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Six junkmen are believed to have been killed while more than $50,000 orth of goods was stolen by armed bandits in one of the most daring junk robberies ever committed on the Whangpoo on the Pootung. side of the river where the empty" junk still anchored One junkman who aped from the bandits failed to throw any Tight on the crime as he broke loose from the gang and hid ina broken coffin for many hours before traveling out at dawn only to find himself lost in the countryside cemetery.
The crime was committed shortly before "midnight on" December 12 when a. big junk carrying sugar, cotton and sundry goods which were to have been unloaded and taken aboard the Nantung Maru anchored off the Chichong Wharf, "Pootung. Only three or four armed. bandits showed up. After intimidating. the Taodah (Chang Shih-fu) and his assistants—with their guns, the robbers roped up all of their victims and sailed the best to another Poolung port called Tungkotkonis, where the victims were taken ashore and Imprisoned in a house.
A graphic account given by the Chinese press reveals that the robbers tried to do a very clean job and they did. 'The laodah and his assistants had' been imprisoned for lo Christmas Fun for the Kiddies Top photos show part of the more 20 hours. At about 1am. on December 15, the kidnapped prison ers were called out and led to the Headquarters of the "company leader" for "questioning." At least that was what the escaped junkman ind his unfortunate comrades. were old by the robbers, While being rs' Club. Th kiddies pictured at the bottom left at the Police Children's Party.
Lower right shows some 23 orphan girls from St Joseph's Convent, who were das Senhoras Portuguesas at the Clube Lusitano.
After the thus escorted to the "headquarters," the only junkman to live to tell the story suddenly freed himself from the bandage and escaped by running for a long distance in darkness and then hiding himself' in a. broken coffin, He said Tater that he heard
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