One of the fatal bullets passed through the rickshaw and the cushion afore hitting the victim and it was therefore presumed by Investigating officers that a very powerful wespon must have been used.
The wife, the infant child and mother of deceased were being closely questioned by detectives attached to Bubbling Well station, throughout yesterday afternoon and sat crying on one of the benches in the detective once. 'The rickshaw puller who had managed to escape from the bold attack, was also sitting there and behind' him the wall, was smear of blood—a gtosome back-around to the murder.
Tore than three hours afler this fret assassination, detectives from Towa pallae station were summoned to the Kwan. Sun' Yuan. Resteurant 445453 Nanking Road, where Koo Ping-tering, 87-year-old" bearer Japanese military and naval passes, was found shot in the telephone booth, Police have thus far not been able to obtain any details about the victim as the only papers of identify ation he had, wore these two passes.
Koo war giving a small timn party wher he asked one of the servants of the restaurant to telephone number 2300. which is that of the Oriental Hotel on Nanking Road. When the servant returned) x few minutes afterwards to tell Koo that he had connected him with the desired num~ ber, the victim went to the telephone booth. He had not even picked up the receiver when shots rang out, one of them hitting Koo in the back of the head, Death was instantaneus, The other shot hit the wall behind him. Employees and guests of the restaurant "rushed to the scene, where next to the body, they found letter In which Koo was described fis a traitor. for some months pest, following the organization, about one year ago, of special section known as the "homlcide squad" which, under Det.-Insp. J.C. Crighton, dealt with all terrorist activities and in a comparatively short time had ridged the city of this clement. A few months ago, this branch of the police, which had also been referred to as C-8, was dissolved and its staff attached to Crime Branch headquarters, although they still dealt with all cases of terrorism.
There-Seems every indication, that a well-organized gang is again at work, in an effort to strew death amongst "traitors" to the Chinese cotise, although it is believed that most of the Chinese in the employ of the Japanese, have long since removed to Japanese occupied territory.
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