Again, early yesterday morning, armed bandits opened fire on their victims in the Western area, in territory formerly policed by the Chinese Bureau of Public Safety. Two Chinese men were killed and a Chinese woman was shot in the jaw, at 82 Jessfield Road.
Four robbers, with one pistol, entered the house at about 1 am, but before they could take any property an alarm was raised. The armed bandit fired five times, almost instantly killing two men and wounding a woman seriously. They then took to their heels and escaped. Nothing was stolen.
The woman was taken to hospital in a Fire Brigade ambulance, while the men's bodies were removed to the temporary Public Mortuary. The Court Porcurator held an inquest there, yesterday and declared that the men, Tsang Yung-lee and Tsang Tsao-nyon, brothers, had died as a result of gunshot wounds.
On Friday morning, two men had similarly met death at the hands of armed robbers whom they were pursuing near Penang Road.
Forty "Pirates" Charged Forty men, including four detained in hospital, were charged in the First Special District Court yesterday in connection with the attempted looting of the American Securities Corporation godown, Yangtszepoo Road, by Pootung bandits who crossed the river in junks under the cover of darkness early on Friday morning. Besides, three men had been killed and several were believed to have escaped, The property which the men in custody had attempted to steal consisted of silk and other materials and was valued at $40,000.
In view of the number of prisoners and the time it would take to outline the case, the prosecution requested the Judge to hold a special hearing. This request was granted by the Judge, who ordered that the case be heard to-morrow afternoon. The prisoners were not questioned, Two Russians, P. E. Ryabinin, and V. Zorin, were ordered to be held for attempting to dispose of three large rolls of steel band saws weighing 90 lb. and believed to be stolen property.
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