One Chinese was murdered in cold blood and a second badly wounded Jat 4 am. on Monday when gang of five armed men broke into a Chinese dwelling at 691 Markham Road, intimidated two females, went to an upstairs room and deliberately shot both the men.
At the time there were two women occupants on the ground floor attending a sick woman. Two of the gang entered warned them to keep quiet. With the other: three guarding, the two men went} directly upstairs and in a few seconds about seven shots were fired in rapid succession. The two murderers then descended the stairs and left as quietly as they had come.
After the gunmen had left the two women went upstairs and there found one of the occupants of a room, who owns a small lime kiln Chinese territory, lying on the bed in a pool of blood. The other -|man was lying on another bed a short distance away. He was badly. wounded and later taken to the Shantung Road Hospital. He hi not been able as yet to give description of the men and neither jean this be given by the two women.
Police inquiries reveal that the [bedroom where the murder took place did not show any sign of a struggle, leading to the belief that both men were shot while they lay in their beds. The motive of the murder could not be ascertained. Tu the bedroom were found six Mauser cartridge cases and three spent bullets, Unarmed Police in Chase of Armed Robbers Another shooting affair took place! jin Jukong Road, near the Shanghai North: station, on Monday night, which resulted in two policemen be-jing shot and an apprentice severely)
It appears, from the Chapet police reports, that seven armed—men, speaking the Kompo dialect, entered [the home of Mr. Wu Wu-chang and intimidated the inmates. Three] [stood on guard and the others beg. to ransack the place. Completing] their work downstairs, they went up-[stairs and pillaged everything they could lay hands on. The mistress of the house managed to get out of the back door and raised an alarm, which brought a number of Chapei police to the spot. The police, how-jover, have been unarmed since the Nationalists took possession of Shanghai and on Monday night they les. or pis Hearing the alarm, the miscreants rushed downstairs and, seeing the rely opened fire at them,' wounding one in the left, leg! jand the other in the face. These' men were able to get into rieshas and return to the station where they made a report. Rein: {forcements were sent to the scene bat the robbers had fled. However, unarmed as they were, the police: leave chase, but they were no match' for the miscreants who kept up their fire.
An apprentice was struck in by a stray bullet and he was} removed to hospital in a very serious, condition, The robbers then made across country and escaped in the darkness. No arrests were made but} continuing their in-
'A Big Haut Tue digest had made by armed robbers in recent weeks was con-/summated on Wednesday morning. at 6 Shanhaikuan Road, by four men, Yet each of whom carried a_ pistol Although a Chinese rang the burglar alarm, the bandits overcome the respondent and made off with $2,600. The robbers entered the house just after seven o'clock. and were ransacking the lower floor, when they were overheard by a woman in an upstairs room. She informed her brother-in-law, who rang the alarm. 'A watchman, who was at a distance from the house, came in response, but was met by the guard on the Tower floor, who covered him and prevented his obtaining further assistance. They remained on the premises for the better portion of an hour, making a thorough ransack of the, resident's belongings. It] was oont 20 minutes after their departure with the loot, that the watchman reported to the police.
Tenants Intimidated Five armed robbers operated in the West Hongkew district on Wedn day evening and at 581 North Hor Road intimidated the tenants with' their pistols. They lett the premises few minutes after eight o'clock, the richer by $80. Just before 11 pam., three men entered the open door of the residence at 259 Pingig Road and made off with $26. At 9 o'clock, four men, one of whom carried a pistol, entered a shop at} 191 Park Road. After terrorizing the shop-keeper and his family, they took four watches and about $30 in A Raid in Settlement Tue armed robbers of the Settlement adopted Wednesday morning for a series of raids, in each instance having no difficulty in entering their objectives through open.doors. This procedure is different from their usual habits, for in the past the hours between seven in the evening and midnight appeared most favourable for them. At 7 am. three men, with two"pistois, entered the! dwelling situated at 259 Tongshan Road, and left with $900. At 11:20 am. six men obtained $105 from 203} Elgin Road, while just after seven o'clock a crowd took $2,600 from 6 Shanhaikuan Road.
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