the Commissioner of Police retotal of 1.727 cases of crime Gevfese of 35 in. comparlaon with Refer Seplember and an. increase shop as compared with the figure of Mine corresponding month of ast Conte gues Zor October cone ga crimes brought to ight Division shows a decrease of rf Division an-increase of 52, Division a decrease of one. and "D" Division a decrease of one. arrests for arline committed ducing qhe'month show a. decrease as come {hred with September and an increase the More for August, 1288 per Shas having been arrested In' October "ayainat. 1307 In September and lat In August, th dation 291 per-were taken into. ewstody "for cles committed in previous months, persons were arrested on behalf of Tneluded in the arrests effected in october for crimes committed within the jurisdiction of the Shanghai Hunieipal Police "are" 20 persons fanted in "connection with "armed Grimes, Nine firearms were seized foqether with a large quantity of munition. of murder were recorded.
TI) A Chinese female was strangled to Beath by her nephew inva room hotel" The motive was. a disment over a debt. The culprit arrested and sentenced to death, '2). Amale Chinese employed in a dispensary was "fatally shot whilst carking along" Honan' Road by. a Chinese of unknown identity. "THe motive for this crime ts obscure.
(3) A male Chinese was fatally wounded in a shipping Bong. which eas entered by tree' Chinese, one of whom fred several shots from a pistol at the inmates, A bomb. was Slso thrown Into the premises, which exploded but onused fo injury." The motive is believed tobe politico Five cases. of attempted' murder were reported, A male Chinese, whilst pro-seeding ina motor-eas_ along. Nan-King Toad, was. fied upon by two Chinese." "the car was steickin overal places by the bullets, but being Bullet proof the Inmate escaped Injury. The assailants made good heir escape.
(2) A Chinese Police watchman was seriously wounded by three male Chinese who also stole. his service pistol, in a Lane off Cafton Road, One of the culprits has been arrested ud. charged, (3), Three Japanese Police emeers patrolling Jessfield Road challenged two male Chinese, who immediately opened fire on them. The Police returned the fire, but the Chinese made good their escape, No persons were injured, Chinese female was stabbed find wounded by her son-in-law result of a quarrel over domestic affairs, The accused was arrested ud charged. The ease ig on remand, (5) A male Chinese was stabbed by another male Chinese following an altercation between them in con: Sequence of a quarrel over employ ment. The assailant was arrested and is mow on remand, There was one case of mane slaughter, A pedestrian was knocked down by a motor-car in the Louza district, sustaining fatal injuries. The driver {ailed to stop and has not yet been located, There was one bomb thrown in the Settlement during the month, There were nine cases of simple ibduetion, seven more than September and an increase of eight compared to the corresponding period of Inst year.
There were 37 reports of armed robbery, an increase of nine as compared with September and a decrease four as compared with the dure {or the corresponding month of last There were seven other robberies, increase of one over the figure for September, The number of housebreakings reforded was 42 as compared with 38 in September, The number of burglaries reported tas 29, a decrease of 13 as compared with September The 1,002 cases of simple theft, an increase of $4 over the figure for Fast "A" Division recorded 27 cases of shoplifting, eight more than the figure for the previous month, 27 arrests wore made, There were 117 cases of pocket iching, an increase of 13 as com= Pared "with the previous month. 67 ests were made, 38 bicycles were stolen of which were recovered; 12 arrests were made, No motor-cars were reported Noten during the month, There were 52 cases of snatching, increase of one over the figure for September, 4" arrests being made.
There was a decrease of 16 in th number of opium offences.
'The Headquarters Narcotic Section garvied out seven raids and arrested 35. persons," Police Station. Stafls @eait with' 98 narcotic cases and arrested 118 persons.
72512 02s, of opium, eight ozs. of heroin and 38 pipes wore seized.
$1,500 fines were imposed in connection with the above eases.
Gambling offences show a decrease of three.
INONE crimes show an increase of inf genesis of rime which occurred fud "under" the jurisdiction of the in. territory. formerly" patrolled. by
Shanghai City Government Police were recorded and Investigated dur-Ing the month of October by. the Shanghai Munieipat Police, but are not included in the foregoing Agutes.
'The following 83 cases which are Included in the Agures in "B" Division occurred outside Settlement Timits, im houses on' oF abutting Council roads:—Attempted murder, 1; armed robbery, 3; housebreaking, cie, 1; burglary, 3; larceny, 40° snatching, 1; threatening letters, 1; embezzlement, 4; fraud, 1; malicious Accusation, 1; assault. 13; malicious damage, 1; loitering, 3.
Stolen property.—Property valued $217,120 was alleged to have been alen og against property valued at {$180,502.50 in September.
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Property valued at $96,609.75 was recovered, Suleldes—Twelve male and four female Chinese and one male Japanese committed suicide during he month, Notable work in "A" Division in-chuded:" d) 'The arrest and convie-{ion of a male Chinese for the murder of his' aunt. The accused was entericed to death.
Notable work in "B" Division included: (1) The arrest of a male Chinese concerned, with two others, in assaulting " Chinese Police watch= man, stealing the latter's. service pistol and. shooting him with the fveapon. The culprit is on remand, Notable work in "C" Division in-chided: (1) The arrest and conviction of a male Chinese responsible for the murder of @ foreign female. The accused. was sentenced to life im-Drisonment, (2). The arrest of six Malo Chinese for being concerned in famed robberies. Five of the accused were charged with one count and one was charged with three counts of armed robbery. Sentences were im~ posed ranging from seven years to {wo years. and six months" imprison mani One pistol and six rounds of ammunition were seized.
The Headquarters Crime Branch Detectives conducted investigations into 17 cases and effected the arrest of 20 persons. dri addition enquiries were continued in six cases previous-reported.
Notable work by Headquarters Crime Branch included the arrest of two male Chinese found in possession of $5,000 counterfeit Bank of China hotes, which they were attempting to sell," Tha accused were sentenced to six years' and five years' imprison ment respectively.
Double Tenth Anniversary—October ww-—This anniversary passed off without incident, its "observance by the Chinese community being limited to hoisting of the national flag.
Political Matters—The Shanghai Municipal Administrative OMce, formerly located in Pootung, was reorganized during the month and re-hamed the Shanghai Municipal Government. The new administration was formally inaugurated at the Civ Centre, Kiangwan, on October 16 when Mr, Fu Siao-en, a former prom-Jnent local merchant, war installed as Mayor and. Mr. Soo Sih-wen, Director of the Shanghai Municipal Administrative Office, appointed Secretary-General.
Strikes and Labour—There were three strikes in the Seitlement affect-{ng a total of 174 workers and resulting in.a loss of 660 working days. These disputes occurred in two Weaving (actones and a dry cleaning company.
One strike occurred in the Fren Concession and two in extra-Settlement roads area.
During October a total of 143.256) hands were employed in the various industrial concerns situated in the roads, number shows on Settlement and on extra-Setslement ner ease of 8310 as compared with statistics for September.
Refugees—At the end of October ere ace ae a er
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