Another armed robbery with fatal result took place last Friday night. The victim, apparently a shroff, was approaching the Peking Road and Chekiang Road crossing, carrying a small hand bag, when he was held up by a man who attempted to snatch the bag from his hands. The shroff resisted, whereupon the robber whipped out a revolver and fired three shots. One or more took effect, the shroff succumbing to the wounds inflicted. The thiel escaped.
The case is very similar to that which occurred a few nights previously, when a shroff employed by the Chinese Waterworks Ca. was waylaid in North Tibet Road and fatally wounded by a thief who expected to find the day's collection in the bag which his victim carried,
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