Shooting and seriously wounding Madame 0. Kramerenko, cashier of "be Journal de Shanghai," two young Chinese effected a swift and Successful pay-roll robbery on the Stalrease of the newspaper's pre-July, 30.
audacious armed robbery, and wounding of a foreign woman is one of the most startling incidents in Shanghai's police annals, The two gangsters showed an intimate knowledge of Mme, Kram renko's movements and of the to-graphy of the neighbourhood, the crime and the escape of the bandits by a devious route through a crowded neighbourhood taking not more than half a minute, Well carried out, the assault must have been studied and planned for some time.
Detectives of the French police, under Inspector Henti, commenced their investigations a few minutes after the affair had taken place, but s0 far have discovered little. "Mme. Kramerenko, who is herself French and the wife of a naturalised French citizen, "M. Kramerenko of French Municipal Council's architertural department, was reported to be in @ serious condition.
Mme Kramerenko following her usual custom at the end of the month, went to the Banque de I'Indo-Chine to draw the money for paying the Chinese staff of the paper." She drew the money, $1,700, and had it placed in a' lage' envelope, hen she got into the office ear and ick to the offices of the "at 21-28 Rue clu Con-lat, opposite the French Consulate-General and next door to the Ste. Anne building.
As reconstructed afterwards, it pears that the gunmen knew the ice car, or at least its number, for they did' not walk into the newspaper. office's entrance until they saw it turn' the corner from the French Bund into Rue clu Consular. 'Then they just walked in, past a Chinese private watchman' on duty ind another asleep in his box two foot away, as a host of other people welkin and out of the doorway every day on their lawful occasions.
The offices of the paper are on the second floor. From the entrance on ground level, the staircase, which is fairly steep, makes two turns Yefore reaching the first floor, thence another two turns to get to the second floor. The two bandits Waited just above the first, turn.
Mme Kramerenko stepped out of the car and walked straight into
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