A Chinese knifeswielder entered House 4 in Soong Yang Li, off Amoy Road, at 830 o'clock yesterday morning and foreed one of the tenants to hand over a gold pocket-watch worth about $85. The thief escaped without having made use of his knife to wound anyone. Louza Station detectives are investigating the case, which is considered rather unusual in view of the method of intimidation employed. and later introduced the Russian accused to his victim. For several months the deal dragged on and during this period both sentenced men obtained $9,040 by instalments, They also deposited with the company, as a guarantee, two boxes of gold discs which later turned out to be copper coins, The victim finally realized that he had been! swindled of $9,040 and brought the matter to the attention of the police. Both sentenced men were convicted in 1936 on a similar charge, 1
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