Armed Desperado Riddled with Bullets: Amah Thwarts Looting of Wayside House The presence of mind and pluck of Mr. G. A. Vurm, an assistant inspector in the SMC. Revenue Office and former fire officer, ended the career of an armed robber on February 5 after an exciting chase In the Wayside district.
Mr. Vurm, whose bullet probably killed the fleeing robber—two Chinese plain-clothes policemen and a uniformed C.P.C. also shot at the man—fired twice, one of the missiles striking the bandit in a vital spot, Riddled with bullets, the robber was taken to the Police Hospital in. an ambulance and thence to the Publis Morgue. Another Chinese, a suspect was taken to the Police Hospital with a bullet wound in the abdomen, and a third, a pedestrian, was sent to. St. Luke's Hospital slightly wounded.
Thee robbers, all carrying pistols, went to a Chinese house in Yue Ching Li, off Singkeipang Road, at 830 am.'and knocked on the back door. An amah opened cautiously, noticed a gun in the hand of one the bandits and attempted to shut the door again. The robber, however, pushed it open and one of them struck the woman on the chest with the butt of his pistol. She screamed and ran through the house, emerging by the front door and raising an alarm. All three bandits then took to their heels.
As they ran along Singkeipang Road, one of them fired a "warning shot in the air and this attracted the attention of two Chinese constables which he 1s, like other members of the collecting staff, provided to Protect public funds from armed by. "the "police to. render armed Fobbers, or to use when called ausiatance in an emergency.
'After leaving a. house. in' Seward Road, he heard police whiaties and saw a Chinese running towards him with a pistol in his hand. pursued by two 'Chinese. plainelothes' police, the alter blowing police whistles. 'The policemen fired' two. or three Shots and Vurm immediately loaded his pistol and. took cover, hind electric lamp standard. The robber frassed the fond as he neared Vurm fud turned as it {0 fire at the police. Vurm kept the robber covered with his pistol but as there were several pedestrians endangered did not shoot Until he was in.a good position when he fired "and saw: the man stagger. joined with the police in and "fred a second The robber returned the fire but appeared to be shooting at random, apparently suffering from his wound. As the robber and his pursuers heared the junction of Yuenfong and Seward Roads, a Chinese police constable in uniform on point duty ran across the roadway and fired three shotg when about only two yards from the robber, as did also the plainelothes policemen, and the robber fell to the ground killed.
Vurm joined the Revenue Office staff seven months ago, transferring from the Fire Brigade. on plain-clothes duty, who took up the chase, From Singkelpan Road the men turned into East Soward Road, proceeding in a westerly direction towards the Hongkew Creek. They fired as they ran, in gangster fashion, and the policemen Feturned the fire. Two of them to -escape, leaving only
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