Gunman Singled-handed Despatches Secretary of Ham Dealers' Body Presumably political assassins ended the life of Tsai Sian-woo, the secretary of the Japanese-sponsored Ham Dealers' Association, at 935 o'clock yesterday morning at 77 Race Course Road, which houses, on the second floor, the headquarters of the Association, A Chinese, apparently without any outside assistance, went to the second floor of the building and fired three (shots from an automatic pistol at Tsai One of the bullets pierced the head of the Ham secretary, while two 10018 their mark in his body. He died almost instantly. The weapon. used was an automatic pistol of small calibre.
The assailant, who was dressed in a Chinese long gown, escaped without apparent difficulty in the confusion. that followed the attack. No report was made to the police until more than two hours after the attack.
Tsai Sian-woo, the' victim of the shooting, was 48 years old. He had not, according to information available yesterday, been threatened either by letter or by word of mouth, The most exciting event in her life!
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