21 in the Police Hospital of wounds he suffered on November 20 when shot by an armed robber in Canton Rond, near Shantung Road, He was the second man to dic og a result of an encounter between bandits and the police after the loot ing of a Chinese hotel at 135 Avenue Edward VII, French Concession. One of three armed robbers was shot and killed by Settlement Police in the course of an exciting chase alony' Canton Road.
'The robbery" was one of a halt dozen such crimes committed Nov. ' 20 in' foreign-controlled territory. In another Tooting a hand: grenade was carried by one of the bandits, and on Nov. 2t- one other "robbery occurred inthe course of which a hand-grenade was displayed, "Five men, four -armed with pistols and the fifth with a hand-grenade, entered 1002 Avenue Edward VI and stole property of undelermined value. All the members of the gang escaped. Detectives attached 10 the Chengtu Road Police Station are investigating the case, Five Robberies in 3 ours Armed crimes still on the increase the Settlement, On Nov. 21, five robberies being oportod tothe potice between 45 and "The first crime. within this. period was committed by five men, three of Whom carried pistols, at 6/685 Avenue Haig, where money and Jewellery to the suum of $218 were stolen, At O18 pin. "another gang. of "five, three Jarmed, robbed a house ut 85/038 tung Road of property, the value of which was not ascertained last night. This was followed by a hold-up staged at 1861 Hart Road by three men, "all armed, who stole $800. in ash, A. suspect' was Later arrested by detectives of the Pootoo Road Potice Station, At 79 pam, four men, two of whom were. armed, broke into $4 Kiaochow Road. and, after gathering $80 worth of pro™ erty, were about to leave when an alarm was raised, The gunmen fired four shots and escaped, Nobody was Another armed hold-up on Nov. 21 was staged at 8 pin, by three. men, one armed, at 112 Lao Yung Daung Loong, off' Jessfield "Road, where a quantity of clothing was stolen, The armed man fired two shots to scare the occupants: upon departure,
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