Pistols lashed in Hankow Road, at the crowded intersection of Fokien Road, carly yesterday afternoon when police challenged a' gang of armed bandits after a robbery. The result was that one of the gang was shot dead and two guns were seized.
entered the Hwa Foo Transportation Shortly before 3 o'cnck (lires men Ca, a Chinese establishment, House 5, Lane 455 Hankow Road, produced two pistols one of which was 'a high-powered Mauser and ordered the staff to open the safe. The terrifled assistants complied and the dits helped themselves to about '$1,000 in bank-notes. Then they rat out into the lane and turned the corer into Hankow Road.
One of the hong assistants recover-his presence of mind more quickly than the rest and followed the fleeing robbers. shouting "Jong dau" as he Fan. He attracted the attention of some Chinese and Sikh constables on uty an the vicinity and these men challenged the bandits, The latter opened fire and the police immediate ly responded. Several shots were fired, one of them felling one of the robbers.
An alarm meanwhile had been telephoned to Lowza Police Station and a large party of detectives and uniformed-men under Chief Inspector Dudley hurried to the scene. They: were hot " however, to partic From his grasp the police tool: an automatic pistol which had in the breech. He was sent the Police Hospital but he was when admitted, from her two robbers escaped, one of them discarding a Mauser pistol {nto an open shop front as he ran. When this weapon was examined, it also was found to have a live round in the breech,
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