Wong Chih-zung, 40 year-old boat-tax collector of the "Reformed Government" in Huchow, Chekiang, was killed by a lone gunman at 9.20 a.m. in his room at the Wei Tsoong Hotel on Hankow Road.
The thug. it was learned, opened the door and asked: "Are you Wong?" Whereupon the victim, shaving in front of a mirror at the time, turned round, answered in the affirmative and fell to the floor, mortally injured by a shot in the head. The gunman decamped.
The whole tragedy occurred in a few seconds, and before Wong's room companion, whose identity could not be learned yesterday, was able to raise the alarm, the desperado had escaped.
Wong was married and lived in Huchow, having arrived here with the man who stayed in his room on March 17 at noon. He had been in the employ of the "Reformed Government" for some time.
No identification papers were said to have been found on the body of the killed man and his pockets only yielded a few tooth-picks of Japanese origin.
Another report has it that the victim was the head of the Shipping Control Bureau of the "Ta Tao" government in Shanghai and that his predecessor, Chen Fu-sen, was shot by terrorists on June 29, 1938, as he was riding along Vu Ya Ching Road a rickshaw.
A cartridge case was found on the scene and one report has it that a bullet lo found in the room, was although this could not be confirmed Ballistic experts at Police headquarters checked on the spent car-bridge case, whilst detectives both {rom headquarters and Louza police station were making further quiries
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