The Archive · 1938

Kiaochow Road Robbery

June 27, robbery which took place shortly before Saturday midnight was "reported to. the Settlement Police early yesterday morning. Three men entered 40. Kiaochow Road and at the point of a pistol stole money and jewellery to the value of $200. They escaped without having fred any shots.

Gang Loots sh 'A. gang armed with three pistols, including one of the Mauser' type, intimidated the staff of a Chinese coal briquette shop in Lane 615, Tiendot Road, shortly before 4 o'clock yes terday afternoon and stole $30, "AI-though neighbours of the shop assistant raised an alarm, the intruders, four in number, managed to escape, and no shots were fired, The premises are situated in the West Hong-district, Wounded Man Arrested Shanghai, June 21.

A Chinese whose name was, with: hold was under arrest yesterday in the Police Hospital as a suspect in the assassinations at the Tung Hsin. Lou Restatrant, Foochow Road, on June 18. This man, who! is thought to be connected with the Ta Tao" municipal government, was first admitted to Paulun Bos: pital, after the shooting, suffering from bullet wounds. Later "he was taken into custody and transferred to. the Police Hospital, Mr. Jen Pao-an, hend of the Land Ofice of the "Ta Tao" government, fand Miss Hsuang Hung, a sing song aitl, were killed and several others were wounded on June 18 during a dinner, attended by Chinese and "Japanese." Three_men armed with military Atauser pistols. marched into the well-known Pekinese Festaurant and started blazing away at the guests seated about two tables. Two. Japanese guests narrowly jeseaped being wounded. More than twenty rounds of ammunition, wore fired, causing scenes of panic in the crowded establishment.

'The case, which is being investigated by' detectives attached to Louza Station, is one fraught with political significance and is likely to Feveal startling angles of the local situation.

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