THRILLING PISTOL BATTLE.
DETECTIVE RAIDS KIDNAPPERS’ QUARTERS. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) SHANGHAI, August 26. The most courageous action in the history of the Shanghai police occurred to-day when Detective Moir, single-handed, engaged seven of the worst type of Chinese kidnappers in one of the most thrilling pistol battles in this pistol-ridden city. Detective Moir, wearing a steel vest and carrying a bullet-proof shield, climbed a narrow staircase in the midst of a fusillade of shots, reaching a tiny attic where the gang was barricaded. Smashing the door he fought seven armed men, killing three outright, fatally wounding two and capturing two. Fifty-seven shots were fired during the fight. Detective Moir escaped with a slight wound in the shoulder. A wealthy Chinese merchant who had been kidnapped was released.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18354, 27 August 1929, Page 9
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129THRILLING PISTOL BATTLE. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18354, 27 August 1929, Page 9
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