Reported to have been an important agent in business deals between Japanese and Chinese here for some time, Sung Shih-chuan, aged 46 and a native of Shaohsing, was shot and killed at his house, No. 46, Lane 504 Avenue Foch, at 8.20 o'clock yesterday morning. Two youngish Chinese, posing "as having been sent by a friend of Sungs with gifts of wine, were responsible for the assassination, and escaped. Sung was Commissioner of Police at Tsingtao some fifteen years ago and had since acted for the Nationalist Government as an industrial secretary, it is reported. He had apparently not received any threatening letters or telephone calls recently. 2 Two men wearing long gowns and grey felt hats called at the house in Avenue Foch yesterday morning, walked through the front door and upstairs to Sung's bedroom and asked a member of the household to be allowed to see the master. One of the men, who was carrying a chicken and some bottles of Chinese wine, said they were there to present these as gifts from "Mr. Ma." They were admitted by Sung who was eating his breakfast in bed at the time and who got up to greet them.
While one of the visitors presented the gifts the other drew a pistol and immediately fired two shots into Sung's face at very close range. The man was killed almost instantly. Then the intruders turned on thei heels and ran down the stairs and out of the house. They escaped.
Terrified women members of the household called the Police, and detectives from the Chengtu Road Station made a searching investigation. Efforts were made to disclose what dealings the late Sung had had lately which might have prompted an attack.
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