Shanghai, Nov. 1.
The Hongkew police yesterday were seeking {0 establish the reason behind the. mysterious shooting of Wong Dah-bao, 4, unemployed who was shot on Chapoo Road near Woochang Road by an unknown gunman,
and when" his assailant stealthi The was walking lon the crept upon him from behind and fired two shots at him, both of which took effect. He collapsed while the un: man escaped among the crowd which gathered at the sound of the shooting.
"The wounded man was rushed to the Shanehai Sanitarium and Clinic in an ambulance of the Fire Depart-was learned. that his a bullet which could not be with the money wrapped up in a newspaper, The gangsters who appeared to have been informed that he had gone Hongkew to transfer money to the Settlement were lurkinyt on Hong-Kony Road waiting for him, The robbery was a grab-and-dash affair and the robbers e-caped before police arrived on the scene. extracted. He was reluctant to make any statement regarding the shooting.
The police who were informed by telephone "made enquiries at the scene of the shooting, but could certain little. The crime is said to be devoid of political motive and the vielim is believed to be the victim of yang warfare. His age was given '3s 44, and it was learned that he was shot In the back, S.M.P. Kept Busy By Criminals Shanghai, Oct. 30.
Shanghai Municipal. Police detectives were kept busy throughout the day yesterday as several crimes were reported in various parts of the city, the biggest being the kidnapping of wealthy Chinese in the Wayside The kidnapping took place at about 630 p.m., when four armed men en= fered the Dah Lung Silk Filature at Yoong Chang Li, off East Yuhang Read. Covering the occupants with their firearms, the kidnappers carried away the owner of the place it a motor car, the licence number which was unknown, 'The nome of the victim was given as Koo Hung Bel. Detectives investigating the case believed thatthe crime had been committed with the sole purpose of felting ransom' money, Ten minutes before this crime, a public motor ear, bearing Heenes 17820, was commandeered by one of them armed, in (oad, just a few yards from Point "Road. Although nol proved, it was believed that this might have East Yuhang Road abduction, The day was not without its daily halt a dozen armed robberies and hold-ups, and the first was reported 13am. when six men carried away four bales of cotton in a hand-trolley. No alarm was raised and the thieves, speaking Kompo dialect, made their escape easily.
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