Armed Robber Killed in Engagement with the Police Tucaday evening was one of the busiest and most serious that the local police in Yangtszepoo and other districts have had to contend with since the middle of the sui mer:—a robbery in Yangtszepoo followed by the death of one of the gang, a probable murder within 500 yards of this shooting, two armed robbers arrested in another raid, and the problem of recovering a woman's handbag which was snatched about tea-time.
Just after six o'clock, a gang of, seven armed men, most of whom were local men, followed th usual tactics as they went into a shop situated at 200 Linching Road. Several of thei number stood on guard, others intimidated the inmates with pistols, while the remainder proceeded to ransack the premises, They were in the shop for a few] minutes and made off across country toward Yin Hsiang Kong Village. A squad of Settlement police at the village police box were informed of what had happened by an assistant and a sergeant and several_men started over the country to intercept them. The robbers saw them as they left the premises, and opened fire as they made off at an angle. The police, however, were fortunate in bring ing one of them down with bullet, one of nine fired, which centered the back and came out just above the heart.
When Det.-Sgi. A. Telfer reached the scene of the crime, he took several of the inmates to where the robber had been shot and one of them identified him as having carried 1a pistol while in the house.
Despite further chaco, the remaining members of the gang—it is not known if any of them were wounded—got off into Chinese territory.
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