Escapes from House During Raid by Armed Men How a quick-witted amah, ignoring her own peril, caused the arrest of three members of an armed gang robbers on Thursday night, revealed by the police on Friday.
'Six Chinese, two of whom were seen to be armed, entered a stone-powder shop at 677 Tibet Road at 9.30 pam. and forced the occupants to hand' over money and jewellery valued totally at $50. They then ordered one of the occupants, an amah, to go to the second storey for additional loot.
The amah hurried upstairs, but instead of looking for valuables sh stepped through a window to a drying stage and thence to a neigh-douring house, where she raised the alarm, Chinese constables. telephoned the Sinza Police Station and a squad of detectives was despatched to the. shop, where the police managed o corner three of the robber:
The other three escaped.
The police also are investigating the burglary of a Chinese dwelling-house, "near the intersection of Chengtu and Bubbling Well Roa in which loot valued at. $10,000 was taken, The house, which had been used as a godown for some time and was supposedly being guarded by a private watchman, was entered by burglars on Thursday evening and ransacked. The intruders escaped with skins, furs, and other clothing, valued totally at $10,000,
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