Sujeon restless

1. On October 27, 1926, the Dong-A Ilbo prominently reported the killing of a pawnshop owner shot with a pistol in Sueun-dong, Jongno, and threatening letters sent to wealthy households.
2. Bonjeongseo stationed uniformed and plainclothes police at some sixty wealthy homes, while in Chebu-dong an armed man demanded funds for the independence movement and vanished after threatening residents.
3. At the Sinheung Sujeon construction site in Hamgyeong Province, about two thousand workers were reported to be restless in opposition to the introduction of Chinese laborers.

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