Two men and their wives, living on the French side of the Yangkingpang, have been arrested on the charge of bei implicated in the recent robbery at Kal: sing, an account of which has already appeared in these coluunus. [u their evide on Saturday night before the Shanghai Magistrate, they said that the whole plan of robbery had been concocted by Ah Chung, the assistant boatman who joined the boat that carried them to Kalising short time beforehand in order to take the band on their expedit wealth of the Chow f ran between Kahsingand Shanghai, and having been often before entrusted with oom. missions and letters by various members of the family. It was Ah Citung who, when the band lind neurited the city walls xnd came to the high enclosure of the Chow family, jumped over and opened the front gates for them to enter, During the examinations aume yamen runners brought in the women comected with another of the robbers who lived in an alleyway uff'Tientsin Rond, between Shansi ud Fukien Roads, of the British Settlement. They had failed to capture the robber himself, he having elfected his escape by jumping wut ofa back window. Besides the a quantity of clothing, jewellery the first two belonging te the Vhow ly amd the Inst to the silk merchant whoa boat had been robbed the other day, were found in the houses of the twa robbers before the Court. Une of the chief features f the case is that all the meu concerned Ningpo, whilst already loft is enterprise.
The committee of the Shanghai Silk Guild have petitioned the Taotar ty alle the detention of all the boats bel to sellers of contraband or smuggled salt who frequent the banks of the Whang: poo on the Pootung side, on the gran that there is reown to believe that these en are xls implicated in the robbery Of the sible boat at Wauyat'ang, the other day. So far three of the smugglers have been arrested who had om their persons dollars bearing the "chop" or stamp of the Book which furnished the remittance that was taken by the pirates; and by a general search among the rest of their boats, the remainder of the missing money is expected to. be recovered. Saturday and yesterday were accordingly busy days for the wanes runners and " few more arrests were made from among over a hundred of the men who follow the questionable trafic of selling to Shanghai native consumers walt that has not paid the government tax
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