The Archive · 1938

Four Persons Held

Shanghai, Apr. 14 Three foreigners and a Chinese were remanded by the First Special District Court yesterday until April 23 suspicion of being concerned with the armed hold-up at Messrs. K. Mon-detach, jewellers, at 1163 Bubbling Well Road, reporied on July 20 Inst year.

The arrests were made by Detective Sub-Inspector I. 'V. Goloobkoff, and the men detained are: Joseph. Dunaevsky, a Russian barber, Alexel Oxti, an unrecognized Persian and Lazar Curitio, a Russian, and a Chinese by the name of Lieu Soong.

'The robbery was perpetrated shortly after noon in Bubbling Well Road. According to a complaint, two for~ eigners, both of whom were armed, walked' into the shop and held up) Mr. XK, Mondenach and 'a servant victims were bound and gagged, after which the robbers ransacked the shop. escaping with a loot valued at_ $10,000.

The two men were reported to have arrived in a motor car and escaped by the same vehicle, Suspected Robbers sh Apr. 14 Another group of seven. suspected robbers, rounded up by the Selllement Police, was remanded by the First Spociat District Court yester~ day until next week for further sts were made by ives of West Hongkew Stati headed by Detective Sergeant One pistol with one. rot munition was seized by the police.

In a separate case in which 22 suspects were arrested by detectives of the Special Crime Branch of the Setilement Police, five additional arrests were made. The 22 were a room in Sun Sun Hotel pan, of 27 suspects will come up for trial before the First Special District Court on April 23.

In another case in which 45. suspected robbers were detectives of the Station, additional robbery.

ere filed against some of the sts pects yesterday afternoon, us

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