All people present at the reception were taken to Bubbling Well Police Station for questioning while some foreign and Chinese detectives remained behind to search the room, stairway and floors for other bullets which had been fired during the attack. In the lavatory, just outside the room, huge blood splashes had stained the floor and walls while outside, and in the room itself, other bloodstains were in evidence everywhere. These had been made when some of the injured people had attempted to drag themselves to the lavatory to wash their wounds. Some reached the lavatory, others failed.
Although jealousy was believed to be the motive behind the murderous attack, the police are also considering that there might have been a political reason as they have been informed that the bridegroom, Mr. Clu Cheng-chun, living in Vu Yuen Road, has some sort of connection with the "Special Municipality" which functions under Japanese auspices. Whether or not this is true could not be ascertained last night.
The first motive is believed to be more reasonable. A former suitor or lover of the bride, it is felt, became so insanely jealous when she married another man that he hired the three desperadoes to kill both the girl and her husband. In this the men failed for neither the girl or the man were severely injured and both will recover.
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