General Wang's assonant, who had not been arrested at the time of writing, is believed to be a young man who has been staylag at the-¥ih Ping-Shang Hotel for about a week. He registered hiwself in the hotel books as "Mr. Ho, medicine merchant, of Szechuan," and occupied room No. 37. Lhe probabuaty 1s that this room was specially selected, since it afforded an easy means of watching the entrance and exit of visitors to tne hotel and, so far as the firing was convterned, gave the. assassin practically point blank. range. The shots. were fired through an open window, and five. empty- cartridge cases were afterwards found on the floor ofthe room. In: the excitement' following. the attack; "Mr. Ho" disappeared. from. the hotel. Apart from the description. Of. him which has been given to.the-police, the man is "unknown."
The unknown man who committed the: crime seems to-have vanished instantly from the-hotel. A police watchman on duty there is said to have- gone to: the room: immed-jatoly after the shots were fired, only to find-it empty. "The doors were closely guarded, but the murderer was not to' be-found; in spite ofa: close' search. Is. not this amazing?—thus: the "Sinwan-
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