Members of the Settlement and French police forces "shot it out" with a would-be assassin yesterday morning at the crowded intersection of Avenue Foch and Weihaiwei Road. The criminal was brought down by Sub-Inspector H. Brether-ton, of Bubbling Well Police Static two Chinese pedestrians were killed and two wounded in the cross firing. Upwards of forty shots were fired altogether. The target of the sin, Kuh Sz-tsung, a badian, cial and former member of the Bu-roan of Public Safety under the Kuomintang, escaped without a scratch.
Kuh had just left his residence, House 4-A, Lane 913 Avenue Foch, in the French Concession, at 9.50 o'clock and was walking towards a bus stop, when he saw a Chinese with a Mauser pistol making for him. Being an official of the new regime, he knew at once what was up and started to run along Avenue Foch, He was fired at twice but he managed to reach safety inside a Chinese bank a short distance west of Lane 913.
The would-be assassin darted across Avenue Foch, intending to escape into the Settlement, At the bus stop on the noth side of Avenue Foch, however, he ran into a Settlement Police motorcycle patrol consisting of Sub-Inspector Brotherton and Sergeant A. E, Cornwell, who challenged the man. The gunman failed to stop and opened fire on the two policemen, They waited until he was clear of the crowded bus stop before they returned fire. Simultaneously, two Chinese constables of the French Police started shooting from across Avenue Foch.
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