An alarm meanwhile had been telephoned to Louza Police Station and a large party of detectives and uniformed men under Chief Inspector F. S. Dudley hurried to the scene. They were not in time, however, to participate in the engagement.
The wounded: bandit was picked up ahd placed in a Fire Brigade am-balance: From his grasp the police telok an automatic pistol which had a'bullet in the breech. He was sent tó the Police Hospital but he was already dead when admitted, from a wound in the abdomen.
The other two robbers escaped, one of them discarding à Mauser pistol into an open shop front as he ran. When this weapon was examined, it Beggars Arrested in Attempt to Get Rice the retail price was slightly lower yesterday, i trouble connected with rice handling occurred in the congested Sinza district. Between $ and 9 am., a group of about 25 Chinese, mostly of the beggar class, toured various rice shops in the area and demanded rice. They were intercepted at a hong situated at 284 Myburgh Road, where the police arrested eight of their number.
The best quality rice sold at $40 per picul yesterday, medium quality $36, "see mee" at $33. also was found to have a live round in the breech.
Detective Sub-Inspector W. G. Smith turned the two guns over to the SMP. Ballistics Section for examination to learn if the weapons have a previous history in Shanghai.
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