L, Moore's Premises Visited by Gang: Day's Takings Stolen The first instance of armed robbers victimizing a foreign firm, in which the tenants actually were held up, occurred on Monday evening, when eight armed men made off with ere than Tis, 2,000 in cash and in addition bank cheques and native orders, As far as has been scertained, there were no foreigners on the first floor of the premises of the auctioneers, Messrs. L. Moore & Ca 45 Kiangse Road, and the bandit had full opportunity to handle, as they pleased, two Chinese secountfants, who were counting the cash sales of an auction held that morning at 396 Route Frelupt, The gang of eight, of whom four learned automatic pistols, entered the display room on Kiangse Road, land without making any show their intentions, proceeded at' once to the rear of the auction rooms where they came upon the aube ordinates, who were intent on their usual closing clearings. Without undue haste, but in their characteristic manner, the armed men presented their' pistols, The clerks naturally knew of nothing do, but Put up their hands, ax commanded, Whilst two of robbers thus in. timidated the accountants, others Went to the desk on which the Chinese were checking over the day's accounts, and methodically swept the whole of the takings into their Pockets.
Quickly they completed their work, and without opposition, slipped from' the premises through - the! {front door whence they had entered, Having obtained-their objective, they) Jconcealed their pistols: and escaped, mingling with the passersby.
Det-Inspr. Hunter, in charge of operations at Central Station, is conducting investigations, [ran into the police party, who took him into custody.
The man arrested by the police, gave information to the officers, and throughout the night, police parties watched at several houses, where the others were thought to have gone, Way robbery is Reported to have been committed on Shantung Road about 9.30 o'clock on Tuesday morning, when two men are alleged to have' upset a riesha in which "a shop assistant rode. They took $1,800 from under the seat and made off, the victim re-perling to Central station To the surprise of, the detectives who wear to the shop-keeper for tails, he told them that the money wad been, returned intact, The police are perplexed with the situation, They "have ascertaine that the victim came to the Settlement with the money, and that the two robbers, according to his state ment, attacked him, - Corroborating Witnesses, and Shantung Road is a busy place at this time of the day, ave not been found. The boy, for ain unknown reason, did not report the affair to the first constable he sav, but came to the station—duringe the course of his journey he must have passed five or six ollicers.
Then the shop-keeper told them that the money had been returned by a so-called detective's assistant, The Intter informed. the complain ant, a4 was stated to the police, that he saw the robbery, and gave chase, and upon overtaking "the bandits, forced them to hand over their loot, He then returned to the feeney of the robbery and insisted that the riesha coolie take him to his starting place, where he found the shop in Rue clu Moulin, The police could not recognize the detective assistant's name. They have two. theories—one, that the robbery actually took place, and that it has been denied because of possible opium or other illicit connections, or that the detectives assistant is an honest man, AL noon on Friday last a number of Jarmed men, after being admitted to house situated at 664 South Chengtu Road by a child, intimidate. ed occupants consisting of the child and several women. In searching the premises, which' they had proviously identified as a gold broker's residence, they found a number of xold bars and other valuables, worth all $8,500. They disappeared with their loot and have not been seen since.
At 7 p.m. on Sunday, five armed robbers sole $75, 78 twenty-cent pieces and fifty coppers from the Vu Tai cigarette shop, Pootung, Before dispersing, they fired several hots, resulting in the injury of a pedestrian und the eight-year-old. son of the shop-keeper.
Six armed men entered the house at 608 Haiphong Road early on Monting in the usual marine: made off with $1,300, During the 48 hours ending 8 on Monday nine armed robbers were arrested in the Settlement, four of whom have previous convietion, recorded against them, Nearly $200 were taken by two gangs of armed robbers, on Tues day, from obscure dwellings north Soochow Creek, the one affair being perpetrated at 8 a.m., and the other just before seven o'clock at night.
About 8.15 a.m, on Monday morning four men, of whom two were farmed, tried to obtain entrance to the dwelling situated at 620 South, Chengtu Road, but wore temporarily' foiled through: the vigilance of a Woman who answered their knock. Finally they got in. _Immediately Jone made for the rear door, where stood guard. One of the women Ar Yelock on Tuesday even-Chinese detective arrested a 16-year old Chinese, who curried nineteen pieces of clothing, which, on later investigation, it was ascertained, had been stolen from a dwelling in an alleyway off Penang Road. ~The lad, with two others, entered the blouse, menaced the cupants with a knife, and threntened to shoot, but displayed no firearms. Accused had been released from the Municipal Gaol on Septem ber 17, and admitted having part in three other robberies, none of which was reported to the police, The youthful thief was remanded at the Provisional Court.
The Chi ers report three armed robberies outside the limits, including vandalism at a hospital, In one case, three men secured $900, in another a gang took $1,000 from a house outside Jessfield, Clever-minded bandits robbed the Shaoshing. Hospital on Monday, and, after removing all clothing and other valuables, injured four persons and turned off the electric current, Ar noon on Wednesday, five arm-€d men broke into a Chinese house near the Western District terminus of Hungjao Road, outside the boundary, and carried off much Jewellery and valuable clothing, representing $1,800.
The CLD. on Thursday gave out a long story of armed—robberies, beginning at 11 p.m. on Tuesday, when a Chinese was held up in an alleyway off Avenue Edward VIL and robbed of $50.
He was scared that he did not report the matter until 10 p.m. the next day. On Wednesday, there were a number of daring rs. At 8 pan, a Chinese, by means of telephone messages in the name of a friend, was decoyed to a room in the Wing Hotel
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