A. gang of four armed men entered the residence of Mr. Yang Zeng-toh, an employee of the French Municipal Council, in Lane 1218, Rue Lafayette, carly on July 20, and, having terrorized the servants, started to loot the place., They had not counted on /Mr. Yang's presence of mind, however.
Mr. Yang succeeded in slipping into the bathroom, where he locked himself in, and then raised an alarm by shouting through the window. The effect was immediate, for the robbers Jabandoned their loot and took to their heels. They menaged to escape.
It was reported to the French Police that the men were between rly and forly years of age and that all spoke the Shanghai dialect.
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