Plucky Attempt to Apprehend Armed Robbers a brave attempt to capture [members of a gang of armed robbers, "Chien "Hsiang-cheng, a con: stable attached to the" Greater Shanghai Bureau of Public Safety, received a bullet wound through the chest in the small hours of Septem= ber Gand he fell, mortally wounded. "The Coramissioner, General Wen Ying-shing, later" commented on the plucky action of Constable Chien in performing his duties in the face of superior numbers and remarked that, in the death of the constable, the Chinese police force had suffered a great Toss. "He was a brave man," said the Commissioner, "and he set a fine example to his comrades."
Theta by Nikon Dempo at the Naval Club, Avenue Cho-i, Rear-Admirs Sakano, commander of the Shortly after midnight, a gang of four armed men, speaking the northern dialect and wearing dark blue clothes, entered the house lone Liu San at No, 14 Sung Chi Lee, "near the Shanghai South Station. Two remained on guard Jat. the door while the others inftimidated the inmates.—Lin San iwas in the loft at the time and, seeing the robbers below, raised an alarm. One of the gangsters tried to rush up step Jadder but Li, seizing an axe, brandished it and threatened to rise it if, the bandit came any nearer. Seeing that, it was impossible to quieten Liu, the Banait "opened five with his pistol
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