The Archive · 1937

Noted Cases

There were two celebrated kidnapping cases: the vielims were released unharmed and. the criminals brought to justice, There was the attempted assassination of Mr. T. V. Soong and other Chinese officials at the North Railway Station, in which wholesale arrests were made. There was the interesting and highly important Chartered Bank fraud case, in which the ringleaders were placed in custody within 48 hours of the crime, The many nationalities involved necessitated trials in five different courts. And there were other spectacular cases to keep Mr. Robertson and his staff busy. At tone time, it is said, Louza Station cells held' 56 men arrested for crimes all committed while under arms. The handling of the Soong case came for the detective chief a Chinese Government decoration conferred 2 few months ago by Gen, Wu Te-

"ME, Robertson had been promoted to Chief Inspector In March, 1933

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