A shooting affair occurred on September 28 in the French Concession following an armed robbery. Two, men, one of whom was armed, entered a dry-cleaning establish ment at 95 Rue Lafayette and held up the two occupants. They de manded money, but the occupants protested that they had none, whereupon the robbers made off with ten silk gowns.
On of the shop assistants follow-Jed the robbers, and at the comer} of Rue Baron Gros called out to a policeman to arrest the robbers. The armed robber promptly fired two shots, one of which hit a 19] years-old boy who was standing on the pavement, and he then ran away followed by the Annamite jeonstable and the shop assistant. After a chase of some distance the unarmed robber was arrested,
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