First news of the robbery, which was believed to have been perpetrate about ten men, most of them med, came when ah alarm was sed by inmates of an establishment in Tsung Tuli Li, off Shanse Road, When the police arrived the robbers were still in the buildings in the mileyway and were taken by sur~ prise, Surrounding the building in which the robbers wore operating is a maze of alleyways. Upon entering these from Peking Road and Shanse Road, the police encountered the desperate gang, who immediately opened fire from the roof tops. This was the signal for a forride battle to start.
Searehlights were swung Into action to. play over the roofs, over which the robbers were scurrying here and there to escape police bullets. "From positions in the narrow alleyways steel waistcoated men fired dim figures outlined in the glare (he lights and others entered the buildings at various points to come to grips with the desperadoes. by both sections of the Reserve Unit. A shooting occurred in which the two foreign policemen unded, two Chinese robbers kil detective was grax by one of the of mind of Subs Sselzing hold of the Chin Jaz the bandit took aim is Weld re-Sponsible for the detective's escape With the capture of tree of the gang after daylight yesterday morning following an all-night siege, the police had nine men under arrest and coven Is, mostly Mousers, In their Possession.
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