Shanghai, Sept. 6 An epidemic of armed robberies a the "Eaternational Settlement yoster= day ent the lice bury front early morning toa" late hour last night Altogether seven armed "robberies wore reported. constituting 1 record For recent: month, 'The biggest haul of the day was made by armed mitereants Last night veen three men, two armed, entered 845 "Tonquin toad, intimidated. the feeupanis and stele' money and oth ing. valued at $3,100, "The second bigzesi robbery of the day was at 152 Point Toad when four robbers, three of whom were armed with pistols stole money and property valued at $800. lets nan attompied hold-up last night two men, one armed with "a. instal intercepted a woman outside 673 Tong shan Head and attempted to steal hier fold ring when she raised. the alarm, The robbers decamped, the. armed man firing shot in the air as he escaped, to" distract "attention of Pedestrians resulting in the wounding bra bystander, sept 8.
A male Chinese was robbed of a wrist watch and a gold ring, valued approximately '$50 at 0.30 pin, Yesterday. The victim was going! along Chengtu Road, and was proaching Bubbling Well Road, when he was stopped by two unarmed Chinese, who forced him to part with his valuables. The robbers got away in the darkness, Chinese "dwelling at 48 Phon Vu Li off Tiendong Road, was, victimized at the same time whol three bandits, with one pistol, entered the betise and intimidated the occupants. They then proceeded fo ransack the place, leaving after they had taken clothing and money! to the value of $150, Huge Kidnapping Ring Smashed Shanghai, Sept. 9.
The smashing of a huge kidnapping ing through the joint efforts of the 'Shanghai Municipal Police and the Japanese Consular Police, was revealed yesterday afternoon' at the reular Japanese press conference by a spokesman of the Japanese Embassy.
'Towards the close of last year, the spokesman said, the wholesale kidhapping of small' Chinese children in Shanghai was rampant. He added that throught the intensive efforts of the Shanghai Municipal Police and the Japanese Consular Police, most fof the eases have. been cleared up. As reported in the "North-China Daily. News" suspects already have appeared in court here, Giving a summary of the activities of the kidnapping ring and the subsequent arrest of the leaders, the spokesman declared, "The apprehen-son of a fow of the men involved in the kidnapping ring In April of this year revealed. that. approximately 0 'Chinese children, between five and six years of age, had been kidnapped in Shanghai, taken to Amoy and subsequently' sold to a Chinese named Su'Ts-san, "In taking the children from Shang-hal to Amoy, the kidnappers employed a Chinese woman who passed herself off as the mother of the tole
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