Shanghai, Apr. 5.
Two foreign women were assaulted yesterday evening by bag-snatchers Hart Road in the neighbourhood of Wuting Road at about 650 pin. The snatchers got away with the bag belonging to one of the women con about $60 in notes and many The robbers recurred as Mrs. A. Whaley and Mrs. J. M.D. Hoste were walking along Hart Read towards the latter's home. As they approach-fed a coal yard just beyond Wutins, Road, a man rushed out from the shadow of a bamboo fence ard. grab-ley's baz. Mrs. Whaley: "din pursuit of the complice, who was evidently also hidden in the shadow Jor the fence, rushed out and threw her to the ground.
(On seeing her friend knocked down, Mrs. Hoste rushed to her assistance, but the same accomplice. turned and Knocked her down, While the {wo Armed Robbers Shanghai, Apr.
Knowing that a considerable amount of money" would change hands in a lottery ticket shop Nanking Road last night, in view of the fact that the drawing of the Refugee Relief Lottery is taking place today, and that consequently. 4 large number of tickets were sold yesterday, three daring robbers, two of—them armed with pistols, entered such an slablishment at 622 Nanking Road near Chekiang Road, shortly after 720 pan. and held up the manager of the shop, his six assistants and about twenty customers, Meanwhile, the tunarmied member of the trio searched the various counter-drawers and asked those in the shop to hand over all the money they had.
Late last night, the total amount of the loot could hot ax yet be learned, as the assistants in the shop were stil counting the number of unsold lottery tickets in order to ascertain the total loss. In any case, it was. certain that more than $1,000 were taken by the thugs, who managed to escape. The robbery was carried out with such veare that the policemen the corner of Nanking and Chekiang. Roads, were not aware of what had happened unfit the desperadoes had departed and the assistants raised the alarm, Detectives from Lowa police ation are investigating the case and arrests had been-made at the ime of going to press.
'Tax Collectors' Searched Although tax-collectors are an unpopular Jot all over the world, the residents of House 132, Lane' 214, Yates Road, were agreeably surprised when a Chinese employee of the Shanghai Municipal Council's Revenue Department, entered the house at 8 am. yesterday, presum= ably with the intention of collecting, iXes. The inmates were pleased, cause they had hoped that possibly, this man would be able to help then id themselves of some unpleasant company, namely three armed. robbers, who hod lined them up pistol point, to ransack the plaen. Their hopes were soon shattered, however, when the thugs—busied themselves with the revenue collec. tor's receipt books.
Considerably disinterested inthe amount of taxes which zhe SILE. collected each quarter, the robbers flung the official books back to the collector, without having fortunately noticed the $85, which were neatly folded up in the back of one of the note-books. Disappointed with the result of their too casual inspection of the collector's books and pockets, the thugs proceeded to search each room of the house and finally departed with a loot consisting "of money, jewellery and clothing, valued at $346, Meanwhile, the tax-collector dashed to an adjoining house, where his foreign superior was collecting taxes, and informed him of his ordeal, Chengtu Road police station w: informed and investigations are still proceeding, no arrests having. bec Feported 10 a late hour last night.
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