Tsingtao, Feb. 20.
Three bandits and the wife of] the leader of the gang which kidnapped Mr. 8. 8, Keb, district mechanical enginesr of the. Kie chou-Tsinanfu Railway, who was) taken from his home at Changtien on December 2, and subsequently murdered, have been apprehended] by the police at Tsinan. One of the trio is Kao - Liang chen, former engineer of the. who played a prominent part the affair, which came to a tragic ending when the railroad official' body. was found. within a stone throw of the railway station in Tsinan on January 29.
Through the efforts of the police, whos movements were Girected by Capt. Lo Da-shen, it] hag been discovered that Mr. Keh, whose whereabouts had been a mystery from the time of his capture until the finding of his body] with 'a. bullet through the heart, was kept imprisoned and under armed guard ina little room the rear of & Japanese shop in in Tsinan, This merchant to reeaive one-tenth of the ransom as his share. Ag the ransom was paid the latter profited to the extent of $1,800.
'The Tender' of the bandit. gang. the police have learned, was. Lil Kuei-woo, a resident of Tsinaa who had not been suspected previously of playing the part -of brigand: chief, but passed for business man,"
The police learned of the bandit rendezvous at Li's residence and suddenly broke into the place, capturing the trio, and their chief's wife although the head of] the gang managed to exeapo by back exit, Four revolvers and] rounds were found in their posses sion.
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