Four of six gangsters, who had been victimizing Japanese newcomers in alleys in the Settlement and Concession during the past several months, were arrested on Wednesday and handed over to the Special District Court by Shanghai Municipal Police, according to the "Tairiku Shimpo."
The leader of the gang is still at large. The arrested men are Wang Hsueh-kwang, 22; Chung Wei-huan, 23; Tso Jih-kang, 25, and Tang Tuan-chi, 38, all from places north of the Yangtze.
They confessed, the paper said, that they robbed a Japanese of more than $340, and his watch on Szechuen Road on November 4.
On November 12 they relieved a Japanese of $270 on Nanking Road; on the night of October 15 they took $12 from a Japanese on Shantung Road; and at 6 o'clock in the evening of October 26, they robbed a Japanese of $40 behind the Wing On Ca., according to their confessions.
The Japanese victims who have not yet reported their losses to the SM.P. were advised to do so as early as Possible, the paper stated.
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