The Archive · 1934

$11,000 TAKEN BY ARMED ROBBERS

Coolly waking into a Chinese bank in broad daylight, armed robbers on Thursday morning made just as calm an exit, taking with them $11,000 in bank-notes. No alarm was raised, and it wes not until half an Four had passed that the French Police were informed.

'The affair occurred at 4 Kianli, off Rue an Consular and, near Rue' des Missions, where a native bank has (Of the $11,000 taken by the gangs ters, $9,000 was in local notes. The remainder were notes issued by: Tientsin branches of various banks.

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