Messrs, Ulimann & Co,'s Shop Burgled: $100,000 Worth Jewellery Stolen: Two Three-Foot Walls Breached What is ur doubtedly the most daring and audacious daylight jews: robbery ever perpetrated in Shanghai took place on October 7 in the busiest shopping centre between noon and two o'clock, The victims were Messrs. Ullmann o., 98 Nanking Road, and the Jewellery stolen is valued at over: 3100,000. To effect an entrance into the premises the burglars made holes in two solid brick walls each three fect in width and the holes were large enough to permit the passage of a man's body.
Tt appears that Mr. L. Blum, the manager of the firm, left the pi mises at noon and was followed within a minute or two by Mr. M. Goldschmidt and the other 1 ployees. Mr. Goldschmidt locked up the shop and returned at a quarter to two. On entering he saw the shop in disorder and the hole in the wall, By this time the other employees and Mr. Blum had ro-turned also, The police were imud Mr. inal Tavestigation, and detective menced investigations.
The entrance was made through wall which isthe main wall of the American Drug Co's. promis and the thieves worked ina cupboard under stairs ina passage way which leads to the Ame Drug Co.'s wholesale ofice, This Passage way is on the west side of Messrs, Ullmann's premise {Two Walls Broken Through Having made a hole through this 8 ft wall, the burglars were then in a narrow passage blocked up at both ends, which passage separates the two buildings and is merely 2 ft, wide, Working from here in a very cramped space they then a tacked the other wall with jemmi and crowbars and succeeded making a hole targe enough to permit a man to crawl through. One or more then entered and carefully selecting the most expensive jo Jory from the show cases mi off with the booty. The following rough list of the articles stole Gold vanity cases, gold and silver cigarette cases, bags, powder boxes, watch chains, platinum chains, purses, earrings, pendants, links, Platinum cuff links, gold brooches set with diamonds, gold scarf pins with diamonds, platinum scart pins, platinum brooches, platinum bar pins, platinum pendants, pi num earnings set with diamonds, platinum brooches set with dia gold pocket watches, gold wrist watches (Indies and gentle-mon's), platinum wrist watches set ith diamonds, and gold and plat num wrist watches set with dia. mands,
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