An alarm raised by the victim resulted in the arrest of one robber in French Concession at 1030 am. yesterday, after three men had attempted to rob the home of On Gno-hong, a rich Chinese merchant at 152/15 Rue de Saigon.
The robbers, one of whom was armed with a pistol, entered the house and the armed man covered the merchant, while the others started searching for money "and valuables. At that moment, the brother-in-law of the victim came in and was immediately searched and robbed of $36.
"When the bandits failed to find anything on the premises, they ordered On to show them his trunks. To do this, the victim went into another room, locked himself in and shouted for help.
The trio took immediately to their heels, but were pursued by the victim's brother-in-law and C.P.C. 65, who heard the After a long chase, the policeman managed to arrest one of the men. He turned out to be Sie Die-fang, aged thirty. Police investigations revealed that the arrested man had presented himself to the victim the night before and offered to sell him a fur coat for his wife, He declared that he lived in a gaming house in Nantao and was unemployed.
The other two robbers managed to escape, but the French Police believed yesterday that the information given by the arrested bandit would lead them to apprehend his accomplices.
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