Meanwhile, a police van, which had carried out a raid in Jessfield village, was proceeding north on Robison Rond at a very slow speed, in view of the congestion in traffic. When it reached the height of one of the alleyways. on Robison Road, in the vicinity of Brenan Road, the detectives in the van suddenly found themselves in cross-fire coming from both sides of the street. According to one theory held by the police, the gangsters, whose number in this case were definitely given as being five, believed 21. that the Singapore Road shooting had come to the airs of the police and that the van was actually looking for m. The van pulled up on the west 5 on Road and Detective Following the call on Mr. Franklin the party called on the commanders of the British and Italian forces in Shanghei and informed them of the request which had been made, the spokesman concluded.
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