A Sikh police constable stationed about 120 rds away from the scene of the hold-up was the first to give the alarm.
Blowing his histie, he ran towards the lorry, but the robbers had already begun their flight. A Chinese police constable on point duty at Markham Re toad attempted to stop the robbers! but failed, while another Chinese policeman who was off duty and unarmed, came under their fire. The constable on duty returned the fire but none of the robbers dropped.
arning down Haiphong Road the rebbers reached an open piece of ted ground, over which they n a northerly direction, being finally lost sight of by the ever increasing band of pursuers.
News of the robbery reaching Gi jordan Road Police Station in quick ime, Inspector Adams and D. 8.
me headed a posse of police to the place where the robbers ad isapreared and threw a cordon round the area.
A thorough search, be however, revealed nothing, and last light the men were still at large, In the whole affray 14 shots were ired by the robbers and five by the police.
The Lorry Unguarded This big sum of money—$24,000—had apparently been sent by the agement of the mill on without the precaution of guard.
Neither of the Chinese who accompanied the driver was a guard, he wounded man is simply an employee of the mill, who appears to have been temporarily delegated to the task of seeing that none of the boxes of silver dollars was jolted off the back.
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