Despite war and rain and a Chinese holiday, robbers were active in various parts of the International Settlement yesterday.
At 6 am. a gang of four or five men entered a Chinese house at 106 Pakhoi Road on the pretext that they were "searching for morphine." The master of the house ordered them to leave, whereat one of the intruders produced a pistol and shot him, wounding him seriously. The gang then ransacked the place and took a quantity of jewellery and clothing, with which they escaped.
Six hours afterward, four men attempted to rob House 9, Lane 482. Jessfield Road. at the points of three pistols, The occupants raised an alarm and the robbers fled. They were followed, however, by pedes trians through alleyways into Brenan Road, There one of the pedestrians tried to seize a robber, but the robber turned round and shot him in the left arm. All the robbers escaped, A Chinese watch and clock shop at 396 Nanking Road was the scene of the next crime, at 2.30 p.m., when a lone robber carrying a pistol entered and demanded some watches.
The shop clerks did not dare to raise an alarm and the intruder escaped with three watches, total value $68.50.
Detectives attached to the Chengtu Road Station raided a Chinese hou: in Shanse Road before dawn day and arrested five robbery pects. They also seized two pistols and several rounds of ammunition.
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