Two Highway Thieves Captured After Battle with Police on Sunday Five Chinese constables of Central and Hongkew stations succeeded capturing two men, alleged highway robbers, early on Sunday morning immediately following a daring theft at the corner of Kiangse and Soochow Roads. The arrests were made only after the police and four robbers ied @ running pistol fight over the Soochow Creek bridge at the end of Kiangse Road ang along North Soochow Road as far as the General Hospital, At 12.50 a.m. on Sunday a shroff was travelling in a riesha and when at the corner of Kiangse and Som. chow Roads he was seized from behind by four men and his pockets emptied of about $800 in cash.
As soon as the assailants had got the money they broke and ran in various directions, two of them across the Kiangse Roa bridge and two others into the alleyways off Kinngse Road. The shroff raise an alarm and two Chinese constables from the Central District gave chase, at the same time firing at the fleeing men. Their fire is said to have been tetumed by the robbers. This attracted the attention of the police on the north side of the creek and they took up the chase along Novth Soochow Rond also firing several shots.
At the corner of North Szechuen and North Soochow Roads one of the men was overtaken and the other kept on until he reached the compound of the General Hospital which he entered. Here she was trapped and taken into custody, The man arrested at the Post Office corner was found to have been wounded in the right foot. He was taken to the Police Hospital and his mate was landed in the Hongkew cells.
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