Shanghai, July 10.
Shot eight times by the police but still alive and lying in the Police Hospital, Lee Tze-min, a robber, is expected to recover to answer charges. in the First Special District Court where yesterday the police applied for a writ of his detention. Lee was tone of the trio who victimized a cigarette and exchange shop at 1297 Yuen Road on July 8 and was caught after he had' failed to shoot his way to freedom. His two accomplices escaped with $20.
The robbers were unlucky because after they had stolen the money they forgot to take notice of a Japanese customer in the shop who quickly made a report to constables on duty near a Japanese cotton mill. The officers at once took up the chase! but while his two confederates had gone a long distance Lee was. left Dehind and' was shot. He collapsed ut fired from the ground and seeing that he refused to. surrender the Police shot him eight. times after which he threw away his weapon
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