Shanghai, Oct. 29.
Five robber suspects including a former private rickshaw coolie employed by the victim appeared in the First Special District Court yesterday 4 connection with the $138,000 arm ed robbery committed on October 12 fin the Chin Ju native bank at 64 Seward "Road. "The suspects admitted that they had participated in the crime but alleged. that their ringleader and. several olhar mei bers of the gang were still woman "suspect was Hearing was postponed further investigations.
It was revealed in court that the next day after the robbery the quick acting police. arrested the five men asa result. of raids including the one carried out in the roof garden Amusement resort of the Sincere Ca. Among them is Vu Ah-king, former private rickshaw puller employed by the manager of the victimized bank The officers then raided two more houses in Ferry Rond and Amoy Road resulting in the seizure of part of the stolen money" amounting" to more than $24,000, The men were brought before the court ona writ of detention and news was withheld from publics as the police wished to retind up the whole gang. It was revealed yesterday, however, that other members of the robber gang have been hiding 'a place over which the Settlement police have no jurisdiction and therefore the Court was asked to try the mon already detained.
The police prosecutor told his story about the arrest of the men and was indicated that the men had run away with $135.46 in Chinese a foreign notes including American and Japanese money. of the money stolen and recovered was produced as evidence. The men admitted their responsibility of the crime Presence of a representative of the victimized bank, but they stated that they did so at the in Hsu Shih-long who is at large.
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