The Archive · 1910

A Chinese Woman Victimized

An aged Chinese woman was walking along Soochow Road on Saturday ing, when a Chinese in front of her dropped a pores, He kept on his way, apparently aoaware of his Another Chinese picked the purse up and on opening it revealed what appeared to be a roll of Japavese notes. These the finder showed to the woman and explained—that they wore worth $50. He, however, had taken a trong liking for a gold ing, and offered her the parse and its contents if she would give him her ring. The exchange was promptly effected, and Inter on she found that the notes were counterfeit, 90 the called at the Police Station and reported the matter.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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