Sub-Inspector W. A. Munnings Has Narrow Escape In Clash with Bandits Police Recover $23,300
Shanghai, Mar, 21, ONLY, the fact that a robber's pistol jammed when the trigger was pulled saved Sub-Inspector W. A. Munnings of the Shang-'Municipal Police from death or very seri us injury yesterday evening. The foreign police officer' experienced this narrow escape during an affray with a robber gang in Great Western Road when he, together with Sergt. L, T. Roberts, was called to the scene of a hold-up at Mr, Mark L. Moody's assembling plant in Great Western Road, where a payroll was stolen, As a result of quick action on the part of the two foreigners and Chinese policemen in the vi ity, the robber, whose pistol failed to fire, was captured and the payroll was recovered.
Two other desperadoes escaped.
The hold-up occurred at about 8 when three men, one of them Srmed. with. 0" pistol, entered. the assembling shop, where $600, wages {or employees, reposed. They, Slasd the money ana made off but were followed by the assistant manager of the place. fe managed to attract the Attention of a Chinese constable, who, Being off duly, was unarmed The constable, acting quickly, hall-cod a passing police motor eye ie com. Binaslon in which were Sub-Inspector Munnings" and. Sergk, Roberts. Both these ofoers dismouied and pursued the robbers, neo of whom disappeared into alleyways.
ceseape was impossible" the: two "The remaining man, seeing that Gora having chased him_ almost into the' arms 'a poles. patrol turned and pointed. his gun atmostat point Blane range at Sub-Inspector_ Mune tings, "He ulled the trigger Dut Icky, tye weapon jammed, and he vas seized by the patrol. He is now Ie'Lausa Police Staton and he wil be hiarged In the First Special Dis-Cour.
$23,800 Recovered After Robbery'
'A remarkable case of quick arrests and Fecovery of loot after a large Dayroll robbery', was recorded in the Bastern district earlier in the atter. noon, Members of the Settlement Police attached to Wayside Station managed to arrest ywo out of the gang of three men involved, seize Iwo rearms, and retrieve all but $300 fof the loot of $23,000. No shots were fred.
The robbery took place at 1230 oteloek noon on Kwenming Road, outside the wates of the Hwa Shing Tovsceo Ca. factory. a Japunesecontrolled etiablishment, whose pay roll was. Involved. A'Chinese countant and n chauffeur of the tobacco frm were transporting about $20,000 in cash, representing staff pay. They were in u car-and the account ant had the bulk of the "money. They were halted as their vehicle Was starting along Kwenming Road, three Chinese bandits pointing two uns. at them.
'After the outlaws hod seized most of the money held by' the accountant they" tekled the driver and. sought steal the car seas to facilitate their escape. The chauffeur, however, Stieeeeded in escaping and he ran into the factory yard and raised an alarm. A large number of detectives and uniformed men turned out from Wayside Station and raced' to the $28.100 Pleked Up Meanwhile the bandits were runing as fast as they could, in separate directions. "The Police chased them, one of them discarded $23,200 as the van, the money being picked up his' pursuers Without firing a shot, the policemen overtook one-of the bandits and seized him with a loaded revolver in haig possession." Another lid fled into Chapel, but he was traced to tea-shop there and induced to tele the. Settlement, where he was rested, He conducted the detec tives toa house where a second firearm—a pistel—was concealed, The two prisoners are to brought before the First Special District Court today, charged with rived robbers Police Fired Upon The "badlands" in the Western istrict produced a shooting before daylight yesterday when & desperate tum of Mauser welders egaxed the Seltiement Police at the time of an attempt to rob a Chinese shop.
Te was reported that the gang of seven or eight Chinese who entered the Kwong Woo oil shop at #0 Brenan Road (extra-Settlement territory) all carried Mauser pistols, An ala was raised and cars filled with police men turned out from the Bubbling Well Station. When the Fived "at the shop, however. the would-be robbers had left But, while a search of the neighbourhood was in. progress, the bandits ened fire on the Police in un alleyway near Brenan Road. Fortunately. noone was hit by the gangsters" bullet The proprietor of the cil shop ported that nothing had been stolen by the heavily-armed arse Tribute to Gallant Police Officers {olhononr of parade of the Fourth Marines was held at the Racecourse Shanghai, Mar. 22.
The gallant efforts. of the Police, attached to Bubbling Road Police Station, who recovered a pay roll of Messrs. Mark L. Moody and arrested
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