The third major crime of the day was the attempted abduction of Mr, Tsang Tang-dao, the manager of the China State Bank. The circumstances of the crime were similar to those of the other two cases, Mr. Tsang had just entered his private ear outside his house at 98 Route Vallon at about 9 a.m. When the car was surrounded by four armed miscreants, one of whom pointed a gun at the occupant. The gun was jammed and a Chinese constable on point duty at the intersection of Route Voyron and Route Vallon who witnessed the crime from a distance, rushed to the scene. His admirable courage and intervention prevented Mr. Tsang being spirited away.
The policeman grappled with the man who was covering the victim with a gum and courageously attempted to wrest his weapon from him. The man's confederates in the meanwhile ordered the victim to leave his car and bundled him into another waiting car, but while the attention of the kidnappers was distracted by the scuffle with the police officer, Mr. Tsang left the car and hurriedly escaped. The, constable overpowered his quarry) when another of the criminals opened fire and shot him in the back. He collapsed jo & heap.
Constable was conveyed to the 8t. "Hospital in a critical vondition and little hope is held for his recovery. The French police were informed of the crime and rushed to the scene, where they recovered a pistol.
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