Timely Alarm in Morrison Road and Prompt Action by Police Two armed robbers were shot on Wednesday afternoon, and two others were arrested later in the day, and pedestrian was shot, though not tally wounded. One of the robbers since has died in St, Luke's Hospital, his comrade in the meanwhile suffering from bullet wounds in the vicinity of the heart and leg. [Several other armed robberies and tone attempted armed robbery constitute the toll of crime in the Settlement on Wednesday, About 3 o'clock in the afternoon, four men, of whom two were armed, requested admittance to 22 Morrison Road, near Yuhang Road, from the Japanese tenants on the ground floor. They said that they desired to visit Chinese occupants of the first floor.
'They went upstairs, and whilst two of them produced' their pistols, boy, who was working on the drying stage at the rear of the house, noticed their weapons and slipped lout by the rear entrance into an alleyway, and informed a constable fon duty in the vicinity. The! policemen summoned assistance, and his party assumed commanding po tions in neighbouring alleyways. 'On the appearance of the robbers, they {ordered them to halt. 'The robbers refused and " the, police began shooting. Their fire took effect and two of the gang fell to the ground, the other two making oft in the' devious ways of the locality.
With due care, the police approached the two wounded _mé [searched them, and found stolen pro-Perty on their persons, Both were clothes which they had taken from the tenant.
The more seriously wounded man was removed to St. Luke's Hospital, where, in spite of medical attention, he succumbed to his wounds. The other, who is now in the Police Hospital, was found to be seriously wounded.
'Within ten minutes the police at Hongkew Station were informed of another armed robbery at 9A Market Road. The robbers, how. fever, realized that an alarm had been' rais the arrival Shortly before 8 o'clock, four Jarmed men broke into 159 Kiukiang. Road and stole $110. The police wrested one man later in the evening.
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