Not long after they had gone the manager of the Astor House receiv-fed a stream of angry tradespeople with unpaid bills and bogus cheques. Tailors produced cheques for sums such as $1,662, $235, and '$350 whilst a cheque paid over to 'a shoe company was for $58. All were worthless.
In Hongkong the two stopped for a very short time, and whether they made any depredations in that colony we are unable to state. They took ship to Manila. Here also they are stated to have produced a number of bogus introductory letters. They were received with some suspicion, however, and made nothing. Accordingly they took the Hugs Stinnes str. Hindenburg to Java, from where they stated their intention of proceeding to Singapore gad coming on to Shanghai by the Empress of Asia.
Their movements now become confused, which was probably intended. "Quite a number of people expected them to arrive.in Shang-bhat per the str. Empress of Canada: yesterday, but when the steamer was met yesterday by people] anxious to find them it is almost needless to say they were not on The names the two are believed to travel under are as follow:
Mrs. Millicent" McKiney and Miss Millicent Montgomery, the elder woman.
Miss Marie MeKiney and Miss Marie Montgomery, the younger woman, The two are reputed always to work. together, and it ap: Pears highly improbable that they are in any way related. They are certainly not English, but they care to return to Shanghai they will be welcomed here with open arms.
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