Now that the ease of Si-yung has created such excitement in the Settlement, it ma boas well to record another case whicl originated under somewhat similar ciroumstances, but fortunately has had a different result. In July last year o robbery was committed at a house in Kiukiang Road. The building was used as a native bath: homo and a bacher's sop, The proprietor of these establishments also owned some opium shops, and amassed a considerable sum of money. Ho had in the house at the time a box containing $185. In his employ wore a number of water-coolies, 'The master of the house, being called away to the city, loft his manager in charge of the baths,' He too went away for a fow minutes, and during his absence, one of the water coolies—an old man—knowing where the money was kept,' broke open the safe, extracted the money and then hastily loft. tho- house. The robbery was reported to the Louza Station, but the thief coutldnutbe found. The proprietor, however, Giscovered that the coolie's home was ab Soochow; s0 after a few days, ho sent his manager and a barber by boat to that city to try and find him. Th first time they called, the coolie was not at home, #0 they called again in the evening and found him. When they said ho had committed the robbery he was very indignant, and after telling the manager that he had no right to interest himself in the robbery as he was not the master of the house, he finally consented to return to Shanghai and prove his innocence, His offer was accepted, and the manager, barber, and coolie cametoShanghai. They went to louza Station, and at the Mixed Court the coolie was charged with robbery, the manager acting as prosecutor. It may be stated here that' no money was found at the covlie's house. "At the Mixed Court he confessed that he had hidden §37;'but the rest he had spent. 'This story' was not believed, and his Worship Chen threatened to administer the bamboo if the coolie did not confess in a certain' mimper of days, He was thew locked up at the Mixed Court. While there; he was taken sick; ho was an opium-smoker, and his forced' separation from the opium-pipe made him ill, In a
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