ANOTHER RscArE, There hax been another escape from the American Consular Gaol at Shanghai and once micro the I police are called upon to do work which, if there were proper accommodation for prisoners at the United States Consulate-General, they would not be required to perform. Hunting ped convicts is not an easy task in © port like Shanghai and no reflexion is cast pom Police by their failure up toa late hour 00 Monday night to effect the arrest of the prisoner who gained his freedom some time in the pre vious night. When the prison at the back of the Consulate was secured for the night on Sanday, J. W. Carus and W. Childress were confined in one Toom. At 7.30 on Monday morning Childress was in the room alone and denied all knowledge of the means whereby his fellow-prisoner had made his escape. An examination of the premises did not throw any light on the matter and it was that one of the watchmen, or Chinese had rendered some assistance to Cains.—Detective-Sgt. Vaughan, however, nade " very care~ fal examination of the room and het found that at the top of the fan-lights there were some small iron bars, one oF two of which were slightly bent. On closer scrutiny he found that the woodwork had been tampered with, and then completely out and then put back care-that these iron bars had beea taken
through the space made by* the re-fully. The prisoner having passed moval of the bars stepped on to corrugated iron roof, most. conveniently situated, and from this position he was able almost completely to conceal his means of escape by caro-fully replacing the iron bars and woodwork. From the roof he was able to gain easy access to the street. The pole." have made " diligent search. Bat they "#¥e not been successful in securing their.282 6 Caras was underg.ing a year's imprisonment for forgings ® cheque at Shangh
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