Lose Purses One Robbed by Armed Men in Vu Yuen Road, Another Downtown Two foreign ladies, one British and one American, were robbed by Chinese in the streets of Shanghai inside ten minutes yesterday forenoon, The first robbery occurred in Vu Yuen Road, near Edinburgh Road, at 1045 o'clock, and was successful despite the presence in the district of numerous heavily-armed "Special Municipality" policemen, The victim was Mrs. Bridges, the wife of Mr. F, S. Bridges of the Asiatic Petroleum Company, who resides in the neighbourhood. Mrs. Bridges was walking in Vu Yuen Road a short distance east of. Edinburgh Road, when she was halted by two Chinese one of whom pointed an automatic pistol at her. She was forced to hand over a small handbag containing money, keys and papers, and two finger-rings which she was wearing at the time. She was not Otherwise molested, and the two bandits speedily disappeared down the nearest alleyway leading into "Special Municipality" territory.
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