ion received. a party of detectives from Pootoo Road station raided a teashop off Robison Road y y and arrested three alleged members of the gang that, as will be recalled, brutally assaulted and killed a Chinese private watchman early on Monday morning, when he was walking along Maipai Road. During yesterday's raid, the three men put up a stiff fight and a shot, accidentally fired, slightly injured Chinese Detective Sergeant 289.
The pistol, ch had been stolen from the murdered watchman and y had been the objec was recovered, whilst tives are now questioning the ce arrested men in an effort te certain reabouts of the remaining five thugs comprising the Tar Assaulted by Gambling Employees from Bubbling Well Road ation denned their steel a telephone message rece t 12,30 noon yesterday, ae ec which, "Ta Tao" policemen bad stacked two C.PJ-.s on Bre nun Road near Brenan Piece, Arrived o Understanding in Western Areas Replying to a questioner, who enquired if the Japanese authorities were prepared to make a statement on the general situation in the western districts of Shanghai an Embassy spokesman at the Japanese press conference last night stated that he did not believe that such a statement was necessary.
Asked if any arrangement had been reached between the Japanese and British military authorities in connection with the operations of armed soldiers, armed gendarmes and armed "Ta Tao" policemen in the Western districts, the spokesman replied that as far as he knew there had been no such arrangement.
Following further questions on the subject, the spokesman added that conversations had not reached a point where an understanding had been reached. The subject, he said, had been brought up incidentally in the course of several conversations, at the scene, they found that this was not true and that actually what had occurred was that one of the C.P.Cs had ordered a truck to stop, ihe chauffeur of which was sui sequently requested to produce h licence for purposes of inspection.
The chauffeur refused to present the document and instead, began to pull the policeman into an alleyway where the assailant was assisted by an undetermined number of employees of one of the gambling dens, Realizing that his life wes in danger, he C.P.C. drew his pistol and fired a number of shots into the air. Another C.P.C. on duty in the vicinity, rushed to the scene, upon hearing the shots fired, and helped to iterate his comrade. By the time tae officers from the station and arrived, the two Chinese policemen were free and had two of their assailants handcuffed.
The men will face the First Special District Court this morning on charges of having assaulted an officer.
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