The Archive · 1938

Ta-Tao Gambling Den Bombed

Further light was shed yesterday on another bombing which occurred on Sunday evening, in so-called "Ta-Tao" territory, off Connaught Road, near Yenping Road. It learned that the place is one of the many gambling dens operated in the area under Japanese protection, as revealed in a special article which appeared in the North-China Daily News" on October 17, last.

"The establishment in question, which is innocently named the Chung Sing Amusement Centre, lies off the Settlement "outside" roads beyond the jurisdiction of the Shanghai Municipal Police. It was entered by a Chinese who left a bomb contained in a parcel, at about 6.30 p.m. on Sunday. Four Chinese were wounded taken to the Chinese Red Cross Bos. pital in a Fire Brigade ambulance. There two of them remained yesterday in very serious condition.

One of tke usual rows between members of the Western gambling fraternity is believed to ha ed the attack. A series of robberies and other crimes started with the establishment of. the many dens.

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