Singapore, 20th June.
The Sultan of Sulu reports that he has Leen robbed of jewellery and money to the value of $13,815. He states that he lately returned from Mecca and was staying at a house in an alley off Arab Street. About 4.30 this morning he woke up to find n_stauding by his bedroom window, hich he had left open on going to bed. 'Thinking Uhat the man was one of his attendants, the Sultan called out, wher upon the' man endeavoured to escape through the window. Jumping out of bed the Sulau seized hold of the man, who, however, managed to slip from his_grasp and jump out of the window. The Sultan Velieves that the thief was a Malay and that his body was oiled. On examination, the Sultan found that he had been robbed of his crown studded with diamonds and pearls, a gold brooch set with stones, several gold earrings and tings set with pearls and precious stones, one large pearl, twenty-three sovereigns, and a treaty between himself and the Government of Sandakan, Alarm was raised and the police on duty in the street gave search for the thief, but without avail. In the vicinity there is x large piece of waste ground where it is supposed the thief managed to elect his escape.
The Sultan of Sulu is nominally a vassal of the King of Spain, The Sulu islands are one thousand square miles in area population of about 60,000.—Straits Pim:
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