"Being threatened by a gang of eight or ten thugs all armed with iron and wooden sticks, a Chinese detective attached to Louza Police station drew his service pistol and fired one shot when the gang became threatening. The shot injured one of the thugs in the right leg, in an alleyway near the intersection of yesterday. 1 Canton and Chekiang Roads at 3 p.m.
Two other members of the gang are present being questioned. They were also in police custody and are, at
arrested in a tea house at 501 Canton Road, from where the potice first heard that something was wrong.
It appears that the two men had entered the establishment and attempted to extort $30 from Nyoh Ping-shing who was sitting there, An alert employee of the establishment telephoned the police and the two' men, questioned on the spot, said that their confederates were waiting in the alleyway. A lone detective went there to find that the men were ready to go for him, whereupon he fired the shot. The condition of the injured man is not serious.
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