Police Kill One, Wound Three Armed Robbers Many Pedestrians Suffer in Grim Encounter 'N one of the fiercest gun fights between police and armed robbers in Shanghai for many years, one robber was shot dead, three others wounded, one suspect wounded, the master of the house where the robbery occurred wounded, one pedestrian killed and three others wounded by stray bullets in Avenue Edward VII yesterday morning. It is estimated that over 100 rounds were fired in the grim encounter, in which four desperate men were fighting for their lives against a determined police posse from Chengtu Road Station.
The police under Inspector B. B, Everest, made a brilliant success out of the round-up, shooting down all four robbers without a single policeman being hurt.
Outstanding in the gun battle, in which great heroism was displayed by the entire police party, were a courageous attack upon an armed robber by Inspector Everest, who tackled the man after he had exhausted all his ammunition; the action of Sergeant W. H. Johnson, on patrol in the vicinity, who quickly joined in the affray although he had no steel vest; the shooting down of two robbers by a party led by Inspector S. V. Gash; and of a third by Sergeant O. C. Goldsmith, who jumped on to the roof of the house, and with his first shot brought down his man as he was making a dash across the courtyard. All of the booty was recovered.
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