An armed robbery that netted three men $25 between them on August 26 led to a running gun battle across Avenue Edward VII, the death of one of the robbers and a riesha coolie, wounding of another cooli capture of. the second bandit. chase, which started in the French Concession led past the back of the Race Course and ended in Mohawk Road.
The robbery occurred at 1.80 Pan at. the house of Mr, Li Ho-li, a retired official of a former Peking Government, at the end of an alleyway off Rue Amiral Bayle, a few yards from Avenue Joffre.
Three armed men gained entrance to the courtyard in front of the large Chinese shanse, and two of the men made a search, while the other mounted guard near the foot of the stairway, Rapidly searching all the inmates of the house, the searchers got together a total of $25 in silver and bank notes and ran out of the gate and down the alleyway.
They got to the end of the alley way and turned south towards Avenue Joffre, Just as they reached the corner a hullabaloo broke out the alleyway, several people shouting out "robber" as hard they could. The robbers quickened their pace, but they had been spotted by'an Annamite constable on trottie duty, and he made after them down Avenue Joffre.
The men tuned east, and finding that they would have to pass in front of Avenue Joffre police sta tion unless they got off Avenue Joffre immediately, they turned north up Rue Baron Gros, followed by Annamite constable 189, who chased them right up to Avenue Edward VIL, across the rond and down the alleyway immediately opposite, which leads into Takw Road, at the back of the Race Course, Here the Annamite halted and fired two shots with his, rifle at the fugitives, now headed west in the direction of Mohawk Road.
At the corner of Mohawk Road the robbers were pointed out to CP, C. 130 of the Shanghai Mun-Police by the manager of the ing Theatre, who happened to walking down the road. C. P. C. 130 opened fire and brought down of the robbers, who died almost mediately with' several shots in his body.
Two shots were fired by the robbers in their flight, and the general. shooting two' pedestr were hit, one ricsha coolie and a1 other coolie, Both were rushed to the Lester Hospital, where the riesha coolie expired shortly after being admitted.
The chase continued a little further with the result that one of the two bandits was arrested by the Municipal Police and handed over to the French Police, The third man managed to elude his pursuers fand get away down an alleyway.
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