Four foreigners and four Chinese are alleged to have engaged in an armed robbery at two shops in Kin Loong Ka (an alleyway between Honan Road and Shantung Road) on Monday evening. According to information furnished by Chinese, the parly drove up at about 7.30 in two motorcars and first stopped at No. 1 Kin Loong Ka, entering and searching the premises. It is said that a certain quantity of opium, of no great value, was d here, but, this is denied by the proprietor of the shop. Two foreigners and two Chinese are then said to have visited No. 8, cotton dealer's shop, and here again search was made. It is alleged that two boxes containing clothes, and a suit case, were ed away, the whole party driving off in the two cars.
The mumber of one had been noted, with the result that Det-Sub-Inspectors Yorke and Hunter, who had charge of the case, made inquiries at the Johnson Garage, Wuchang Road, and in consequence of information given by a chauffeur, proceeded to No. 18 Studley Avenue, where, with Ube assistance of the Marshal of the U. S. Court, they arrested an American ciffzen named Samuel A Gaynor. Gaynor is an ployee of the Shanghai Waterworks, and is also a Special Constable. Further information obtained led to the artest of Knute Hansen and Matty Smith, two men well-known in. the Shanghai boxing world. Both of them are employed in the Customs, and they were arrested at the Customs quarters in. Boone Road. The fourth foreigner said to have been concerned in the affair had not been traced at the time of writing, nor had any of the Chinese. ree
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