Wenchow, Che, May 5.
A series of thefts extending over period of six months and aggeegating a total value of nearly $500 culminated with the capture Of the thief of a few days ago. The thief had the advantage of knowing the College from the inside, having been a student for a few' months until he was expelled neatly four years ago. He has since been expelled from two other educational institutions. 'The time chosen for most of his depredawas service time on Sunday afternoons when all the students wore absent from the dormitories. 'Then entering the students' rooms he would take off his own outer garments and clothe himself in as. many robes as he could convenient~ carry, reassume his own outer robe and with us much money as hho could lay his hand on quickly make good his escape.
His capture was rather dramatic. One of the teachers was, making a search for missing articles and went into the assembly hall with The thief evidently ug him enter, stepped out of of the windows on to the outer ledge and pulled the window after him, This was a very pre~ carious position being only a few inches wide and at least 20 feet from Unfortunately the ithe ground, thief the light inside figure into relief and from another part of the After that his apprehension was only the matter of a few minutes,—With 90 students who had suffered considerable loss and nearly 200 more of their sympathizers on his trail there was not hope of escape. The necom-Paniment of noise might have led the uninitiated to think that a horde of bandits were attacking: the city. The students enjoyed themselves immensely in their weareh for any accomplices, even cing on to the roof with lanterns, The thief confessed all and the students finally consented to accept half the value of the stolen property™from the father, a man in oer circumstances, and the thief was set free after three days in charge of the police.
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