Shanghai, Mar, 29.
It_ was revealed in ihe Second Special District Court. yesterday that the 25 robber suspects, several the women, who were arrested by the French Police during March 26 and 27 had committed at least 1 armed robberies in both foreign settle= nents and at least one of the women detained told the indite that she had been firearm smuyigler for the robber ang.
Sitice the crimes need much time! to investigate before definite charges can Lo framed against each suspect Individually, the court postponed. the hearing to April 11.
Most of the male suspects admitted responsibilities for several crimes but mest of the detained women. tried fo exonerate themselves by stating that they were sweethearts of the arrested men and that they knew nothing about their activities in the! criminal world. They were' all detained, however.
The suspects, it will be recalled, were arrested ax a result of @ series of raids conducted by. police in several hotels ossian. "In the possession of ined ment rounds of amr 1, shows that the folal number of deaths from all causes amongst the foreign and Eh hose population in the Settlement were—Foreigners 13 and Chinese $85. Deaths from notifiable diseases were Foreigners, Tuberculosis 2, Cerebrospinal Fever 1. Chinese. Tubergulosis 43: Cerebrospinal Fever 11; Typhoid Fever 10; Measles 6, Smallpox 5; Diphtheria 5; Beri-bert Searle: Fever Dysentery: Paratyphoid Fever 1 and Relapsing Fever From the SHANGHAI
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