Shanghai, Feb. 1.
Ricshaw pullers are" becoming desperate and turning Into robbers eenuse they have ambled too much, Twenty-two pullers mostly natives of Kiangpeh are being do-tained by the Pirse Special District Court in connection with a daring robbery in which some of them Toreed a Japanese customer to sur render his. cash.
Tt is believed that the detained pullers may be algo involved other similar crimes and in view fof the fact that more. Investigations fre. necessary to frame definite charges against them the police have Ssked the court "to postpone "the hearing sine die "rhe. hold-up was staged shortly after 9 pin. on January 19 fu en-isin' Road when a Japanese. dressed {in eivitian clothes and riding ina rleshaw was. stopped, searched and robbed. of $80. Investigations made by the Louza police have now brought {0 light that there Is'a. well-organized rang. of rleshaw puller robbers operating in their district and. most members of the sang are gamblers.
alleged they Li Hsiao. El-tze war the leader of a gang which vielimized the. Japanese customer.
Having no mangy with "which gamble," Ti "collected "about. -him several' other pullers and. decided walt for customers ay the Garden Bridge, it alleged. that they fur her agreed to. commit robberies Whenever there war a chance ents Ren.
Jone Japanese customer asked Li to pull him to the Wing Building and gladly Li pulled his customer logically through "Tientein Read. There Li stopped. pulling. his vehicle and: suddenly some other men alleged {0 be Li's accomplices Tushed up from darkness. On the pretext of asking for "a fare they Telieved the Japanese of his cash.
pullers were found on January 80 by With 1 "playing as the "host 22 {he 'Louza police gambling In' the Chi Shing Todging House at 370 Foochow Road. The police "raided the place quickly and arrested them all, Me'is aged thay LI and least two other arrested persons are
up. Several gambling sels were Involved tu the outsin Toad holds gambling sols Sikh Knocked Down by Motor Lorry Shanghai, Feb, 2.
A Sikh riding on a bicycle in Hong Kew yesterday morning of taut 10 veluek was knocked. own. accident involving a Japanese lorry. He had his both wrists broken and is now lying in General Fiospital serious condition.
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