'The assassin and his companions dashed out of the school and fled. It was later reported, to the police that all' of them were carrying pistols. It is believed, however, that only the leader fired at Mr. "Woo. The order men, it was reported were dressed in Chinese clothes. The gang escaped on foot.
The victim of the attack was quickly placed in a Fire Brigade am-Dulance and taken to the Shanghai Sanitarium and Clinle in Bubbling Well Road. There he expired at about 11.20 am, less than three hours afler the shooting.
Mr, Woo's assassination is the sec-fond Chinese political murder to 1-8 place in the International Settlement within a few days. Last Wednesday Mr. Chu Shing-kung, columnist and sub-editor of the "Ta'Mel Wan Pao," was shot and killed in North Honan Road, This murder was ascribed to 8 terrorist organization favouring the Wang Ching-wel faction. The assassin was captured while he was running from the scene of the crime.
The late Mr. Woo leaves a widow and son here, 'The Mantis, while not boasting of such an active career as the Cricket has, nevertheless, done her bit in the service of the British Navy. She was Taunched on September 14, 1915, and completed in November, 1915. Upon being commissioned the' frst tation duty: for the Mantis was the River
years the gunboat remained on this n Mesopotamia. For three returning to Chatham, in in 1910. On February 24, 1917, the Mantis landed a party of Dluejackets at Kut El Amara, Arab town on the banks of the Tigris, to hoist the Union Jack.
From July to September, 1919, the Mantis was engaged in operations in the "White Sea. She returned (0 England in the totter part of 1919
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