Shanghai, Mar, 15.
Having Jearned a lesson during an armed robbery enmmitted at the same address In 1928, the proprietor of piece-goods shop at 27 Honan Road had a special electrical lighting system Installed which, inthe event of an|. armed robbery being perpetrated, would immediately throw the whole place into darkness.
That the Idea was not a bad one was demonstrated shortly after 7.30 pam, yesterday, when five men, three of them armed with pistols, entered the shop and attempted to seize a Jarge amount of money from the cashier. They had hardly been in the place for half a minute, when the Jights went out, whereupon the men -decamped, without taking anything.
"An alarm was immediately sent to Central Police Station from where a party. of steel-vested detectives ar-Fived a few minutes later but, beyond gelting rather vague descriptions of those having taken part in the ate tempted armed robbery, mo. progress had been made in the investigations up toa late hour Jast night.
Abortive: Attempt 'Three men, one of them armed with an automatic pistol, entered a Chinese house at 519 Chekiang Road, shortly after 10 pin. last night and intimidate the Inmates with one exception, fand this exception was to be their' down-fall, as one of the persons in the house at the time managed to sneak out by a rear door and advised, policeman near the scene of the crime, Subsequently one of the trio was arrested, whilst the other two, managed to escap Tt could not be learned last night, whether the man now being detained In the Louza Police Station was the man, tone carrying the weapon. The thug. wag being questioned by detectives at alate hour last night and, it) w betleved, Is the member of a gang which has perpetrated a large, num- J: Der of armed robberies in the Central] and Louza distriels during the past few months, More Arrests Mar. 18, The Louza police arrested 25 robber suspects yesterday as a result of a series of raids conducted in both the Settlement and French Conces-lon, Among the arrested persons six are women. In the possession of one of them one. pistol and several Younds of ammunition were found. They are scheduled to be brought tofore the First Special District Court today, but owing to the fact that more investigations are necessary marder to frame definite charge against them, the hearing is expected to be a short one. Detectives of th Louza "Police "Station were busily engaged m- Investigating the eas 'A Tall Order Nine thugs, three of thei armed with' pistols, entered the premises of the Sing Lee Leather Ca at an 1 address off Railway—Road, near Sessfield and Brenan. Roads, shortly after 1,15 pin, yesterday and asked to be given $300, 'AS only. $80 wore on the promis however, they decamped after they were handed this amount, Detectives From Bubbling Well station rushed to the scene but, finding that the factory In question was situated in "Ta Tao" territory only preliminary. enquiries were understood to have been made, whilst the theory is being maintained that the gang" watched the entrance to the factory for some B. time prior to entering, and only did 0 after they had seen'a man go and subsequently come out with a roll of leather. Under the assumption, presumably, that the man in question had bought the leather and paid for it, the thugs subsequently held the 30 inmates of the factory and demanded to be handed over $300.
As far as could be learned yesterday afternoon, no arrests have been made. No shots were fired by the gunmen.
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