June 1.
NE of the largest and most daring robberies ever to be committed here occurred yesterday morning at about 9.30 when two men, one of them said to be Chinese, and the other a Japanese, stole $2,500,000 from the General Post Office in North Soochow Road and decamped with the entire sum.
The chauffeur of a taxi was arrested by the Settlement police, but he was later handed over to the Japanese gendarmerie for further questioning, it was believed.
The robbery, made yet more amazing by the fact that no firearms were used by the robbers, was made pos-Bible by the fact that the loading coolles and the supervisor did not suspect the two. men. ge!
According to Mr. J. N. Greenfield. Chief of Accounts and Checking Department of the Post Oflee, the money Was being loaded into ain at~ moured truck at the time the robbers made their appearance in. the compound of the Post Ofice. Three four coolies were occupied by the Work and were supervised by a clerk. The money, which, If was learned, ad_only been received in Shanghai on Friday, was packed in ten parcels.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.