The desperado kept shooting up to the time he was felled by Sub-Inspector Brotherton s bullet. The Mauser was in his hand, smoking, as he slumped to the footpath. The weapon will be examined by ballistics experts to determine if it has a criminal history in Shanghai, Although, beyond doubt, the gunman was out to "get" Kuh Sz-tsung, it could not be definitely ascertained yesterday if the motive for the attack was political or whether a quarrel between badlands factions was at the bottom of the affair.
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