The Archive · 1938

Jewellery Robbery

Shanghai, Apr. 23.

Formal charges of armed robbery were filed against a Chinese and three foreigners, detained in conncetion with the hold-up at Messrs. Mondenach, 1163 Bubbling Well Read, on July 20 last year. stopped the profuse bleeding of Tung Ab-sing's throat, but the man died on April Te upon arrival at the Police Hospital from St. Luke's Hospital.

Detective Sergeant J. W. M. Dickson, investigating the ease, learned that Tung had paid unwelcome attentions to the young woman after ther husband's recent. rein native district from. Shangh Suspeet in Dr. Liu M

The Chinese, Liu Soong-shuen, confessed to the crime during the hearing at the First Special District Cour yesterday. He implicated the three foreigners, Joseph Dunaevsky, 27- year-old Russian, Alexei Ogli, unrecognized Persian, aged 28, and Lazar Curilo, unrecognized Pole, aged 29.

While Dunaevsky and Curilo flatly denied any part in the crime, Ogi admitted fo have gone to as far as he shop entrance. "He did this, he iit, whilst under the influence of Charged with murder, Teung keng, an. ox-soldier, aged 25, igned at the First. Speck Court, yesterday that he intended to. kill Dr. Herma Liu, although he was on the ring was adjourned until next week, Mr. YD. Wong, assistant municipal advocate, told the 'According to the Chinese, who was formerly employed at the jewellers, the robbery was planned in a barber shop in the French Concession together with another foreigner" and {wo Chinese not yet in custody. The three' foreigners "in Court all. took, part in the actual hold-up, he said.

The Chinese was serving a jail term in the French Concession on!

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