Shanghat, Jan. 27.
The safe in the British Embassy. Nanking was cracked and §500 removed by three hold-up men who forced thur way into the building sharily after midnight en January 25, the "Tairiku Shimpo" reported yesterday.
Two Chinese night watchmen in the building opened the door of the office for the robbers, thinking that the men were officials on emergency business. Inside, the trio of robbers tied and gagged the two caretakers, Chou Chang-han and Fan Chi-fa. One of, the robbers held a pistol, the "Tairiku" said. White he cracked the safe and got the money, his two companions stood on guard outside.
The robbers were believed to have been familiar with the inside of the office because one of them rushed Girectly to the safe after te night-watchmen had been bound. Japanese Gendarmerie and Consular Police wert investigating the case, the "Taiiku American Consul in Nanking, Nanking, which he occupied in 1937.
Admiral W. A. Glassford, Commander of the
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