The Municipal Police are highly to be commended n the smart work performed in connection with the foul crime committed at the Lester Chinese Hospitel on Wednesday when four guarneri killed a wounded man as he lay in bed and then shot dead. two Chinese policemen whom they encountered as they made their escape. Within 36 hours, detectives had arrested ten suspects and. seized a large quantity of pistols and ammunition, og well as Giscovering considerable Communist Propaganda which indicates the existence of a gang inspired by powerful political motives. These arrests were made at no little risk for among th seizure were 27 automatic pistols and two Mills hand Grenades. showing the determined and well-armed character of the gang which the police had to deal with in linking them up with the hospital murder. Fortunately, the raids met with no resistance and it Fedounds to the credit of the Police that they pursued their investiga tions so tenaciously and so rapidly that such arrests could be made.
'The duties of the Municipal Police nowadays are not light. Gangster-dom, Jong connected with Chicago, seems quite as firmly established in 'Shanghai, and the succession of brutal murders and. shootings in the ast' year or so leaves no doubt Fegarding the menace in our midst which appears to thrive on political associations, and shows its ferocity such incidents as the shooting on Wednesday. Only the unremitting vigilance ofthe Police supported by the firmest action by the courts will keep this menace in check.
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