It is reported that his assassin, who was seized by Concession police shortly after the murder took place, had on his person pamphlets bearing the stamp of the Chinese Society for the Extermination of Traitors, and it is believed in some quarters that Pan's connection with the Japanese-run Ministry of Communications may have had something to do with the murder.
The victim is known to have been unpopular with subordinates in his office, and after an especially serious altercation with some of his em-lovees about two months ago, Pan dismissed one of the workmen in his office. Some three weeks after this occurrence, Pan was made the target of a packet of manure which struck him in the face while he was riding in the Settlement in his rickshaw. His assailant was arrested at the time by police and subsequently sentenced to three weeks in jail. Police are at present looking for this man, as he might be able to throw additional light upon the motives for the crime,
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