Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-05-05
Mob Fired On
Al Rhee Home,
Are Hurt
Demonstration Set
OFF by Death Of
Political Rival

SEOUL, May S (R.-Police
fired on demonstrators outside
President Syngman Rhee's home
late today as a screaming mob
broke through a barricade.
An eyewitness said is persons
were nurt.
The crowd broke through a
road block about 200 yards in
front of the main gate in Mr..
Rhee's home. The demonstra-
tors were marching from the
Seoul railway station where they
had met the body of P. H. Shin
icky, presidential candidate who
died earlier today.
Mr. Shinicky, 81, was stricken
with cerebral hemorrhage dur
ing a campaign trip to unseat
Mr.. Rhee in the May Is cleo
lions.
A crowd of 10000 supporters
waited through a downpour at
the Seoul station for the train
bringing Mr.. Shinicky's body
back to the capital. AS the train
chugged in, they smashed win
dows of the station and crowded
past guards onto the platform.
They joined in singing the Ko-
rean national anth e m, then
surged out into the streets in a
march on the Rhee mansion. The
shouting crowd broke through
the roadblock. Then gunfire
cracked.
First Shots in Dispute
Police said they fired into the
air. Eyewitnesses said the po-
lice fired directly into the DEM
onstrators. A police spokesman
said the crowd fired first, using
weapons seized from a sentry
box. He said two or more police
were wounded.
Two truckloads of military po-
lice arrived and the demonstra-
tors fled. Police swarmed through
nearby houses and arrested more
than 100 persons, including some
women.
Mr.. Shinicky's death left the
political field to Mr.. Rhee and
Moscow trained Cho Bong Am,
who renowned communism in
1916. served briefly in a RheeI
cabinet. and was chosen to head
the ticket of the newly organ
lied Progressive Party.
Mr.. Shinicky was the candi-
date of the Democratic Party,
second in strength only to Mr..
Rhee's Liberal Party. A gov
eminent source said the party
could not enter a new candidate
because the deadline for qualify
ing is past.
Stricken Aboard Train
Mr.. Shinicky was stricken
aboard a train carrying him to
Fri, 125 miles south of Seoul.
He was taken to the Iri hospital
where he died.
The body was brought back
to Seoul by train. AS the crowd
of 10000 waited at the station
they chanted, I'VE can't live.
let's change" repeating over
and over again the Democratic
Party slogan.
Party chiefs led the crowd in
singing the national anthem in
a maneuver aimed at keeping
the mourners out of the funeral
coach.
Like Mr.. Rhee, Mr.. Shinicky
was a longtime fighter for Ko-
rean independence. He lived Is
years in exile in China until
the defeat of Japan in World
War II ended Japanese rule of
MS homeland.
A gray-haired man who al
ways had a Chinese proverb at
the tip of his tongue, he was
rated the only opponent capable
of drawing a substantial vote
against Mr.. Rhee.
He drew a crowd estimated
at from 10000 to 100000 to a
political rally at Seoul Thurs
day.
Due to Slow Campaign
Many Korean observers ex-
pected Mr.. Shinicky to lead Mr..
Rhee in the ballotting in the
major cities of South Korea,
with Mr.. Rhee piling up a heavy
lead in the country.
Observers agreed Mr.. Shin
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