Chief Inspector Fairbairn had a very narrow escape. Whilst he was near the window, the man inside shot and the bullet grazed the spector's eyebrows. The men undoubtedly are members of a Shaohsing gang who are well known to be the most daring of all bandits, It was estimated that some hundreds of shots were fired through the floor of the attic and the kidnapper in return fired about twenty shots from what is thought to be a small calibre revolver. The attempt by the snipers to get the man having failed, the senior officers, although men had volunteered to go inside, decided to wait until daylight." On one occasion when policeman was in the vicinity of the attic, the kidnapper fired a shot over his shoulder which grazed the officer's head. At this time the man was lying under the window sill, watching his would-be captors.
Chase Over the Roofs Saving Good Men's The third, who caused all the subsequent trouble, jumped some ten fect from one roof to another and got into an attic. He shot at all who approached him, More reserves were called up and officers and a ser-<geunt from the Northamptonshires Arrived with Mills bombs, and eight were thrown in. After the third, the explosion from which blew out window sashes and raised beams, fa fourth was thrown, and it proved to be a dud. The sergeant was proceeding to throw a fifth, when the man inside the room picked up the unexploded bomb and threw it at the sergeant. Fortunately it did not explode, i Tear-Gas Fails 'Three more bombs were thrown {in and eleven tear-gas shells, but still the man appeared at the' window and shot at the police, The affair commenced at 430 pam. and at 1 min, the police still were laying siege, and the man was inside, although it was thought that he must dead. He fired a shot at 10.30 p.m, since when nothing had been heard from him, All sorts of ruses were employed to get him to show himself, A hat was placed on a stick and pushed round the corner of the window. He did not reply. He was spoken to through a megaphone and told that they would give him five arnutes to throw his gun out of the At 1.15 am, a searchlight w taken to the upper floor of an ai joining house and played into the tic in which the man was, but jonid not be seen and again it argued that he must be dead. Several police officers again volunteered to enter the room, but Capt, Barrett refused to allow the "risk and definitely decid-that further operations would be suspended until daylight. Sub-Inspector Eaton was left in charge, with twelve men of the Reserve unit and four snipers, including Mr. Sykes, the well-known revolver shot.
During the course of the siege, 'a Thompson gun fired about 150 rounds into the room and while this was going on the man was seen to creep along the wall and take cover under the window sill, firing out of the window indiscriminately, Morning Operations In determined fashion, operations recommenced at 85° am. on Saturday. A fire escape was placed at the window of the attic and Sergt. Menzies of the Reserve squad mounted it with a view to determining whether the man was dead, As his head appeared in view, the bandit raised himself from his crouching position underneath the window sill and fired at the police officer. The latter immediately emptied his pistol at
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