$10,000 in Loot: Quick Alarm but Police Dilatory aot Ocn Own Consssroxsext Hankow, Aug. 30.
Following on the robbery of the Tungfung goldsmith's shop which took place early this month, another large shop in Chiaotung Road has Just been victimised. The arrest of those concerned in the former id the recovery of a large that the gang had been broken up, but this proves not to be the case. head of the Chinese City Police investigating this matter.
The robbery was followed yesterday by a very sad occurrence. young -tailor, quite a respectable man, but very deaf, was going back to op, carrying a bundle. A. policeman called on him to stop 30 that the contents of his bundle: might be examined, but the man. did not hear, The policeman. lowered his gua and aimed at the man, In his excitement, he pulled the trigger and the tailor was shot. dead on the spot while the ballet passed through him and inflicted injuries on two other persons. The: policeman has been placed under arrest till the inquest has been held and the question as to his right to fire has been decided.
The night before Jast, while the tants were eating their rice at, p.m. in the Chingfoo shop, six customers came in one after the other. Five made small purchases and left. The sixth was dressed priest and nothing which was shown to him in the way of rings met his approval. Ie looked over contents of a number of fowers, and before he was satisfied another' man came in and then' three others. Finally, a man in a Chungshan uniform moved into the doorway and at that moment those inside the shop produced weapons and covered the assistants. One man produced a bag and in three minutes all the rings in three drawers wore emptied into it and the till cleared, The haul was worth about $10,000. Within five minutes the gang had walked out of the shop with their booty, The shop that was robbed is one which has an automatic burglary alarm communicating with the station of the Seventh Police District, and as soon as the robbery. began one of the assistants set off the alarm. Not only so, but the minute the men had left'the shop another assistant rushed to the. Tungfung shop and got them to set off their alarm too, whilst a messenger rushed off to' the police station and on arrival was told that the police had responded at once to the alarm, According to the story told to Chinese reporters by" the proprietor, he did not see a policeman' for half-an-hour the robbery and the man who did come reported that the others had gone in pursuit'of the thieves. The
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