$20,900 Stolen from Chinese by Motor-car Bandits A sensational hold-up by nine motor-car audits occurred in North Honan Road on Monday afternoon, when a Chinese was robbed of $20,900.
The robbery took place at the Purdon Road corner. The thieves jumped out of the car, went straight up to the Chinese and relieved him of his wealth, without apparently threatening him with a revolver. They then drove away quietly, without attracting much notice. Some one, however, remembered the number of the car, which information was communicated to the police, who are following up a promising line of inquiry.
AN ARREST, The police made an arrest on Tuesday in connexion with the highway robbery in Purdon Road on the previous afternoon, when a shroff employed by the Shanghai-Nanking Railway was robbed of $20,900 in cash and cheques of the value of $3,000. The three Chinese who waylaid him got away in a motor-car, which was in readiness, and fortunately a Chinese police constable happened to catch the number of the car, the police thus being given a line of inquiry which was successfully followed up.
Later information is to the effect that the police have arrested three Chinese, a woman and two men, and the latter are believed to be two of the three men who took part in the hold-up. One man had in his possession over $3,000. At the house of the woman, who was arrested in Chapei, a dummy pistol was found.
Shroff Held up and Relieved of Government Bonds Another sensational daylight robbery occurred in the Settlement on Thursday when a shroff it the employ of the Tung Yih Trust Ca., 1971 Peking Road, was held up by five or six men who stole from him 300 $1,000 Chinese Government bonds.
Yesterday was a settlement day in Chinese financial circles. The shroff was proceeding in a ricsha from a Chinese stock exchange in Tientsin Road to the Tung Yih Co's Peking Road offices. As he passed the Shanse Road corner in Tientsin Road at about 10.30 a.m. five or six men appeared from an alleyway, upset
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