The police are on the track of three Chinese who committed a daring robbery in the western district on Saturday afternoon. It was a well planned affair, the thieves evidently being as well informed as they were equipped for the job. The victims were a shroff and a coolie, and the prize a box containing $4,000 in silver. The money had just been drawn from a native bank, and was being conveyed on a wheelbarrow to a silk filature for the payment of wages. All went well until the bullion and its escort neared the end of Connaught Road. Here, a motor-car appeared on the scene, and "held up" the party. There' were three Chinese in the car, each carrying revolver, and it was an easy matter for the highwaymen to intimidate the shroff and the coolie, transfer the money from the wheelbarrow to the car, and drive off speedily. The shroff noted the number of the car—1431—and this enabled the police to ascertain that the car had been hired by the Chinese, who engaged it in the French Goncession, discharging it in Avenue Joffre after the robbery.
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