Seeing himself overtaken the fugitive drew his gun again and after careful aim fired at his pursue who Perhaps would not have emerged un-Seathed had it not been for jamming of the weapon of his quarry. Without. further hesitation the officer in turn fired five shots at his assailant. Bullets took. effect and the Chinese collapsed in a heap. One bullet hit a Chinese amah on the road who Sustained a slight wound on an ankle.
Tu the interval the other kidnappers were searched by the other members of the party and were found in pos session of another pistol and a knife These and the weapon used by the kidnapper who made a dash for liberty were seized by the police.
The five members of the fang were taken to the Chengtu Road police station from where a party of detoc~ tives under DetInsp. "T. Hill lost no time in going to the scene of the shooting to conduct investigations. Exhaustive enquiries made by them during the whole day elicited that the occupants of the car were members of a band of kidnappers believed to have been responsible for an abore tive attempt made in August 21, to kidnap the banker for ransom, First Kidnapping Attempt On the first occasion the intended victim was proceeding along Moulmein Road in his private rickshaw Within a stone's throw from his resl= dence, "At the intersection of Moulmein Rond and Avenue Foch he was confronted by four Chinese, believed to be members of the same fang who were arrested yesterday, (we of whom were armed with pistols who attempted to drag him from the rickshaw. He raised a vociferous outery which seared the kidnappers. Aban-doring their victim they made a dash for the French Concession, running long Avenue Foch where they boarded awaiting car with which they had. intended to. abduct their vielim, and drove off in a westerly Further police enquiries ted to the arrest of another alleged Chinese member of the gang later in the day. Enquiries reveated that the ear hired from the Korean Garage yesterday morning was driven by' one of two Taiwanese members of the gang. The couple were handed over yesterday by the Municipal police to. the Fapanese Consular authorities Chinese Business Man Kidnapped in Badlands Shanghai, Nov. 11.
Another kidnapping was per petrated shortly before noon yester Gay when armed kidnappers, the number of which could not be learned since the "rime had" been com milted in the "outside" territory, eat= ried away Dong Yoh-fung, a native of Wusih and 33 years of age, in his Officials of New Regime Killed Shanghai, Nov.
'Chen Yusliang, leader of the Seit-defence Corps in Wusih, a Japanese-sponsored organization "who arrived Shanghai yesterday morning. to meet some friends at the Central Hotel, Canton Road was shot and killed' in room on the fifth oer of the establishment in the afternoon least two assassins, who made good their escape. His colleague Yuen Tien-keng was wounded in the chest bya single shot and he died the Lester Chinese Hospital last night.
The shooting occurred shortly after 3 pin. when two men, only one of whom actually opened fire, broke into Room 521 of the hotel where Chen and Yuen were registered and, without saying a word, tie gunman red in all ority three shots. Chen was shot only once through his head and he dropped dead while another shot brought Yuen down, The third shot, hurt nobody. The assailants quickly escaped after the shooting: and the Louza police soon arrived to make investigations during which several suspects wore detained and Conflicting reports were circulated in Chinese. press circles. last night rewarding the motive of the assasslnations, "While it was believed that the "crime was the result of some sort of internal grudge another port emanating from. Wusih circles In Shanghai suggested that a ease of political revenge, alleging that the job might have been done by pro-Chungking guerillas operating, in Wusih, Tt was said that Chen was responsible' forthe arrest of an. alleged assassin of the late magistrate of Wusih whom he handed over to the Japanese who, in turn, executed him, This act drew fre from qucrillas supporting the alleged assassin, "If this report is authentic then it would appear that Chen had been chased by his opponents from Wusih before was shot, Russian Policeman Kills Robber Shanghai, Nov. 9.
Quick action on the part Russian auxiliary agent of the French Municipal Police caused the death of notorious Chinese highwayman, in a pussaxe of Boulevard de Mon: tiny at about 830 a.m, yesterday, his name being given as icing King-fou.
'The shooting followed a hold-up slaged by three Chinese in Boulevard de Montigny where they had held uy Chinese' woman travelling rickshaw. The Russian agent saw them at the moment they were attempting 10 rob their victim of a fold Ting. The Russian policeman, who was about 80 "yards away. noticed that one of the robbers wax covering the puller, "another was pulling the ring off the victim's Ringer, while the third was ready run with the loot.
When the robbers saw the Russian agent, they took. to their _hecls, running into lane 287 in Boulevard Montigny.
The policeman followed them into the Jane where one of the highway: men, seeing himself being overcome, opened fire on the run, The shots missed the policeman, who in his turn returned the fire and killed one of the men, The Killed robber, stated to have been 36 years of age, was well known to the French Police. His record showed that he was sent to prison ight times, six of them being for robbery.
The victim, who Is the business manager of a Chinese firm at 3 Peking Road, was travelling car, licence No. 732, in Penang Road when, just before Robinson Road, his automobile was stopped and." the kidnappers jumped in, driving away a westerly direction, Since the crime had been mitted in territory not under the the His (we accomplices managed 0 escape in the crowd that is always evidence in Boulevard de Mon-tiny.
SMP. jurisdiction, the Settlement Police were not carrying out any investigations, although it was learned that the ear had not been recovered up to a late hour yesterday.
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