In the meantmic, at least another tone of the four men had. drawn a pistol and joined in the affray, and this resulted in C.D.C. 298 concentrat. ing his fire on these persons. They decamped ina westerly direction along Connaught Road, but C.D.C. 298" observed that one' of the men had sustained a wound on the lett thigh and was limping rather badly, Tt was then that C.D.C. 203 went to the assistance of C.D.C. 329 and found him lying atop the prisoner and still pinning him to the pavement. He told C.D.C. 293 that he had been wounded, and when the latter informed him that he had ammunition eft In his magazine, CDC. 329 passed to him his. Issue pistol. The prisoner was still strug-ling and CDC. 293 seeing that he SUL had possession of the Mauser, fired two shots at the man who then collapsed." The detective and the wounded man were conveyed to hor. pital where both were found dead arrival. robbers and both continued after the culprits, During the chase they were Joined by CPS, 870 near Winchester Road and Kaifeng Roads, and the chase continued into Lane No. 14 where one of the robbers was traced tand discovered by C.P.C. 3117. hiding under a table, connected with a small cooking stall 'Whilst this was happening, a Chis nese reported to West Hongkew. Police Station that an armed robber had entered his home. and enquirier elicited that it' was the robber who had escaped, had entered and left his jacket and a Luger pistol_on a table in the front room and then ran away. The pistol had no. magazine, Dut had one round in the breech: another round was found in the pocket of the discarded jacket ud the Tatler, from examination, was Giscovered to have four bullet holes This robber was found later in the evening in the Paulun Hospital wounded in the thigh, and admitted he had been shot when running out of the alley on Alabaster Road.atte: attempting {0 hold up C.P.C. 3117, Plain-Clothes Search Party At about 6 p.m. on December 25, 1940, C.P.C. 320 Huh Shang-ching met CNE, "205 Lee Pah-chung ands xested that they should patrol te= nether in the vicinity of Laipo Road fund Hart Road, an area frequent? bby second-hand hawkers, in an effort to apprehend thieves, At about 545 pin. the detectives observed three unknown male Chit hose walling east along Laipo Read a rather fast pee. The detectives edded 10 observe these suspect, and followed them along Hart Road When some distance from Connaught Road the three men were overtake by another male Chinese who was riding a bicycle, which he passed to one of the three men, The detectives soon decided that the men intended to commit some crime, 40 CDC. 329 Huh Shang-ching took cover in the doorway of the Wong Kyih Tah Tea Leaf Shop. 564 Con= naught Road, about twelve yards tance from the entrance to Lane 560 and kept observation, The other defective, C.D.C, 293 Lee Pah-chuen. then proceeded to the Sing Sing Chang Silk Store, 561 Connaught Road. on the opposite side, and tele whoned to the station for assistants, after which he returned toC.D.C. 320.
When C.D.C. 293 Toft the store he toraled to cross the roadway and return to CDC, 329, but before he could do s0, one of the robbers was Armed Robbery in Hoopeh Road At G45 pin. on January 23, three malo Chinese, two armed with pistole, entered a shoe shop situated at 285 Hoopeh Road, intimidated he in-males and demanded silence. 'Three inmates stood on the side while the remaining three inmates, stood. beind the accountant's desk, near the Fear entrance {9 the shop." The robbers stole $250 in cash and two pairs of shoes, and were leaving the shop when a' customer entered. He was: held up also, but at this point an Inmate slipped out of the rear door, Passed through the Shanghai New Hotel, and informed C: P.C. 1880, who was standing at Hoopeh and' Kiukiang Roads, that robbers were on. the promises' at 285. Hoopeh Road.
CPC. 1880 approached the front entrance, observed the two robbers standing' in front of the show ease near the entrance, and confirming that they were robbers, fired three shots, without effect, through the lass swing doors. One of the robbers immediately replied with two shots, both without effect.
The CPC. withdrew out of the line of fire, but still covered the entrance. The robbers tried to cape through a lodging house entrance two doors away, and CPC, 1880 observed one of them running from the said entrance, \C.P.C. 1880 took up the pursuit, fired three mo shots (with effect) changed magazine while running, and observ that the robber had' collapsed om the northwest pavement of Hoopeh and Kiukiang Hoads. Prom his right hand, the C-PO. took a 7.05 calibre Union Auto Pistol, which contained tone round of ammunition.
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