The two foreign members of the Shanghai Municipal Police who were shot by robbers on Thursday evening both left the General Hospital yesterday and returned to their quarters at Central Station. They are Detective Sub-Inspector R. Moir and Sergeant C. E. A. Cooke, both British. Moir suffered a flesh wound in one arm, while his steel waistcoat deflected two Mauser bullets fired at his chest at close range. Cooke, more seriously injured in the shoulder, was nevertheless reported to be progressing favourably yesterday and therefore permitted to go home.
Shanghai's latest "Sidney Street" ffair began at 745 p.m. on Thursday when a large and heavily-armed gang of Chinese robbed House 14, Lane 449 Peking Road, near Shanse Road. As a result of an alarm, police from. Central and Louza Stations arrived on the scene and were later reinforced by both sections of the Reserve Unit. A shooting occurred in which the two foreign policemen were wounded, two Chinese robbers killed, and a Chinese detective was grazed by a bullet fired by one of the bandits. The presence of mind of Sub-Inspector Moir in seizing hold of the Chinese detective as the bandit took aim is held responsible for the detective's escape. With the capture of three of the gang after daylight yesterday morning, following an all-night siege, the police had nine men under arrest and seven pistols, mostly Mausers, in their possession.
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