was made in the native town some eight days ago by the Government detectives. The criminal, who goes under the name of Kang, was a resident for some years in Teking where he lived in good style.
fortunately, however, being of a quarrelsome disposition he during that tim" knifed forty men and such was his skill that none of the victims were ever known to recover, death as a rule being instantaneous, His exploits reached Government ears and an arrest was attempted, but Kang had fled, bearing with him into exile the young daughter, a girl of 18, of one of the highest officials. Being a Mahommedan, 200 of his sect were preseed into Government vice and sent to scour the country round, disguised as cake vendors; despatches were also forwarded to all the district ofcials, the Taotai of this port amongst others, to the effect that should it be proved that Kang bad been in their town or district, without capture having been effected, the consequences to themselves would be unpleasant, and a special band. of Peking detectives were set on his track. In spite of all Kang would have eluded them had not the detectives come across a friend of his, by name Liew, whom they prevailed upon to act as decoy. Liew, in whom Kang had the utmost confidence, being in fact his own especial comrade, agreed to invite his friend to dinner, and as Kang entered the door howing the usual silutation he was seized from behind, thrown on his face and ironed. A man of indomitable pluck and powerful physique, the detectives, with a brutality essentially Chinese, further secured him by fixing iron rings thro ach should-r ant proceeded to Shan Kuan, thence by rail to Peking. With the then bad state "£ the roads the journey by cart to Shanhaikuan means hard travelling for six days, and the unfortunate man's suffering must be extreme Nevertheless when a temporary halt was made before leaving the port's East Gate he regaled the crowd with a comic song. The aristocratic partner of his joys owing to her official rank was not interfered with, but she followed him in a swagger vehicle and no doubt is still enamoured of him, for Kang is an unusually handsome man, of fait complexion, =ged 27, with most' prepossessing features, and though anything but moral and forbearing, it has still to be shown that these qualities are absolutely necessary to obtain favours from the other sex. "It is just pos-ible that Kang's wealth will enable him to escape as his captors io doubt have their price, like most other men, in which case, however, he will have to provide them a life income, and a handsome one at that, as their heads will be forfeit to the Government,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.