Accord Unable to account for the murderous attack, Mr. Phillips was nevertheless certain that the gunman who art tired at him looked straight at him before he pulled the trigger. This together with the fact that the attempt was carefully planned and executed, points to a political motive behind the affair. © A
Car Easy to Recognize bir, knulps left his residence at 933 Avenue Haig at about 4.00 a.m. to go to office as usual sitting in tne cack of his large, green closed Fora car next to the left window. The vehicle is a distinctive one and bears, besides its Settlement licence plate, very low "Special Municipality licence number which makes it easily recognizable, Just after leaving his house Mr. Phillips noticed two empty public rickshaws on the Settlement side of the road which looked as it they were going to dash across the road. The pullers of these two vehicles actually were two members of the gang of assassins, One of the "coolies" darted in front Of the motor-car and stopped. The chauffeur hooted and had to apply the brakes suddenly. No, 2 "coolie" then pushed his rickshaw into the left side of the car near the front, it was this man who opened tire and directed several shots at Mr. Phillips with expert precision. He looked straight at the Commissioner General, who saw him aim and immediately ducked. One bullet passed just above Mr. Phillips body, another cleared one of his legs possibly by a fraction of an inch. The plate-glass window of the rear door was shattered by one missile,
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