The occupants of Room 316, 1454 Avenue Edward VI, near Cheng Road, were robbed by an armed Chinese and his unarmed accomplice fat 10 o'clock yesterday morning, it was reported io detectives at the Chengtu Road Police Station. The robbers escaped with various pro. perty the total value of which was set at $38, No shots were fired, The house in which the robbery took place is an office building occupied mostly by Chinese firms Robbers "Kidnap" Hire Car Sept, 22.
Four men, one of whom carried pistol, "abducted" a hire car and Its passengers early yesterday morning and after driving about the city for some time, left it high and dry with its occupants. bemoaning the Joss of $80 in cash, The four men stopped a Ford Hire taxi on Foochow Road, near Yunnan Road, at 1205
One of the robbers took over the wheel, while the others intimidated the four Chinese passengers in the car, which was, in the meanwhile," driven through various roads in both the International Settlement and the French Concession in an apparently aimless manner.
'At the comer of Burkill and Chengtu Road, only a. block or two from' the Chengtu Road Police sation, they stopped the car and alighted with the $60, Without fung any shots, they sped away into the darkness;'no arrests have yet been Tenants Thwart Robbers Sept. 23.
'The astute tenants of 39 Kiangse Road, near Canton Road, were not 2 bit frightened early' yesterday morning when Ave bandits entered the house and pointed two "pistols" at them They quickly realized that the "pistols" were only imitation, and raised an alarm, The would-be robbers fled but two of them were arrested by the French Police after they had crossed Avenue Edward Yik. The prisoners had the bogus pistols in their possession when Nothing was stolen from the house in Kiangse Road.
Small Armed Robbery:
Sept, 26 At about 2 o'clock yesterday morning, seven men, three of whom carried ' pistols, broke into House 1 Lane 116 Connaught Road and, after intimidating the occupants, stole a small quantity of money and Jewel lery, They "escaped "before the alarm could be raised. According to the occupants of the house, the men used the Northern dialect only.
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