Brave Old Lady Shot Down while Raising the Alarm Whilst attempting to raise an alarm in the presence of armed robbers, an elderly Chinese woman was shot at her home in Chapei, pear the Shanghai North Railway Station, on Saturday evening.
Tt appears that half a dozen armed robbers, disguised as poste men, knocked at the door of the old lady's house, saying that. they! brought a registerd letter.—The door was opened and immediately] the miscreants set upon her overpowering her. Stripping her of! all her ornaments, they began to [search the house.
Daringly, the old lady (a Mrs. Chi Mu-sz)' attempted to shout for' help and to raise the alarm.
One member of the gang drew his pistol and opened fire two bullets passing through her body. Even then she tried to ery out.—The other members of the household were then lined up against a wall and deprived of their valuables, none giving further trouble. A thorough search was then made of the house and, having obtained all that they wanted, the men left with their spoils.
The police were at once notified (the affair occurring in Chinese territory) and when they arrived they found that the old lady had succumbed to her wounds. Efforts were made to run down the gang, but without avail.
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