Police Hold Valuables from Chefoo for Inquiries Suspected of being a portion of the valuables stolen from Messrs Sennet Freres jewellery store, 75 Nanking Road, in the daring robbery committed by three foreigners on May 15° last, approximately $20,000 worth of jewels are being detained by the S. M. Police for detailed investigations.
The jewels were found at Chefoo with the astisiance of the Customs authorities there after information had been received in Shanghai that the Russian proprietor of a Minghong Road jewellery store here had. sent fe the northern port a parcel containing jewels.
Permission to hold the jewels was obtained by the Police from the Chi nese judicial authorities on Tues day morning, June 11. Mr. Paul Y." Ru, Assistant Municipal Advocate,' on behalf of the Police, applied "to Judge Feng. of the First Special District Court for the detention of the jewels in order, Mr. Ru said, to enable the management of Messis. Sennet Freres to examine them and to ascertain whether they were part of the stolen property. The application was granted by the Judge.
The robbery at Messrs. Sennet Freres was committed shortly after noon. The foreigners involved were all armed with pistols. They entered the premises, bound the assistant manager and three Chinese clerks with wire, and escaped with the loot, the total value of which was estimated at more than $200,000. The leader of the robbers was a tall, blonde, well dressed man of about 35. A reward of $20,000, or ten per cent. of the loss, was offered by Lloyd's of London in 1 effort to solve the mystery of the robbery.
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