On July 7, 1938 in Separate Shooting Affrays SSASSINS in the French Concession, struck quickly and effectively on two occasions within four hours yesterday morning, killing Dou Tseng-kao, recently appointed president of the Nantao District Court, and Kao Hing-tso o, constable of the "Ta Tao" river police.
In both cases, death was instantaneous.
When Dou Tseng-kao, alias Douh Foh, 52 year-old native of Soochow, one-time lawyer and for the last two months the president of the Nantao District Court, was proceeding along Tien Siang alleyway off Rue Pere Dugout at 11.40 a.m., an undetermined number of men stopped him and fired two shots—both fatal—hitting him square between the eyes.
The victim sank to the ground and a policeman who was on duty near by, arrived on the scene a few seconds later only to find that the assassins had decamped. There was no actual witness to the shooting, the only person so far questioned by the police having been a male-servant working in a near by kitchen, who said that he heard two shots fired.
As far as could be ascertained las. night, however, the French police have a clue, inasmuch as that from he cartridge cases picked up at the scene of the assassination, it w established that the pistol used w she same as that which ended the life of Mr. Kozaburo Kano, a Japanese engineer employed by the N. K. W. No. 1 Cotton Mill, who was killed on the morning of July 7, 1938, as he was riding to work on his bicycle along Robison Road.
Dou, upon his appointment to his present position, decided to house the court in the premises of a primary school in Nantao, as the actual court buildings had been destroyed during hostilities, The court was actually supposed to commence functioning at the beginning of this year but, as will be remembered, the opening had to be postponed because no suitable president could be found. An insignificant number of cases were reported ta have been tried in the Nantao court since it commenced functioning.
Dou's residence at house 24 Hong Tehing Alleywey off Rue Amira. Bailie, was searched by French deiectives yesterday, and persons who had been in close contact with the deceased, were questioned but inves-igations so far have revealed little and are still being continued.
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