At about 10 p.m. on Monday, four Chinese presented themselves at the Tsing Nyi shoe factory at 52 Hung Ching Li, off Rue Amiral Bayle, under the pretext of asking for work. The door was opened to them and, as soon as they had entered the premises, one of them whipped out a pistol, while another produced a knife.
The criminals then blindfolded a woman and a man. the only persons on the premises at the time, and stole numerous packets of cotton and Silk thread. The robbers then es, caped.
Two of the gang were arrested a quarter of an hour later by a patrol at the corner of Rue Pere Froe and Rue Amiral Bayle. The bigger part of the loot was recovered. All this Luster-Foam, the, marvellous new ingredient in Listerine Tooth Paste, has amazing cleansing qualities. It adds new beauty, new brilliance to your teeth, enhances the. charm of your smile, No other dentifrice has Luster-Foam. Insist upon the new Listerine Tooth Paste. happened before the police had been called in by the victims.
The loot was found in a rickshaw which was stopped by the police patrol, while one of the gangsters, who was convoying the thread, took to flight at the approach of the patrol. ed Kw 4 F ppa pr TTS se Raids Made At about the same time, another patrol, at the corner of Rue Porte de l'Ouest and Rue Amiral Bayle. stopped another rickshaw loaded with packets of thread and arrested cne of the robbers. Taken to a Lolice station, the criminal confessed to having stolen the thread in company with three others.
Acting on information obtained, detectives of the French police raided a Chinese lodging house at 431 Rue Auguste Hoppo where they arrested the second member of the gang. He told the police that his accomplices were armed only with an imitation pistol and a knife.
Detectives investigating the case believed that the other two members of the gang would be arrested in the near future, since the police possess a good description of them. discovered during the search made by the police.
At first, nothing was found to have been stolen, but detectives learned in the afternoon that the two gangsters, who escaped, had taken away $300 in cash. Their arrest was anticipated by the police.
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