'The bicyclist was waylaid by several gunmen who robbed him of fore than $10 and decamped. This Keppened in the vicinity" of Connaught Road and sines the desperadoes fled into' the Chinese area, the victim reported the case. to" the Chinese who took up, the chase immediately. But the bandits." were nowhere to be seen and so the oflcers Started a house-to-house search. To!
ier surprise, they suddenly, heard amah shouting "help, help" ina house where they were knocking. There was no one to open the door and the officers were greeted with a volley of bullets just "as. they were toying to break in. No one was hurt but when they got in, there was a fierce exchange of shots.
The exchange resulted in four Kido nappers being arrested, but it could hot be ascertained yesterday whether not there were any "casualties. Questioned about the ease, an amicer of the Western District "Police Bureau merely said that the four Kidnappers had been handed over to Political Police of the new Nanking regime in Jessfield Road. Tt was reported that one of the kidnappers, mae ped up dirty police wrapped up in adit hurt, The victim war found by
Political Police recently. advertised he Shanghai office of Nankin
for information to be furnished by elatives of kidnapped victims t0 to facilitate investigations. Several Kidnappers have already been arrest-by this police force and executed by firing squads. Rumours are being circulated that the four kidnappers arrested on Sept. 5 nave met with the same fate,
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