Details of. Wednesday's Attempted Hold-up The pistol used by one of three gunmen, in their attempted highway robbery on Vu Yuen Road shortly before 8 p.m. on Wednesday, was believed to have a long police history, it was understood yesterday. The victim-to-be, a tea-merchant, who had been injured by one of the gunmen as the trio tried to escape into alleyway 1125, told investigating police officers, that at the time of the attack he had alighted from a number 9 bus on his way to the Hollywood Gardens gambling den.
As will be recalled, the tea merchant was ordered io walk along with the gangsters who presumably had planned to rob him in one of the dark lanes. Fortunately for him however, Detective Inspector J. C. Crighton, in company with Mrs. Crighton had alighted from a bus that had arrived at the same stop a few seconds beforehand and had noticed the suspicious behaviour of the trio. Inspector Crighton pushed his wife between the two buses so that she would be out of the fung line and then noticed how the thugs made off with the tea merchant as one of the trio pulled a Mauser pistol from underneath his coat. In great presence of mind, Inspector Crighton accompanied his wife to the other side of the street, told her to take cover in a near by alleyway and proceeded to load his service weapon. The clicking of the pistol's slide however mal for the thug who aimed at the detective and fired one shot Inspector Crighton thereupon fired three shots, missing the man. The gunman than ran into an alleyway T firing another shot at the tea ut who had been thrown to the ground by the other two criminals when they ran into the alleyw escape the line of fire. who detective then gave chase and d two additional shots at the Police Find Explosives At Willesden feeing gunman who staggered for a few moments but managed to escape e police officer's view was obneted by a number of pedestrians in the alleyway London.
Apr The police discovered explosives in a house at W day. containing about 100 Ib. of highly explosive cartridges. One of the pants of the house was ques-
Meanwhile, the tea merchant, who d only sustained a s wound on ran along Vu Yuen by Inspector who took him to his home from v he informed Bubbling Well Police station of the occurrence
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