The Archive · 1934

WEIRD ATTEMPT TO ROB HOUSE Airmail Ca-Pilot's German Wife Victimized

Trying to_ persuade the German wife of a Chinese ce-pilot of the Hankow airmail that her husband bad been injured and needed band-fares and medicaments, an unusual band of robbers made every attempt to get her out of the house on Tues-(June 12), probably so that they might ransack it All they got was two suits, minus the waistcoats.

This remarkable affair took over hour in. its sequence of events, fand succeeded in bringing Mrs. Lue, the airman's wife, to tears, as well seriously perturbing Mrs. Ede, the German wite of Dr. Ede, well-known German trained engineer and ar-

"There was no foundation for the statement that Mr. C. H. Lue, the ce-pilot in question, had, been in= Jured, and the robbers did not suc ceed in getting all the inmates out of the house as, although Mrs. Lue! went with the gangsters, her amah remained at home.

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