Man Meets Death Fighting Against Gang Shanghai, Mar. 8.
At 5 pin. three robbers took a hat) and a small amount of money from shop at 277 Peking Road, at the poing of a pistol. No shots were fred and the bandits escaped.
Earlier in the afternoon, lot worth 70d Been fan by" these Scrrying.pstala at House 73, Lane 1402, Avenue Edward VII.
a There were, two smaller robberies inthe Seltlement ently" yesterday morning.
Robbed of $100 Mar. 9.
Money, jewellery and clothing to the amount of $700 were stolen from a Chinese house at 8 Chu Kaung Li, Fokien Road, at 8 pin. yesterday by five men, three of whom were armed with pistols, After the robbers had Jalready escaped, a report was made to the police. Ten minutes earlier, tone man armed with a pistol broke into a tea shop at S76 Connaught Road. Having intimidated the cupants, the man stole a tin box containing only -$830 and left.
Foreman Shot Dead "You are old and will soon die. Mani therefore will be of no use to you This was the "advice" of one of the robbers for Chang Siao-pao, 6 year old foreman of the N-V.K. Whart coolies, at his house, No. 4, Lane 587, off Ningpo Road, at about 9am. yesterday. Few minutes later Chang died.
The tragedy occurred when the foreman struggled with the robbers for a strong box they had seized. Seeing one of his companions having! been grabbed by the foreman, one robber opened fire, the bullet strike ing the foreman in the neck, killing him almost instantly.
Altogether three men, two of whom were armed with pistols, took part the crime. They encountered the foreman in an upstairs room, where they demanded money from him, reminding him of his old age and possible carly death.
After a careful search of the room, gang found the strong box. A struggle for the possession of ° the box ensued, resulting in the fatal shooting. According to a police report, the gang escaped empty Occupants intimidated Mar. 12.
Three men, all armed with hand grenades, entered 706 Connaught Road at 6 pam, yesterday and, after intimidating the occupants, stole a dicycle, money and jewellery valued
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