Two $5,000 Hold-Ups Gunmien Active Last Night Perpetrate Five Robberies Armed desperadoes from Shanghai's underworld were on the prowl again läst night, staging five hold-ups in less than three hours, two gangs getting the munificent haul of $5,000 each in two robberies, At 6.15 pin. four men, all armed with pistols, entered 60 Yuh Kwei Lee, off Canton Road, and escaped with $5,000 in cash. At 7 p.m. six men, four of them brandishing wicked-looking mausers, walked into a rice shop located at 247 Yates Road, thoroughly ransacked the premises and made their getaway with $5,000 in money and jewellery.
Five men, one armed with a pistol, forced their way into a coal hong at 55 Singkeipang Road at 6.30 p.m., and while the occupants looked on in terror the thieves carted off a radio set, a desk clock and an undetermined amount of cash. House 65, Lane 996, North Soochow Road, was the scene of a hold-up at 7 p.m, when five men, all armed with mausers, entered the house with evident intent to ransack the place. One of the occupants in the house gave the alarm, however, and the thieves fied with three articles of clothing.
A lone Chinese pedestrian in Great Western Road near Wong Ka Loon was forced to bare his frame to the chilly March breeze at 9 p.m. yesterday when he was accosted by five men, all unarmed, who stripped him of his gown and $20 in cash.
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