Caught in the Act: Three Taken by French Police After, Desperate Encounter The vigilance of the French Police resulted in the arrest of three men caught in the very act of committing an armed robbery the Rue clu Consulate on Monday night, though only after a brisk exchange of revolver shots and the wounding of two people, At about half-past eleven four nen, believed by the French Police to be Koreans, entered a lodging house at No. 2, Passage 22, Rue de Consulate, Three produced revolvers and intimidated the inmates of the shop into giving them the keys of the safe, at the same time ordering them to hand over any other money there might be about, One man, braver than his fellows, however, blew a police whistle, which attracted the attention of a foreign constable and a Chinese constable who were patrol-Ying near by, They gave the alarm to the North police station and rushed to the scene, Reine forced by constables, both foreign and Chinese, from' the station, they tackled the men, who opened fire upon them. The police returned the fire, hitting one of the robbers in the neck. One of the inmates fof the house was struck by a bullet in the thigh. After a struggle lasting for some minutes three of the men were apprehended, the fourth making good his escape, The police, however, are at the time of writing hot on his trail, and hope to make speedy arrest, The wounded robber is lying in the Shantung Road hospital in a whilst the other wounded man is Iso in hospital. thrilling hand-to-hand fight occurred during the gener strugacle between Chinese Constable No. 8, and one of the robbers with whom he grappled, and succeeded arming.
younds of ammunition were found on the arrested men, though the revolerx are all different ing to note that the ineveaved and armed Concession ax well fax the Settlement, the French police have instituted "system of patrols of foreign and Chinese detectives, who parade the "Concession from nix o'clock at night till six the next morning, and it was through. the medium of one of these patrols that the arrests wore effected in this case—ten minutes after the the alarm was given,
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