Inside, the desperate criminal caused Havoc with his pistol when he realized that he was about to fall into the hands of the police, He wildly fired four shots, fortunately without hitting any one and then made for the door. Another two shots left the barrel of his weapon fas he saw the steel-vested detectives around the house and then a stream of hot lead from well-aimed police pistols brought him to fall swith &wo bullets in his head. 'He was rushed the police hospital in' a. serious condition and the doctors' attempts to save his life were of no avail as he died shortly after 7 am.
Inside the building, it was learne¢ the dead man who' was none too conversant with criminal procedure, had found an easy task before him shortly after 40 am, when, after breaking in, he woke up the occupants one by one and, at the point of the pistol forced them to precede him to where they Kept their money, valuables and pawn tickets. One of the occupants however had remained unobserved and, in great presence of mind, he managed to get unto the street and to inform the poll Wonderful Police Work which the: pile party was formed The extraordinary rapidity with
and rushed to the scene, is responsible for the excellent arrest for ft to be able arrive at the scene of a crime within a minimum number of minutes in the middle of the night, After the criminal had thrown his pistol away in token of surrender, detectives" examining the weapon recognized thi Previously armed. robberies perpetrated since Detectives "are still Investigatin
uly 13 with a view to. aseettaig whether the refugee Camp employee Was concerned in' any of tern Ship Runs on Shore Off Korea Shanghai, July 10, Having run aground on Quelpart Island in a heavy fog last week, the 10,000 ton motor ship, Houston city, is now in drydock at the Yangtexeoe Dock, with considerable, damage fo her bottom, well below the Water line, The ship lett Shanghai on July 3 bound for Rashin In North Korea to pick up a cargo of beans for the United "Kingdom, "As "she neared Quelpart Island, off South Korea the vessel was caught in a dense fog and ran aground on the island, No sooner had she grounded than a Japanese surveyor came aboard with intent at savage. 'The captain of the Houston' City. declined all offers of salvage and declared that he would get the vessel afloat under but tu spite of this the skipper persisted his efforts and Analy got the vessel afloat and set her about for Shanghai, Fine weather was erlenced all the way here and the Ship arrived in Shanghai without further mishap, The extent of the damage was considerable and it is undecided whether the ship will undergo. repales here or not, That matter rests With the underwriters in London, The vessel was built in 1924 and tone of the ships belonging to the William Reardon Smith" Line of
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