Ten Chinese who had been handed over to the military authorities on account of crimes committed in the Settlement and French Concession were executed at Lunghua on Thursday afternoon. The charges against those who had been handed over by the French Mixed Court dealt with armed robberies, five of the men having been particularly notorious. They had carried out two armed attacks in succession, both in August. At the commence: ment of that month they had entered a house No. 97 Boulevard de Montigny at 8.45 p.m., and intiminating the inmates by the use of their arms, carried off a quantity of valuable clothing and jewellery.
Their next exploit, which took place on August 30, was in the same thoroughfare, where about 9 p.m. they attacked a woman, snatching gold bracelets from her arms, Attracted by her shrieks, the crowd raised the hue and cry, and swarmed round one of the robbers. Seeing the danger of capture the latter made an effort to liberate himself by the use of his revolver. By the greatest good luck the bullet hit one of his accomplices, who thanks to this wound was captured on the spot at the same time as his fellow. Following upon these captures, the rest of the gang was quickly apprehended. They were found to be a perfectly organized unit under a chief, each man possessing a revolver. They were natives of Zao-ching, a district which furnishes Shanghai with most of its undesirables.
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