Believed -to Have Been Assailant of Japanese "This shooting was definitely not of a political nature," said a very senior official of the Settlement police, when questioned by the "North-China Daily News" yesterday afternoon, with regard to the motives behind the shooting which took place in front of the Kwan Sen Yuan Cantonese restaurant, on Nanking Road near Fokien Road on Sunday afternoon, when three Japanese, one of them a woman, were injured by an unidensifed gunman who shot through the windows of the taxi in which the Police officials questioned last night, said that they could find no indication to the effect that the deceased had in any way been connected with the "Reformed Government" or any other political fection. Ever since he had retired from busi ness life, a few years ago, Marquis Li had become a fervent Buddhist and had devoted his whole life to this religion, never even leaving his home except on a number of regular weekly visits to temples.
No ifformztion was available last night as to whether the assassin's weapon had any previous criminal history but it was definitely established that the weapon used was a 32 calibre automatic pistol.
Rumours current last night, to the effect that Marquis Li was connected with gambling enterprises in "the Western district, were denied by close friends of the deceased as well as police officers in charge of the case who, it appeared last /night. seemed to have definitely established that Marquis Li was never connected either with the "Ta Tao" Government or any gambling enterprise in the Western District.
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