With regard to the holdup of the foreigners on December 28, the de-{tained man said that his part of the Tot consisted of a Parker fountain en, @ wallet and several small ob-Jeets of a minor value, he also said fiat in flew of remuneration, each man who had participated, was given $19.
The stolen articles, both in this holdup and in other crimes in which the gang had participated, were Invariably disposed of by 'a certain Chinese who is consequently presum= ed to have been the brains of the kang. He is the man who was seri Susly injured In the "Tunsin" Road shooting affray and it was he who Was treated by the Chinese physician. who had been forced to look after him at the point of a gun, lapsed While Escaping After having been shot, Koo revealed, the "chap escaped across scant end behind the Ts Yue~ pang Village, where he collapsed, being subsequently assisted by three members of the gang. to Lane 1221 off Vu" Yuen Road. Afterwards he was inken to the Fah Hwa village where lice parties were later to. arrest Participating in the shootings which eeurved outside the Hollywood Gardens on the evening of April 19, when' DelSub-Insp. J.C. Crighton Of Crime Branch Headquarters. who ed to be on the scene at the time, fired number. of shots of which tone of th (tempted murder on January 211 Jessfield Road when Koo with two of his armed ae~
As a result of the police raid, the angsters thought that the doctor, whom they had forced to come to their lair, may have told of their whereabouts to detectives and one of the first things they did after eseap= ing from the "Ta Tao" police, was send the physician a threatening letter which they signed by drawing 2 large pistol at the bottom, inform= the doctor, that they Would with a large of armed robberies. mostly perpetrated inthe Brenan and Joss~ Tete districts during. the past few months, details of which have Hot vet been sseertained, All thes Implications will, howeve ty be carefully studied tigating the ea the detained man will be charted, it was understood from reliable sources, fie it has often happened that, ina effort to shield accomplices. at minor member of a gang confesses to eer iverimes in order to lead the from the right track. Usually the criminal confessing. to an" offence. must reeonsteyet the crime in. the presence of witnesses to the actual 3 order to. enable police make definite charges Meanwhile, it was learned. two of the four men who had escaped and who presumably had also been con-nicoled with the writing of the threa-toning Telier, faced the First Special District Court on March 7 and were sentenced (0 17 and 20 years of im= could not be learned where Koo actually detained nor "when he would be brought before the Court to answer, the various. charges which he had confessed but it was derstood yesterday that several attests of other members are expect within the next few days and. those arrests should be made, It will bbe another example of the unbeliev= diflculties with which the SALP.
faced, notwithstanding which they systematically erudieate criminals, More Arrests Expected Koo's detention, may lead to a large number of arrests swithin the next few days. which, it they materialize, would smash the intricate mechanism a most desperate gang.
Koo was first arrested large scale raid in which Sett detectives. assisted by. the Gendarmerie, in Fah Hwa village succeeded in apprehending a. Inrge on January 5, most of Whom, at the time were already. suspected' of having participated in. the holdup of the foreigners. As will be recalled, the Japanese authorities refused 10 hand the prisoners over to the Settle nient police for questioning, although subsequently, they "loaned" the thuss te Crime Branch headquarters for 24
already Statements, Subse-hours, if which time the men quently. they" were handed back to the Japanese who detained then at the "Ty Tuo" police headquarters of Jessfield Toad, where four of the Koo, climbed a_wall to regal freedom, -notwith Stonding the fact that during. their detention bythe police, they were handcuffed all the the.
Police yesterday continued to anaintain strict silence regarding the exploits of Koo who sains to have teen connected with all the major operations of his ans. When arrested May 26, he admitted "having T.P.C.s Fire at Burglar Sharghal, May 3 Two Tonkinese constables of the Concession polies fired shot each cearryin lie under" his' arm, when a suspicious looking Chinese,
requested, shortly Incident occurred on Route el, betwoer Rue into plot of suspect dropped the bundle contained scrap iron and seme tools, from son 1 it could matt had been apprehended but it was thought likely that he would be in the hands of the police within a few hours in view of the fact that drops of blood were noticed near the spot where beh have been when the that it was there: fore thought probable that he would ty to a hospital for treatment of his 'A. message requesting immediate notification if a) man with bullet wounds should ask for admission. was ated to all fwspitals and police been on the way to a new armed
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