'Shanghai, Nov. 23, One of the cleverest' and most robbers to have operated angsrous gangs of armed' high the Ectlernent in many years, was safely Echind bars yesterday morning. as a result of successful police raids carried out at various addresses during the night from November 21 to 22. On information received, police parties under Detective Sergeant Brotherton of the Crime Branch, raided room 460 at the Far Eastern Hotel, 90 Vu Ya Ching Road at 7 pin. on November 21 and arrested nine suspects. After questioning these men, the police party went to an address at 460 Burkill Road where the headquarters of the gang were raided, Shortly after 3 o'clock yesterday mae Sy oats cats which, ae me Senet Die ate ces months faced the First Specht trict Court yesterday joining. Mr, Thomas S. Lea, Municipal Advocate, told the judge that four of the men guilty to the charges referred against them by the police but that additional time would be required to investigate the cate as it Was believed that in addition to the 14 known cases perpetrated by the ang, it was possible that they were Fesponsible for a number of other crimes. The prisoners were therefore Femanded in custody for another two weeks when the case will come up for hearing again.
Whilst raiding the Burkill Rotd house, two.38 calibre pistols, one a "Demon" and the other a "Brown: ing," were found buried in the ground, although the Police believe that the gangsters must have more farms hidden away elsewhere.
Their method of robbing well-dressed Chinese taxi-users was always: the same, Three men waited in front of a hotel or singsong house and when their proposed victim was about enter a waiting taxi, two armed men followed whilst a third sat next to the driver and ordered him to proced to some lonely road. On the way they searched the victims' pockets, relieving him of any valuables that he may have carried on his person. They then ordered the car to stop and ordered the victim out. Subsequently they usually forced the driver to take them to rome outgf-the-way road, in the Western dis-ict Before leaving the car, they variably gave the driver $5 and told him to inform the police of the rab bery. The similarity of the various left no doubt in the minds of Haaustsong, 22, and bla fact that one and the same gang was responsible for all these crimes, although the intensive search for the criminals was only crowned with suc-'The complainant Ast came cess when a police informer was able Liu through "Toon aly Moe fo find out the addresses of the two broker, Through Liu, Mr, Sze Kondenko and Tretialc hide-cute on November 21. dress at. Ningpo ftcld him that a umber of Nine Months for Jailbreaker desirous of busine Shanghai, Nov. 24.
Sentence of nine months' imprison-Chinese donars, ts! Soo large quantities of yen nce!
iment. was passed on Eugene Dolgoft, fgrtave agreed the, Se yale businessmen" have Yen® 20g years old Russian, who was one for iwo prisoners who escaped from $25,000. On Thursday a meeting {the French Concession jail' on Rue arranged at the. hotel whey 'Massenet_on October 25, at the Firs Kodenko, Tretiakom and uy ect? he hostelry'on Friday morning Special. District Court. yesterday by the complainant that they wanted Judge Feng on a charge of having see the yon notes. They' counteg 10 Stolen cable belonging to the Japanese Army in Shanghai. At the conclusion Packages of yen notes and suite fof the hearing Dolgoff was handed they Would be back in the atten ver to the French Police and he will with the required §25000, "32 afternoon, Hoodan Is alleged ryt Appear in the Second Special District gain counted the money sua fit Court today when a charge of jall-Proceeded to. stut the notes n'® breaking will be heard, Targe envelope, telling Mr gi? convictions Dolgolf faced a charge Possessing a long record of previous wait for the other accused who ele to bring the Chinese notes. "Ar atte [Yesterday of having stolen 50. yards 1230 pan, on Friday, Kondonte telephone cable from Dalny Road Liu made their appearance "in belonging to the Communteations orel room bringing with them's si 'Section of the Japanese Army. Also ease and an account book, act, feonvicted on the same counts were fo the evidence presented 'In cact Vielor Ivanoff (20), who was sen-yesterday. fenced to 14. months' imprisonment, 'Tretiakoff, the Municipal Prosceuto and George Wagen (23), who received continued, is "alleged to have cum. term of nine months' in jail. The plained about the bad sealing of the later accused also faced a charge of envelope containing the yen-netes and stealing 137 yards of electric. cable under the pretext of changing. the irom Lane. 207, Kunping Road, be-seal, he went near to the window, longing to the Shanghai Power Com-bringing the envelope back "a "few pany. Both thetis were said to have minutes later, this time sealed with Been' perpetrated on 'November 4. tape and wax. He then handed' the For harbouring the stolen goods, envelope to the accused and told him JSobn Gomaniloff (21), 283 Kungping that he would soon be back with the oad, was sent to prison for seven $2500. After having waited Yor over months, while John Zaitzeft (28), al-fan hour, Mr. Sze suspected foul play ged to be the leader of a Russian fand'on'opening the envelope ound foong of thieves in the Wayside area that its contents consisted. of white was found not guilty ona charge of paper cut to the size of banknotes harbouring Dolgoft following the lat-He Immediately reported the care to ter's escape from jail, the Bubbling "Well Police. Statin where Detective Subsinspector I. V.
A set of burglar's tools found in [Goloobort showed the complainant Zallzel's room was confiscated and number of pictures of habitual erin. Chinese named Wan Chiucling, owner als, Mr. Sze recognized one of them Jot a secondhand shop on Pelang Road fas that of Hoodan, Two baure later, who purchased 137 yards of the stolen the detective atresied Tsoong. A ssu. Jeable from Ivanof! and Wagen sequent raid at 63 Rue Pere Roterl fined $100. Mr. Thomas S. Lea pro emitted the police to apprehend the secured all the six accused. other Sve accused, Dolgoft who was serving a four year sentence in the French Concession jail effected his escape by dig: ging a hole through the wall of the prison together with Victor Boris senso, who was serving a seven years term for attempted murder, Alter the escape both men were arrested by Japanese gendarmes In Soochow but Borissenko jumped off the train and eluded his escort while on the way to Shanghai. On his arrival here, Dolgoff was released and he immediately made his headquarters in the Wayside area where he mixed with other Russian thieves. All the men in court were arrested by Detec-Live Sub-Inspector B, Maklaevsky on November 6 at 263 Kungping Road, In court, yesterday, Kondenko de. nied that he had been at the hotel Jon Friday and pleaded not gully, Whilst Tretiakoft admitted going there Jand obtaining $2,600 which were supposed to cover the money exchange {for counterfeit bank-notes, He claimed in court that his negotiations with tr, Sze concerned counterfeit notes, stating that the plaintiff! wanted (0 buy $6,000 worth' of fake notes for $8,000. "Liu substantiated: this staement, Hoodan and Mihai denied that they had anything to do with the proposed transaction whilst Tount Taintained that he had been. opproached by Liu to introduce him to Mr. Sze for the purpose of a yen note transaction.
More Alleged Cable Stealers Alleged Thief Faces Court Charged Shanghai, Nov, 21 Shanghai, Nov. 26.
Arrested on suspicion of having Five Russians, alleged to have stolen a large quantity of overhead stolen a large quantity of copper trolley cables in the Wayside district, Molsey Birman, 30, faced the tramway cable belonging to the ip Shanghai Tramway Company in the First Special District Court yester~ Wayside area, appeared in the First day. No charges were brought Special District Court yesterday against the accused, and he wis following their arrest by Detective remanded for one week.
Sub-Inspector F. Gigarson of the According to the prosecution. [Shanghai Municipal Police, Birman is suspected of having The tve men were: Boris brought a quantity of cable from Bataloff (36), Ivan A, Ivanoff (30), the northern district to the south Pavel Savehuk (29), Abraham Kan-Side of Garden Bridge with a truck ter (21), Vladimir' "Vasilieft alias He is also alleged to have disport Shuvan (92). The last-named acof this property and to have been jeused was handed er to the French connected with several other alleged Municipal Police as he is suspected looters who were arrested on huts: of having represented himself as a day on similar charges. Birman is member of that force and of having connected with the Maxvite Ca. legally searched a house in Rue Ningpo Road, according to evidence Tenant de 1a Tour.
Two Russians and a gypsy involved The men appeared before Judge in the Yen 20,000 fraud ease are also Wong, who granted a request for a said to be connected with the same Writ of detention brought by Mr, firm, although it 1s not believed that
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