Pro - Japanese Official Four men are now in hospital as a result of an attempted assassination] n the Sun Sun building late last night by four armed men who, at the time of going to press, were still at large, despite a speedy turn-out from Louza Police Station. Three of the men are servants of a high official off a pro-Japanese Chinese association, the third unfortunately happened to be in the room at the time, It is believed that the attack was carried out by members of the same gang that tried to assassinate Mr. Vu Chueh-sen, cotton broker and member of the Shanghai Chinese Civic Association, on the Bund at about noon on June 10.
Tea Was B y Brought In Three of Mr. Yu's servants hat rented Room 407, Oriental Hotel the Sun Sun building) yesterday ey ning. Just about 11 p.m, the tea-zay entered the room, presumably in answer to the ringing of the roumbell What exactly happened next could not be clearly ascertained irom the wounded men last night, but it appears that four or more men entered the room a few minutes later and, pulling out their pistols, blazed away.
The. night-shift from Louza Police Station, just a few yards down the road, was just coming on duty, and every available foreign and Chinese police officer rushed to the scene Mr. Yu's three servants and the hotel tea-boy were found bleeding profusely from several bullet wounds but there was no trace of their would-be assassins.
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