Anderson, 14 The Bund, were, in the early hours of Sunday morning, visited by Chinese burglars. They were four in number and succeeded in entering the premises through a window. Upon getting inside, they first seized a coolie who was asleep in the building. After effectually binding and gagging him, the burglars set to work to loot the offices. They had got together a number of bundles containing about 150 raincoats, when another coolie, whom they had not noticed, managed to give the alarm to the police.
The call was answered by Sgt. Pilbeam and two C.P.Cs. but the burglars got away before their arrival, leaving the goods behind them. When searching the adjacent grounds of the Russo-Asiatic Bank the police discovered a man alleged to be one of the culprits hiding among shrubs.
Clothing would seem to be in great demand among the light-fingered fraternity. Two or three houses in the Bubbling Well district have recently been visited, on one occasion at a tiffin-time, and over-coats ete carried away.
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