One Chiese: was killed and four others seriously wounded during the 0! busy noo:
lay rush hour at the corner of Vu Ya Ching and Peking Roads yesterday when a gang of armed for robbers, believed to be about six in er, opened fire on Settlement has gone."—Reuter.
e while fleeing from the scene rupted armed robbery in d. a short distance away.
The dead man, Koo Zen-dien, anc the other injured people were alking on the street at the time and were unable to escape the rain bullets from the robbers' pistols. Many others had narrow escapes as the firing commenced, one passenger in a trolley bus escaping serious injury owing to. the thicken: of his gown, through which a bullet passed.
The affray took place at about 1 pin. when the robbers were fleeing from the scene of an attempted robbery, an alarm having been raised before they were able to remove anything. The men ran into Vu Ya ad, turning south. Police on heard the noise and the They had little g to the dense crowds about at the time.
The robbers fired wildly and their bullets were responsible for the death of Koo and ihe wounding of the other four Chinese. A strong force from Louza station turned out hi the robbers had made good their escape. The d man and the four injured were removed to the Lester Chinese Hospital where their conditions were satisfactory: last night. Two were hit in the che abdomen and the trolley bus passen-one in the
ger in the hip, where there was al slight flesh wound.
Colonel Fe; gan Honoured by Shan hai Defence Force Scenes at the Race Course yesterday morning as units of the Shanghai Defence Force lined up in an honour guard for Colonel Joseph C. Fegan who is sailing for the United States in the s. President Taft today. Top picture shows Colonel Fegan returning from. his inspection of the troops to bid farewell to the assembled commanders and stof officers of the foreign forces in Shanghai, Amon those pictured below are apt. Bouvet, Col. J. W. Hornby, Capt. H. M. Smyth, Maj. K. M. Bourne, Maj.
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