Detectives rom Hongkew police station were on the scene of the crime soon after the robbery and all the employees, who had witnessed the coming and going of the robbers, were questioned, a5 were the three guards. The questioning, how= ever. threw no light on the "affair. The guards, it was said, had not the east suspicion of the sinister aims fof the two men and had therefore done nothing to stop their car.
The sum wag sent here by the Hongkong branch of the Post Ofice end was to be used for the construction of a post office in Nanking. Due to the fact that all the banks were promptness with which the robbery was carried out fand the fact that the robbers were unarmed all point to the conclusion that the coup was a well planned and thought out scheme and that the men were in possession of inside infor: tion regarding the money which. was sent here by the Hongkong branch of the Post Office for the construc tion of a Post office in Nanking. As the banks were all closed on Fri day the money was kept at the Post Ofce until Saturday to be unloaded and transferred tothe postal bank.
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