Gangster Slain, Guard and Watchman Wounded gun-battle fought at_close range, shortly before 9 am, on Satur day, inside the Yah Kong native bank, Lane $75, off Honan Road, near Peking Road corner, one of five robbers was shot dead, while an' armed guard was wounded in the head. Put fo fight by the spirited resistance of the guard, the remaining gangsters disappeared among excited Pedestrians in the busy street, but rot before wounding a watchman in the head, when he was about to intercept them at the entrance to, the alleyway.
Occurring at a time when trame the street was at its heaviest, the affray attracted large crowds "and ditional police hed to be called to restore order. Detectives of the Central "Station' reported that about six shots were fred. The condition of the two wounded men stated to be dangerous but not critical. The dead robber has been identified as an old convict who was released from prison on February 27 Tas, year.
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